Rinku Singh

Trivia

• He finished the season with a 1-2 record and a 5.84 ERA in 11 games, allowing just one run on three hits in his final six appearances.
• On July 13, 2009, Singh became the first Indian-born pitcher to win a professional baseball game in America, striking out the only batter he faced.
• Singh, along with Patel, began the 2009 baseball season with the Pirates' Gulf Coast League Affiliate.
• Reports from Pittsburgh Pirates scouts Joe Ferrone and Sean Campbell led to general manager Neal Huntington signing both to contracts with the organization. With the deal, the pair became the first Indians to sign American major league baseball contracts.
• The pair tried out in front of scouts from 20 Major League Baseball teams in November 2008, and Singh's pitches reached 92 miles per hour.
• They continued to learn the game from House and Bernstein, as well as learning English.
• On their first day in the United States the two attended their first baseball game at Southern California.
• After winning the contest, Singh and runner-up Dinesh Patel travelled to Los Angeles where they trained with University of Southern California pitching coach Tom House, who trained pitchers such as Nolan Ryan and Randy Johnson.
• He is a left-handed baseball pitcher who signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.