Margaret Murray (baseball)
| Margaret Murray | |
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| All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | |
| Catcher / Outfielder | |
| Born: Joliet, Illinois | |
| Died: March 22, 2006 | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
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Margaret Murray (died March 22, 2006) was an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player. She batted and threw right handed.[1][2]
Born in Joliet, Illinois, Murray joined the All American League in its 1948 season.[1] "Marge", as her teammates dubbed her, was assigned as a catcher and fourth outfielder for the Springfield Sallies when it was added as an expansion club in the league. She continued with the Sallies the next season when it became a touring player development team. Afterwards, she moved to Green Valley, Arizona.[2]
In 1988, a permanent display was inaugurated 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. Murray, the rest of the girls, and the league staff are included at the display/exhibit.[3]
Sources
[edit]- ^ a b Profile. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League website
- ^ a b Madden, W. C. (2005) The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0
- ^ "Before A League of Their Own", National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum