Brian Dinkelman

Infobox MLB player
name = Brian
Dinkelman


width = 250
caption = Brian Dinkelman while still with the Miracle
team = Minnesota Twins Double-A Affiliate
New Britain Rock Cats
number = 28
position = Second Baseman
birthdate = birth date and age|1983|11|10
birthplace = city-state|Centralia|Illinois
bats = Leftt
throws = Right
teams =
*Elizabethton Twins (by|2006)
*Beloit Snappers (by|2007)
*Fort Myers Miracle (by|2007 - by|2008)
*New Britain Rock Cats (by|2008-present)
awards =
* NAIA Conference by|2006 Player of the Year
* Midwest League by|2007 All Star Game
* "Mightiest Miracle Player" (Favorite Miracle
Player by fans' vote) (2007)
* Florida State League by|2008 All Star Game
* Mightiest Miracle (2008)

Brian Adam Dinkelman is a minor league second baseman in the Minnesota Twins' organization signed in the eighth round of the June by|2006 amateur draft. He is 5'11" tall and weighs 198 lbs., and was born on November 10, 1983 in Centralia, Illinois. He plays his position right handed, but bats lefty.

Along with teammates Robert Delaney, Jeff Manship, Wilson Ramos, Anthony Slama & Danny Valencia, Dinkelman represented the Fort Myers Miracle in the 2008 Florida State League All-Star game after batting .293 with two home runs and 19 runs batted in in the first half of the 2008 season. He collected two hits in six at bats, and scored the first run of the All-Star game. [cite web|url=http://miraclebaseball.com/|title=Fort Myers Miracle|accessdate=2008-07-14]

The Miracle captured the Florida State League first-half West Division title, however, rather than appearing in the post season with the Miracle, he was promoted to the Twins' Double A affiliate, the New Britain Rock Cats. With the Rock Cats, he batted .247 with two home runs and 21 RBIs.

He is the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) all-time leader in career hits (373), doubles (96), runs scored (303) and total bases (670) and holds or shares 25 career McKendree College records. [cite web|url=http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Brian%20Dinkelman&pos=2B&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=501920|title=Minor League Baseball|accessdate=2008-09-07]

=2008 New Britain Rock Cats roster [cite web|url=http://www.rockcats.com/|title=New Britain Rock Cats|accessdate=2008-07-14] =

Reference

ee Also

* Elizabethton Twins

* Beloit Snappers

* Fort Myers Miracle

* New Britain Rock Cats

* Minnesota Twins