{{Short description|American baseball player (1871–1941)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Bert Inks | image = | position = Pitcher | birth_date = {{Birth date|1871|1|27}} | birth_place = Ligonier, Indiana, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1941|10|3|1871|1|27}} | death_place = Ligonier, Indiana, U.S. | bats = Left | throws = Left | debutleague = MLB | debutdate = August 28 | debutyear = 1891 | debutteam = Brooklyn Grooms | finalleague = MLB | finaldate = June 23 | finalyear = 1896 | finalteam = Cincinnati Reds | statleague = MLB | stat1label = Win–loss record | stat2label = Earned run average | stat3label = Strikeouts | stat1value = 27–46 | stat2value = 5.52 | stat3value = 167 | teams = *Brooklyn Grooms ({{mlby|1891}}–{{mlby|1892}}) *Washington Senators ({{mlby|1892}}) *Baltimore Orioles ({{mlby|1894}}) *Louisville Colonels ({{mlby|1894}}–{{mlby|1895}}) *Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|1896}}) *Cincinnati Reds ({{mlby|1896}}) | formerteams = Monmouth Maple Cities (minor league) (1890) | highlights = }}
'''Albert John Inks''' (January 27, 1871 – October 3, 1941) was a 19th-century American Major League Baseball pitcher. He grew up in Ligonier, Indiana and pitched at Notre Dame University.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bU2nCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22will+inks%22&pg=PA97|title=Indiana-Born Major League Baseball Players: A Biographical Dictionary, 1871-2014|first=Pete|last=Cava|date=September 22, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786499014 |via=Google Books}}</ref> He and his brother Will played for Fort Wayne in the Northwestern League.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wFsn4uwPSzwC&dq=albert+john+inks+crystal+theater&pg=PA18|title=Notre Dame Baseball Greats: From Anson to Yaz|first=Cappy|last=Gagnon|date=July 24, 2004|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9780738532622 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=inks--001wil|title=Will Inks Minor Leagues Statistics|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref> Inks played from 1891 to 1896 for 6 different franchises, all in the National League.
Prior to that, he played in the minor leagues for the Monmouth Maple Cities (Illinois-Iowa League) in 1890.
He built the Crystal Theatre in Ligonier, Indiana.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lantern.mediahist.org/catalog/motionpictureher133unse_0607|title=Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1938) - Lantern|website=lantern.mediahist.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/12011|title=Crystal Theater in Ligonier, IN - Cinema Treasures|website=cinematreasures.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9sB7DwAAQBAJ&dq=a.j.+inks++crystal+theater&pg=PT1136|title=Little Elf: A Celebration of Harry Langdon|first=Chuck Harter & Michael J.|last=Hayde|date=June 28, 2012|publisher=BearManor Media|via=Google Books}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Baseballstats | br=i/inksbe01|brm=inks--001ber }} *[https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=inksbe01 Baseball Almanac] *[https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/bert-inks/ Bert Inks] at SABR Bio Project
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