Who was the first girl to hit a home run?

Answer 1

I am not sure if it was the first .... but in the Spring of 1996 a sophomore girl named Kelly Snelson played second base on her boys varsity hs Baseball team (Rosebud HS, Rosebud Ark). She earned national attention and a write up in Sports Illustrated by "belting a 300 foot grand slam home run over the right field fence in Rosebuds's 13-4 victory." She was apparently a great athlete having been the MVP of her softball and volleyball teams the year before - so the baseball team recruited her to play and the move paid off! :-) Also around the the same time period the Colorado Silver Bullets were a team of profession female baseball players who played against men's teams - Kim Braatz, Pam Schaffrath, Lisa Martinez and Tammy Holmes all hit long home runs over the fence on full sized regulation fields. Girls have been playing baseball for 100 years so these were most likely not the first homers ever hit by girls .... but they are the first to be well publicized.