About the AAGPBL
“1943 Rockford Peaches.” AAGPBL , https://www.aagpbl.org/teams/rockford-peaches/1943.
“AAGPBL Player Swinging for the Ball.” Literary Hub, Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature, https://lithub.com/on-the-short-lived-all-american-girls-professional-baseball-league/.
TEAMS
1943: Kenosha Comets, Racine Belles, Rockford Peaches, and South Bend Blue Sox
1944: Milwaukee Chicks and Minneapolis Millerettes
More teams were added over the years from Fort Wayne, Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Peoria, Chicago, Springfield, Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, and Muskegon. Each team drew money and attention to the league, bringing lots of people together.
This is a newsreel from 1940 Spring Training. Source: “All-American Girls Professional Baseball Spring Training in Alexandria, Virginia Circa 1940.” Youtube, uploaded by Roger Photo Archive, 20 June 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_8amDm8UKQ.
CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES
1943: Kenosha Comets
1944: Milwaukee Chicks
1945: Rockford Peaches
1946: Racine Belles
1947: Grand Rapids Chicks
1948-1950: Rockford Peaches
1951 and 1952: South Bend Blue Sox
1953: Grand Rapids Chicks
1954: Kalamazoo Lassies
IMPORTANT PLAYERS
All the AAGPBL players are important, but some are more memorable than others. For example, Dottie Schroeder was the only woman who played in the league for all 12 years, with the most RBIs in league history. There were also multiple hall of famers including Faye Dancer, Mary Baker, and more.
Picture 1: “Dottie Schroeder.” AAGPBL, https://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/dorothy-schroeder-dottie/559.
Picture 2: Kirkland, Wallace. “Faye Dancer Hitting.” Time. https://time.com/3760024/women-professional-baseball/.
Picture 3: Kirkland, Wallace. “Mary Baker Catching.” Time. https://time.com/3760024/women-professional-baseball/.