George Pinkney

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Full Name: George Burton Pinkney	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 5' 7"/160	First Game: August 16, 1884
Birthdate: January 11, 1859	Final Game: September 29, 1893
Birthplace: Orange Prairie, Illinois	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: November 10, 1926
Deathplace: Peoria, Illinois
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

George Pinkney (George Burton Pinkney) was born on January 11, 1859 in Orange Prairie, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on August 16, 1884 for the Cleveland Spiders. In 1884, his rookie year, he hit .313 with 0 home runs and 16 RBI. Pinkney played for the Cleveland Spiders, Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, St. Louis Perfectos and Louisville Colonels over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that George Pinkney's best season was 1887, when he stole 59 bases and knocked in 69 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1884	CLE	N	36	144	18	45	0	16	.313	.357	.375	9	0	10	7	0	0	0	0	0
1885	BRO	a	110	447	77	124	0	42	.277	.328	.336	16	5	27	0	7	0	0	0	0
1886	BRO	a	141	597	119	156	0	37	.261	.339	.322	22	7	70	0	0	0	32	0	0
1887	BRO	a	138	580	133	155	3	69	.267	.343	.348	26	6	61	0	6	0	59	0	0
1888	BRO	a	143	575	134	156	4	52	.271	.358	.351	18	8	66	0	12	0	51	0	0
1889	BRO	a	138	545	103	134	4	82	.246	.327	.339	25	7	59	43	7	0	47	0	0
1890	BRO	N	126	485	115	150	7	83	.309	.411	.431	20	9	80	19	4	0	47	0	0
1891	BRO	N	135	501	80	137	2	71	.273	.367	.347	19	6	67	32	7	0	44	0	0
1892	STL	N	78	290	31	50	0	25	.172	.268	.197	3	2	36	26	2	0	4	0	0
1893	LOU	N	118	446	64	105	1	62	.235	.323	.296	12	6	50	8	8	0	12	0	0
Total	NL		493	1866	308	487	10	257	.261	.353	.335	63	23	243	92	21	0	107	0	0
Total	AA		670	2744	566	725	11	282	.264	.340	.339	107	33	283	43	32	0	189	0	0
Total			1163	4610	874	1212	21	539	.263	.345	.338	170	56	526	135	53	0	296	0	0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1884	CLE	N	2B	25	0	0	56	67	22	10	0	0	0	0	0	.848
1884	CLE	N	SS	11	0	0	17	43	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.857
1885	BRO	a	2B	57	0	0	147	173	34	15	0	0	0	0	0	.904
1885	BRO	a	3B	51	0	0	56	83	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	.874
1885	BRO	a	SS	3	0	0	4	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.882
1886	BRO	a	3B	141	0	0	184	234	69	17	0	0	0	0	0	.858
1886	BRO	a	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1887	BRO	a	SS	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1887	BRO	a	3B	136	0	0	196	290	60	26	0	0	0	0	0	.890
1888	BRO	a	3B	143	0	0	189	234	48	14	0	0	0	0	0	.898
1889	BRO	a	3B	138	0	0	183	278	53	19	0	0	0	0	0	.897
1890	BRO	N	3B	126	0	0	179	222	29	15	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1891	BRO	N	3B	130	0	0	146	261	43	10	0	0	0	0	0	.904
1891	BRO	N	SS	5	0	0	6	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1892	STL	N	3B	78	0	0	84	161	31	12	0	0	0	0	0	.888
1893	LOU	N	3B	118	0	0	126	279	34	26	0	0	0	0	0	.923
Total			3B	1061	0	0	1343	2042	387	143	0	0	0	0	0	.897
Total			P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			2B	82	0	0	203	240	56	25	0	0	0	0	0	.888
Total			SS	21	0	0	28	73	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.871

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1886	BRO	a	1	0	0	0	4.50	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Cleveland Spiders to Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers with Doc Bushong, John Harkins, Pete Hotaling, Bill Krieg, Bill Phillips and Germany Smith for at least $4000 (for the pick of the team) (January 3, 1885).

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