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Post by rufralf on Sept 15, 2013 17:59:44 GMT -5
The only female to ever bat in the major leagues took place at Crosley Field in Cincinnati in 1935. She pinch hit in the 8th inning for the Reds and grounded out to first. The pitcher she faced was Paul Daffy Dean. Who was she?
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Post by psuhistory on Sept 15, 2013 20:07:11 GMT -5
No idea, but the first night game was played at Crosley in 1935, quite a season...
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Post by rufralf on Sept 15, 2013 22:58:43 GMT -5
Do you know who pushed the button to turn the lights on in the very first night game at Crosley field in 1935?
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Post by Lark11 on Sept 15, 2013 23:00:26 GMT -5
I'm far from a trivia guru, but I'm surprised that I had no idea a female ever took an MLB AB. I'll be curious to know the answer. Good question!
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Post by bobroberts on Sept 16, 2013 6:31:31 GMT -5
Do you know who pushed the button to turn the lights on in the very first night game at Crosley field in 1935? FDR. No clue on who the first female baseball player was...
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Post by psuhistory on Sept 16, 2013 8:21:53 GMT -5
Do you know who pushed the button to turn the lights on in the very first night game at Crosley field in 1935? FDR. No clue on who the first female baseball player was... For a long time, I didn't understand how this worked. FDR used a telegraph switch to tell someone on site when it was time to turn on the lights. Best guess is that Reds GM Larry MacPhail received the signal from FDR and switched on the lights...
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Post by rufralf on Sept 16, 2013 14:47:39 GMT -5
Do you know who pushed the button to turn the lights on in the very first night game at Crosley field in 1935? FDR. No clue on who the first female baseball player was...
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Post by rufralf on Sept 16, 2013 14:57:31 GMT -5
I will give everybody several more days before I reveal the mystery female batter. My wife has a t-shirt with her name and photo on it where she is holding a bat and has a Reds uniform on it. That's when I googled her name and was shocked by all the information there is on her at bat.
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Post by bobroberts on Sept 17, 2013 0:26:55 GMT -5
You may as well just give us the answer.
PSU teaches a college course on baseball history and is an avid Reds fan, if he doesn't know, then no one else will...
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Post by Lark11 on Sept 17, 2013 10:41:52 GMT -5
You may as well just give us the answer. PSU teaches a college course on baseball history and is an avid Reds fan, if he doesn't know, then no one else will... MexicanRed, might, if he was around. He seems to be a trivia expert.
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Post by psuhistory on Sept 17, 2013 11:45:28 GMT -5
You may as well just give us the answer. PSU teaches a college course on baseball history and is an avid Reds fan, if he doesn't know, then no one else will... I don't do very well on these questions. In five years, I've managed to get a few of them. So much for the value of a college education... It's interesting that this event has disappeared from the conventional historical narrative: many would know about the first night game, for example, but apparently this woman batting in a game was unknown. Once there's an answer, it might be clearer why the event hasn't endured in the record...
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Post by rufralf on Sept 18, 2013 11:10:48 GMT -5
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Post by psuhistory on Sept 18, 2013 11:37:51 GMT -5
Interesting article, but the short answer to the question about the record is that she batted, but it didn't count as an official at-bat during the game. We only know about it because of newspaper references, it doesn't show up in the record of the game. Because of this, it's hard to be certain that it only happened once. We only know of one instance in which this kind of horsing around was reported in this way, maybe because of the keen interest in promoting night baseball during the 1935 season...
Great question...
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Post by Lark11 on Sept 19, 2013 10:16:09 GMT -5
Interesting article, but the short answer to the question about the record is that she batted, but it didn't count as an official at-bat during the game. We only know about it because of newspaper references, it doesn't show up in the record of the game. Because of this, it's hard to be certain that it only happened once. We only know of one instance in which this kind of horsing around was reported in this way, maybe because of the keen interest in promoting night baseball during the 1935 season... Great question... Yep. Fun story, but the fact that it wasn't an official AB explains why it isn't more well known. Still, gotta love her spunk!
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Post by psuhistory on Sept 19, 2013 14:29:34 GMT -5
Interesting article, but the short answer to the question about the record is that she batted, but it didn't count as an official at-bat during the game. We only know about it because of newspaper references, it doesn't show up in the record of the game. Because of this, it's hard to be certain that it only happened once. We only know of one instance in which this kind of horsing around was reported in this way, maybe because of the keen interest in promoting night baseball during the 1935 season... Great question... Yep. Fun story, but the fact that it wasn't an official AB explains why it isn't more well known. Still, gotta love her spunk! Also interesting that Landis was in attendance and said nothing. Obviously, bigotry had its time and place: an enthusiastic crowd cheering a local chanteuse during a night game--the league's new commercial project--could shut him right up...
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