HERSTORY 💫 Toni Stone- Pioneer for women in pro baseball ⚾️💕

She was the first woman to play professional baseball regularly in a major men's professional baseball league. Marcenia Lyle “Toni” Stone was a phenomenal athlete from her youth to her retirement from the pro league.

Here are some key points to know about Stone, who was a pioneer on many fronts through baseball.
• Stone was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on July 17, 1931. At 16 years of age, she joined the semi-pro Twin Cities Colored Giants club, which had been an all-male team.
• Stone began her professional career with the San Francisco Sea Lions of the West Coast Negro Baseball League in 1946. By 1949, she had moved east and began playing for the New Orleans Black Pelicans and the New Orleans Creoles of the Negro Southern League.
• In 1953, Stone joined the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League.
• Stone retired from professional baseball following the 1954 season. She hit .243 over her two seasons in the Negro American League.
• In 1990, Stone was included in the “Women in Baseball” and “Negro League Baseball” exhibits at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Three years later, she was inducted into the Women’s Sports Hall of Fame and the International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame.
• In 1990, Stone’s hometown of St. Paul, Minnesota declared March 6 “Toni Stone Day” in the city.
• Stone died on November 2, 1996 at the age of 75, but her legacy lives on today.

Source: https://www.mlb.com/history/negro-leagues/players/toni-stone

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