US EditionWomen are reclaiming their place in baseball
- Since the 1860s, women have participated in baseball in the U.S., with the Dolly Vardens, a team of Black players formed in Philadelphia in 1867, being the first professional women's team.
- Despite early participation, segregation during the Jim Crow era, the folding of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1954, and the cultural perception of baseball as a male sport led to a decline in women's involvement by the late 1950s.
- Title IX in 1972 and a successful 1974 lawsuit by the National Organization for Women against Little League Baseball, which previously excluded girls, paved the way for increased opportunities, although Title IX also contributed to the rise of fast-pitch softball.
- In 2020, Kim Ng became the first woman general manager of an MLB team, the Miami Marlins, and by 2023, women comprised 30% of central office professional staff and 27% of team senior administration jobs, signaling a shift in the landscape of professional baseball.
- As of 2023, 43 women held coaching and managerial jobs across the major and minor league levels, representing a 95% increase in two years, while the Women's Pro Baseball League, with over 500 players from 11 countries registered, is planning to start play in the northeastern U.S. In summer 2026, potentially revitalizing women's professional baseball and defying gendered assumptions.
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Women are reclaiming their place in baseball
For most baseball fans, hope springs eternal on Opening Day. Many of those fans – more than you might think – are women. A 2024 survey found that women made up 39% of those who attended or watched Major League Baseball games, and franchises have taken notice. The Philadelphia Phillies offer behind-the-scenes tours and clinics for their female fans, while the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees offer fantasy camps that are geared to women. The nu…
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