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.

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instanceOf Negro league baseball player
baseball player
human
pioneer
alsoKnownAs Marcenia Lyle Stone NERFINISHED
author Martha Ackmann NERFINISHED
battingHand right
birthName Marcenia Lyle NERFINISHED
brokeGenderBarrierIn Negro league baseball NERFINISHED
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
surface form: African American
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
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
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
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 NERFINISHED
Kansas City Monarchs NERFINISHED
throwingHand right

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