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((Short description|American baseball player))
((moresources|date=April 2022))

((Infobox baseball biography
| name        = Eleanor Dapkus
| image       = Eleanor Dapkus.jpg
| image_size  = 210px
| caption     =
| team        = [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]] 
| position    = [[Center fielder|Center field]] / [[Pitcher]]
| bats        = Right
| throws      = Right
| birth_name  = Eleanore Dapkus
| birth_date  = ((Birth date|1923|12|5))
| birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]]
| death_date  = ((Death date and age|2011|6|6|1923|12|5|mf=yes))
| death_place = [[St. John, Indiana]]
| stat1label  = [[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
| stat1value  = .229
| stat2label  = [[Home run]]s
| stat2value  = 30
| stat3label  = [[Runs batted in]]
| stat3value  = 317
| stat4label  = [[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
| stat4value  = 53–34
| stat5label  = [[Strikeout]]s
| stat5value  = 397
| stat6label  = [[Earned run average]]
| stat6value  = 1.97
| teams       =
*[[Racine Belles]] (1943–1950)
| highlights  = 
*Two-time League and Playoff champion (1943, 1946)
*[[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League All-Star Team|All-Star Team]] (1943)
*Single-season leader in home runs (10, 1943)
*Ranks 7th lifetime in home runs and 10th in RBI
*[[Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame|Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Induction]] (1998)
*[http://www.mbhof.ca/inductees_specialteams.php Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame Induction] (1998)
))

'''Eleanor V. Wolf''' (née '''Eleanore Dapkus'''; December 5, 1923 – June 6, 2011) was a [[center fielder]] and [[pitcher]] who played from ((baseball year|1943)) through ((baseball year|1950)) in the [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]].

==Early years==
Dapkus was born to [[Lithuanians|Lithuanian]] parents, Frank and Antonina Dapkus, and raised in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. She was the tenth and youngest child in her family and the first girl after nine boys. She attended [[Christian Fenger Academy High School]] in Chicago and played every sport available to girls, but they were all of the playground variety, not varsity competition. Over the years, she earned twenty five medals in several sports, including softball, [[volleyball]], [[basketball]] and [[soccer]].<ref name="legacy">[https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nwitimes/name/eleanor-wolf-obituary?id=12066555 Obituary] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413235905/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nwitimes/name/eleanor-wolf-obituary?id=12066555 |date=2022-04-13 )), legacy.com. Accessed April 13, 2022.</ref>

==AAGPBL career==
In February 1943, [[Philip K. Wrigley]] founded the All-American Girls League. Wrigley, a [[chewing gum]] manufacturer and owner of the [[Chicago Cubs]] of [[Major League Baseball]], materialized his idea as a promotional sideline to maintain interest in baseball as the [[World War II]] [[military draft]] was depleting Major League rosters of first-line players. [[Ann Harnett]] became the first girl to sign with the All-American, being followed by [[Claire Schillace]], [[Edythe Perlick]] and [[Shirley Jameson]]. The first AAGPBL [[spring training]] was set for May 17, 1943, at [[Wrigley Field]] in Chicago. Since the only organized ball for women in the country was softball, the league created a hybrid game which included both softball and baseball. Wrigley had [[scout (sport)|scouts]] all over the [[United States]], [[Canada]] and even [[Cuba]] signing girls for tryouts. About 500 girls attended the call. Of these, only 280 were invited to the final try-outs in Chicago where 60 were chosen to become the first women to ever play professional baseball.<ref>Patricia I. Brown. ''A League Of My Own: Memoir of a Pitcher for the All-American Girls'', Macfarland & Company (2003); ((ISBN|978-0-7864-1474-1))</ref>

The league started with four teams, and each team was made up of fifteen girls. Dapkus survived the final cut and was assigned to the [[Racine Belles]] team, where she played for eight seasons. Dapkus earned the nickname ''[[Slugging percentage|Slugger]]'' for her power hitting abilities, helping Racine to clinch the league championship in both 1943 and 1946. She was chosen as the fourth outfielder for the [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League All-Star Team|1943 All-Star team]] after leading the league with 10 [[home run]]s. The 1943 All-Star Game was the first night game played at [[Wrigley Field]] (July 1, 1943). In 1944, Dapkus paced the circuit with 10 [[Double (baseball)|doubles]]. For the 1946 team, she hit .253 and [[run batted in|drove in]] 57 runs while tying for the league lead with nine [[triple (baseball)|triples]]. In 1948 the Belles decided to move her to the pitching mound, and she responded with a 24–9 mark as an overhand pitcher. But at the end of 1950 the Belles lacked the financial resources to keep the club playing in [[Racine, Wisconsin]]. Before the 1951 season, when the team moved to [[Battle Creek, Michigan]], Dapkus, along with original Belles [[Maddy English]], [[Edythe Perlick]] and [[Joanne Winter]], were disappointment and decided not to make the move. During eight years, the Belles were a close-knit team, always like a family away from home. Dapkus and teammates thought that all would be different, like a new team, maybe a new manager and, specially, a new location. Overall, Dapkus hit .229 with 30 home runs and 317 runs batted in 775 games, and posted a 53–34 record with 397 [[strikeout]]s and a 1.97 [[earned run average]] in 102 [[games pitched|pitching appearances]]. She is seventh lifetime in home runs and ranks eleventh in runs batted in.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110517010823/http://www.thediamondangle.com/archive/jan05/dapkus.html Bio], thediamondangle.com. Accessed April 13, 2022.</ref>

==Life after baseball==
Both before and after she joined the AAGPBL, Dapkus worked in a variety of jobs. Most of her early work was [[clerk|clerical]] except for during [[World War II]] when she spraypainted airplane parts at the [[Bristol Pullman|Pullman Aircraft]] factory. Following her playing retirement, she went back to Chicago. She married in 1950, changed her name to Eleanor Dapkus Wolf and had two sons, Frank and Richard. The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League folded in 1954, but there is now a permanent display at the [[Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] at [[Cooperstown, New York]] since November 5, ((baseball year|1988)) that honors those who were part of this unique experience. But like many of her AAGPBL colleagues, Dapkus was relatively unknown until the [[1992 film]] ''[[A League of Their Own]]''.<ref>Patricia I. Brown. ''A League Of My Own: Memoir of a Pitcher for the All-American Girls'', Macfarland & Company (2003); ((ISBN|978-0-7864-1474-1))</ref>

==Death==
Eleanor Dapkus Wolf was a longtime resident of [[St. John, Indiana]], where she died at the age of 87 from complications from [[breast cancer]].<ref name="legacy"/>

==References==
((Reflist))

==Other sources==
* ''Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball''' – Leslie A. Heaphy, Mel Anthony May. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2006. Format: Paperback, 438pp. Language: English. ((ISBN|0-7864-2100-2))
* ''Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary'' - W. C. Madden. Publisher:  McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Paperback, 295 pp.&nbsp;Language: English. ((ISBN|0-7864-3747-2))

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