Women Baseball Players

in

Men's Baseball

Females on All-Male Baseball Teams
1898  Lizzie Arlington  Reading Eastern League (played)1.
1931  Jackie Mitchell  Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association (signed)2.
1952  Eleanor Engle  Harrisburg Senators Interstate League (signed)3.
1971  Jackie Jackson  Pittsfield Senators Eastern League (tryout)4.
Basebll banned women from the minor leagues on June 23, 1952.
Footnotes:
  1. Pitched one inning, July 5, 1898, against Allentown. Atlantic League President Ed Barrow hires her for touring exhibition games. Real name: Lizzie Stroud.
  2. 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. Pitcher signed, but Minor League President, George O. Trautman said no, Ford Frick, Commissioner of Baseball agreed.
  4. Pitcher; team was affiliated with the Washington Senators. Tryout on August 21.

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

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