Toni Stone
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Toni Stone was a pioneering American baseball player who became the first woman to play regularly in the Negro Leagues, breaking gender barriers in professional baseball.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Curveball: The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone | 0 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Negro league baseball player
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baseball player ⓘ human ⓘ pioneer ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Marcenia Lyle Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Martha Ackmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battingHand | right ⓘ |
| birthName | Marcenia Lyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brokeGenderBarrierIn |
Negro league baseball
NERFINISHED
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professional baseball ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Oakland, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1921-07-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1996-11-02 ⓘ |
| era | Jim Crow era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| familyName | Lyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | sports ⓘ |
| givenName | Marcenia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBiography | Curveball: The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honoredIn | Women’s Sports Hall of Fame (posthumous recognition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
gender integration in professional sports
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women in baseball ⓘ |
| league | Negro National League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| movement | civil rights era sports integration ⓘ |
| nickname | Toni Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | replaced Hank Aaron at second base for the Indianapolis Clowns ⓘ |
| notableFor | first woman to play regularly in the Negro Leagues ⓘ |
| occupation |
baseball player
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professional athlete ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Alameda, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedAgainst | Satchel Paige NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedIn | 1950s ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | second baseman ⓘ |
| residence |
Oakland, California, United States
NERFINISHED
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San Francisco, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| spouse | Aurelious Alberga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Curveball: The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| team |
Indianapolis Clowns
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Kansas City Monarchs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| throwingHand | right ⓘ |
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