Charles Richard "Rich" McKinney (born November 22, 1946) is a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of seven seasons in Major League Baseball between 1970 and 1977. Originally an infielder when he came up with the Chicago White Sox, he became more of a utility player as his career progressed.
After playing college baseball at Ohio University, McKinney was selected in the first round (14th overall) of the 1968 Major League Bas...
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Charles Richard "Rich" McKinney (born November 22, 1946) is a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of seven seasons in Major League Baseball between 1970 and 1977. Originally an infielder when he came up with the Chicago White Sox, he became more of a utility player as his career progressed.
After playing college baseball at Ohio University, McKinney was selected in the first round (14th overall) of the 1968 Major League Baseball Draft by the Chicago White Sox. He was assigned to the Double-A Evansville White Sox, and batted .261 with seven home runs and 37 runs batted in over 86 games at shortstop.
The following season, McKinney spent most of the year injured. He split the 1969 season between the Double-A Columbus White Sox and the Triple-A Tucson Toros, playing just 11 games at each level. While at Columbus, he played in the outfield for the first time in his professional career, appearing in six games there.
McKinney started the 1970 season with Tucson, where...
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