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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.
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 ...
French baseball player Melissa Mayeux was the first female player to be eligible to sign with a major league team, because in 2015 she became the first female player on Major League Baseball's international registration list. [98] [99] [100]
Virne Beatrice "Jackie" Mitchell Gilbert (August 29, 1913 – January 7, 1987) [1] was one of the first female American pitchers in professional baseball history. She was 17 years old when she pitched for the Chattanooga Lookouts Class AA minor league baseball team in an exhibition game against the New York Yankees, and struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in succession.
In 2016, the Sonoma Stompers of the Pacific Association, an independent baseball league, signed Whitmore and Stacy Piagno; they became the first female teammates in professional baseball since the 1950s when women played in the Negro Leagues. [10] [11] She recorded her first professional hit on July 20. [12] She also played for Sonoma in the ...
Elizabeth Stride Warner (August 31, 1876 – March 14, 1919), known professionally as Lizzie Arlington, was an American baseball player. She was the first woman to play for a professional men's baseball team.
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.
Mamie "Peanut" Johnson (September 27, 1935 – December 18, 2017) was an American professional baseball player who was one of three women, and the first female pitcher, to play in the Negro leagues. Early life