About Mary Butcher
Lived 1927 – 2018 (aged 90–91). Mary Butcher was a baseball player.
Mary Butcher [Marsh] (October 12, 1927 – October 2018) was an American baseball player who was a pitcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5' 7", 170 lb., Butch batted and threw right handed. She was nicknamed Butch.
Born in Berne, Indiana,
After a game, Butcher was approached by a AAGPBL scout and later had a tryout in Chicago in front of league president Max Carey.
After baseball, Butcher married Bill Marsh in 1955, and they raised three children. She ended playing softball in Geneva, Indiana later.
Mary died in October 2018.
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baseball player (1927-)
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Mary Butcher was born on 12 October 1927 in Berne.
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Mary Butcher died in 2018.
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Mary Butcher was a baseball player.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Mary Butcher. https://biography.guide/mary-butcher/
MLA: "Mary Butcher." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/mary-butcher/.
Chicago: "Mary Butcher." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/mary-butcher/.
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