Marjorie Peters

Who is Marjorie Peters?

Marjorie L. Peters [״Little Mac״ or ״Pete״] is a former pitcher who played from 1943 through 1944 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 2 in, 112 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.

Marjorie Peters was one of the sixty original players to join the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League for its inaugural season. She has the distinction of having pitched in the first game ever played in the league.

Born in Greenfield, Wisconsin, Peters started to play softball as a seven-year-old in the parks of her homeland. Known as the athlete of her family, she was a tennis star, speed skater and bike racer as a young girl. During World War II she went to work at a Defense Logistics Agency. Although her interest in sports led her to attend an AAGPBL tryout at Borchert Field in Milwaukee and was invited to the final tryout at Wrigley Field in Chicago. She made the final cuts and was assigned to the Rockford Peaches, playing for them two seasons.

In the first game of the new league on May 30, 1943, Peters pitched against the South Bend Blue Sox in what ended up being a 14-inning game won by South Bend 4–3.