About Gloria Marks
Born 1923. Gloria Marks is an American baseball player.
Gloria W. Marks (born 1923) is an American former baseball pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) during the season. Listed at , 130 lb, she batted and threw right-handed.
Gloria Marks was one of the sixty original players recruited by the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League for its inaugural season.
Born in San Diego, California, she pitched for several championship teams in her native San Diego before joining the league.
Marks was assigned to the Racine Belles, a team managed by former big leaguer Johnny Gottselig, as part of a pitching staff headed by Mary Nesbitt and Joanne Winter.
In her only season in the league, Marks helped win Racine the regular season title and the championship after going 11β9 for a .550 winning percentage. She also helped herself with the bat, connecting seven of her 18 hits for extra bases, to collect a very solid .471 slugging average.
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Who is Gloria Marks?
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
When was Gloria Marks born?
Gloria Marks was born in 1923 in San Diego.
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Gloria Marks is a baseball player.
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Gloria Marks is American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Gloria Marks. https://biography.guide/gloria-marks/
MLA: "Gloria Marks." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/gloria-marks/.
Chicago: "Gloria Marks." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/gloria-marks/.
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