Mary Pratt (baseball)

Mary Pratt (November 30, 1918 – May 6, 2020) was a pitcher who played from 1943 through 1947 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

After graduation, she entered Boston University's Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and participated in various sports there, including basketball, softball, volleyball, lacrosse, field hockey, tennis, archery, and sailing.

She immediately had her best season, winning 21 games and pitching a no-hitter, while leading the Comets to the league championship series.

[1] Pratt continued to teach physical education classes in Quincy until 1986, and she also coached the school softball, basketball, soccer, and tennis teams.

[2] Pratt died at the John Scott nursing home in Braintree, Massachusetts, on May 6, 2020, aged 101.