PICTURE STORIES: KELSIE WHITMORE: Kelsie-Whitmore008

elsie Whitmore #3 of the Staten Island Ferryhawks fields a ball in left field during their game against the Long Island Ducks at Richmond County Bank Ball Park on September 03, 2022 in the Staten Island Borough of New York New York. Whitmore was the first woman to appear in the starting lineup in an Atlantic League game. Her debut in the Atlantic League was a pinch runner on April 22, and became the first woman to start an Atlantic League game on May 1, playing as a left fielder. On May 4, she became the first woman to pitch in an Atlantic League game.

elsie Whitmore #3 of the Staten Island Ferryhawks fields a ball in left field during their game against the Long Island Ducks at Richmond County Bank Ball Park on September 03, 2022 in the Staten Island Borough of New York New York. Whitmore was the first woman to appear in the starting lineup in an Atlantic League game. Her debut in the Atlantic League was a pinch runner on April 22, and became the first woman to start an Atlantic League game on May 1, playing as a left fielder. On May 4, she became the first woman to pitch in an Atlantic League game.