!!For the 1992 film
* ActorInspiredElement:
** Doris was originally going to be another sexpot like Mae. When Creator/RosieODonnell was cast, the character was re-worked to fit her personality.
** Geena Davis studied baseball games to add natural mannerisms in her performance, in particular, Dottie's habit of tugging at the front and back of her jersey when stepping into the batter's box.
* ActorSharedBackground: Alice and her portrayer are Canadian.
* BillingDisplacement: Creator/TomHanks, Creator/GeenaDavis and Music/{{Madonna}} are listed as the three main actors in promotional material, and home video, despite the fact that the characters Dottie and Kit are clearly the main stars, and Creator/LoriPetty has a much larger role than Music/{{Madonna}} (although Madonna also contributed the movie's theme, "This Used to Be My Playground").
* CaliforniaDoubling: The majority of the movie takes place in Oregon and Northern Illinois. However it was filmed almost entirely in southern Indiana, which looks nothing like Oregon, and is much hillier than Northern Illinois.
** The Harvey Field scenes were actually filmed at Wrigley Field, the direct inspiration for the former.
* CastTheExpert: Shirley Burkovich, who played the older Alice in the modern day scenes, was herself a player in the AAGPBL from 1949 to 1951.
* TheCastShowoff: Music/{{Madonna}} gets to show off her forties dancing skills.
* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In Japan, the film was released as ''プリティ・リーグ'' (Pretty Leagues).
* CreatorBacklash: Music/{{Madonna}} isn't really fond of "Playground", the song she wrote for the film. She called it "assignment writing" and she only wrote it because Penny Marshall requested it. Despite hitting Number #1, she's never performed it live.
* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: This is Creator/TomHanks' favourite film of his own.
* DyeingForYourArt:
** Creator/LoriPetty is a brunette and had to dye her hair red to look more believable as Creator/GeenaDavis' sister.
** All the actresses took actual baseball training for six days a week, for several months. Even Geena Davis, among the last to be cast, mastered baseball skills within a few weeks.
** Creator/TomHanks put on thirty pounds to make Jimmy seem more like a FormerlyFit baseball player. He later went on record as saying that he largely gained the weight by frequenting a local Dairy Queen.
* EnforcedMethodActing:
** Creator/PennyMarshall had the actresses play some unscripted innings to pad out the baseball scenes. Given all the training they'd been through, they were more than capable.
** No one, not even Creator/TomHanks, knew when he was going to be done peeing in that particular scene. Penny Marshall was in a stall off-camera with a hose and a bucket, and was responsible for the unanticipated length and stops-and-starts.
* ExecutiveMeddling: The producers wanted Jimmy and Dottie to hook up in the end. They also pushed for Dottie to save Jimmy from his drinking. The director responded with a single scene on the bus where Jimmy ends the conversation saying it was "time for a drink." Dottie takes his flask and hands him a soda.
* FontAnachronism: The movie is set in 1943. The "Catch A Foul-Get A Kiss" banner is printed in the font "Banco", which was created in 1951.
* IronyAsSheIsCast: Creator/LoriPetty was actually a faster runner than Creator/GeenaDavis, so she had to slow down to let Dottie beat Kit.
* OnSetInjury: Many of the injuries and bruises in the film were real injuries that the actresses received during filming. The "strawberry" bruise that Renée Coleman received on her thigh while sliding into a base remained for over a year.
* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/TomHanks to some extent. Jimmy Dugan eventually proves to have a heart of gold, but he's arguably the sleaziest character Hanks had ever played at the time (in only [[Film/RoadToPerdition three]] [[Film/TheLadykillers2004 other]] [[Film/Elvis2022 movies]] has he played a character that could truly be considered villainous).
-->''(Jimmy has just signed a baseball for a little boy)''\\
'''Little Boy:''' [reading] "Avoid the clap, Jimmy Dugan." Cool!\\
'''Jimmy Dugan:''' That's good advice!
* RealLifeRelative: Penny's brother Creator/GarryMarshall as Walter Harvey, and daughter Tracy Reiner as Betty "Spaghetti" Horn.
* RecycledTheSeries: Had a six episode run in 1993 as a half hour SitCom. Garry Marshall, Creator/JonLovitz, Megan Cavanagh (Marla Hooch) and Tracy Reiner (Betty Horn) reprised their roles from the movie. Penny Marshall directed the pilot, and Tom Hanks directed an episode. A TV drama adaptation produced by Amazon aired its first season in 2022.
* SameVoiceTheirEntireLife: The older characters at the Baseball Hall of Fame have the voices of the actresses who played the characters in the 1940s. This is because they used the younger actresses to dub the lines.
* StarMakingRole: It ''would'' have been one for Creator/LoriPetty, except for her CareerKiller role in her first starring role, ''Film/TankGirl''.
* ThrowItIn:
** During his scene on the farm, Creator/JonLovitz kept getting interrupted by the cows' mooing, prompting him to ad-lib, "Will you shut up?!"
** Kit cracking up during the beauty school sequence and Dottie reprimanding her was actually Creator/LoriPetty [[{{Corpsing}} genuinely losing it]] and Creator/GeenaDavis chastising her. Creator/PennyMarshall found the moment endearing and akin to their relationship, so she left it in.
** It was Petty's idea to have the scene where the black woman throws the ball to Dottie, as she felt there needed to be an acknowledgment of the fact blacks weren't allowed to play in the AAGBPL, and Creator/PennyMarshall agreed to add it in.
* TroubledProduction: Creator/DebraWinger claimed that she left production because the casting of Music/{{Madonna}} turned it into an "[[Music/ElvisPresley Elvis]] film" and would later make disparaging remarks about the final product. However, Frank Price, the former head of Creator/ColumbiaPictures, countered her claims by stating that it was actually his decision to release Winger after she threatened to make filming difficult for Creator/PennyMarshall. Price, who had worked with Winger on several other films, claimed that Winger had a history of becoming difficult when a female star of equal or higher fame is on the same set as her which is what lead to her hostile behavior towards Marshall after Madonna was cast.
* UncreditedRole: Creator/DavidLander (who'd previously worked alongside Creator/PennyMarshall as Squiggy on ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'') as the radio announcer.
* UnderageCasting: The adult Stillwell was played by Mark Holton, who was 33 years old at the time of filming. Young Stillwell is introduced shortly after the first season of the AAGPBL begins in 1943. The scene in which Holton appears takes place in 1988, meaning Stillwell would've been in his late 40s by then.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** In the original cut, there was a subplot where Marla Hooch got married right after the Western Union scene. [[spoiler:She tells the girls she's pregnant, but asks them not to tell the coaches who would kick her off her team, and the girls make a promise not to slide into second when she's playing. Then in a game, Dottie's so distracted she doesn't realize Marla's playing second, and slides hard enough into her stomach to cause her to go to the hospital. The scene where Dottie is weeping was originally supposed to be her guilt over what happened with Marla, rather than a direct segue from Betty's tragedy.]]
** [[spoiler: And she's distracted because of another dropped subplot--growing romantic tension with Jimmy. They've shared a [[https://youtu.be/6q_HyTifpGQ kiss]]--this and the fight with Kit are what spurs her decision to quit the team--and have been arguing about it, which is why Dottie is oblivious to the warnings about Marla. Her tears are guilt over injuring Marla and her slight infidelity.]]
** Creator/DebraWinger was originally set to play Dottie, but dropped out once she found out Music/{{Madonna}} was chosen as one of her co-stars. Creator/DemiMoore was then cast in the role and participated in pre-production training, but had to drop out due to pregnancy; the filmmakers in a [=30th=] anniversary special on MLB Network noted Moore was the best ballplayer out of anyone in the cast. Creator/LauraDern, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/AllySheedy and Creator/SeanYoung were also considered.
** Creator/JamesBelushi was considered for the role of Jimmy Dugan.
** Creator/MoiraKelly and Creator/MollyRingwald were considered for the role of Kit. (Kelly had to drop out when she injured her ankle filming ''Film/TheCuttingEdge''.)
** Creator/MarisaTomei, Creator/FarrahFawcett, and Music/KDLang were considered for roles as well.
** Creator/ChristopherWalken was Penny Marshall's first choice for Walter Harvey, but he proved to be too expensive, so she ended up casting her brother Creator/{{Garry|Marshall}}. Creator/JamesCoburn, Creator/PaulNewman and Creator/MaxVonSydow were also considered.
** Creator/DannyDeVito was considered for Ernie Capadino.
** Originally, Creator/PennyMarshall was going to produce rather than direct, as the studio wanted it made while she was filming ''Film/{{Awakenings}}'', so David Anspaugh (''Film/{{Hoosiers}}''). However, the other producers thought Anspaugh was making it into too much of a straight drama instead of the mixture of comedy and drama they wanted, so he was fired and Marshall became the director after she finished ''Film/{{Awakenings}}''.
* WordOfGay: In an interview for the 2022 television adaptation, Rosie O'Donnell reveals that [[WordOfSaintPaul she believes that Doris was queer-coded]].
* WrittenInInfirmity: A consequence of Method Acting: none of the actresses wanted a stunt double, so they did many of the stunts themselves. Their injuries were written into the film. So when you see Creator/RosieODonnell wearing a knee-brace, or Renee Coleman sporting a bloody bruise the size of a frying pan on her thigh, that's because they really did hurt themselves. Coleman later recounted that her bruise didn't fully go away for over a ''year''. However, many of the baseballs used--such as the scene where Dottie catches a fast-pitch from Doris bare-handed--were tennis balls made to look like baseballs to avoid hurting the actresses unnecessarily.
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