Kelly Saunders becomes the second woman to serve as a public address announcer at a major league game

On June 20, 1992, Kelly Saunders becomes the second woman to serve as a public address announcer at a major league game. Making her debut at Camden Yards, Saunders fills in for the Baltimore Orioles’ regular announcer, Rex Barney. In 1966, Joy Hawkins McCabe, the daughter of the Senators’ public-relations director, became the first female P.A. announcer, doing one game for Washington at D.C. Stadium against the White Sox.

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