Toni Stone

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Toni Stone (July 17, 1931 - November 2, 1996), whose real name was Marcenia Lyle Alberga, was the first of three women to play Negro league baseball.

She began her career with the San Francisco Sea Lions (1949) and the New Orleans Creoles (1949-1952). She was signed by Syd Pollack, owner of the Indianapolis Clowns in 1953 to play second base, the position Hank Aaron had played for the team two years earlier. In the 1953, season Stone appeared in 50 games and hit .243. Stone was sold to the Kansas City Monarchs prior to the 1954 season and retired following the season.

  • Hubbard, Crystal, Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl's Baseball Dream, (Lee and Low Books: 2005) ISBN 1-58430-243-7
  • NLBPA. Toni Stone
  • Baseball-reference.com
  • Gregorich, Barbara (1993). Women at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball. Harcourt Brace and Company, pp. 169-176. 


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