Mo’ne Davis Readies for WPBL Debut as 4-Team League Opens 30-Game Inaugural Season
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Updated · The Philadelphia Inquirer · Aug 1
Mo’ne Davis Readies for WPBL Debut as 4-Team League Opens 30-Game Inaugural Season
3 articles · Updated · The Philadelphia Inquirer · Aug 1
Summary
Sold-out opening day in Springfield, Illinois, on Saturday will launch the Women’s Pro Baseball League, with Mo’ne Davis set to take center field for the Los Angeles Queens.
Davis, drafted 10th overall after joining more than 600 women at 2025 tryouts, said she initially doubted the league was real before seeing established women’s baseball figures sign on.
4 teams — Los Angeles, Boston, New York and San Francisco — will play a 30-game season through Sept. 6, with all games hosted at Robin Roberts Stadium before two weeks of playoffs.
11 countries and territories are represented in the player pool, ages 18 to 40, reflecting growing interest in women’s baseball as MLB expands girls’ development programs.
More than 70 years after the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ended in 1954, Davis and 91-year-old former player Jeneane Lesko cast the WPBL as a test of whether sustained support can build a lasting pro path.