| Rinty Monahan | |
| Position: | Pitcher |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Birth Date: | 28 April 1928 |
| Birth Place: | Brooklyn, New York |
| Death Place: | Brooklyn, New York |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | August 9 |
| Debutyear: | 1953 |
| Debutteam: | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | August 30 |
| Finalyear: | 1953 |
| Finalteam: | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
| Stat1value: | 0–0 |
| Stat2label: | Earned run average |
| Stat2value: | 4.22 |
| Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
| Stat3value: | 2 |
| Stat4label: | Innings pitched |
| Stat4value: | 10⅔ |
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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 . 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.
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.