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The Female of The Species: Peggy O'Neil, the Girl Babe Ruth, Who Has Signed Up For a Transcontinental Tour With a SAlary of $8,750, Slidong for the Plate in a Practice Game in New York. New York Time, Apr. 18, 1926, Times Wide World Photos.

Females on All-Male Baseball Teams
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	^Ą.

	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	^Ł.

	Stacy Piagno
2016		Sonoma Stompers	Pacific Association
2017		Sonoma Stompers	Pacific Association

	Kelsie Whitmore			^Ł.
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.

^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.
^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
	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
^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
	The Arizona Winter League • 1st win for Yuma, 5-0 against Team Canada 2010 1-1 4.79 ERA
	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
^§.	Alta Weiss
	Played 1907-1922 on barnstorming traveling semi-pro teams ; only first and last seasons shown
^Ą.	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)
^Ł.	Kelsie Whitmore (p) & Anna Kimbrell (c)
	• 7/22/2016- 1st all-female piching battery in men's baseball.

For more information, and pictures of Jackie Mitchell, see this page and this one

Article from The Sandusky Register, Sandusky, Ohio, October 1, 1921, titled Took Three Days To Add Score/Kansas, O., Sept. 30--(Special)---Last Wednesday will be long remembered by the baseball fans of this and the surrounding country, on account of the game that was played between the ladies and the men of this vicinity. An Adjoining side of a barn was used as the score board, which was necessary, as the score at the end of the ninth inning stood 86 to 59, in favor of the ladies./The ladies played a very snappy game throughout, only disputing one part of the so-called rules as insisted upon by the men. The ladies did not consider it necessary to make the long trip around the diamond, claiming that to run to first base and back was sufficient excercise for them to score./We do not blame them at all, as viewing the game from an architectural standpoint, several of the players were not adapted to long ho-speed trips.