Kenosha Comets

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The Kenosha Comets were a professional women's baseball team based in Kenosha, Wisconsin, that competed in the pioneering All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the 1940s and early 1950s.

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instanceOf All-American Girls Professional Baseball League team ⓘ
professional women's baseball team ⓘ
activeDuring 1940s ⓘ
early 1950s ⓘ
ballType regulation AAGPBL ball ⓘ
basedIn Kenosha, Wisconsin ⓘ
competitionLevel major professional women's baseball ⓘ
contributedTo advancement of women in professional sports ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 1951 ⓘ
era World War II and postwar period ⓘ
foundedAs original franchise of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ⓘ
gender women's team ⓘ
governingBody All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Board of Directors ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasNotableManager Johnny Gottselig ⓘ
Josh Billings ⓘ
Ralph McPhee ⓘ
hasNotablePlayer Audrey Wagner ⓘ
Dottie Kamenshek ⓘ
Maddy English ⓘ
Phyllis Koehn ⓘ
Shirley Jameson ⓘ
heritageDesignation part of women's baseball history in the United States ⓘ
historicalSignificance pioneering women's professional baseball team ⓘ
homeCityPopulationContext mid-sized industrial city on Lake Michigan ⓘ
homeVenue Simmons Field ⓘ
inception 1943 ⓘ
league All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory United States ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
mediaDepiction inspired elements of the film "A League of Their Own" ⓘ
nickname Comets ⓘ
participatedIn inaugural season of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ⓘ
partOf All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Western Division ⓘ
playedAgainst Grand Rapids Chicks ⓘ
linked to: Fort Wayne Daisies

Milwaukee Chicks ⓘ
Racine Belles ⓘ
Rockford Peaches ⓘ
South Bend Blue Sox ⓘ
recordedIn National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum AAGPBL exhibit ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
teamColors green ⓘ
white ⓘ
uniformType one-piece tunic dress ⓘ

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