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Name	Team	Age
Al Rinker	Retired (1987, Age 38)	Died (2021, Age 72)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 2 (1971)	RF	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Frank Thomas League	0	17 years (20 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
66	67	47
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
62	62	66
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
77	79	52
Endurance	Velocity	Control
55	11	1
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
16	57	57
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
30	0	4/21/1949
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
4	7	11
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (---)
96 (96.3 %)	1 (1.1 %)	0 (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1971

Majors

62.76

162

139

0

5 / 8

2 / 8

4 / 11

3 / 7

5 / 12

7 / 10

4 / 6

30 / 62

1972

Majors

55.98

147

127

15

4 / 13

4 / 5

1 / 9

2 / 7

5 / 10

7 / 8

2 / 3

25 / 55

1973

Majors

55.40

153

132

9

3 / 4

5 / 8

1 / 8

2 / 8

1 / 8

6 / 8

9 / 11

27 / 55

1974

Majors

62.76

162

139

0

3 / 10

3 / 7

3 / 12

2 / 4

4 / 12

5 / 15

1 / 2

21 / 62

1975

Majors

58.07

147

127

11

2 / 8

3 / 8

1 / 8

1 / 7

0 / 8

1 / 7

5 / 12

13 / 58

1976

Majors

64.47

162

139

0

1 / 8

3 / 11

0 / 6

2 / 11

0 / 11

2 / 5

3 / 12

11 / 64

1977

Majors

64.12

162

137

0

1 / 7

1 / 10

2 / 9

0 / 11

0 / 5

3 / 13

1 / 9

8 / 64

1978

Majors

64.47

162

139

0

1 / 7

0 / 13

0 / 7

1 / 6

1 / 14

1 / 7

2 / 10

6 / 64

1979

Majors

64.47

162

139

0

0 / 10

0 / 11

0 / 10

0 / 9

0 / 14

0 / 6

0 / 4

0 / 64

1980

Majors

63.74

162

135

0

0 / 9

0 / 9

0 / 10

0 / 9

0 / 9

0 / 6

1 / 11

1 / 63

1981

Majors

64.29

162

138

0

0 / 10

0 / 11

0 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 11

0 / 5

0 / 64

1982

Majors

64.47

162

139

0

0 / 12

0 / 12

0 / 5

0 / 10

1 / 12

0 / 4

0 / 9

1 / 64

1983

Majors

46.85

114

99

48

0 / 6

-1 / 8

-1 / 7

-6 / 5

-6 / 6

-2 / 5

-2 / 9

-18 / 46

1984

Majors

64.02

162

139

0

-1 / 9

-2 / 7

0 / 9

-6 / 13

-1 / 11

-3 / 10

-2 / 5

-15 / 64

1985

Majors

64.47

162

139

0

-2 / 9

-2 / 9

-3 / 8

-1 / 8

-9 / 10

-3 / 10

-3 / 10

-23 / 64

1986

Majors

54.86

162

96

0

-1 / 6

-2 / 9

-1 / 9

-3 / 5

-1 / 9

1 / 10

-2 / 6

-9 / 54

1987

Majors

35.15

144

52

0

-2 / 4

-7 / 4

-4 / 5

-3 / 7

-8 / 4

-4 / 5

0 / 6

-28 / 35

Total

2649

2155

83

14 / 140

7 / 150

3 / 142

-6 / 135

-8 / 165

21 / 140

19 / 130

50 / 1002

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1987-11-01	Al Rinker has retired from the New York Hegemons
1987-04-21	The New York Hegemons have promoted Al Rinker to the major league team. The New York Hegemons have designated Steve Odom for assignment.
1987-04-21	The New York Hegemons have acquired Al Rinker from the waiver wire.
1987-04-11	The New York knights have waived Al Rinker.
1987-04-01	The New York knights have promoted Ray Shannabrook to the major league team. The New York knights have designated Al Rinker for assignment.
1986-03-26	New York knights has drafted Al Rinker #68 overall in the Expansion Draft.
1983-05-13	Al Rinker of the Washington Knuckleheads is injured and is expected to be out 54 days.
1975-07-07	Al Rinker of the Washington knuckleheads is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1973-06-08	Al Rinker of the Washington knuckleheads is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1972-08-28	Al Rinker of the Washington knuckleheads is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1971-04-01	The Washington knuckleheads have promoted Al Rinker to the major league team. The Washington knuckleheads have designated Champ Williams for assignment.