The Rockford Peaches were a team in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was a women's professional baseball league founded by Philip K. Wrigley which existed from 1943 to 1954. During the league's history, over 600 women played ball.-History:...

 playing out of Rockford, Illinois

Rockford, Illinois

Rockford is a mid-sized city located on both banks of the Rock River in far northern Illinois. Often referred to as "The Forest City", Rockford is the county seat of Winnebago County, Illinois, USA. As reported in the 2010 U.S. census, the city was home to 152,871 people, the third most populated...

 for the entire existence of the league from 1943 to 1954.
Although the 1992

1992 in film

The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. -Top grossing films:-Awards:Academy AwardsGolden Globe AwardsNational Film Awards...

 movie A League of Their Own

A League of Their Own

A League of Their Own is a 1992 American comedy-drama film that tells a fictionalized account of the real-life All-American Girls Professional Baseball League . Directed by Penny Marshall, the film stars Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Tom Hanks, Madonna, and Rosie O'Donnell...

features the Rockford Peaches, all of the characters playing on the team were fictional. The team did not play in the 1943

1943 in baseball

-Major League Baseball:*World Series: New York Yankees over St. Louis Cardinals *All-Star Game, July 13 at Shibe Park: American League, 5-3-Other champions:*Negro League World Series: Homestead Grays over Birmingham Black Barons...

 league championship, as depicted in the film; the Racine Belles

Racine Belles

The Racine Belles were one of the original teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League playing from through out of Racine, Wisconsin. The team played its home games at Horlick Field.-History:...

 played the Kenosha Comets

Kenosha Comets

Based in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the Kenosha Comets were a women's professional baseball team that played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The team played their home games at Kenosha's Lake Front Stadium, but later moved to Simmons Field.The Kenosha Comets were one...

.

History

One of the more successful teams in the AAGPBL, the Peaches won the league championship in 1945

1945 in baseball

-Major League Baseball:*World Series: Detroit Tigers over Chicago Cubs *All-Star Game cancelled due to flight restrictions. However, inter-league games were played during the All-Star break.-Other champions:...

, 1948

1948 in baseball

-Major League Baseball:*World Series: Cleveland Indians over Boston Braves *All-Star Game, July 13 at Sportsman's Park: American League, 5-2-Other champions:*College World Series: USC*Little League World Series: Lock Haven, Pennsylvania...

, 1949

1949 in baseball

-Major League Baseball:*World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers *All-Star Game, July 12 at Ebbets Field: American League, 11-7-Caribbean leagues:*Cuba - Almendares Scorpions*Panama - Spur Cola*Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Indians...

, and 1950

1950 in baseball

-Major League Baseball:*World Series: New York Yankees over Philadelphia Phillies *All-Star Game, July 11 at Comiskey Park: National League, 4-3 -Other champions:*Caribbean World Series: Carta Vieja *College World Series: Texas...

 and had its share of star players. Gladys Davis

Gladys Davis (baseball)

Gladys Davis [״Terrie״] is a former Canadian shortstop and outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between the and seasons. Listed at 5' 5", 130 lb., Davis batted and threw right handed...

 won the league batting crown in 1943 while Dorothy Kamenshek

Dorothy Kamenshek

Dorothy "Dottie" Kamenshek was an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player. She batted and threw left-handed....

 earned the honor in 1946 and 1947. Lois Florreich

Lois Florreich

Kathleen Lois Florreich [Flash] was a pitcher and utility who played from through for three different teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 5", 140 lb., Florreich batted and threw right-handed...

 was the pitching champion in 1949 during the league's overhand era. Peaches who were named to the All-Star teams from 1946-1954 included Dorothy Kamenshek

Dorothy Kamenshek

Dorothy "Dottie" Kamenshek was an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player. She batted and threw left-handed....

, Lois Florreich

Lois Florreich

Kathleen Lois Florreich [Flash] was a pitcher and utility who played from through for three different teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 5", 140 lb., Florreich batted and threw right-handed...

, Dorothy Harrell

Dorothy Harrell

Dorothy Harrell was a shortstop who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 4", 127 lb., Harrell batted and threw right-handed...

, Carolyn Morris

Carolyn Morris

Carolyn E. Morris was a female pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 7", 157 lb., Morris batted and threw right handed...

, Alice Pollitt

Alice Pollitt

Alice Pollitt [Deschaine] is a former infielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3", 150 lb., she batted and threw right-handed....

, Ruth Richard

Ruth Richard

Ruth Richard [Richie] is a former female catcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 134 lb., she batted left-handed and threw right-handed....

, Rose Gacioch

Rose Gacioch

Rose M. Gacioch [gay'-sotch] was a right fielder and pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 6", 160 lb., Gacioch batted and threw right-handed...

, Eleanor Callow

Eleanor Callow

Eleanor Callow Squirt is a former Canadian female left fielder who played from through for three different teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Callow was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed...

, and Joan Berger

Joan Berger

Joan Berger [Knebl] is a former female infielder and outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 132 lb., Berger batted and threw right handed...

.

When former player Eileen Burmeister

Eileen Burmeister

Eileen Burmeister played eight defensive positions for the Rockford Peaches in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.-External links:*...

 was asked why The Peaches supposedly favored theatricality over technical skill, she notably reacted with a shrug and a quick statement that "if God meant for us to play baseball, he would've made us any good at it." By other side, pitcher Olive Little

Olive Little

Olive Bend Little [Ollie] was a female pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between the and seasons. Listed at 5' 3", 135 lb., Little batted and threw right-handed...

 hurled the first no-hitter

No-hitter

A no-hitter is a baseball game in which one team has no hits. In Major League Baseball, the team must be without hits during the entire game, and the game must be at least nine innings. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter"...

 both in team and league's history.

Stadium

The Peaches played their home games at Beyer Stadium

Beyer Stadium

The Beyer Stadium, one mile from downtown in Rockford, Illinois, was the home of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League's Rockford Peaches from 1943 to 1954....

 on 15th Avenue in Rockford. The Rockford uniform consisted of a peach colored dress featuring the Rockford city seal centered on the chest, along with red socks and cap. In later years, the Peaches wore a white home uniform with black socks and cap.

All-time roster

• Velma Abbott
  Velma Abbott
  Flora Velma Abbott was an utility infielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 2", 110 lb., she batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• Melba Alspaugh
  Melba Alspaugh
  Melba Irene Alspaugh was a backup outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• Amy Irene Applegren
• Ange Armato
  Ange Armato
  Ange Lou Armato is a former infielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.Born in Rockford, Illinois, Ange Armato was the seventh girl out of eight children from a large Italian family...
  
  
• Beverly Armstrong
  Beverly Armstrong
  Beverly Armstrong [Steuert] is a former female pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• Charlene Barnett
  Charlene Barnett
  Charlene Barnett [″Barney″] was an infielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• Joan Berger
  Joan Berger
  Joan Berger [Knebl] is a former female infielder and outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 132 lb., Berger batted and threw right handed...
  
  
• Rita Briggs
  Rita Briggs
  Rita Briggs [Maud] was a female catcher who played from through for seven different teams in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3", 120 lb., Briggs batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• Jean Buckley
• Eileen Burmeister
  Eileen Burmeister
  Eileen Burmeister played eight defensive positions for the Rockford Peaches in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.-External links:*...
  
  
• Shirley Burkovich
• Aldinne Calacurcio
• Eleanor Callow
  Eleanor Callow
  Eleanor Callow Squirt is a former Canadian female left fielder who played from through for three different teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Callow was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed...
  
  
• Mary Carey
• Betty Carveth
• Bea Chester
• Cartha Childress
• Jean Cione
  Jean Cione
  Jean S. Cione [″Cy″] was a pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 8", 143 lb., She batted and threw left-handed.-AAGPBL rules of play:...
  
  
• Muriel Coben
• Clara Cook
• Donna Cook

• Dorothy Cook
• Betty Jane Cornett
• Dorothy Cramer
• Audrey Daniels
  Audrey Haine
  Audrey Haine [Daniels] is a former pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between the and seasons...
  
  
• Gladys Davis
  Gladys Davis (baseball)
  Gladys Davis [״Terrie״] is a former Canadian shortstop and outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between the and seasons. Listed at 5' 5", 130 lb., Davis batted and threw right handed...
  
  
• Louella Daetweiler
• Millie Deegan
  Millie Deegan
  Mildred Eleanor Deegan was an American pitcher and second baseman who played ten seasons in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, from to .-Background:...
  
  
• Wanita Dokish
• Cartha Doyle
• Beverly Dustrude
  Beverly Dustrude
  Beverly Dustrude [Roberson] was a second basewoman who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• Louise Erickson
  Louise Erickson
  Louise Erickson [Sauer] is a former pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 9", 162 lb., she batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• Elizabeth Farrow
• Dorothy Ferguson
  Dorothy Ferguson
  Dorothy B. Ferguson Key [Dottie] was an infielder and outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League...
  
  
• Helen Filarski
  Helen Filarski
  Helen Filarski [Steffes] is a former infielder and outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 2", 125 lb., she batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• Alva Jo Fischer
  Alva Jo Fischer
  Alva Jo Fischer [Stevens] was a pitcher and shortstop who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 9", 135 lb., she batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• Lorraine Fisher
  Lorraine Fisher
  Lorraine Fisher [Stevens] was a right-handed pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.-Summary:...
  
  
• Lois Florreich
  Lois Florreich
  Kathleen Lois Florreich [Flash] was a pitcher and utility who played from through for three different teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 5", 140 lb., Florreich batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• Betty Jane Fritz
• Rose Gacioch
  Rose Gacioch
  Rose M. Gacioch [gay'-sotch] was a right fielder and pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 6", 160 lb., Gacioch batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• June Gilmore
• Dottie Green
  Dottie Green
  Dorothy M. Green was a female catcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 10" & 150 lbs., she batted and threw right-handed.-Overview profile:...
  
  

• Carol Habben
  Carol Habben
  Carol Habben was a center fielder and backup catcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 5", 135 lb., she batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• Dorothy Harrell
  Dorothy Harrell
  Dorothy Harrell was a shortstop who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 4", 127 lb., Harrell batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• Josephine Hasham
  Josephine Hasham
  Josephine Hasham [״Jo״] is a former pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Hasham batted right handed and threw left handed....
  
  
• Ruby Heafner
• Lillian Hlavaty
• Margaret Holgerson
  Margaret Holgerson
  Margaret Holgerson [Silvestri] was a pitcher and infielder who played from to in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right handed...
  
  
• Marjorie Hood
• Lillian Jackson
• Donna Jogerst
• Marilyn Jones
• Margaret Jurgensmeier
• Dorothy Kamenshek
  Dorothy Kamenshek
  Dorothy "Dottie" Kamenshek was an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player. She batted and threw left-handed....
  
  
• Joan Kaufman
• Jackie Kelley
  Jackie Kelley
  Jacqueline Kelley [née Savage] was an utility infielder/outfielder and pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 7", 140 lb., she batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• Adeline Kerrar
  Adeline Kerrar
  Adeline Kerrar [״Addie״] was an infielder and catcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the season. Listed at 5' 2", 130 lb., she was a switch-hitter and threw right handed....
  
  
• Marguerite Kerrigan
• Irene Kotowicz
• Dolores Lee
  Dolores Lee
  Dolores Margaret Lee is a former female pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 6", 130 lb., she batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• Josephine Lenard
  Josephine Lenard
  Veronica Josephine Lenard [″Bubblegum″] was a center fielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 130 lb., she batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• Barbara Liebrich
  Barbara Liebrich
  Barbara E. Liebrich [Bobbie] was an infielder, manager and chaperone in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the and seasons. She batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• Olive Little
  Olive Little
  Olive Bend Little [Ollie] was a female pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between the and seasons. Listed at 5' 3", 135 lb., Little batted and threw right-handed...
  
  

• Claire Lobrovich
• Jean Lovell
  Jean Lovell
  Jean Lovell [″Grumpy″] was a female catcher and pitcher who played for three different teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between the and seasons. Lovell batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• Betty Luna
  Betty Luna
  Betty Luna [Hill] a pitcher and outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 5", 133 lb., she batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• Marie Mansfield
  Marie Mansfield
  Marie Mansfield [Kelley] is a former pitcher who played from 1950 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 7", 140 lb., she batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• Ethel McCreary
• Naomi Meier
• Bernice Metesch
• Betty Moczynski
• Carolyn Morris
  Carolyn Morris
  Carolyn E. Morris was a female pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 7", 157 lb., Morris batted and threw right handed...
  
  
• Doris Nelson
• Helen Nelson
• Helen Nicol-Fox
  Helen Nicol
  Helen Nicol is a Canadian former baseball pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League . Listed at 5' 3", 120 lb., Nicol batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• Helen Nordquist
• Anna Mae O'Dowd
• Pauline Orvates
• Shirley Palesh
• Suzanne Parsons
• Barbara Payne
• Migdalia Pérez
  Migdalia Pérez
  Migdalia Pérez was a Cuban pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right handed...
  
  
• Marjorie Peters
• Betty Jean Peterson

• Hattie Peterson
• Alice Pollitt
  Alice Pollitt
  Alice Pollitt [Deschaine] is a former infielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3", 150 lb., she batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• Mary Pratt
  Mary Pratt (baseball)
  Mary Pratt is a former pitcher who played from 1943 through 1947 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw left-handed.-Early life:...
  
  
• Ruth Richard
  Ruth Richard
  Ruth Richard [Richie] is a former female catcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 134 lb., she batted left-handed and threw right-handed....
  
  
• Ruth Ries
• Kay Rohrer
• Jenny Romatowski
  Jenny Romatowski
  Jenniffer A. Romatowski [″Romey″] is a former utility who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5'4", 145 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.-A brief history:...
  
  
• Irene Ruhnke
  Irene Ruhnke
  Irene Ruhnke [Sanvitas] was an infielder and outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 130 lb., she batted and threw right handed...
  
  
• Margaret Russo
  Margaret Russo
  Margaret Russo [née Jones] was a shortstop who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 130 lb., she batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• Sarah Jane Sands
  Sarah Jane Sands
  Sarah Jane Sands [Ferguson] is a former right fielder and catcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League...
  
  
• Jacquelyn Savage
• Betty Tucker
  Betty Tucker
  Elizabeth Tucker [Betty] is a former pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 123 lb., she batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• Helen Waddell
• Marie Wegman
  Marie Wegman
  Marie Wegman was an utility infielder/outfielder and pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 7", 130 lb., she batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• Margaret Wigiser
  Margaret Wigiser
  Margaret M. Wigiser [Wiggie] is a former center fielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League...
  
  
• Janet Wiley

Source: The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Paperback, 295 pp. Language: English. ISBN 0786437472

Managers

* Eddie Stumpf Eddie Stumpf Edward Stumpf was an American player, manager and executive in Minor league baseball.Stumpf began his professional baseball career as a catcher in the American Association, playing from 1916 through 1919 for the Milwaukee Brewers and Columbus Senators...
* Jack Kloza John Kloza John Clarence "Nap" Kloza was a professional baseball player and manager. Listed at 5' 11", 180 lb., he batted and threw right-handed. Sometimes he is credited as Jack Kloza....
* Bill Allington Bill Allington William Baird Allington was an American Minor league baseball player and manager. Listed at 5' 9" , 160 lb., Allington batted and threw right-handed. He was born in St. Clair County, Michigan....
* Eddie Ainsworth
* Bill Allington Bill Allington William Baird Allington was an American Minor league baseball player and manager. Listed at 5' 9" , 160 lb., Allington batted and threw right-handed. He was born in St. Clair County, Michigan....
* Johnny Rawlings Johnny Rawlings John William Rawlings [Red] was a second baseman and shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for six different teams between the and seasons. Listed at 5'8", 158 lb., he batted and threw right-handed....

Sources

• Official Website of the AAGPBL