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Virne Beatrice "Jackie" Mitchell Gilbert (August 29, 1913 – January 7, 1987) [1] was one of the first female American pitchers in professional baseball history. She was 17 years old when she pitched for the Chattanooga Lookouts Class AA minor league baseball team in an exhibition game against the New York Yankees, and struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in succession.
The following is a list of players, both past and current, who appeared in at least one game for the New York Yankees franchise, including the 1901–02 Baltimore Orioles, and the 1903–12 New York Highlanders. Players in bold are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Players in italics have had their numbers retired by the team.
Allie Pierce Reynolds (February 10, 1917 – December 26, 1994) was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). Reynolds pitched in MLB for the Cleveland Indians (1942–1946) and New York Yankees (1947–1954).
As the Mets' 2023 season spiraled into disrepair, the team's trade deadline sell-off included Scherzer, who had signed a two-year, $86.6 million deal with the Mets, with a third-year player option ...
Fritz Peterson, the New York Yankees pitcher who famously swapped wives and families with teammate Mike Kekich in 1973, has died. Peterson died of lung cancer at his home in Winona, Minnesota, on ...
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In 1994, the Colorado Silver Bullets women's professional baseball team was founded, in which the women players barnstormed around the country playing men's professional and semi-professional teams. [55] They won six of 40 games in their inaugural season, improving to a final winning season of 23–22 in their final year, 1997. [56]
Barrow made numerous trades with his former club, including one immediately after his departure that brought catcher Wally Schang and pitcher Waite Hoyt to New York. [67] The Yankees also became involved in another dispute with Ban Johnson, this time over the replacement of baseball's existing governing body, the National Commission, after ...