num_pages: 32
description: Mamie Peanut Johnson had one dream: to play professional baseball. She was a talented player but she wasn't welcome in the segregated All-American Girls Pro Baseball League due to the color of her skin. However a greater opportunity came her way in 1953 when Johnson signed to play ball for the Negro Leagues' Indianapolis Clowns becoming the first female pitcher to play on a men's professional team. During the three years she pitched for the Clowns her record was an impressive 33-8. But more importantly she broke ground for other female athletes and for women everywhere.
language: English
title: Mamie on the Mound: A Woman in Baseball's Negro Leagues
publisher: Capstone Editions