Legacy All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

bronze sculpture @ baseball hall of fame

the 1992 film league of own, although fictionalized, covers founding , play of league. geena davis, lori petty, rosie o donnell, madonna, , tom hanks stars of film, directed penny marshall.

lois siegel documented all-american girls professional baseball league in film baseball girls, produced national film board of canada. olive little threw first no-hitter in team , league history.

several histories of aagpbl have been published in book form.

although aagpbl first recorded professional women s baseball league, women had played baseball since nineteenth century. first known women s baseball team played @ vassar college in 1866, while barnstorming bloomer girls teams (sometimes including men) flourished 1890s 1930s. there @ least 3 women players in professional negro leagues – toni stone, mamie johnson , connie morgan.

baseball hall of fame members max carey , jimmie foxx managed teams in aagpbl.

pitcher annabelle lee - pitched first perfect game in aagpbl history - aunt of bill lee, had 13-year career boston red sox , montreal expos.

aagpbl player helen callaghan mother of major leaguer casey candaele, played 3 different teams in 1980s , 1990s.