Impact

The AAGPBL impacted many women and gave them the opportunity to play professional baseball and to play it at a level never before attained (Little). The AAGPBL also gave women athletic opportunities that women before the war were not considered for in baseball (Little). Before the AAGPBL was formed in 1943 women would have the chance to play baseball recreationally and in tournaments but there was no professional baseball league for women to play in (Little). The AAGPBL had 60 women player divided into four teams when the league first started in 1942. The AAGPBL also impacted the fans of the AAGPBL who were willing to pay to watch them play (Little). After the AAGPBL’s first season in 1943 the attendance was only at 176,612 fans for that season (“AAGPBL League History”). But the attendance of fans willing to pay to watch the AAGPBL kept growing when the attendance for the 1948 season was over 900,000 fans (Little).