John Rheinecker

John Rheinecker

Infobox MLB player


width = 150px
name=John Rheinecker
position=Starting pitcher
team=Texas Rangers
number=--
bats=Left
throws=Left
birthdate=birth date and age|1979|5|29
birthplace=city-state|Belleville|Illinois
debutdate=April 22
debutyear=2006
debutteam=Texas Rangers
statyear=2008 season
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=8-9
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=5.65
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=68
teams=
* Texas Rangers (by|2006-by|2007)

John Philip Rheinecker (born May 29, 1979 in Belleville, Illinois) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers organization.

High school years

Rheinecker attended Gibault Catholic High School in Waterloo, Illinois, and was a student and a letterman in baseball. In baseball, as a senior, he batted .438 and as a pitcher, posted a 7-11 record and a 2.49 ERA.

College and professional career

Prior to playing professional baseball, Rheinecker attended Belleville Area Community College and Southwest Missouri State. He was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in by|2001.

After signing with the A's, Rheinecker spent the next four seasons in the organization's farm system. On March 31, by|2006, Oakland traded him (along with infielder Freddie Bynum) to the Texas Rangers for troubled pitcher Juan Dominguez.

A southpaw starting pitcher, Rheinecker made his major league debut April 22, 2006, in a game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. On his 27th birthday (May 29, 2006, which was also Memorial Day), Rheinecker made his second start for the Rangers, pitching 8 1/3 shutout innings and earning his first major league win. For most of the 2006 season, he was shuttled back and forth between the Rangers and their Triple-A affiliate, the Oklahoma RedHawks.

During the April 27-30, mlby|2007, four game series at Toronto, Rheinecker forgot his passport, and thus could not play in the games.

Most recently, Rheinecker was diagnosed with Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS) and underwent surgery to remove a rib to alleviate the symptoms. Arthroscopic shoulder surgery was performed on May 24, mlby|2008, to clean up the shoulder joint and is said to sideline Rheinecker for another two to three weeks. Coincidentally, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome is the same ailment that afflicted both Hank Blalock and former Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers. This caused him to miss the entire mlby|2008 season other than 2 minor league rehab starts.

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