She's number one!Last month, the National Baseball Hall of Fame announced the names of 18 greats who will be inducted (admitted) into the Hall on July 30. One, Effa Manley Effa Manley (March 27 1897 - April 16 1981) was an American sports executive and the first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. She co-owned the Newark Eagles baseball franchise in the Negro Leagues with her husband Abe from 1935 to 1946, and was sole owner through 1948 , will be the first woman granted that honor. Seventeen of the 18 honorees were from the Negro Leagues Negro leagues Associations of teams of black baseball players active largely between 1920 and the late 1940s. The principal leagues were the Negro National League, originally organized by Rube Foster in 1920, and the Negro American League, organized in 1937. . U.S, baseball was segregated (kept separate) by race until 1947. Manley was co-owner of the Newark Eagles The Newark Eagles was a professional Negro League baseball team that played in the second Negro National League from 1936 to 1948. The team featured future Hall-of-Famers Larry Doby (the first black player in the American League), Ray Dandridge, Leon Day, Monte Irvin, Biz Mackey, , one of the Negro Leagues' most successful teams. She was known for her toughness and courage in supporting her players--and opposing racism, in and out of baseball. Manley died in 1981 at the age of 81. Etched etch v. etched, etch·ing, etch·es v.tr. 1. a. To cut into the surface of (glass, for example) by the action of acid. b. on her gravestone are these words: She Loved Baseball. |
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