Diamilette Quiles

Puerto Rican baseball player
Baseball player
Diamilette Quiles
Montañeses de Utuado – No. 53
First base
Born: September 26, 1985
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Béisbol Doble A debut
May 19, 2019, for the Utuado Mountaineers

Diamilette Quiles Alicea (born September 26, 1985) is a Puerto Rican baseball player. She has represented the island in two Women's Baseball World Cups[1] and was the first female to be signed to a team in the island's Doble A semi-pro league, playing first base for the Montañeses de Utuado ("Utuado Mountaineers" or "Highlanders") in the postseason.

Quiles had previously played for ten years in Puerto Rico's women's league, winning nine titles with the Arecibo Wolves, and led the league in the 2018–2019 season with a .611 batting average.[2]

References

  1. ^ Coto, Dánica (May 16, 2019). "League of her own: woman in Puerto Rico baseball tournament". AP.
  2. ^ "Diamilette Quiles becomes first-ever woman in Puerto Rico Baseball Federation Double-A league". May 17, 2019.

Further reading

  • Jorge J. Muñiz Ortiz. "Puerto Rican baseball pioneer says female athletes can compete against men". EFE.
  • Sanchez, Jesse (May 19, 2019). "Woman is first to play in PR men's league". MLB.