Baysox Celebrate Girls Baseball Night
Published on July 21, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
Chesapeake Baysox News Release
BOWIE, Md. - The Bowie Baysox announce today Girls Baseball Night Saturday, Aug. 6, as the Baysox take on the New Hampshire Fisher Cats at 7:05 p.m. Five former players from the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League are expected to attend the event. The ladies will be honored on the field before the game before throwing out ceremonial first pitches and signing autographs and meeting fans during the game. After the game, the Baysox light up the skies around Prince George's Stadium with a fireworks extravaganza.
The former players expected to attend, with their nicknames, teams and maiden names in parenthesis are:
Player Teams
Sarah Jane ¬ÅSalty ¬Â (Sands) Ferguson Rockford Peaches (1953-54)
Joanne ¬ÅJo ¬Â McComb Springfield Sallies (1950)
Gertrude ¬ÅGertie ¬Â (Alderfer) Benner Chicago Colleens & Springfield Sallies (1949)
Muskegon Lassies, Springfield Sallies & Chicago Colleens (1950)
Noella ¬ÅPinky ¬Â (Leduc) Alverson
Peoria Redwings (1951)
Battle Creek Belles (1952)
Muskegon Lassies (1953)
Fort Wayne Daisies (1954)
Virginia ¬ÅJean ¬Â (Ventura) Manina Rockford Peaches (1951 & 1953)
The AAGPBL was formed in 1943 by chewing gum mogul and Chicago Cubs owner Philip K. Wrigley with four teams. The league grew over the years and was at its most popular in 1948 when it drew 910,000 fans. One of the reasons the league drew so many fans was the high quality of play. Players were scouted from semi-pro softball teams across the U.S. and Canada, and tryouts were held in more than a dozen major cities. The league folded after the 1954 season, after twelve seasons featured more than 600 women as professional baseball players.
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