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 Grand Rapids Chicks were a women's professional baseball team based in Grand Rapids,Michigan. They played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1945 to 1954,winning championships in 1947 and 1953.
Phyllis C. Koehn [″Sugar″] was an American pitcher and utility who played from 1943 through 1950 for six different teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 5",120 lb.,Koehn batted and threw right-handed. She was born in Madison,Wisconsin.
Betsy "Sockum" Jochum is a former outfielder and pitcher who played from 1943 through 1948 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 7",140 lb.,she batted and threw right-handed.
Alma Ziegler was an infielder and pitcher who played from 1944 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m),125 lb.,Ziegler batted and threw right-handed.
Eleanor Moore [Warner] was an American baseball pitcher who played from 1950 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m),Moore batted and threw right-handed. She was born in Long Point,Illinois.
Sarah Jane "Salty" Ferguson is a former right fielder and catcher who played from 1953 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m),120 lb.,she batted and threw right-handed.
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.
Renae Audrey Youngberg [Ray] was a third basewoman who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during four seasons spanning 1949–1954. She batted and threw right-handed.
Helen Earlene Risinger was a pitcher who played from 1948 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 6' 2",137 lb.,she batted and threw right-handed.
Ernestine Petras [״Teeny״] was an infielder who played from 1944 through 1952 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m),125 lb.,Petras batted and threw right-handed. She was born in the Haskell section of Wanaque,New Jersey.
Twila Shively was an American competitive baseball player. An outfielder,she played from 1945 through 1950 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5
Marilyn J. "Corky" Olinger was an American professional baseball shortstop who played from 1948 through 1953 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m),140 lb.,she batted and threw right-handed.
Viola Thompson [Griffin] was a pitcher who played from 1944 through 1947 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5 feet 5 inches (165 cm),120 pounds (54 kg),she batted and threw left-handed.
Philomena Theresa Gianfrancisco was an outfielder who played from 1945 through 1948 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m),134 lb.,she batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
Marilyn A. Jenkins was a catcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m),140 lb.,she batted and threw right-handed.
Gloria June Schweigerdt [״Tippy״] was an American pitcher who played from 1950 through 1952 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m),120 lb,she batted and threw right-handed.
Mary Lou Beschorner was an outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 7",135 lb.,she batted and threw right handed.
Dolly Niemiec was an American baseball player who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between 1948 and 1952. She both batted and threw right-handed.
The National Girls Baseball League (NGBL) was a professional women's baseball league which existed from 1944 to 1954,with teams based in Chicago,Illinois. The National Girls Baseball League started a year after the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL),which was featured in the film A League of Their Own. The National Girls Baseball League differed from the AAGPLB in that the NGBL kept and allowed the traditional underhand softball pitching format. Football legend Red Grange served as commissioner of the National Girls Baseball League.
