George Pinkney

{{Short description|American baseball player (1859–1926)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=George Pinkney

|image=George Pinkney.jpg

|position=Third baseman

|birth_date={{Birth date|1859|1|11}}

|birth_place=Orange Prairie, Peoria, Illinois

|death_date={{death date and age|1926|11|10|1859|1|11}}

|death_place=Peoria, Illinois

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 16

|debutyear=1884

|debutteam=Cleveland Blues

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 29

|finalyear=1893

|finalteam=Louisville Colonels

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat2label=Hits

|stat3label=Runs

|stat1value=.263

|stat2value=1,212

|stat3value=874

|teams=

• Cleveland Blues ({{Baseball year|1884}})
• Brooklyn Grays / Bridegrooms / Grooms ({{Baseball year|1885}}–{{Baseball year|1891}})
• St. Louis Browns ({{Baseball year|1892}})
• Louisville Colonels ({{Baseball year|1893}})

}}

George Burton Pinkney (January 11, 1859 – November 10, 1926) born in Orange Prairie, Peoria, Illinois, was a third baseman for the Cleveland Blues (1884), Brooklyn Grays/Bridegrooms/Grooms(1885–91), St. Louis Browns (1892), and Louisville Colonels (1893).

He helped the Bridegrooms win the 1889 American Association pennant and the 1890 National League pennant.

Pinkney led the American Association in games (141), at bats (597), and walks (70) in 1886.

He led the American Association in games (143), runs (134), times on base (234), and outs (419) in 1888.

In 10 seasons Pinkney played in 1,163 games and had 4,610 at-bats, 874 runs, 1,212 hits, 170 doubles, 56 triples, 21 home runs, 539 RBI, 526 walks, .263 batting average, .345 on-base percentage, .338 slugging percentage, and 1,557 total bases. When he retired, he held Major League Baseball's all-time record for most consecutive games played (577){{Cite news |date=1923-05-02 |title=Everett Scott Plays 1000th Game Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-news-everett-scott-plays-1000t/155956822/ |access-date=2024-09-25 |work=The Miami News |pages=11 |via=Newspapers.com}} and innings played (5,152). Both records have since been surpassed, the innings played mark standing for 95 years until it was broken by Cal Ripken Jr. He remained the only player to play in more than 500 consecutive games until Fred Luderus played in 533 games.

He died in Peoria, Illinois, at the age of 67 and was interred at Springdale Cemetery.{{Cite book |last=Lee |first=Bill |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=13EwCgAAQBAJ&dq=Springdale+Cemetery+george+pinkney&pg=PA461 |title=The Baseball Necrology |date=2009-04-30 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-4239-3 |pages=461}}