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| Sport | Women's baseball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1943 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season (1943) |
| Founder | Philip K. Wrigley |
| First season | 1943 |
| Ceased | September 5, 1954 |
| Motto | Do or die! |
| No. of teams | 15 |
| Last champion(s) | Kalamazoo Lassies |
| Most titles | Rockford Peaches (4) |
| Official website | aagpbl.org |
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 1992 film A League of Their Own and the 2022 show of the same name are mostly fictionalized accounts of the league and its stars. Sixty-five original AAGPBL members appeared in scenes for the movie filmed in October 1991 recreating the induction of the league into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988.[1]
- ^ "A League of Their Own (1992) – AFI Catalog Spotlight". American Film Institute. July 1, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.