High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Racine Belles were one of the original teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League playing from 1943-1950 out of Racine, Wisconsin. During that time they captured two championship titles, once in 1943, making them the first champions of the League, and again in 1946. The Belles were a formidable team with a strong core of players, many of whom stayed with the team for the duration of its stay in Racine. After the 1950 season however, the team's owners disbanded the Belles when the team couldn't support itself financially. In 1951, the team moved to Battle Creek, Michigan and became the Battle Creek Belles. In their final season, 1953, they moved to Muskegon, Michigan and played as the Muskegon Belles.