Margie Lang

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]

Margie Lang
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
First base / Pitcher
Born: (1924-02-19)February 19, 1924
Cincinnati, Ohio
Died: August 29, 2007(2007-08-29) (aged 83)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (unveiled in 1988)

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
  1. "Margie Lang – Profile". All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  2. 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
  3. Before A League of Their Own. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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