Margie Lang
| Margie Lang | |
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| All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | |
| First base / Pitcher | |
| Born: February 19, 1924 Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Died: August 29, 2007 (aged 83) Cincinnati, Ohio | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
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Margie Lang (February 19, 1924 – August 29, 2007) was an American infielder and pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right handed.[1][2]
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio,[1] Margie Lang appeared in fewer than ten games for the South Bend Blue Sox during the 1943 season.[2]
In 1988, Margie Lang received further recognition when she became 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.[3]
She died in 2007 in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the age of 83.[1]
Sources
- ^ a b c "Margie Lang – Profile". All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- ^ 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