# Bert Inks

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1871–1941)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name               = Bert Inks
| image              = 
| position           = [Pitcher](/source/Pitcher)
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1871|1|27}}
| birth_place        = [Ligonier, Indiana](/source/Ligonier%2C_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](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching))
| stat2label         = [Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average)
| stat3label         = [Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s
| stat1value         = 27–46
| stat2value         = 5.52
| stat3value         = 167
| teams              = *[Brooklyn Grooms](/source/Brooklyn_Grooms) ({{mlby|1891}}–{{mlby|1892}})
*[Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1891%E2%80%9399)) ({{mlby|1892}})
*[Baltimore Orioles](/source/Baltimore_Orioles_(19th_century)) ({{mlby|1894}})
*[Louisville Colonels](/source/Louisville_Colonels) ({{mlby|1894}}–{{mlby|1895}})
*[Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies) ({{mlby|1896}})
*[Cincinnati Reds](/source/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](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [pitcher](/source/pitcher). He grew up in [Ligonier, Indiana](/source/Ligonier%2C_Indiana) and pitched at [Notre Dame University](/source/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](/source/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](/source/National_League_(baseball)).

Prior to that, he played in the minor leagues for the [Monmouth Maple Cities](/source/Monmouth_Maple_Cities) ([Illinois-Iowa League](/source/Illinois%E2%80%93Iowa_League)) in 1890.

He built the Crystal Theatre in [Ligonier, Indiana](/source/Ligonier%2C_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>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==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](/source/Society_for_American_Baseball_Research) Bio Project

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Category:1871 births
Category:1941 deaths
Category:19th-century baseball players
Category:19th-century American sportsmen
Category:Baseball players from Indiana
Category:Major League Baseball pitchers
Category:Brooklyn Grooms players
Category:Baltimore Orioles (NL) players
Category:Philadelphia Phillies players
Category:Louisville Colonels players
Category:Cincinnati Reds players
Category:Washington Senators (1891–1899) players
Category:People from Ligonier, Indiana
Category:Grand Rapids Shamrocks players
Category:Omaha Omahogs players
Category:Omaha Lambs players
Category:Monmouth (minor league baseball) players
Category:St. Paul Apostles players
Category:Duluth Whalebacks players
Category:Fort Wayne (minor league baseball) players
Category:Binghamton Bingos players
Category:Springfield Ponies players
Category:Oil City Oilers players
Category:St. Paul Saints (Western League) players
Category:Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
Category:Springfield Maroons players
Category:Norfolk Jewels players
Category:Minor league baseball managers

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