by jbminor | Jun 18, 2018 | Negro Leagues
Toni Stone Female Negro League baseball player Toni Stone (July 17, 1921 – November 2, 1996),born as Marcenia Lyle Stone, was the first of three women to play professional baseball as a part of the Negro League.[1][2] Toni Stone attended Roosevelt High School in...
by jbminor | Jun 18, 2018 | Negro Leagues
Mamie “Peanut” Johnson (September 27, 1935 – December 19, 2017) was an American professional baseball player who was one of three women, and the first female pitcher, to play in the Negro Leagues. She was born in Ridgeway, South Carolina in 1935. She was...