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AMATEUR SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION (ASA) WOMEN'S "MAJOR" FASTPITCH CHAMPIONS (1933-1955)

BOOKS

LEAGUES

All-American Girls' Softball League/All-American Girls' Baseball League

Professional Midwest, United States of America 1943-1954

American Girls' Softball League/American Girls' Baseball Conference

Amateur/Professional Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, & Washington, DC 1945-1954

American Soft Ball Association

Amateur United States of America

Association of Fastpitch Professionals

Professional United States of America 2024

Athletes Unlimited

Professional Rosemont, IL 2020-Present

Athletes Unlimited Softball League

Professional United States of America 2025-Present

Central Europe Women's Softball Euroleague

Amateur Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, & Slovakia 2014-Present

Fiedler American League & National League

Amateur Burbank, CA 1948-1952

Fiedler American League & National League

Amateur/Semi-Professional Los Angeles, CA 1935-1941

International Girls' Major Softball League

Amateur Canada & United States of America 1942

International Women's Pro Softball

Professional Canada & United States of America 1976-1979

Italian Softball League/Serie A1

Professional Italy 1969-Present

JD.League (Japan Diamond League)

Industrial/Professional Japan 2022-Present

Japan Softball League

Industrial/Professional Japan 1968-2021, 2022-Present

Liga Mexicana de Softbol

Professional México 2023-Present

Metropolitan Girls' Softball League

Amateur Chicago, IL, Forest Park, IL, & Gary, IN

NATIONAL SOFTBALL CONGRESS (NSC) ALL-TIME AWARD WINNERS (WOMEN)

PEOPLE

GENEVIEVE "SKIPPER" BECK

PITCHER

LILLIAN "TUFFY" BROWN

PITCHER

"TOSSING" TESS DODENHOFF

PITCHER

AUDREY ERICKSON

CATHERINE FELLMETH

PITCHER

ANNE GOLDSTEIN

DOROTHY GRAMBERG

FIRST BASE

GEORGE W. HANCOCK

THE FATHER OF INDOOR BASEBALL

ELISE HARNEY

PITCHER

BILLIE HARRIS

PITCHER

PATTY HOGAN & RONNIE HOGAN

CATCHER & PITCHER

CORDIUS JACKSON & GLADYS JACKSON

OUTFIELDERS

JOAN JOYCE

PITCHER

DOROTHY "BOOTS" KLUPPING

PITCHER

NINA "TIGER" KORGAN

PITCHER

MARGIE LAW

PITCHER

DONNA LOPIANO

PITCHER

LOUISE MAZZUCA

PITCHER

EVELYN PAETH

THIRD BASE

ETHEL "MISS SATCHEL PAIGE" RAMSEY

PITCHER

MARGE RICKER

MATT RUPPERT

PITCHER

VIC SELF

PITCHER

DOT "THE BULLET" SHAW

PITCHER

PICS

June 3, 1925

Nan Gindele (left), Catherine Fellmeth (center), & Marguerite Eastham (right)

September 14, 1937: The National Screw & Manufacturing Team of Cleveland, Ohio, won the girl's championship at the National Softball Tournament held at Soldier's Field in Chicago on 9/4, by defeating the Rayls of Detroit, MI, in the final game of the tournament. Dorothy Underwood, manager of the Nationals, is shown receiving the championship trophy from Edward Cochrane, official of the tournament.

1936 MONTGOMERY VEE-EIGHTS

CHICAGO, IL

Saturday, December 6, 1941

In this 1937 film about softball, Girls Can Play, Rita Hayworth is featured as a catcher.

Sunday, September 29, 1946

In this 1937 film about softball, Girls Can Play, Rita Hayworth is featured as a catcher.

1937 EDDIE MCCABE'S

CHICAGO, IL

1937 VOGEL'S BLOOMER GIRLS

FOREST PARK, IL

1938 J.J. KRIEG'S

ALAMEDA, CA

Babe Ruth with members of the New York Roverettes & New York Americanettes softball teams.

Gwen Wong, 14-year-old pitcher of the "Thirty-Niners" softball team of San Francisco, CA.

1942 GARDEN CITY BEER MAIDS

CHICAGO, IL

Monday, July 14, 1947

Members of the 1948-1949 Lind and Pomeroy Florists softball team of Portland, OR. The players are (from left to right) C. Miner, Irene Maas, Betty Evans, and Dolores Price.