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Why does Major League Baseball not have any female players? |
There are no female players in the MLB history, but that does not mean that they cannot play. Many people view the sport as "male only" but there is no rule that females are not allowed.
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Ostensibly because there are no female players good enough to play there.
There is no rule, written or unwritten, that says women are not allowed to play professional baseball. Competition is such that certainly if any woman player was good enough to help a Major League team, there would be at least one team willing to incur whatever negatives might come about as a result of adding a female player to the roster.
For a long time there were no African-Americans that played in the major leagues but this was obviously for reasons other than talent level.
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Although there are not any females that have been signed to major league teams, females have played on minoer league teams. The most memorable being Jackie Mitchell, who, in an exhibition game struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Unfortunatly will not have the chance to strike out Barry Bonds or to hit against Gregg Maddux. Major League Baseball banned the signing of women to contracts on June 21, 1952.
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