Gloria Marks
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| Gloria W. Marks[1] | |
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| Born: 1923 (age 102–103) San Diego, California, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
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Gloria W. Marks (born 1923) is an American former baseball pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) during the 1943 season. Listed at 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m), 130 lb, she batted and threw right-handed.[2]
Gloria Marks was one of the sixty original players recruited by the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League for its inaugural season.
Born in San Diego, California, she pitched for several championship teams in her native San Diego before joining the league.[3]
Marks was assigned to the Racine Belles, a team managed by former big leaguer Johnny Gottselig, as part of a pitching staff headed by Mary Nesbitt and Joanne Winter.[2][4]
In her only season in the league, Marks helped win Racine the regular season title and the championship after going 11–9 for a .550 winning percentage. She also helped herself with the bat, connecting seven of her 18 hits for extra bases, to collect a very solid .471 slugging average.[2]
Since 1988 she is part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display based at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, which was unveiled to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.