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The association was largely responsible for the opening of Women in Baseball, a permanent display at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, which was unveiled in 1988 to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. In addition, the association recognized players who had contracts with the league, even though they ...
This is a list of nicknames of Major League Baseball teams and players. It includes a complete list of nicknames of players in the Baseball Hall of Fame, a list of nicknames of current players, nicknames of popular players who have played for each major league team, and lists of nicknames grouped into particular categories (e.g., ethnic nicknames, personality trait nicknames etc.). [1]
Name Position(s) Year(s) Team(s) Ref Sarah Mavis Dabbs: outfield: 1947: Fort Wayne Daisies [1] Louella Daetweiler: catcher: 1944: Rockford Peaches [2] Mary Dailey: outfield, pitcher: 1950-1951: Peoria Redwings, South Bend Blue Sox, Battle Creek Belles [3] Dorothy Damaschke outfield: 1945: Racine Belles [4] Faye Dancer: center field, first base ...
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 was organized in 1986 and ...
One of the most successful was the Boston Bloomer Girls baseball club; they took their name from the comfortable pants that some sports-minded young women had begun to wear instead of a long skirt. Young women who went against traditional fashion norms and chose bloomers were often called "bloomer girls". [ 11 ]
Name Position(s) Year(s) Team(s) Ref Dolly Vanderlip: pitcher: 1952-1954: Fort Wayne Daisies, South Bend Blue Sox [95]Virginia Ventura: first base: 1951, 1953: Rockford Peaches
Name Position(s) Year(s) Team(s) Ref Elizabeth Nahtyk: n/a: 1947: South Bend Blue Sox [64]Dorothy Naum: catcher, infield, pitcher: 1946-1953: South Bend Blue Sox, Kenosha Comets, Kalamazoo Lassies
List of All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players (S–Z) A. Name Position(s) Year(s) Team(s) Ref Velma Abbott: second base, third base: 1946-1947: