I collect woodcuts, and the earliest that I have that involves a female playing baseball is a Police Gazette cover from 1899 with a girl batting against a male pitcher.
On a related topic, the earliest image I have of females playing cricket is from 1884, with others in 1888, 1889, and a couple from 1890. All are female teams.
The 1889 image is a fantastic view of a fielder robbing the batsman of a six. The cricket equivalent of a baseball outfielder robbing a batter of a home run.
Doug
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