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

Life and career

A native of Newbern, Alabama, Pinkston played one game for the Cleveland Buckeyes of the Negro leagues in 1948. 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, eventually earning induction into the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. On June 27, 1962, his son,

Adrián Chávez Adrián Chávez Ortiz (born 27 June 1962) is a Mexican former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Early life Chávez was born on 27 June 1962 in Mexico City, Mexico. His father was Al Pinkston, an American baseball player who was playing fo ...

, was born. At some point after his birth, Pinkston wanted to take Chávez with him back to the U.S., but his mother wouldn't allow it, going as far as changing Chávez's name to prevent him from doing so. Chávez would go on to become a professional soccer player, representing Mexico in the

1994 FIFA World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States ...

. Pinkston died in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1981 at age 63.

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