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Jackie Mitchell

Virne Beatrice "Jackie" Mitchell Gilbert was one of the first female 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. Jackie Mitchell, American baseball pitcher (d. 1987)

29 August 1913

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