Jean Marlowe

Jean Marlowe [″Mal″ or ″Jeanie″] (December 28, 1929 – April 16, 2007) was a pitcher and utility who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between the 1948 and 1954 seasons.

[1][2] Jean Marlowe went on to a six-season career in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League, primarily as a pitcher, while also seeing action at first base and second, as well at the outfield.

At an early age, she learned to play sandlot ball with the backing of her father and uncle, who were professional ballplayers.

The team posted the worst record of the circuit, going 41–84 in the Western Division, getting roughed up as a last-place expansion club, ending 35 games out of the first place Racine Belles.

Marlowe hit a .220 batting average in a career-high 98 games, driving in 17 runs and scoring 25 times while stealing 16 bases.

That season she batted a .291 average and three home runs, both career numbers, and matched her season-high with 12 wins, though she was credited with 15 losses.