Jeff Rineer | |
Position: | Pitcher |
Bats: | Left |
Throws: | Left |
Birth Date: | 3 July 1955 |
Birth Place: | Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Debutdate: | September 30 |
Debutyear: | 1979 |
Debutteam: | Baltimore Orioles |
Finalleague: | MLB |
Finaldate: | September 30 |
Finalyear: | 1979 |
Finalteam: | Baltimore Orioles |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Games pitched |
Stat1value: | 1 |
Stat2label: | Earned run average |
Stat2value: | 0.00 |
Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
Stat3value: | 0 |
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Jeffrey Alan Rineer (born July 3, 1955) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. Rineer played in one game for the Baltimore Orioles in .
Rineer was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the 1973 MLB draft but declined to sign. He chose instead to enroll at Franklin & Marshall College, play college baseball and study accounting. He led all of NCAA Division III with 150 strikeouts as a freshman, including a 19-strikeout game against Western Maryland.[1] He dropped out of Franklin & Marshall after the first semester of his sophomore year and began playing in recreational leagues where he attracted the attention of Major League scouts.[2] The Baltimore Orioles made him the 43rd overall pick in the secondary phase of the 1975 MLB draft.[3]