Andy Rincon

Andrew John Rincon (March 5, 1959 – August 28, 2023) was a former Major League Baseball pitcher from Monterey Park, California.

A multi-sport athlete in high school, Rincon was a two-time All-CIF baseball player and was the 1977 CIF Southern Section Player of the Year[1] in baseball at St. Paul High School in Santa Fe Springs California, where he played alongside future MLB player and coach Mike Gallego.

That season, he was hit in his pitching arm by a line drive by Phil Garner, thus hampering his career.

He continued to pitch in the minor leagues, compiling a 50-55 record with a 4.04 ERA in 172 appearances from 1977 to 1989,[3] playing for the Calgary Cardinals, Gastonia Cardinals, St. Petersburg Cardinals, Arkansas Travelers, Springfield Redbirds, Louisville Redbirds, Nashua Pirates, Hawaii Islanders, Aguascalientes Rieleros and Fresno Suns.

In his final professional season in 1989, Rincon went 1-0 in 11 relief appearances for the Arkansas Travelers.