Mary bonnie baker biography

Canadian baseball player (1918–2003)

Baseball player

Mary Geraldine (Bonnie) Baker, née George Born in Canada (July 10, 1918 – December 17, 2003) was an all-star baseball catcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) from 1943 to 1952.^[1]

Career

With the majority of major-league baseball players in the military during World War II, Phil Wrigley owner of the Chicago Cubs, established the AAGPBL in 1943 where it continued until 1954.

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Mary Baker was born in Regina, July 10th, She has been actively involved in sport in our province since the age of 13 when she started playing softball.

Mary Geraldine “Bonnie” Baker (née George), professional baseball player, broadcaster .

Mary Geraldine (Bonnie) Baker, née George Born in Canada (July 10, – December 17, ) was an all-star baseball catcher in the All-American Girls.

Mary Geraldine Baker, née George Born in Canada was an all-star baseball catcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from to

The first year the league played by softball rules, but that gradually changed until it was nearly identical with professional baseball.

Baker began her career with the South Bend Blue Sox in the league's first season and stayed with the team until 1950.

All of Baker's eight brothers and sisters were baseball catchers, so it stood to reason that she would become one too. She was discovered by professional scout Hub Bishop^[2] who would later also discover notable Saskatche