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The Peoria Redwings were a women's professional baseball team who joined the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in the 1946 season. The team represented Peoria, Illinois.
The Redwings made an unsteady start in their inaugural season, going 33-79 to finish last 41 games out of first place in the Western Division. The team improved in 1947 with a 54-57 record, good to finish in fifth place in the eight-team contest.
Their most productive season came in 1948, when they finished 71-55 for third place in the division and fourth overall, gaining a playoff spot, but were swept by the Racine Belles in three straight games.
Peoria fell to 36-43 and last place in 1949, and next-to-last in 1950 after ending 44-63-2. They went 48-56-2 in 1951, their last season, having finished over .500 just once in six years of existence.
Some players of note included pitchers Doris Barr, Dorothy Mueller and Mary Nesbitt; infielders Margaret Callaghan, Betty McKenna and Dorothy Stolze; outfielders Eleanor Callow and Thelma Eisen, and OF/P Mary Reynolds. Eventually, Eisen and Reynolds served as player/managers for the team.