Females on All-Male Baseball Teams | ||||
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1898 | Lizzie Arlington | Reading | Eastern League | (played)1. |
Alta Weiss | ||||
1907 | Vermillion Independents | (semi-pro) | (played)§. | |
1922 | Weiss All-Stars | (semi-pro) | ||
1931 | Jackie Mitchell | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern Association | (signed)2. |
Toni Stone | ||||
1936 | St. Paul Giants | (semi-pro) | (played)3. | |
1949 | San Francisco Sea Lions | (semi-pro) | ||
New Orleans Black Pelicans | Negro Southern Lg. | |||
New Orleans Creoles | Negro Texas League | |||
1950 | New Orleans Creoles | Negro Texas League | ||
1951 | New Orleans Creoles | Negro Texas League | ||
1952 | New Orleans Creoles | Negro Texas League | ||
1953 | Indianapolis Clowns | Negro American Lg. | ||
1954 | Kansas City Monarchs | Negro American Lg. | ||
1952 | Eleanor Engle | Harrisburg Senators | Interstate League | (signed)4. |
Mamie Johnson | (Peanut) | |||
1953 | Indianapolis Clowns | Negro American Lg. | (played)5. | |
1954 | Indianapolis Clowns | Negro American Lg. | ||
1955 | Indianapolis Clowns | Negro American Lg. | ||
Connie Morgan | ||||
1954 | Indianapolis Clowns | Negro American Lg. | (played)6. | |
1955 | Indianapolis Clowns | Negro American Lg. | ||
1971 | Jackie Jackson | Pittsfield Senators | Eastern League | (tryout)7. |
Baseball banned women from the minor leagues on June 23, 1952. | ||||
Ila Borders | (lefty) | |||
1997 | St. Paul Saints | Northern League | (played)8. | |
Duluth-Superior Dukes | Northern League | |||
1998 | Duluth-Superior Dukes | Northern League | ||
1999 | Duluth-Superior Dukes | Northern League | (1-0 1.67 ERA) | |
Madison Black Wolf | Northern League | |||
2000 | Zion Pioneerzz | Western League | ||
2010 | Tiffany Brooks | Big Bend Cowboys | Continental Baseball League | ¥. |
Eri Yoshida | (Knuckle Princess) | |||
2009 | Kobe Cruise 9 | Kansai League | (played)9. | |
2010 | Yuma Scorpions | Arizona Winter Lg. | ||
Chico Outlaws | Golden League | |||
2011 | Chico Outlaws | Golden League | ||
Na Koa Ikaika Maui | Golden League | |||
2012 | Hyogo Blue Sandars | Kansai League | ||
Na Koa Ikaika Maui | Golden League | |||
2013 | Ishikawa Million Stars | Baseball Challenge League | (semi-pro) | |
2014 | Ishikawa Million Stars | Baseball Challenge League | (semi-pro) | |
2015 | Ishikawa Million Stars | Baseball Challenge League | (semi-pro) | |
2016 | Ishikawa Million Stars | Baseball Challenge League | (semi-pro) | |
2017 | Tochigi Golden Braves | Baseball Challenge League | (semi-pro) | |
Melissa Mayeux | ||||
2015 | Barracudas de Montpellier | French Division 1 | .167 BA | |
2016 | Barracudas de Montpellier | French Division 1 | .241 BA | |
2017 | Montigny-le-Bretonneux Cougars | French Division 2 | .167 BA | |
2016 | Anna Kimbrell | Sonoma Stompers | Pacific Association | £. |
Stacy Piagno | ||||
2016 | Sonoma Stompers | Pacific Association | ||
2017 | Sonoma Stompers | Pacific Association | ||
Kelsie Whitmore | £. | |||
2016 | Sonoma Stompers | Pacific Association | ||
2017 | Sonoma Stompers | Pacific Association | ||
Footnotes: | |
1. | Lizzie Arlington |
Pitched one inning, July 5, 1898, against Allentown. Atlantic League President Ed Barrow hires her for touring exhibition games. Real name: Lizzie Stroud. | |
2. | Jackie Mitchell |
Signed 3/28/1931. Pitched in Exhibition game v. New York Yankees, Apr. 2, 1931. 17 year-old Lefty. Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis voided her contract. Played with House of David men's team to 1937. | |
3. | Toni Stone |
A.K.A. Marcenia Lyle Alberga
• 1936- St. Paul Giants (semi-pro men's league) • 1945-1949 San Francisco Sea Lions, West Coast Negro Baseball League • 1949 New Orleans Black Pelicans, Negro Southern League • 1949-52 New Orleans Creoles, Negro Southern League • 1953 Indianapolis Clowns, Negro League • 1954 Kansas City Monarchs, Negro League • 1949 1st AB a 2 RBI hit • 1953 .243 avg. |
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4. | Eleanor Engle |
Pitcher signed, but Minor League President, George O. Trautman said no, Ford Frick, Commissioner of Baseball agreed. | |
5. | Mamie Peanut Johnson |
5'3"
• Indianapolis Clowns, Negro League, 1953-55 Career: 33-8 W-L record, .273 batting avg • Drafted by Washington Nationals 6/5/2008 in cermeonial draft ceremony at Cooperstown. |
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6. | Connie Morgan |
• Played for all-women North Philadelphia Honey Drippers 1949-53 career avg.: .368 | |
7. | Jackie Jackson |
Pitcher; team was affiliated with the Washington Senators. Tryout on August 21. | |
8. | Ila Borders |
Lefty pitcher; 1st female player in NAIA & NCAA men's games. | |
• Southern California College 1994-96
• Whittier College 1997 |
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The Northern Baseball League and the Western Baseball League are Independent Leagues.
• 1st game 5/31/1997 for Saint Paul v. Sioux Falls Canaries; 1997 0-0 7.53 ERA • 1st start 7/7/1998 for Duluth-Superior v Sioux Falls Canaries • 1st win 7/24/1998 for the Dukes, 3-1 v Sioux Falls Canaries; 1998 1-4 8.66 ERA • 1999 1-0 1.67 ERA • 2000 8.31 ERA |
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9. | Eri Yoshida |
Knuckleball pitcher • Only woman pitcher to pitch for men's team in 3 countries. | |
The Kansai Independent Baseball League is in Japan
• 1st game 3/26/2009 Osaka Dome v. Osaka Gold Villicanes 11,592 2009 0-2 4.03 ERA |
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The Arizona Winter League
• 1st win for Yuma, 5-0 against Team Canada 2010 1-1 4.79 ERA |
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Golden Baseball League is an Independent League
• 1st game 5/29/2010 v. Los Cimarrones de Tijuana, 3 innings & an RBI single in only AB • Pitched in Canada 7/27/2010 v. the Victoria Seals 2010 0-4 • 1st win 8/9/2011, 6 innings, for Maui, 4-1 over the Edmonton Capitals |
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§. | Alta Weiss |
Played 1907-1922 on barnstorming traveling semi-pro teams ; only first and last seasons shown | |
¥. | Tiffany Brooks |
• 2007- 1st woman to sign and play with a Dutch Men's Baseball League team | |
• 2010- Was on HollywoodLegends, a barnstorming team of ex-major leaguers | |
• 2010- Unsuccessful tryout with the Rio Grande Valley White Wings of the United League Baseball (ULB) | |
£. | Kelsie Whitmore (p) & Anna Kimbrell (c) |
• 7/22/2016- 1st all-female piching battery in men's baseball. |
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Updated 8/30/2020
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