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Jackie
Mitchell: the girl who loved
baseball |
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Author |
John M. Kovach |
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ISBN |
- 978-1-947589-40-7 Case Binding
(hard cover)
- 978-1-947589-41-4 Perfect Binding
(soft cover)
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Publisher |
Waldenhouse Publishers, Inc. |
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Description |
130 pages on LSI Archival White
6" x 9" perfect bound and 6" x 9" case bound
with gloss laminate; 23 photographs and illustrations |
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Availability |
November 2021 |
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Order from |
- Author, St. Lawrence County
Historical Association, 3 East Main Street,
- Canton, New York 13617
- johnkovach1958@gmail.com
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Describes the professional baseball career
of female pitcher Jackie Mitchell through newspaper accounts,
including her 1931 strikeouts of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Includes
16 season statistical charts along with some never seen before
images among the 23 photographs and illustrations. |
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- Library of Congress Control
Number: 2021939967
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- BIO016000 BIOGRAPHY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY/
Sports
SPO003030 SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History
SPO003040 SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / Statistics
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In 1931, 18 year old lefthanded pitcher
Virne Beatrice “Jackie” Mitchell signed a professional
minor league baseball contract with the Chattanooga Lookouts.
She struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game
on April 2 of that year.
While previous books about Mitchell center around her appearance
against the Yankees, readers will learn a number of new things
about Mitchell, both on and off the baseball field.
* Jackie playing for her
first organized team, the Engelettes in 1930
* Pitching for or against teams from eight different minor leagues
* Only female pitcher to hold two major league teams scoreless
* irst-ever, year-by-year record of Jackie’s pitching career
* Challenge to Babe Didrikson to pitch against Jackie |
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About the Author:
John Kovach, a history professional, has served as an archivist,
curator, education director and executive director of two museums.
He curated a major traveling museum exhibition titled Linedrives
and Lipstick: The Story of Girls and Women In Baseball. Kovach
has been a recipient of numerous awards including the Eastern
Women’s Baseball Conference’s prestigious #10 Award.
He is the National Women’s Baseball Hall of Fames’
only three-time Manager of the Year selection.
Kovach has been coaching baseball for over 45 years, leading
teams on the youth through collegiate to elite level. All three
of his daughters played baseball for him. He and his wife, Lisa,
live in Canton, New York. |
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