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All-American Girls
Professional Baseball League
2011 Reunion: October 19 – 23, 2011
San Diego, CA
The pioneering women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) who played professional baseball from 1943 to 1954 will be gathering in San Diego, California for their 2011 reunion on October 19 – 23, 2011. There are just over 200 living players, (ranging in age from 70 to 90), so this is your once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for those of you who are true baseball fans to meet a number of these players as they attend this reunion.
Some reunion events may be open to the public, but by becoming an associate member of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, you will have access to discount rates at the reunion hotel, all reunion events, opportunities to meet the players, get autographs, and personally say hello.
To become an associate member, (annual associate membership is $30 US dollars), please click on the web site at the bottom of this page.
Additional reunion information and schedule of events
will be available in early 2011
For questions, please contact Denise Fairbanks
or Jan Boudreau by email by CLICKING HERE.
Women in Baseball: All-American Girls
Professional Baseball League 1943 – 1954
In 1943, women continued breaking barriers in sports when the All American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was formed to keep baseball alive when many major league players were fighting in World War II. President Roosevelt approached the owner of the Chicago Cubs, (chewing gum mogul Philip Wrigley), and asked him to think of a way to keep baseball alive. As a result, the AAGPBL was the first professionally organized team sport for women in the United States. The AAGPBL took girls off the farms and out of the kitchen and showed America that girls could be athletes. The AAGPBL began in 1943 with four teams from the Midwest and by 1948 the AAGPBL had grown in popularity to 10 teams and one million fans. During the course of the league, 1943 to 1954, the AAGPBL was comprised of nearly 600 players from the United States, Canada and Cuba. Their love of the game presented them with new opportunities for travel, friendships, and a place in history as having paved the way to new roles for women in contemporary American society.
The women of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY in 1988. In 1992, Penny Marshall created the movie "A League of their Own" telling the story of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. In 2003, the Baseball Hall of Fame honored the All American Girls Professional Baseball League with a permanent "Women in Baseball" exhibit.
These fine ladies paved the way so WE, as Senior Women, can now play Senior Softball! Let's help these ladies out and support them. Their plan is for a 2011 Reunion to take place in San Diego. Their merchandise sales will support their reunion costs.
