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The result was the creation of the six-team National Girls Baseball League, which began in 1944, composed entirely of Chicago-area teams. The National Girls baseball League was founded by Emery Parichy, Charles Bidwill (owner of the Chicago Cardinals football team) and politician Ed Kolski. Pirachy operated the Metropolitan League.
The Chicago Colleens were a women's professional baseball team who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1948 to 1951, evolving into a development team. The team was based Chicago , Illinois and played their home games at Shewbridge Field.
[2] [5] The league's primary aim is to increase the visibility and proliferation of women's baseball by establishing a pathway to professionalism – no high school or college in the U.S. offers girls' baseball programs, [6] and while over 1,300 girls played on boys' high school baseball teams in the 2023–24 academic year, only nine women ...
1943–54 – The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was started by Philip Wrigley, owner of the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley's Chewing Gum. 1944–54 – The National Girls Baseball League was founded by Charles Bidwell, owner of the Chicago Cardinals. The league consisted of teams in Chicago and operated for 11 seasons.
The National Girls Baseball League (NGBL) was a professional women's baseball league which existed from 1944 to 1954, with teams based in Chicago, Illinois. The National Girls Baseball League started a year after the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL), which was featured in the film A League of Their Own .
1921 (Chicago) 1922–present (Chicago Bears) Moved to Chicago to become the Chicago Staleys and then changed their name to the Chicago Bears. Lake County Fielders: Baseball Northern League (2010) North American League (2011) 2010–11 Normal CornBelters: Baseball Frontier League 2009–2018 Moved to the Prospect League: Peoria Rivermen: Ice hockey
Chicago Colleens (1 C, 3 P) R. Rockford Peaches (1 C, 6 P) S. Springfield Sallies (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League teams"
Today, there are eleven women's teams and ten men's teams. Despite not being as old as other conferences, and not having any women's sports until relatively recent history, the teams in the conference have finished in the top four of Illinois High School Association (IHSA) sponsored state tournaments 76 times in nine different sports.