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Feb 10, 1912 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Died on 02 Feb 2013 (aged 100)
Professional baseball player and scout
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About Edith Houghton
- Edith Grace Houghton (February 10, 1912 – February 2, 2013) was an American professional baseball player and scout.
- A former shortstop in women's baseball whose professional career began when she was ten years old, Houghton became the first female scout in Major League Baseball when she joined the talent-spotting staff of the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League in 1946.
- She served in that role until 1952, when she returned to active service in the United States Navy.
- She had joined the WAVES during World War II.
