Marie Mansfield [Kelley] is a former pitcher who played from 1950 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 7 in, 140 lb., she batted and threw right-handed. Born in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, Mansfield began playing softball at age 12. She entered the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1950 with the Rockford Peaches, playing for them as a fourth outfielder and at first base. Guided by her manager Bill Allington, she showed promise on the pitcher's mound with her fluid overhand delivery, which the league had converted in 1946. Allington did not hesitate to include her in the Peaches pitching staff. In 1951 Mansfield teamed up with Rose Gacioch and Helen Fox to give Rockford a strong one-two-three punch pitching combination in the eight-team circuit. She collected a 16?8 record and a 2.85 earned run average in 30 games, ending fifth in wins, eighth in innings pitched, and third in strikeouts behind Jean Faut of the South Bend Blue Sox and Margaret Holgerson of the Grand Rapids Chicks. In addition, Gacioch finished 20?7 and Fox went 18?7 to assure a berth in the postseason. 

November 4th, 1931 in   /  Died:   Jan 24th, 2024 - aged 92