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In 1980, June Peppas initiated a newsletter to try and get in touch with former players from the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. From this newsletter the first women’s baseball reunion was held in 1982. A player’s association was formed and continues today. In the early 1940″s the United States saw it’s first professional women’s baseball league, it was called The All American League. 1954 was the last existing year for the league. The first girl to be under contract with the All Americans, was a girl by the name of Ann Harnett. The Rockford Peaches won the most league championships, with four, followed by the Milwaukee Grand Rapids with three. Bill Allington was the best manger in the league’s history with 583 carrer wins. The very first women’s teams played in 1866 in the Barnstorming Girls Teams. Player of the year awards were awarded in the All American Girls League. The players awarded were Connie Wisniewski, Sophie Kurys, Doris Sams(2), Audrey Wagner, Alma Ziegler, Jean Faut(2), Bette Foss and Joanne Weaver. Joanne Weaver hit for a scorching .429 batting average in 1954, when she was presented with The Players Award. There currently is a Women’s Baseball Hall of Fame, which was initiated in 1969. There are currently 136 women that have been inducted into The Hall of Fame. The hall is located at 76 Fall St. in Senaca Falls, New York.The hits keep comin-: American League Over Slot Signings

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