Audrey Haine

Who is Audrey Haine?

Audrey Haine [Daniels] is a former pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between the 1944 and 1951 seasons. Listed at 5' 9", 150 lb., she batted and threw right handed.

A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Audrey Haine was one of the 57 players born in Canada to join the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in its twelve years history.

Haine took the long road to enter the new circuit of girls professional ball players. She grew up on a farm in her homeland and, dirt poor but determined, at 16 of age she played softball for the St. Anthony Brown Bombers in the Winnipeg Catholic League and with the St. Vital Tigerettes of the Greater Winnipeg Senior Girls Softball League. On several occasions in the early 1940s, she struck out 21 batters during a regular seven-inning game in her district league.

By then, the average full-time worker made $1,299 a year in the 1940s, according to one estimate, or about $25 a week. Players in the AAGBBL made between $50 and $125 a week during a three-month, 108-game season.

Haines pitched sidearm, with a rising fastball and a strong curveball that perplexed opposite hitters, but like many hard-throwers she struggled with control at times. She had an inauspicious debut, but settled down the rest of the way and recorded four winning full seasons, averaging 15 wins in each of these seasons and pitching a pair of no-hitters.