Early baseball career Ken Trinkle signed his first professional contract with the
Class D Thomasville Orioles in 1939 after high school. Trinkle hurled for the
minor-league Baltimore Orioles of the
International League from 1940 to 1942, and was 15–11 during his last year with the Orioles before being purchased by the New York Giants. He made a further 53 appearances in 1948, but Trinkle was purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies on December 14. In 1949, his only season with Philadelphia and his last in
MLB, Trinkle pitched in 42 games and recorded his highest major league
earned run average (ERA) at 4.00. Trinkle returned to the International League in 1950, pitching for the
Toronto Maple Leafs that season, then returning to Baltimore for the 1951 and 1952 campaigns. Trinkle died on May 10, 1976, in hometown of Paoli at age 56. == References ==