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The APBPA welcomes the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Players as Members

By July 17, 2019January 7th, 2022No Comments

The APBPA wants to give a special thank you to Dr. Kat Williams and Rick Chapman for their warrior-spirited efforts ensuring the women professional baseball players of the AAGPBL are recognized for their epic, but until the release of the film A League of Her Own, largely forgotten contributions to the sport from 1943-1954.

The Rockford Peaches, the South Bend Blue Sox, the Racine Belles and the Kenosha Comets played a 108-game schedule. The AAGPBL at times included the Fort Wayne Daisies, Minneapolis Millerettes, Kalamazoo Lassies, Muskegon Lassies, Grand Rapids Chicks, Peoria Redwings, Milwaukee Chicks, Chicago Colleens, and the Springfield Sallies.

Former MLB players such as Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx, Johnny Rawlings, Bert Niehoff, Josh Billings, Leo Murphy, Bill Wambsganss and Dave Bancroft served as managers in the league, while Hall of Famer Max Carey was its president.

Toni Stone, Connie Morgan, and Mamie “Peanut” Johnson, the only women to play in the Negro Leagues, have been awarded posthumous APBPA Membership for their Lifetime Achievements.

Welcome aboard!!