Toni Stone (July 17, 1921 – November 2, 1996), born as Marcenia Lyle Stone, was an American female professional baseball player who played in predominantly ...

Feb 22, 2024 · Toni Stone was the first woman to play in the Negro Leagues. She began her career with the San Francisco Sea Lions (1949) and the New Orleans ...

Marcenia Lyle “Toni” Stone was a phenomenal athlete from her youth, and though she played football, basketball, golf, hockey and tennis, among other sports ...

Growing up, Marcenia Lyle “Toni” Stone was athletic and excelled in many sports. Among basketball, skating, golf, swimming, hockey, and baseball, ...

Toni Stone, American baseball player who, as a member of the Negro American League's Indianapolis Clowns, was the first woman to ever play professional ...

Toni Stone was the first woman to play baseball in the Negro Leagues, and the first woman to play professionally in any men's league, anywhere in the United ...

Nov 2, 2015 · As one of the first women to play in the Negro Major League, Stone endured substantial harassment from opponents, critics, and fellow teammates.

Toni Stone, Connie Morgan and Mamie Johnson blazed a trail for women in the Negro Leagues · The Negro National League had folded in 1948, and by 1953 the Clowns ...

Mar 15, 2022 · Toni Stone was the first woman in history to play regularly in a major men's professional baseball league.

Toni Stone, born as Marcenia Lyle Stone in West Virginia, was the first of three women to play professional baseball full-time for the Indianapolis Clowns, in ...