Frontier

When the United States entered World War II, many people worried it would end baseball's career (Little). When over five hundred baseball players left their team to fight in the military, Philip K. Wrigley was worried about baseball's future and that's when he founded the All American Girls Professional Baseball League (Little). “With a group of Midwestern Businessmen and the financial support of Mr. Wrigley, the All American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) emerged in the spring of 1943” (“AAGPBL League History”). It became a frontier in women's sports. The AAGPBL's impact is that this was the first professional women's baseball league, many people were willing to pay to watch, and the AAGPBL also gave “over 600 women athletes the opportunity to play professional baseball and to play at a level never before attained” (Little). The AAGPBL influenced the way women were seen in sports and opened the door for future female athletes (“AAGPBL League History”). The importance of the AAGPBL is that it kept the game of baseball going during World War II (Little). The AAGPBL was a frontier in womens athletics which is why this league of female athletes helped save the game of baseball while leaving their mark on history at the same time.