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Mamie "Peanut" Johnson was an American professional baseball player who was the second of three women, and the first female pitcher, to play in the Negro leagues.
Johnson in 2014
Mamie "Peanut" Johnson Plaza marker
The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was a professional women's baseball league founded by Philip K. Wrigley, which existed from 1943 to 1954. The AAGPBL is the forerunner of women's pr
Mamie Johnson
…graduating high school, Mamie played with the St. Cyprian recreational team in D.C. At 17, Johnson hoped to pursue a baseball career and tried out for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Despite being a skilled player with lots of experience and Men's Major League Baseball being integrated by this time, Mamie was not allowed to try out…
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League members performing calisthenics in Opa-locka, Florida, on April 22, 1948. The different baseball clubs are (L-R): Fort Wayne Daisies (partially visible), Chicago Colleens, Rockford Peaches, South Bend Blue Sox, Springfield Sallies and Peoria Redwings.
Reproduction 1944 Milwaukee Chicks uniform on display at American Family Field.
Logo of the All-American Girls Softball League, as scanned from a 1943 score card