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Mary Reynolds (baseball)

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Mary Reynolds
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Third base/Pitcher/Manager
Born: (1921-04-27)April 27, 1921
Gastonia, North Carolina, U.S.
Died: May 9, 1991(1991-05-09) (aged 70)
Gastonia, North Carolina, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • All-Star Team (1947)
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display
    Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Mary Reynolds (April 27, 1921 – May 9, 1991) was an American utility who played from 1946 through 1950 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right-handed.[1]

Once selected to the All-Star team, Mary Reynolds was a solid defender at third base with good range on the field and a strong throwing arm. Reynolds also saw time in the outfield and as a starting pitcher, while hitting a career .223 batting average. Basically a line drive hitter, she put the ball in play and was extremely hard to strike out, averaging a 1.50 walk-to-strikeout ratio and a .317 on-base percentage during her five years in the circuit.[2]

Born in Gastonia, North Carolina, Reynolds grew up with five brothers and three sisters. When World War began, she served as a sheet metal worker.[3]

Reynolds entered the league in 1946 with the Peoria Redwings, playing for them through the 1950 season. Nicknamed ″Windy″, because of her constant chatter on the field and from the dugout, she was chosen as the team's captain and eventually served as interim manager.[1]

In 1947, Reynolds hit a career-best .245 average with a .935 fielding percentage at third base and earned a spot in the All-Star team. Her most productive season on the mound came in 1948, when she posted a 9–6 and a 2.27 earned run average in 18 pitching appearances. She also was the best fielding pitcher in 1950 as she committed no errors.[3]

Since 1988 Reynolds is 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 rather than individual baseball personalities.[4]

Mary Reynolds died in her homeland of Gastonia, North Carolina, at the age of 70.[1]

Career statistics

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Batting

GP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG
426 1388 128 308 27 17 1 142 29 194 129 .222 .317 .268

Pitching

GP W L W-L% ERA IP H RA ER BB SO WHIP SO/BB
33 12 14 .441 2.85 221 194 91 70 53 106 1.12 2.00

Collective fielding

GP PO A E TC DP FA
338 501 433 66 1000 31 .934

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Sources

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  1. ^ a b c "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League website – Mary Reynolds entry". Archived from the original on 2018-07-04. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
  2. ^ The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Paperback, 295 pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-7864-3747-2
  3. ^ a b c The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
  4. ^ "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League History". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-08-16.