Mary Moore (pitcher)

Mary Frances Moore (March 6, 1922 – July 12, 1962) was a pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She was born in Lemon Grove, California.[1][2]

Mary Moore
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Pitcher
Born: (1922-03-06)March 6, 1922
Lemon Grove, California
Died: July 12, 1962(1962-07-12) (aged 40)
Lemon Grove, California
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Championship team (1948)
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display
    at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Moore spent one season in the league with the 1948 Rockford Peaches champion team. She posted a 2-3 pitching record in eight games and batted an average of .222 (4-for-18).[1][3]

She died in 1962 in her home of Lemon Grove, California, at the age of 40.[2]

In 1988 was inaugurated a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York that honors those who were part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Mary Moore, along with the rest of the girls and the league staff, is included at the display/exhibit.[4]

Pitching statistics

GPWLW-L%ERAIPHRAERBBSOHBPWPWHIP
823.4004.0045312320405421.58

[1][3]

Sources

  1. Profile. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Official Website
  2. Obituary.All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Official Website
  3. Madden, W. C. (2000) All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-0597-8
  4. Before A League of Their Own. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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