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 eventually consisted of 10 teams located in the American Midwest. In 1948,league attendance peaked at over 900,000 spectators. The most successful team,the Rockford Peaches,won a league-best four championships.
The Racine Belles were one of the original teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League playing from 1943 through 1950 out of Racine,Wisconsin. The Belles won the league's first championship. The team played its home games at Horlick Field.
Madeline Katherine English was a third basewoman who played from 1943 through 1951 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m),130 lb.,English batted and threw right-handed. At age eighteen,she became one of the youngest founding members of the league.
Margaret Callaghan Maxwell was an infielder who played from 1944 to 1951 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3",112 lb.,she batted and threw right-handed.
Eleanor 'Squirt' Callow was a left fielder who played from 1947 through 1954 for three teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Callow was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. She was born in Winnipeg,Manitoba.
Nancy Elizabeth Mudge [Cato] was an infielder who played from 1950 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m),120 lb.,she batted and threw right-handed.
Ruby Lee Stephens[Stevie] was a pitcher who played from 1946 through 1951 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right-handed.
Gertrude Alderfer[Gert] was a first basewoman and catcher who played from 1949 through 1950 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right-handed.
Lavone A. "Pepper" Paire Davis was a baseball catcher and infielder who played from 1944 through 1953 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m),138 lb.,she batted and threw right-handed.
Isabel "Lefty" Álvarez was a Cuban pitcher and outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between the 1949 and 1954 seasons. She batted and threw left-handed.
Evelyn Wawryshyn [Litwin/Moroz] was a Canadian second base who played from 1946 through 1951 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3",130 lb.,Wawryshyn batted and threw right-handed. She was nicknamed Evie by her friends and teammates.
Dorothy Maguire was a catcher and outfielder who played from 1943 through 1949 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Maguire batted and threw right-handed. She also played under the name of Dorothy Chapman.
Marguerite Pearson (Tesseine) was a utility player who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between the 1948 and 1954 seasons. Listed at 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m),125 lb.,Pearson batted and threw right-handed. She was nicknamed ″Dolly".
Naomi Meier [″Sally″] was an outfielder who played from 1946 through 1953 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m),115 lb.,Meier batted and threw right-handed. She was born in Fort Wayne,Indiana.
Mildred Marion Warwick [״Mille״] was an infielder who played from 1943 through 1944 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 2",115 lb.,she batted and threw right handed.
Margaret “Marge”Wenzell was a utility infielder/outfielder who played from 1945 through 1953 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m),134 lb.,she batted and threw right-handed.
Ruth Matlack [Sagrati] was an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player. Listed a 5' 2",127 lb.,she batted and threw left handed.
Jeanne Gilchrist was a Canadian catcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 5",125 lb.,Gilchrist batted and threw right handed. She was born in New Westminster,British Columbia.
Ruth Mason was a Canadian outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
Mary Ann Moore is a former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League infielder. Listed at 5' 5",145 lb.,Moore batted and threw right handed. She was dubbed 'Sis' by her teammates.
