Rinty Monahan

Rinty Monahan
Rinty Monahan
	Pitcher
	Born: April 28, 1928; Brooklyn, New York
	Died: July 27, 2003 (aged 75); Brooklyn, New York
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	August 9, 1953, for the Philadelphia Athletics
Last MLB appearance
	August 30, 1953, for the Philadelphia Athletics
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	0–0
Earned run average	4.22
Strikeouts	2
Innings pitched	10⅔
Teams
	Philadelphia Athletics (1953);

Edward Francis "Rinty" Monahan Jr.^[1] (April 28, 1928 – July 27, 2003) was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Athletics of Major League Baseball during August 1953. In four career games pitched, all in relief, he had a 0–0 record, with a 4.22 earned run average.

Monahan grew up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, the son of an Irish immigrant. He attended St. Michael's Diocesan High School where he earned a scholarship to play college basketball for the Niagara Purple Eagles. At the time, Niagara did not have a college baseball program but Monahan helped to organize a team which played mostly exhibitions against PONY League teams. During the summers, he continued to play sandlot baseball in Brooklyn where he was noticed by a New York Giants scout who offered him a contract.^[1]

In 1952, his fourth year in the Giants' farm system, he won 17 games for the Class A Jacksonville Tars and was selected in the 1952 Rule 5 draft by the Athletics. He spent the entire 1953 campaign on the A's big-league roster, but worked in only four August games. In his most successful appearance, on August 16 at Connie Mack Stadium in the first game of a doubleheader, he pitched the final two innings against the eventual 1953 world champion New York Yankees, allowing only one hit (a single by Irv Noren), one base on balls and no runs.^[2]

In his MLB career, Monahan allowed 11 hits and seven bases on balls in 10⅔ innings pitched, with two strikeouts. His pro career continued in the minor leagues in 1954 and 1957. He died in Brooklyn at age 75.

References

^ ^a ^b "Dykes Likes Monahan and A's Get Big Problem in Pitchers to Solve". The Philadelphia Inquirer. March 15, 1953. p. S5. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
^ 1953-8-16 (1) box score from Retrosheet

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

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[Dykes-1] "Dykes Likes Monahan and A's Get Big Problem in Pitchers to Solve". The Philadelphia Inquirer. March 15, 1953. p. S5. Retrieved January 6, 2024.

[2] 1953-8-16 (1) box score from Retrosheet

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