Gloria W. Marks (born 1923) is a former pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the 1943 season. Listed at 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m), 130 lb, she batted and threw right-handed.[2]
| Gloria W. Marks[1] | |
|---|---|
 | |
| All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: 1923 San Diego, California, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| Teams | |
| |
| Career highlights and awards | |
|
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.[4][5]
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.[4]
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.
Career statistics edit
Pitching
| GP | W | L | W-L% | ERA | IP | H | RA | ER | BB | SO | HB | WP | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 11 | 9 | .550 | 4.05 | 166 | 145 | 125 | 75 | 117 | 29 | 4 | 22 | 1.58 |
Batting
| GP | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | TB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 68 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 7 | 11 | .265 | .333 | .471 |
Fielding
| GP | PO | A | E | TC | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 18 | 63 | 15 | 96 | .944 |
Sources edit
- ^ "1930 U.S. Census". Ancestry.
- ^ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2000. Format: Paperback, 294pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-7864-3747-2
- ^ The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Paperback, 295 pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-7864-3747-2
- ^ a b c All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book
- ^ 1943 Racine Belles Archived January 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League official website – Gloria Marks entry
Further reading edit
- "Coast, Legion Girls Open Series Tonight". Arizona Independent Republic. June 1, 1940. p. 3 (Section Two).
- "Championship Belles Retain Veterans in All Positions; Get Two New Hurlers". The Racine Journal-Times. May 24, 1944. p. 14.