Al Pinkston facts for kids
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| Born: October 22, 1917 Newbern, Alabama |
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| Died: March 18, 1981 (aged 63) Fort Wayne, Indiana |
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| 1948, for the Cleveland Buckeyes | |||
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 Baseball Hall of Fame |
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| Induction | 1974 | ||
Alfred Charles Pinkston (October 22, 1917 – March 18, 1981) was an American Negro league and Mexican League baseball player.
Early life and career
A native of Newbern, Alabama, Pinkston played briefly for the Cleveland Buckeyes in 1948. He played in the Provincial League in the early 1950s, and won the league's triple crown in 1952 for the St. Hyacinthe A's. Pinkston went on to play minor league baseball for such clubs as the Ottawa Athletics, Columbus Jets and Amarillo Gold Sox, and spent several years in the Mexican League into the mid-1960s. He was inducted into the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974, and died in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1981 at age 63. His biological son, birthed while playing in Mexico, was Adrian Chavez who went on to become a professional soccer player representing Mexico in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
