<P> 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 . Over 600 women played in the league . In 1948 , league attendance peaked over 900,000 spectators in attendance . The Rockford Peaches won a league - best four championships while playing in the AAGPBL . For most of the league 's history , manager Bill Allington coached different teams and led the league in career wins as a manager . The 1992 motion picture A League of Their Own tells a fictionalized account of the Rockford Peaches . </P>
<P> 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 . Over 600 women played in the league . In 1948 , league attendance peaked over 900,000 spectators in attendance . The Rockford Peaches won a league - best four championships while playing in the AAGPBL . For most of the league 's history , manager Bill Allington coached different teams and led the league in career wins as a manager . The 1992 motion picture A League of Their Own tells a fictionalized account of the Rockford Peaches . </P>
when did the women 's professional baseball league start
when did the women 's professional baseball league start
1943
1943