WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Grayce Stotz, the wife of Little League Baseball founder Carl Stotz who also played an instrumental role in the youth baseball organization, died Friday. She was 92.

Stotz, who had been living at a nursing home, died of natural causes, said her daughter, Karen Stotz Myers. Her death Friday came on the off-day for this year's Little League World Series tournament.

Carl Stotz founded Little League in Williamsport in 1939 and was the league commissioner and served on the board of directors with his wife until 1950, when Little League incorporated. He stayed as commissioner for another five years, then left because of differences with board members over the direction of the organization.

Stotz Myers said her mother, besides her involvement on the board, filled in as manager sometimes and kept score. She also founded the first Little League women's auxiliary group and, as a volunteer secretary at the end of World War II, responded to many requests about forming Little Leagues around the country, according to the Williamsport Sun-Gazette.