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Baseball · Level 10: Professional · Sub-level 10.5

Women's Baseball and Baseball5

10 tests · 100 facts · updated 28 October 2026 · markdown

Early women's baseball, the All-American Girls league, women in the Negro Leagues, pioneers on men's teams, the Women's Baseball World Cup, women's leagues today, women in charge, Baseball5, girls in youth baseball, and women in the press box and the Hall.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1Early women's baseballTake a test

  1. Students played on the college grounds.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  2. They were named after the loose trousers of the day.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  3. Some teams added a few young men, sometimes in disguise.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  4. She played first base at Fenway Park.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  5. She pitched for the Chattanooga Lookouts.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  6. She paid for medical school with her baseball earnings.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  7. The ban followed a minor league club's attempt to sign a woman.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  8. 1866, the 1890s, 1931, then 1952.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  9. Debate continues about whether the hitters tried their best.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  10. The exhibition drew national headlines.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

Test 2The All-American Girls leagueTake a test

  1. It began during the Second World War.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  2. The Cubs' owner feared the war would close men's baseball.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  3. Sliding in skirts left painful scrapes.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  4. It taught manners, make-up and dress.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  5. Racine is in Wisconsin.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  6. The film made the league famous again.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  7. Tom Hanks's manager shouts it at a player.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  8. 1943, 1948, 1954, then 1992.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  9. Around 600 women played in the league.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  10. Clubs played in towns across the Midwest.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

Test 3Women in the Negro LeaguesTake a test

  1. The Clowns had sent Hank Aaron to the majors.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  2. She played regularly in a major Negro league.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  3. She said it was the happiest moment of her life.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  4. She won 33 games by her own count.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  5. Black players were not welcome at its tryouts.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  6. Stone moved to the Kansas City Monarchs.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  7. She played one more season there.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  8. Johnson was turned away before Stone joined the Clowns, who then moved on in 1954.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  9. 1931, 1953, then 1997.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  10. Her hit came off one of the greatest pitchers of all.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

Test 4Pioneers on men's teamsTake a test

  1. She pitched for the St. Paul Saints of an independent league.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  2. She signed in Japan at 16.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  3. She had thrown a shutout at the Little League World Series.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  4. She played in the Atlantic League.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  5. She threw to Cleveland's hitters in spring training.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  6. It was the first win by a woman in a men's pro game.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  7. She pitched for the Chico Outlaws.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  8. 1997, 2010, 2014, then 2022.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  9. She was 13 years old.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  10. She was the first girl to pitch a shutout there.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

Test 5The Women's Baseball World CupTake a test

  1. Five teams took part.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  2. Canada has hosted the event several times.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  3. Japan's long run began after that.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  4. Japan has dominated women's baseball since.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  5. It is the world body for baseball and softball.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  6. High schools, colleges and clubs field women's teams.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  7. The two have a fierce rivalry.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  8. 2004, 2008, then 2018.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  9. Canada has reached the medals without winning.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  10. Their run made them clear favourites at every event.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

Test 6Women's leagues and teams todayTake a test

  1. It was the only women's pro league of its time.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  2. Tryouts drew players from many countries.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  3. Most girls switch to softball in their teens.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  4. Baseball teams were usually for boys.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  5. It was started by Justine Siegal.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  6. Boys' high school finals have been held there for a century.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  7. Ranking points come from women's events.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  8. 2010, 2021, then 2026.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  9. Girls' events keep players in the sport.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  10. The girls' final moved there in 2021.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

Test 7Women in chargeTake a test

  1. She was also the first woman GM in the major North American men's leagues.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  2. She took over at first base after a coach was ejected.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  3. She led the Yankees' Single-A Tampa Tarpons.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  4. She worked with minor league players.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  5. Jen Pawol worked a game in Atlanta in August.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  6. She had umpired in Triple-A for years.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  7. She coached in the instructional league.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  8. 1988, 2015, 2020, then 2025.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  9. 1990, 1998, 2011, then 2020.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  10. She had umpired in the minors for a decade.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

Test 8Baseball5Take a test

  1. Children play it with a ball and their hands.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  2. The ball is struck with the hand.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  3. Games are short and fast.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  4. That keeps it cheap to start.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  5. Teams from every continent took part.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  6. The game's home country took the title.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  7. It is the first Olympic event of any kind in Africa.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  8. After that it plays much like baseball.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  9. Five, nine, then eleven.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  10. The world cups use mixed teams.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

Test 9Girls in youth baseballTake a test

  1. She had pitched three games before the league objected.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  2. The change followed a case in New Jersey.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  3. Many girls chose softball after that.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  4. She played for a team from Belgium.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  5. It honours Robinson's courage.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  6. She was told as a girl that she should switch to softball.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  7. She was too old to play by the time it was won.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  8. 1972, 1974, 1984, then 2014.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  9. This is how Maria Pepe's case unfolded.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  10. Players are 11 to 13 years old.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

Test 10In the press box and the HallTake a test

  1. She had covered the Yankees and later many clubs.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  2. She won gold in 2004 and silver in 2008.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  3. She had been barred from the Yankees' clubhouse during the World Series.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  4. She became one of the first women in a full-time MLB booth.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  5. Former AAGPBL players came to Cooperstown for it.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  6. Broadcasters receive the Frick Award instead.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  7. She called a game for ESPN.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  8. 1978, 1988, 2015, then 2017.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  9. Clubhouse access is part of the job.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  10. She went on to call big games for years.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

Sources

General baseball references, WBSC and league material, coaching manuals; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered rules belong to the Rules category.

  • General baseball reference100