Patrick, Jean L. S.

The girl who struck out Babe Ruth / by Jean L.S. Patrick ; illustrations by Jeni Reeves. - Library ed. - Minneapolis, MN : Carolrhoda Books, c2000. - 48 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm. - On my own history .

A retelling of the day Jackie Mitchell, a seventeen-year-old female professional baseball player, struck out the New York Yankees best hitters, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, in an exhibition game in 1931.

ISBN: 1575053977 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 99033322

Subjects--Personal Names:
Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948.
Gehrig, Lou, 1903-1941.
Mitchell, Jackie, 1914-1987.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Baseball players.
Baseball--History.
Women--Biography.

LC Class. No.: GV867.5 / .P377 2000

Dewey Class. No.: 796.357/092 B