06:45 AM
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11/21/24
June 16, 2010
Everybody Hit. Everybody Played: Mamie "Peanut" Johnson is one of three women to play in the Negro Leagues, and as of yet, the only woman to pitch at the major level in the United States.
After being declined to play in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (the league from the movie "A League of Their Own"), she played two seasons with the Indianapolis Clowns for two seasons, and faced such opposition as Satchel Paige and Jackie Robinson and was a teammate of Hank Aaron. She recently was remembered in her home town of Ridgeway, SC with a road named after her in honor of her accomplishments (via MetaFilter).
Great post, rcade.
posted by tommybiden at 05:48 PM on June 16, 2010
Cool story. I was not aware of female participation in the Negro Leagues (or in any baseball outside of the AAGPBL) at that time. Thanks for the post, rcade.