A Woman to Know: Jackie Mitchell
Better hitters than them couldn't hit me. Why should they have been any different? — Jackie
(image via Library of Congress)
As a teenager playing for her minor league women's team, the Chattanooga Lookouts, Jackie Mitchell struck out Babe Ruth. And Lou Gehrig.
End of story.
Add to your reading list:
Jackie Mitchell: Baseball Player (Kaye Sharbono)
The Baseball Adventure of Jackie Mitchell, Girl Pitcher v. Babe Ruth (Jean L.S. Patrick)
Breaking Into Baseball: Women and the National Pastime (Jean Hastings-Ardell)
Read more:
Female pitcher fanned both Yankee Sluggers in exhibition game (National Baseball Hall of Fame)
The Myth of Jackie Mitchell (The Daily Beast)
Historical Women Who Rocked: Jackie Mitchell (National Women's History Museum)
There Once Was a 17-year-old Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth (Today I Found Out)
The Woman Who (Maybe) Struck Out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig (Smithsonian Magazine)
Listen more:
Nerdette with Mike Pesca (Nerdette)
Watch more:
The Jackie Mitchell Story (Andy Page)
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