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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.
The Rockford Peaches were a women's professional baseball team who played from 1943 to 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. A founding member, the team represented Rockford, Illinois. The Peaches were one of 2 teams to play in every AAGPBL season, the other being the South Bend Blue Sox.
Although the 1992 film A League of Their Own features the Racine Belles, all of the characters playing on the team were fictional, and ballpark scenes were filmed in Evansville, Indiana. Nonetheless, the Belles did win the league championship in 1943 , but over the Kenosha Comets , not the Rockford Peaches as the movie depicts.
The teams competed through a 108-game schedule, while the first Scholarship Series faced first-half winner Racine against Kenosha, second-half champ, in a Best of Five Series. [1] [4] The strong pitching led to low batting averages, as the league hit a collective .230 average with Racine topping the chart (.246).
How to Play Baseball; How to Play Football; How to Swim (1942 film) J. Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad; ... The Vulture Wally (1940 film) W. Whiplash (1948 film)
On August 6, 2020, Amazon Video ordered a reboot series with the same title as the movie. [43] The series debuted on August 12, 2022, on Amazon. [44] The series was renewed in March 2023 for a four-episode final season, but in August 2023, Amazon announced that the second season would be scrapped due to delays caused by the WGA strike. [45]
Pages in category "1940s in women's baseball" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
The South Bend Blue Sox was a women's professional baseball team who played from 1943 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.A founding member, the team represented South Bend, Indiana, and played their home games at Bendix Field (1943–1945) and Playland Park (1946–1954).