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This Day in Baseball History
On May 30, 1943, the first games are played in the new All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The league, featuring women professional baseball players for the first time, is the brainchild of Chicago Cubs' owner Phil Wrigley, who seeks an entertaining product for wartime America. The league gives over 600 women athletes the opportunity to play a professional level of baseball never before attained. The League operated from 1943 to 1954.