Connie Morgan
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Constance "Connie" Enola Morgan (October 17, 1935 - October 14, 1996) was the third woman to play professional baseball in the Negro league
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Morgan replaced second-base player and the first woman in the league Toni Stone
in the Indianapolis Clowns
in 1954. Morgan played with the team for two years. Before her tenure with the Clowns she played for five seasons with the North Philadelphia Honey Drippers, an all-women baseball team, batting .368 in that time.
Negro league baseball
The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven relatively successful leagues beginning in...
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Morgan replaced second-base player and the first woman in the league Toni Stone
Toni Stone
Toni Stone , also known by her married name Marcenia Lyle Alberga, was the first of three women to play Negro league baseball....
in the Indianapolis Clowns
Indianapolis Clowns
The Indianapolis Clowns were a professional baseball team in the Negro American League.- Founding :They began operation in Cincinnati in , and operated between Cincinnati and Indianapolis in 1944 and 1945 before officially moving in...
in 1954. Morgan played with the team for two years. Before her tenure with the Clowns she played for five seasons with the North Philadelphia Honey Drippers, an all-women baseball team, batting .368 in that time.