Annie Gosbee
Annie Gosbee (December 29, 1935 – December 9, 1976) was an infielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right handed.Annie Gosbee – Profile / Biography
''All-American Girls Professional Baseball League''. Retrieved 2019-04-10. Annie Gosbee played the last two seasons of the All American League with two different clubs and was a member of the 1953 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season, 1953 AAGPBL championship team. A native of Essex, Massachusetts, Annie was one of six children born to Roy and Maude Gosbee. She had two brothers and three sisters. Since an early age, Annie interested in baseball and enjoyed catching for her elder brother Billy, who wanted to be a pitcher and made her his catcher. They wo ...
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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was a professional women's baseball league founded by Philip K. Wrigley which existed from 1943 to 1954. The AAGPBL is the forerunner of women's professional league sports in the United States. Over 600 women played in the league, which consisted of eventually 10 teams located in the American Midwest. In 1948, league attendance peaked at over 900,000 spectators. The most successful team, the Rockford Peaches, won a league-best four championships. The 1992 film ''A League of Their Own'' is a mostly fictionalized account of the early days of the league and its stars. Founding and play With the entry of the United States into World War II, several major league baseball executives started a new professional league with women players in order to maintain baseball in the public eye while the majority of able men were away. The founders included Philip K. Wrigley, Branch Rickey, and Paul V. Harper. They feared that Ma ...
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