Al Pinkston

Al Pinkston
Al Pinkston
	Born: October 22, 1917; Newbern, Alabama
	Died: March 18, 1981 (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);

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

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][5]

References

"Al Pinkston". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
"Al Pinkston". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
"Alfred 'Al' Pinkston". nlbpa.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
"Alfred Pinkston (B-R Bullpen)". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
"Forgotten Heroes: Alfred Pinkston" (PDF). cnlbr.org. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues) and Seamheads
Alfred 'Al' Pinkston at Negro League Baseball Players Association
Alfred Pinkston at Baseball-Reference Bullpen

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