Doris Tetzlaff
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name = Doris Tetzlaff
| image = Doris_Tetzlaff.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| team = All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
| position = Third base / Utility / Chaperone / Coach
| birth_date= {{birth date|1921|01|01|mf=y}}
| birth_place= Watertown, Wisconsin
| death_date= {{death date and age|1998|04|11|1921|01|01}}
| death_place= Iola, Wisconsin
| bats = Right
| throws = Right
| teams =
- Milwaukee Chicks (1944)
- Grand Rapids Chicks (1945–'47)
- Chicago Colleens (1948)
- Fort Wayne Daisies (1948, 1950–'53)
- Muskegon Lassies (1949)
| highlights =
- Two-time Championship Team (1944, 1947)
- Ten playoffs appearances (1944-'53)
}}
Doris Tetzlaff [″Tetz″] (January 1, 1921 – April 11, 1998) was an infielder and chaperone in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5'5", 155 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.[http://www.aagpbl.org/players/index.cfm?do=player.details&playerid=16 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – player page] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615044720/http://www.aagpbl.org/players/index.cfm?do=player.details&playerid=16 |date=June 15, 2011 }}
Little is known about this woman who played different roles during ten years in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. A native of Watertown, Wisconsin, Tetzlaff came from a family of German origin. She was a valuable utility, playing mainly at third base for five different teams from {{baseball year|1944}} through {{baseball year|1948}}.
Tetzlaff entered the league in 1944 with the Milwaukee Chicks,[http://www.aagpbl.org/teams.cfm?ID=7 1944 Milwaukee Chicks] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426032143/http://www.aagpbl.org/teams.cfm?ID=7 |date=April 26, 2011 }} playing for them one year before joining the Grand Rapids Chicks (1945–1947),[http://www.aagpbl.org/teams.cfm?ID=13 1945 Grand Rapids Chicks][http://www.aagpbl.org/teams.cfm?ID=18 1946 Grand Rapids Chicks][http://www.aagpbl.org/teams.cfm?ID=26 1947 Grand Rapids Chicks] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430140935/http://www.aagpbl.org/teams.cfm?ID=26 |date=April 30, 2011 }} Chicago Colleens (1948),[http://www.aagpbl.org/teams.cfm?ID=45 1948 Chicago Colleens] Fort Wayne Daisies (1948)[http://www.aagpbl.org/teams.cfm?ID=44 1948 Fort Wayne Daisies] and Muskegon Lassies (1949).[http://www.aagpbl.org/teams.cfm?ID=52 1949 Muskegon Lassies] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917044605/http://www.aagpbl.org/teams.cfm?ID=52 |date=September 17, 2010 }} She returned to the Daisies in {{by|1950}},[http://www.aagpbl.org/teams.cfm?ID=56 1950 Ft Wayne Daisies] serving as a chaperone and assistant coach for managers Jimmie Foxx and Bill Allington until the {{by|1953}} season.[http://www.aagpbl.org/teams.cfm?ID=89 1951 Ft Wayne Daisies][http://www.aagpbl.org/teams.cfm?ID=34 1952 Ft Wayne Daisies][http://www.aagpbl.org/teams.cfm?ID=77 1953 Ft Wayne Daisies]
Tetzlaff also went to the playoffs in all of her ten seasons in the league, being a member of two champion teams in 1944 and 1947. She is also part of the AAGPBL permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York, opened in {{by|1988}}, which is dedicated to the entire league rather than any individual player.[http://www.aagpbl.org/league/history.cfm All-American Girls Professional Baseball League History] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828110055/http://www.aagpbl.org/league/history.cfm |date=August 28, 2009 }}
Doris Tetzlaff died in Iola, Wisconsin, at the age of 77.[http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Doris&qmi=&qn=Tetzlaff&qcs=&focusfirst=1 Intelius.com – Report for Doris Tetzlaff in Iola, Wisconsin]