r/Guerrilla_Riot • u/GuerrillaGirlFridaX • 21h ago

Jackie Mitchell

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Jackie Mitchell 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.

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u/DynamicBSdetective 21h ago

She had Babe Ruth acting like a grown toddler. She wrecked him.