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'{{short description|League for women's baseball teams in the United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox Sports league | title = | sport = [[Women's baseball]] | founded = [[1943 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season|1943]] | logo = Logo of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.svg | pixels = 180px | fame = | motto = Do or poo! | inaugural = 1943 | teams = [[#Teams|15]] | country = | champion =[[Kalamazoo Lassies]] | most_champs =[[Rockford Peaches]] (4) | qualification = | folded =September 5, 1954 | website = [http://www.aagpbl.org/ aagpbl.org] | singles = | ceo = augaflaugafleegafloogenishcanahcahneeganooginaugafluagafleegafloogenbirdie | Director = billythebug/ladyrara | TV = flatscreen | related_comps = | Founder = [[Philip K. Wrigley]] }} The '''All-American Girls Professional Baseball League''' ('''AAGPBL''') was a professional [[women's baseball]] league founded by [[Philip K. Wrigley]] which existed from 1943 to 1954. The AAGPBL is the forerunner of women's professional league sports in the United States. Over 600 women played in the league, which consisted of eventually 10 teams located in the American [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]].<ref name="Cullen-DuPont2000"/> In 1948, league attendance peaked at over 900,000 spectators. The most successful team, the [[Rockford Peaches]], won a league-best four championships. The 1992 motion picture ''[[A League of Their Own]]'' is a mostly fictionalized account of the early days of the league and its stars. ==Founding and play== With the entry of the United States into [[World War II]], several major league baseball executives started a new professional league with women players in order to maintain baseball in the public eye [[Major League Baseball#World War II era|while the majority of able men were away]]. The founders included [[Philip K. Wrigley]], [[Branch Rickey]], and [[Paul V. Harper]]. They feared that [[Major League Baseball]] might even temporarily cease due to the war because of the loss of talent,<ref name=WDL1/> as well as restrictions on team travel due to gasoline rationing.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-flash-women-baseball-wrigley-0624-20180612-story.html |title=Female players hit a home run for wartime baseball — but were seen, rarely heard |last=Grossman |first=Ron |date=2018-06-24 |work=chicagotribune.com |access-date=2018-06-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> The women's initial tryouts were held at [[Wrigley Field]] in [[Chicago]]. Scouted from amateur [[softball]] games across the country, over 200 women were invited to try-out, and about 60 were selected for the league roster. Like the male major-league, the 'girls' league was also [[Baseball color line|informally segregated]], thus no African Americans were recruited or hired. Women were selected for their skilled play, but the player also needed to fit what was seen by marketers as a wholesome feminine ideal.<ref name=May/> The first league game was played on May 30, 1943.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/10-fun-facts-about-the-allamerican-girls-professional-baseball-league/a830a7a0-1f96-4737-8e13-0a7942f1e2bc |title=10 Fun Facts About The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League |work=WBEZ |access-date=June 4, 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sbnation.com/2018/5/30/17407798/women-baseball-trailblazers-reflect-aagpbl-75th-anniversary |title=Women's baseball trailblazers reflect on the league, 75 years after its founding |last=Hasse |first=Nicole |date=May 30, 2018 |website=SBNation.com |access-date=2018-06-07}}</ref> The league went through three periods of ownership. It was owned by chewing gum mogul Wrigley<ref name="Cullen-DuPont2000">{{cite book|author=Kathryn Cullen-DuPont|title=Encyclopedia of women's history in America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oIro7MtiFuYC&pg=PA374|accessdate=November 28, 2011|date=August 1, 2000|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-0-8160-4100-8|pages=9–10}}</ref> from 1943 to 1945, wealthy publicist [[Arthur Meyerhoff]] from 1945 to 1951, and the teams were individually owned from 1951 to 1954. The teams generally played in [[Midwestern]] cities. The [[South Bend Blue Sox]] and the [[Rockford Peaches]] were the only two teams that stayed in their home cities for the full period of the AAGPBL's existence.<ref name=May/> {{HistBaseball nav}} In the first season, the league played a game that was a hybrid of baseball and softball. The ball was 12&nbsp;inches in circumference, the size of a regulation softball (regulation baseballs are 9 to 9{{fraction|1|4}}&nbsp;inches). The pitcher's mound was only forty feet from home plate, closer even than in regulation softball and much closer than the baseball distance of 60 feet, 6&nbsp;inches. Pitchers threw underhand windmill, like in softball, and the distance between bases was 65 feet, five feet longer than in softball, but 25 feet shorter than in baseball. Major similarities between the AAGPBL and baseball included nine player teams and the use of a pitcher's mound (softball pitchers throw from flat ground). By 1948, the ball had shrunk to 10{{fraction|3|8}} inches, overhand pitching was allowed, and the mound was moved back to 50 feet. Over the history of the league, the rules continued to gradually approach those of baseball. By the final season in 1954, the ball was regulation baseball size, the mound was moved back to 60 feet, and the basepaths were extended to 85 feet (still five feet shorter than in regulation baseball).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aagpbl.org/index.cfm/pages/league/20/rules-of-play|title=Rules of Play All-American Girls Professional Baseball League|date=January 18, 2012|publisher=}}</ref> Teams were generally [[Baseball manager|managed]] by men who knew competitive athletics and were former major league players, in part to demonstrate to fans that the league was serious.<ref name=May/> Salaries were above average for women and ranged from $45–$85 (or ${{Inflation|US|45|1943}}–${{Inflation|US|85|1943}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}}) a week during the first years of play to about $125 (or ${{Inflation|US|125|1951}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}}) per week in later years. The women's league generally went along with the men's late spring to early autumn season.<ref>[Johnson, Anne Janette. Great Women in Sports. Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1996.]</ref> <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:1943-First Four AAGPBL.gif|thumb|250px|left|First AAGPBL players signed in 1943: Back, L-R: Claire Schillace, Ann Harnett and Edythe Perlick. Seated: Shirley Jameson. Photo courtesy of Northern Indiana Center for History Collection.{{deletable image-caption|Wednesday, 30 October 2019|PROD}}]] --> The uniforms worn by the female ballplayers consisted of a belted, short-sleeved tunic dress with a slight flare of the skirt. Rules stated that skirts were to be worn no more than six inches above the knee, but the regulation was most often ignored in order to facilitate running and fielding. A circular team logo was sewn on the front of each dress, and baseball caps featured elastic bands in the back so that they were one-size-fits-all.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/timeline_1943.htm|title=National Baseball Hall of Fame - Dressed to the Nines - Timeline|publisher=}}</ref> During [[spring training]], the girls were required to attend [[Helena Rubinstein]]'s evening charm school classes. The proper etiquette for every situation was taught, and every aspect of personal hygiene, mannerisms, and dress code was presented to all the players. In an effort to make each player as physically attractive as possible, each received a beauty kit and instructions on how to use it. As a part of the league's 'Rules of Conduct', the 'girls' were not permitted to have short hair, they could not smoke or drink in public places, and they were required to wear lipstick at all times. Fines for not following the league's rules of conduct were five dollars for the first offense, ten for the second, and suspension for the third.<ref name="aagpbl.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.aagpbl.org/index.cfm/pages/league/12/league-history|website=All American Girls Professional Baseball League Players Association|title=League History|accessdate=November 22, 2017}}</ref> In 1944, [[Josephine D'Angelo|Josephine "JoJo" D'Angelo]] was fired for cutting her hair short.<ref>{{cite web |last1=de la Cretaz |first1=Britni |title=The Hidden Queer History Behind "A League of Their Own" |url=http://narrative.ly/the-hidden-queer-history-behind-a-league-of-their-own/ |website=Narratively |accessdate=May 30, 2018 |date=May 30, 2018}}</ref> The women's contracts were much stricter about behavior than in the men's league, and each team was also assigned its own [[chaperone (social)|chaperone]] by the league.<ref name=May/> The AAGPBL peaked in attendance during the 1948 season, when 10 teams attracted 910,000 paid fans.<ref name="aagpbl.org" /> The [[Rockford Peaches]] won the most league championships with four (1945, 1948, 1949, 1950). The Milwaukee/Grand Rapids Chicks were second with three (1944 in Milwaukee, 1947 and 1953 in Grand Rapids). The Racine Belles (1943 and 1946) and the South Bend Blue Sox (1951 and 1952) each won two, and the Kalamazoo Lassies won in the league's final season (1954).<ref name=May>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BK3iCwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=from+1943+to+1945,+Arthur+Meyerhoff+from+1945+to+1951,+and+the+teams+were+individually+owned+from+1951+to+1954.+In+1947+and+1948,+spring+training+exhibition+games+were+held+at+the+Gran+Stadium+in+Havana,+Cuba.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQ0_37tLrbAhUGTawKHfPHBi8Q6AEIXTAK#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball |last=Heaphy |first=Leslie A. |last2=May |first2=Mel Anthony |date=March 1, 2016 |publisher=McFarland | pages=9–16 |isbn=9781476665948 |language=en}}</ref> ==Legacy== The 1992 film ''[[A League of Their Own]]'', although fictionalized, covers the founding and play of this league. [[Geena Davis]], [[Lori Petty]], [[Rosie O'Donnell]], [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], and [[Tom Hanks]] were the stars of the film, which was directed by [[Penny Marshall]]. The league is the forerunner of later-day professional league sports played by women.<ref name=May/> Lois Siegel documented the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in her film ''Baseball Girls'', which was produced by the National Film Board of Canada. [[Olive Little]] threw the first no-hitter in team and league history.<ref>Immodest and Sensational: 150 Years of Canadian Women in Sport, M. Ann Hall, p.57, James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Toronto, 2008, {{ISBN|978-1-55277-021-4}}</ref> Several histories of the AAGPBL have been published in book form.<ref>Macy, Sue. ''A Whole New Ball Game: The Story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League''. {{ISBN|0-14-037423-X}}</ref><ref>Browne, Lois. ''Girls of Summer: The Real Story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League''. {{ISBN|0-00-637902-8}}</ref> Although the AAGPBL was the first recorded professional women's baseball league, women had played baseball since the nineteenth century. The first known women's baseball team played at [[Vassar College]] in 1866,<ref>Debra A. Shattuck, [http://innovators.vassar.edu/innovator.html?id=76 "Bats, Balls and Books: Baseball and Higher Education for Women at Three Eastern Women's Colleges, 1866–1891,"] in the ''Journal of Sport History'', Summer 1992.</ref> while barnstorming Bloomer Girls teams.<ref>Berlage, Gai Ingham. ''Women in Baseball''. {{ISBN|0-275-94735-1}}</ref> (sometimes including men<ref>Ritter, Lawrence S. ''The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It''. {{ISBN|0-941372-08-1}}</ref>) [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] members [[Max Carey]]<ref>{{sabrbio1|e3347ea3|Max Carey|John Bennett|November 16, 2013}}</ref> and [[Jimmie Foxx]]<ref>{{sabrbio1|e34a045d|Jimmie Foxx|John Bennett|November 16, 2013}}</ref> managed teams in the AAGPBL. [[File:AAGSBL logo.jpg|thumb|100px|Logo of the All-American Girls Softball League, 1943]]The league went through a series of name changes during its history. It was founded as the '''All-American Girls Softball League''',<ref name="Cullen-DuPont2000"/> but midway through its first season of 1943, the name was changed to the '''All-American Girls Baseball League''' (AAGBBL).<ref name="aagpbl.org"/> After the 1943 season, the official League name was again changed, to the '''All-American Girls Professional Ball League''' (AAGPBL), reflecting that players were paid from the start and further separating it from existing amateur leagues.<ref name=WDL1>{{cite web|title=All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Player Marg Callaghan Sliding into Home Plate as Umpire Norris Ward Watches|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/4025/|work=[[World Digital Library]]|publisher=[[Library of Congress]]|accessdate=December 31, 2013}}</ref> This name was used until the end of the 1945 season, when the league reverted to '''All-American Girls Baseball League''' (AAGBBL), which it would use through 1950. When teams were sold to independent owners at the end of the 1950 season, the official League name was changed to the '''American Girls Baseball League''' (AGBL), although it continued to be popularly identified as the '''All-American League''' or the '''All-American Girls Baseball League''' (AAGBBL). When the Players' Association organized in 1986, and gained recognition by the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988, the name '''All-American Girls Professional Baseball League''' (AAGPBL) was chosen to represent the league, and that is the name commonly used to refer to it to this day.<ref name="aagpbl.org"/> ==Rules of play== {{Main|All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League_rules_of_play|l1=AAGPBL Rules of Play}} ==Uniforms== [[File:ChicksUniform MillerPark.jpg|thumb|150px|Reproduction 1944 Milwaukee Chicks uniform on display at Miller Park]]The uniform was a one-piece short-skirted flared tunic with a team patch in the center of the chest. The base uniform was designed by [[Wrigley Company]] art director [[Otis Shepard]], assisted by Wrigley's wife Helen and Chicago softball player Ann Harnett, the first player signed by the league.<ref name="leaguehistory">{{cite web |title=LEAGUE HISTORY |url=https://www.aagpbl.org/history/league-history |website=aagpbl.org |publisher=All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Players Association |accessdate=July 11, 2019}}</ref> Shepard was also the longtime art director for the [[Chicago Cubs]] and spearheaded a series of innovative uniforms beginning in 1937.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Thorn|first1=John|title=Otis Shepard, Baseball's Greatest Graphic Artist|url=https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/otis-shepard-2ac835a93d61|website=Our Game|publisher=Major League Baseball|accessdate=May 3, 2018|date=August 10, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Lukas|first1=Paul|title=Possibly the Greatest Example of Uni-Watching Ever|url=https://uni-watch.com/2014/02/14/incredible-chicago-tribune-article-on-the-1937-cubs-uniforms/|website=Uni Watch|accessdate=May 3, 2018|date=February 14, 2014}}</ref> Shepard designed all visual elements of the league, including game scorecards and promotional materials. For his work on the AAGPBL and the Cubs, Shepard was called the "chief visualizer of mid-century baseball."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hathaway |first1=Norman |last2=Nadel |first2=Dan |title=Dorothy and Otis: Designing the American Dream: The Pioneering Designers of Baseball, Billboards, and Chewing Gum |date=2014 |publisher=Harper Design |location=New York |isbn=0062262432 |page=231}}</ref> Shepard modeled the uniform after the figure skating, field hockey, and tennis outfits of the period. The uniforms included satin shorts, knee-high baseball socks, and a baseball cap.<ref>{{cite web|title=League History|url=http://www.aagpbl.org/index.cfm/pages/league/12/league-history|website=aagpbl.org|publisher=All American Girls Professional Baseball League Players Association, Inc.|accessdate=May 3, 2018}}</ref> The team patches were modeled after each respective city's seal.<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=@AAGPBL |number=982178369725915137 |date = April 6, 2018 |title=On top are the logos used in #ALeagueofTheirOwn and on the bottom are the real logos. The logos are actually the city seal of the towns they played in. Why they changed the logos for the movie? Because it looked better on camera. }}</ref> In the beginning, each team was issued one uniform style, to be worn in all games. Shepard unveiled the inaugural uniforms in a palette of pastel colors: green for Kenosha; yellow for Racine; blue for South Bend; and peach for Rockford. The accessories (cap, belt, stirrups) were bold darker shades of the team color. As new teams were added, they were given a new distinctive team color (gray for Milwaukee, pink for Minneapolis). Road uniforms were introduced to the league starting with the 1948 season. ==Theme song== <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:AAGPBL Victory Song.jpg|thumb|{{deletable image-caption|Wednesday, 30 October 2019|PROD}}]] --> The theme song made famous in the 1992 film ''[[A League of Their Own]]'' was the official song of the All-American Girls Baseball League, co-written by [[Pepper Paire]] and [[Nalda Bird]] (although in the movie, the word "Irishmen" was changed to "Irish ones").<ref name="ReferenceA">[http://www.aagpbl.org/index.cfm/pages/league/21/victory-song] Victory Song at All-American Girls Professional Baseball League official site</ref> In their annual reunions since 1998, it is usual to hear the original AAGPBL players singing the song.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_SqGGLs0Yw|title=All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Players|first=|last=emilylasota|date=May 14, 2007|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref> ==Teams== === Team timeline === <timeline> DateFormat = mm/dd/yyyy Define $now = 12/31/1954 ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:20 Period = from:01/01/1943 till:12/31/1954 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:20 left:0 bottom:50 top:5 #> to display a count on left side of graph, use "left:20" to suppress the count, use "left:20"<# Colors = id:barcolor value:rgb(0.99,0.7,0.7) id:line value:black id:lightline value:rgb(0.5,0.5,0.5) id:bg value:white id:Comets value:yellowgreen id:Peaches value:rgb(1,0.714,0.757) id:Belles value:rgb(0.824,0.706,0.549) id:BlueSox value:skyblue id:Schnitts value:rgb(0.790,0.790,0.790) id:Orphans value:rgb(1,0.5,0.5) id:Chicks value:rgb(0.875,0.675,1) id:Daisies value:rgb(0.941,1,0.467) id:Lassies value:rgb(0.502,1,0.478) id:Redwings value:rgb(1,0.749,0.502) id:Colleens value:rgb(0.753,1,0.502) id:Sallies value:rgb(0.502,1,1) PlotData= width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:8.5pt bar:1 color:Peaches from:01/01/1943 till:12/31/1954 text:[[Rockford Peaches|Rockford]] bar:2 color:BlueSox from:01/01/1943 till:12/31/1954 text:[[South Bend Blue Sox|South Bend]] bar:3 color:Comets from:01/01/1943 till:12/31/1951 text:[[Kenosha Comets|Kenosha]] bar:4 color:Belles from:01/01/1943 till:12/10/1950 text:[[Racine Belles|Racine]] bar:5 color:Schnitts from:01/01/1944 till:12/10/1944 text:[[Milwaukee Chicks|Milwaukee]] bar:6 color:Daisies from:01/01/1944 till:12/10/1944 text:[[Minneapolis Millerettes|Minneapolis]] bar:5 color:Schnitts from:01/01/1945 till:12/31/1954 text:[[Grand Rapids Chicks|Grand Rapids]] bar:6 color:Daisies from:01/01/1945 till:12/31/1954 text:[[Fort Wayne Daisies|Fort Wayne]] bar:9 color:Lassies from:01/01/1946 till:12/10/1949 text:[[Muskegon Lassies|Muskegon]] bar:10 color:Redwings from:01/01/1946 till:12/31/1951 text:[[Peoria Redwings|Peoria]] bar:11 color:Colleens from:01/01/1948 till:12/31/1948 text:[[Chicago Colleens|Chicago]] bar:12 color:Sallies from:01/01/1948 till:12/31/1948 text:[[Springfield Sallies|Springfield]] bar:9 color:Lassies from:01/01/1950 till:12/31/1954 text:[[Kalamazoo Lassies|Kalamazoo]] bar:4 color:Belles from:01/01/1951 till:12/10/1952 text:[[Battle Creek Belles|Battle Creek]] bar:4 color:Belles from:01/01/1953 till:12/31/1953 text:[[Muskegon Belles|Muskegon]] ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:1 start:01/01/1943 TextData = fontsize:L textcolor:black pos:(0,30) tabs:(400-center) text: # > If the chart uses more than one bar color, add a legend by selecting the appropriate fields from the following six options (use only the colors that are used in the graphic.) Leave a blank line after the end of the timeline, then add a line with the selected values from the list, separated by a space. {{Font color || {{RGB|190|186|218}}|Current clubs}} {{Font color || {{RGB|255|255|179}}|Former clubs}} {{Font color || {{RGB|101|211|159}}|Future clubs}} <# </timeline> * [[Kenosha Comets]]<ref name="Cullen-DuPont2000"/> (1943–1951) * [[Racine Belles]]<ref name="Cullen-DuPont2000"/> (1943–1950) * [[Rockford Peaches]]<ref name="Cullen-DuPont2000"/> (1943–1954) * [[South Bend Blue Sox]]<ref name="Cullen-DuPont2000"/> (1943–1954) * [[Milwaukee Chicks]] (1944) * [[Minneapolis Millerettes]]<ref name="Cullen-DuPont2000"/> (1944) * [[Fort Wayne Daisies]]<ref name="Cullen-DuPont2000"/> (1945–1954) * [[Grand Rapids Chicks]]<ref name="Cullen-DuPont2000"/> (1945–1954) * [[Muskegon Lassies]] (1946–1949) * [[Peoria Redwings]]<ref name="Cullen-DuPont2000"/> (1946–1951) * [[Chicago Colleens]]<ref name="Cullen-DuPont2000"/> (1948) * [[Springfield Sallies]]<ref name="Cullen-DuPont2000"/> (1948) * [[Kalamazoo Lassies]]<ref name="Cullen-DuPont2000"/> (1950–1954) * [[Battle Creek Belles]] (1951–1952) * [[Muskegon Belles]] (1953) ==League champions== *[[1943 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season|1943]] – [[Racine Belles]] *[[1944 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season|1944]] – [[Milwaukee Chicks]] *[[1945 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season|1945]] – [[Rockford Peaches]] *[[1946 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season|1946]] – [[Racine Belles]] *[[1947 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season|1947]] – [[Grand Rapids Chicks]] *[[1948 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season|1948]] – [[Rockford Peaches]] *[[1949 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season|1949]] – [[Rockford Peaches]] *[[1950 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season|1950]] – [[Rockford Peaches]] *[[1951 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season|1951]] – [[South Bend Blue Sox]] *[[1952 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season|1952]] – [[South Bend Blue Sox]] *[[1953 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season|1953]] – [[Grand Rapids Chicks]] *[[1954 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season|1954]] – [[Kalamazoo Lassies]]<ref name=May/> ==AAGPBL Players Association== When the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was unable to continue in 1955, its history and its significance were forgotten by baseball historians. Many people in the 1950s thought that women were not supposed to play baseball as it was a "man's game", so most female athletes competed on other fields of endeavor. The game was remembered in 1980 when former pitcher [[June Peppas]] launched a newsletter project to get in touch with friends, teammates, and opponents that resulted in the league's first reunion in [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]] in 1982. The Players Association was formed after a 1986 Reunion held in Fort Wayne as part of Run, Jane, Run, a local Women's Bureau event. Historian and Baseball card publisher Sharon Roepke (author of Diamond Gals) who was circulating a petition to get the Baseball Hall of Fame to recognize the All American Girls Baseball League asked the players at the Reunion to organize to help the effort. A meeting was held at the South Bend home of Fran Janssen, and the Player's Association was born. June Peppas was nominated President. <ref>{ Minutes of AAGPBL origin meeting; personal recollection of participant Sharon Roepke}</ref> ==National Women's Baseball Hall of Fame inductees== *1999 – [[Claire Schillace]] *2002 – [[Faye Dancer]] *2003 – [[Dorothy Ferguson]] (Dottie Key) *2005 – [[Joanne Winter]] *2010 – [[Dorothy Kamenshek]] *2012 – [[Jean Faut]] *2012 – [[Doris Sams]] *2013 – [[Pepper Paire]] *2013 – [[Sophie Kurys]] *2017 – [[Arleene Johnson]] (Noga) *2018 – [[June Peppas]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eteamz.com/hallfame|title=National Women's Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> ==See also== *[[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League All-Star Team]] *[[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Player of the Year Award]] *[[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League batting records]] *[[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League fielding records]] *[[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League pitching records]] *[[List of All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players]] *[[List of All-American Girls Professional Baseball League managers]] *[[Ted Williams Museum and Hitters Hall of Fame]], which includes AAGPBL exhibit *[[Major women's sport leagues in North America]] *[[Women's professional sports]] *[[Women's sports]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Further reading== *''A Whole New Ball Game'' by Sue Macy *"Muscle in the Bud" (an article in ''Baseball As America'') by Barbara Gregorich ==External links== {{sisterlinks|v=no|voy=no|n=no|wikt=no|species=no|m=no|mw=no|b=no|s=no|commons=Category:All-American Girls Professional Baseball League|d=Q1052634|q=no}} *{{Official website|http://www.aagpbl.org/}} *{{DMOZ|Sports/Baseball/Women/|Women's baseball}} *[https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/collections/show/33 Grand Valley State University All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Oral History Project] *[https://minds.wisconsin.edu/handle/1793/38136 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, The Forgotten Champs: The 1944 Milwaukee Chicks Oral History Project] *[https://www.nfb.ca/film/baseball_girls/"Baseball Girls" documentary, The National Film Board of Canada ] {{All-American Girls Professional Baseball League|state=uncollapsed}} {{Professional Baseball}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:All-American Girls Professional Baseball League| ]] [[Category:Sports leagues established in 1943]] [[Category:1954 disestablishments in the United States]] [[Category:Defunct major baseball leagues in the United States]] [[Category:Women's baseball leagues in the United States]] [[Category:1943 establishments in Illinois]] [[Category:History of Chicago]] [[Category:Baseball in Chicago]] [[Category:Sports leagues disestablished in 1954]]'