Boston Red Sox’s Katie Krall ‘18 featured as a trailblazing woman in baseball by MLB Network

Opportunities for women in professional baseball have been growing rapidly among managerial, scouting, or coaching roles. Katie Krall ‘18 has worked in and around professional baseball since leaving the university and has now secured a position as a development coach for the Boston Red Sox minor league team.

“Ever since I was a little girl I have wanted to leave my mark on the history of baseball,” Krall wrote in a social media post. “It’s an honor and privilege to continue to be part of this industry as more incredible women write the next chapter of the game’s story.”

Krall graduated from the Weinberg School of Arts and Sciences as a History major and has worked in the professional baseball industry almost exclusively since.

While at Northwestern, Krall created the varsity baseball team’s student promotions coordinator position. She also coordinated the Chicago Cubs’ World Series Trophy Tour in the Midwest from 2016–17, and spent a season as an assistant general manager for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

For two years, she worked as a coordinator in the MLB’s economics and operations department. Krall also spent time as an operations analyst for the Cincinnati Reds.

According to an article written by the MLB Network, Krall is “one of the 10 total women who will work as on-field coaches across Major and Minor League Baseball in 2022.”

“The next frontier in baseball isn’t necessarily a new metric or a different way to capture data, it’s how you integrate and leverage it inside the lines,” Krall said. “Thinking through how we go about our advanced scouting — the ways we are really preparing… it takes work.”

Read more and watch Krall’s interview where she shares her achievements on and off the field in MLB Network’s feature, “Trailblazing women rising through game: ‘There’s really no limit.’”