Rockford Peaches
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The Rockford Peaches were a real-life women's professional baseball team in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, later popularized by the film "A League of Their Own."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rockford Peaches canonical | 7 |
| Milwaukee Chicks | 1 |
| Rockford Peaches in A League of Their Own | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
baseball team
ⓘ
sports team ⓘ women's professional baseball team ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
ⓘ
surface form:
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum AAGPBL exhibit
|
| city | Rockford, Illinois ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalDepiction |
A League of Their Own
ⓘ
surface form:
A League of Their Own (1992 film)
|
| dissolved | 1954 ⓘ |
| eraOfActivity |
1940s
ⓘ
1950s ⓘ |
| finalSeason | 1954 AAGPBL season ⓘ |
| founded | 1943 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Philip K. Wrigley ⓘ |
| genderRestriction | women ⓘ |
| hasLegacy | helped advance women's participation in professional team sports in the United States ⓘ |
| hasMemorial | historical marker at former Beyer Stadium site in Rockford, Illinois ⓘ |
| hasNotableManager |
Bill Allington
ⓘ
Jack Kloza ⓘ |
| hasNotablePlayer |
Dorothy Kamenshek
ⓘ
Dottie Green ⓘ Joanne Winter ⓘ Mildred Deegan ⓘ Rose Gacioch ⓘ |
| homeField | Beyer Stadium ⓘ |
| inceptionSeason | 1943 AAGPBL season ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | wartime need to maintain professional baseball during World War II ⓘ |
| league | All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Illinois
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| mediaTypeDepiction | feature film ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the original teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ⓘ |
| numberOfLeagueChampionships | 4 ⓘ |
| owner | All-American Girls Professional Baseball League organization ⓘ |
| partOf | All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ⓘ |
| representedInFictionAs |
Rockford Peaches
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Rockford Peaches in A League of Their Own
|
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| teamColors |
peach
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
World War II era
ⓘ
post–World War II era ⓘ |
| wonChampionship |
1945 AAGPBL championship
ⓘ
1948 AAGPBL championship ⓘ 1949 AAGPBL championship ⓘ 1950 AAGPBL championship ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Milwaukee Chicks
this entity surface form:
Rockford Peaches in A League of Their Own