# RIP Margaret Whitton (Rachel Phelps, team owner in Major League)

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**Created:** [December 7, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-margaret-whitton-rachel-phelps-team-owner-in-major-league/774072 "2016-12-07T00:48:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-margaret-whitton-rachel-phelps-team-owner-in-major-league/774072/1 "2016-12-07T00:48:54Z")

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> **[Margaret Whitton, ‘Major League’ Movie Actress, Dies at 67](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/margaret-whitton-dead-major-league-actress-was-67-952853/)**
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> She played Cleveland Indians owner Rachel Phelps in those films and also appeared in ‘9 1/2 Weeks,’ ‘The Secret of My Success’ and ‘The Man Without a Face.’

She played the owner of the Cleveland Indians in the film. She assembled players who were so lousy that they’d finish in last place, attendance would drop, and she could move the team to Miami.

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**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-margaret-whitton-rachel-phelps-team-owner-in-major-league/774072/2 "2016-12-07T04:49:01Z")

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Ah, I remember her from Michael J. Fox’s _Secret of My Success_. RIP.