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Mary Elizabeth Murphy (April 13, 1894 – July 27, 1964), known as "The Queen of Baseball", was the first woman to play baseball against major league players, in 1922. She played baseball for seventeen years as a first baseman; she also played on several all-star teams and was the first person of either sex to play on both American and National league baseball All-Star teams.
Kathryn "Tubby" Johnston Massar (née Johnston) was the first woman to play in a Little League Baseball game, which happened in 1950. She joined disguised as a boy and using the name Tubby Johnston, but later was known to be a girl and was still allowed to play.
The first female owner in MLB history was Helene Hathaway Britton, the daughter of Frank Robison and the niece of Stanley Robison. She inherited the St. Louis Cardinals from her uncle upon his death and, despite pressure to sell from fellow male owners, chose to retain ownership and control of the team and took an active part in running it ...
In 2015, Jessica Mendoza was the first female analyst for a Major League Baseball game in the history of ESPN, and Margaret Donahue (1892–1978) was the first non-owner female front office executive in Major League Baseball, starting as a stenographer for the Chicago Cubs in 1919 before becoming the team's corporate secretary in 1926 and team ...
In March 2023, she became the first woman to play in an NCAA Division 1 baseball game, when she pinch-hit. [5] In July 2023, she became the first woman to hit a home run while playing in the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League; she was playing for the Sag Harbor Whalers. [7]
Toni Stone (July 17, 1921 – November 2, 1996), born as Marcenia Lyle Stone, was an American female professional baseball player who played in predominantly male leagues. In 1953, she became the first woman to play as a regular on an American major-level professional baseball team [ 1 ] [ 2 ] when she joined the Indianapolis Clowns in the ...
1922 - Lizzie Murphy in 1922 become the first female baseball player to play against major league players, in a game that was a charity exhibition pitting all-star players from the New England and American Leagues against the Boston Red Sox. [62] [63] 1923 – The 1923 Women's Olympiad was held in Monaco.
Julie Croteau (born December 4, 1970) is an American former college and professional baseball player. She is recognized as the first woman to regularly play men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) baseball, as well as the first woman to coach men's NCAA Division I baseball and one of the first women to play in a Major League Baseball-sanctioned league.