Jean Marlowe

Jean Marlowe [″Mal″ or ″Jeanie″] (December 28, 1929 – April 16, 2007) was a pitcher and utility who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between the and seasons. Listed a , 135 lb., she batted and threw right-handed. Her last name is really Malanoski, but she acquired her last name in the league as a result of a misspelling.

Jean Marlowe went on to a six-season career in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League, primarily as a pitcher, while also seeing action at first base and second, as well at the outfield. She posted a 56–79 record with a solid 3.18 earned run average in 1075 innings pitched, a pretty good performance considering she played for most of her career for teams with bad defense, low run support and losing records. She was a member of the champion team in her last season, though she did not play in the series.

Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Jean was the daughter of Stanley and Josephine (née Kafchinski) Malanoski. At an early age, she learned to play sandlot ball with the backing of her father and uncle, who were professional ballplayers. She graduated from Scranton Central High School and later studied at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Marlowe learned about the league through a local newspaper and went to Allentown for a tryout with around 200 other girls. She tried out as an infielder and outfielder, but the league's trainers liked her strong throwing arm and converted her into a pitcher.

Jean Marlowe died in 2007, at age 77, at the Lackawanna County Health Care Center in Olyphant, Pennsylvania.

Career statistics Pitching GPWLW-L%ERAIPHRAERBBSOWHIPSO/BB 143 56 79 .415 3.18 1075 840 474 337 450 423 1.20 0.94 Batting Fielding GPPOAETCDPFA 314 347 348 38 733 13 .971