Marilyn A. Jenkins [?Jenks?] is a former catcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 6 in, 140 lb., she batted and threw right-handed. The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, created by Chicago Cubs? owner Philip K. Wrigley in anticipation of losing male players to the World War II draft, gave a new name to the baseball game. Since its 1943 season opener, the circuit developed a select group of women that changed the ballgame forever between the 1940s and 1950s. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Marilyn Jenkins played for her hometown team Grand Rapids Chicks during the last three seasons of the league. In addition, she enjoyed one of the most pleasant experiences lived by any player in the league's history. Jenkins was a modest but dedicated ballplayer who earned the responsibility of learning the game correctly at a very early age. She started a long time relation of ten years with the Chicks when she was 10 years old, and stayed with them until the league folded after the 1954 season. Marilyn was in grade school when she sneaked out of class to serve as a bat girl for her home team. 

September 18th, 1934 in   /  Died:   Feb 7th, 2020 - aged 85