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Former Rockford Peaches pitcher Mary Pratt of ‘A League of Their Own’ fame dies at 101

NEW YORK - JUNE 22: An outfit once worn by Madonna in "A League of Their Own" is up for auction at the Christie's Pop Culture auction on June 22, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) — Mary Pratt, who played for the Rockford Peaches and Kenosha Comets in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, has died. She was 101.

Her nephew, Walter Pratt, told The Patriot Ledger she passed away peacefully at a nursing home.

Pratt pitched in the women’s league from 1943-47.

The league was profiled in the 1992 movie “A League of Their Own.”