Girls Professional Baseball League

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (1943-1954)

Tombstone

Formed: February 18, 19431Wrigley To Finance Girls Softball Loop, AP via The Meriden Record, Feb. 19, 1943
Disbanded: March 12, 19552Girls League Disbands, AP via The Spokesman-Review, Mar. 13, 1955

First Games: May 30, 19433Girls Open Pro Softball League Season Sunday, UP via The Telegraph-Herald, May 28, 1943
Last Game: September 5, 19544June Peppas byJim Sargent, Society for American Baseball Research

Seasons: 12
States: 5
(IL, IN, MI, MN, WI)

Leadership

Founders: Branch Rickey, Philip Wrigley, et al

Trophy Case

Background

Coming soon…

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Franchise List

FranchiseYears ActiveChampionships
Battle Creek Belles1951-1952None
Chicago Colleens1948None
Fort Wayne Daisies1945-1954None
Grand Rapids Chicks1945-19541947-1953
Kalamazoo Lassies1950-19541954
Kenosha Comets1943-1951None
Milwaukee Chicks19441944
Minneapolis Millerettes1944
Muskegon Belles1953None
Muskegon Lassies1946-1949None
Peoria Redwings1946-1951None
Racine Belles1943-19501943-1946
Rockford Peaches1943-19541945-1948-1949-1950
South Bend Blue Sox1943-19541951-1952
Springfield Sallies1948None

 

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