NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Friday, August 15, 2014, 9:12 PM
Updated: Saturday, August 16, 2014, 12:20 AM
... “I never, ever thought I would witness this,” Mamie Johnson said.
Mamie Johnson is 78 years old and six decades removed from her three years as the only female pitcher in the history of the Negro Leagues. From 1953 to 1955, she pitched for the Indianapolis Clowns, her teammates including a young shortstop named Henry Aaron. The Clowns found her by chance when she was pitching in a park near her home in northeast Washington, signed her up and paid her $500 a month to barnstorm around the country in Jim Crow America, never eating in a restaurant or staying in a “white” hotel, but hearing plenty of slurs.
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Along the way, she got her nickname from a rival player who thought the 5-3 Johnson was overmatched, telling her, “How do you expect to get anybody out? You’re not as big as a peanut.”
Peanut Johnson, who wore a white Clowns jersey and hat for Mo’ne Davis’ World Series debut, went 33-8 in her Negro League career, before beginning a 50-year career as a nurse and raising a family ...
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