Mo'ne Davis was the 18th girl overall to play and the sixth to get a hit.
25 Facts About Mo'ne Davis
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Mo'ne Davis was the first Little League baseball player to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated as a Little League player.
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Mo'ne Davis has lived with her mother and stepfather, Mark Williams, since the age of six.
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In 2008, Steve Bandura, who is program director for Marian Anderson Recreation Center in South Philadelphia, observed Mo'ne Davis playing football with her cousins and older brother.
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Mo'ne Davis began playing and excelling at baseball and soccer.
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In 2015, she released a memoir, written with Hilary Beard, Mo'ne Davis: Remember My Name.
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At age 13, Mo'ne Davis threw a 70 miles per hour fastball, while the average velocity in her age class was 63 miles per hour to 73 miles per hour range.
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Mo'ne Davis threw a curve ball that gave "opposing hitters fits".
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Mo'ne Davis relied more on the precise mechanics of pitching rather than strength.
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Mo'ne Davis's pitching was compared to the throwing motion of major league pitcher Jonathan Papelbon.
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Mo'ne Davis was the fourth American girl and 18th overall to play in the Little League World Series, out of almost 9,000 participants since the tournament began in 1947.
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Mo'ne Davis was the sixth girl to get a hit in Little League World Series history.
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Mo'ne Davis pitched six innings, struck out eight batters, and gave up two infield hits.
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ESPN's broadcast of the semifinals game in which Mo'ne Davis played on August 20,2014 brought a 3.4 overnight rating, which marked an all-time high for Little League on ESPN.
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Rachel Maddow said that Mo'ne Davis was the "best new thing in the world".
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Mo'ne Davis was praised by Ellen DeGeneres, Billie Jean King, and Michelle Obama.
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Mo'ne Davis appeared on the August 25,2014 Sports Illustrated front cover, which made her the first Little League baseball player to appear on the front cover of a top US sports magazine as a Little League player.
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The crowds cheered every time Mo'ne Davis pitched or was at bat, and she received standing ovations as she was pitching her shut-out win on August 15,2014.
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In September 2014, Mo'ne Davis donated her jersey to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Mo'ne Davis was accompanied by teammates from the Anderson Monarchs.
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In October 2014, Mo'ne Davis was named one of "The 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014" by Time magazine.
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Mo'ne Davis was shown in Marie Claire magazine's "The 8 Greatest Moments for Women in Sports".
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In July 2015 Mo'ne Davis won the Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award.
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Wallace speculated that the more attention female athletes such as Mo'ne Davis receive from girls, boys, men, and women, the more popular women's sports will become.
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Finally, Wallace suggested that the tremendous interest that Mo'ne Davis has piqued in the Little League World Series might lead to increased participation of both boys and girls in baseball, which has suffered from major league "performance-enhancing drug scandals".