The thing to understand about 23-year-old Kelsie Whitmore’s path to signing a contract with the Atlantic League’s Staten Island FerryHawks—the highest level attained by a woman in ...

Trailblazing ballplayer Kelsie Whitmore says her jock dad always stepped up to the plate to practice with her — and that’s what made her the player she is today. “Growing up, my dad was the ...

Kelsie Whitmore is the first woman to sign with a league connected with Major League Baseball. Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images At just 23, Whitmore already has a long list of accolades.

Kelsie Whitmore, female baseball player for the Staten Island FerryHawks, poses for a portrait in between doubleheader games against Gastonia at Richmond County Bank Ballpark on Sunday, May 15, 2022.

Kelsie did her schooling at Temecula Valley High School and was the lone female on the school's baseball team. While studying in high school, Whitmore joined the women's national baseball team.

NEW YORK — The first thing Atlantic League hitters notice about Kelsie Whitmore is the obvious: the Staten Island FerryHawks pitcher is the only woman in a league full of former major leaguers ...

Player Kelsie Whitmore poses for a photo with a ball during a training session with the Aguila de Veracruz profesional baseball team in Veracruz, Mexico, Tuesday, April 8, 2025.

Right Arrow MLB Kelsie Whitmore becomes first woman to start game for MLB partner league Whitmore was 0-for-2 in the game By Ryan Gaydos Fox News Published May 2, 2022 8:52am EDT Facebook Flipboard ...

Kelsie Whitmore played left field and batted ninth for the Staten Island FerryHawks on Sunday, becoming the first woman to start a game in the Atlantic League and one of the first to do so in a ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — When El Aguila de Veracruz called with an opportunity to tryout for a spot on their roster ahead of the start of the Mexican Baseball League, Kelsie Whitmore accepted but knew ...

Kelsie Whitmore, a 23-year-old two-way player for the Atlantic League’s Staten Island FerryHawks, smiles in her team’s dugout before gametime, Friday, May 13, 2022, in New York.