August 6, 1993 South Bend, In
signed by Jane Moffet and Joan Berger Knebl
The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was formed in 1943 to keep baseball alive after many male players were drafted into World War II and some minor league teams were disbanding.
The league lasted until 1954, with over 600 women playing in the league. In the first season there were four teams: South Bend Blue Sox, Rockford Peaches, Racine Belles, Kenosha Comets.
One of the league highlights came in 1946, when an estimated 10,000 people saw a 1946 Fourth of July double-header in South Bend, In.
The league gained recognition in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985 and by the 1992 Penny Marshall film, A League of Their Own.
a poor copy of the 2001 Racine Belles postmark from Racine, Wi
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