The Rockford Peaches were a women's professional baseball team who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. A founding member, the team represented Rockford, Illinois. The Peaches were one of two teams to play in every AAGPBL season, the other being the South Bend Blue Sox. They played their home games at Beyer Stadium on 15th Avenue in Rockford. The team's 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. History One of the more successful teams in the AAGPBL, the Peaches won the league championship in 1945, 1948, 1949, and 1950 and had its share of star players. Dyes were hard to come by towards the end of the war and the team chose to dye their white uniforms a light shade of peach, which inspired the team nickname. Peaches players who were named to the All-Star teams from 1946 to 1954 included Dorothy Kamenshek, Lois Florreich, Dorothy Harrell, Carolyn Morris, Alice Pollitt, Ruth Richard, Rose Gacioch, Eleanor Callow, and Joan Berger. Pitcher Olive Little hurled the first no-hitter both in team and league history. In addition, Florreich was the pitching champion in 1949 during the league's overhand era, and Gladys Davis won the league batting crown in the 1943 inaugural season, while Kamenshek earned the honors in the 1946 and 1947 seasons. When former player Eileen Burmeister was asked why The Peaches supposedly favored theatricality over technical skill, she replied, "If God meant for us to play baseball, He would've made us any good at it.". The last living player of the first Peaches roster in AAGPBL, pitcher Mary Pratt, died on May 6, 2020, at the age of 101. All-time roster Bold denotes members of the inaugural roster Velma Abbott Melba Alspaugh Amy Applegren Ange Armato Beverly Armstrong Charlene Barnett Joan Berger Rita Briggs Christine Bruce Jean Buckley Lorraine Bunton Shirley Burkovich Eileen Burmeister Aldine Calacurcio Eleanor Callow Mary Carey Betty Carveth Bea Chester Jean Cione Muriel Coben Clara Cook Donna Cook Dorothy Cook Betty Jane Cornett Dorothy Cramer Louella Daetweiler Barbara Anne Davis Gladys Davis Mildred Deegan Wanita Dokish Cartha Doyle Beverly Dustrude Louise Erickson Elizabeth Farrow Dorothy Ferguson Helen Filarski Alva Jo Fischer Lorraine Fisher Lois Florreich Anita Foss Betty Jane Fritz Rose Gacioch