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Alfred Charles Pinkston (October 22, 1917 – March 18, 1981) was an American Negro league and Mexican League baseball player.

Al Pinkston
Born: (1917-10-22)October 22, 1917 Newbern, Alabama
Died: March 18, 1981(1981-03-18) (aged 63) Fort Wayne, Indiana
Batted: Left Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1948, for the Cleveland Buckeyes
Last appearance
1948, for the Cleveland Buckeyes
Teams
Cleveland Buckeyes (1948)
Member of the Mexican
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	1974

Early life and career

A native of Newbern, Alabama, Pinkston played briefly for the Cleveland Buckeyes in 1948.[1][2] 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.[3][4]

References

Further reading

• Afro-American staff (April 9, 1955). "Long jump to majors fails to dim Pinkston's hopes; Thumbnail sketches on 5 Athletics". The Afro-American. p. 17
• Tribune staff (June 11, 1960). "Al Pinkston Sets Sight on Josh Gibson's Homer Record". The Philadelphia Tribune. p. 12
• Heiling, Joe (July 7, 1960). "Looking 'Em Over: Al Pinkston's the Talk of Mexico". The Austin Statesman. p. A20

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors) and Seamheads
• Alfred 'Al' Pinkston at Negro League Baseball Players Association

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