A League of Their Own is a 1992 American sports comedy-drama film that chronicles the fictitious story of the real-life All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna, Lori Petty, Jon Lovitz, David Strathairn, Garry Marshall, and Bill Pullman star in Penny Marshall's picture. Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel wrote the script based on a narrative by Kelly Candaele and Kim Wilson.
The Library of Congress chose A League of Their Own for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 2012, citing it as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important."
From 1943 until 1954, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was a professional women's baseball league formed by Philip K. Wrigley. In the United States, the AAGPBL was the predecessor of women's professional league sports. Over 600 women competed in the league, which eventually grew to ten clubs across the American Midwest. The league's attendance peaked at nearly 900,000 fans in 1948. The Rockford Peaches, the most successful team in the league, won four championships.
The Rockford Peaches were a professional baseball team that competed in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1943 through 1954. The squad represented Rockford, Illinois, as a founding member.
