the women's professional baseball league started in 1996.
when did the women's professional baseball league start?
1996
the league went through a series of name changes during its history. it was founded as the all-american girls softball league., but midway through its first season of 1943, the name was changed to the all-american girls baseball league (aagbbl). after the 1943 season, the official league name was again changed, to the all-american girls professional ball league (aagpbl), reflecting that players were paid from the start and further separate it from existing amateur leagues. this name was used until the end of the 1945 season, when the league reverted to all-american girls baseball league (aagbbl), which it would use through 1950. when teams were sold to independent owners at the end of the 1950 season, the official league name was changed to the american girls baseball league (agbl), although it continued to be popularly identified as the all-american league or the all-american girls baseball league (aagbbl). when the players' association organized in 1986, and gained recognition by the national baseball hall of fame in 1988, the name all-american girls professional baseball league (aagpbl) was chosen to represent the league, and that is the name commonly used to refer to it to this day.
all-american girls professional baseball league
operating outside the minor league baseball organization are many independent minor leagues such as the atlantic league, american association, frontier league, can-am league and the feeder league to these the empire professional baseball league.





























section::::modern professional leagues.:americas.:caribbean countries.





























bullet::::- dominican professional baseball league (1951-present)





























bullet::::- puerto rico baseball league (1938-present)





























bullet::::- cuban league (1878-1961)





























section::::modern professional leagues.:americas.:mexico.





























bullet::::- mexican pacific league (1945-present; winter league)





























bullet::::- mexican league (1925-present; summer league)





























section::::modern professional leagues.:americas.:central america.





























bullet::::- panamanian professional baseball league (1946-1972, 2001-present)





























bullet::::- nicaraguan professional baseball league (1957-1967, 2004-present)





























section::::modern professional leagues.:americas.:south america.





























bullet::::- venezuelan professional baseball league (1946-present)
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