#16 Charlie Zink Pawtucket Red Sox  |  Pitcher #39

     
 

August 26, 1979
El Dorado Hills, CA
 Height: 6-1
Weight: 205
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
 Drafted: Not Drafted
 How Acquired: Undrafted free agent (2002)
 College: Savannah College of Art and Design

Scouting Report: Zink was signed as an undrafted free agent on the recommendation of Luis Tiant, his former coach at Savannah College of Art and Design.  Tim Wakefield has tutored Zink on the fine art of the knuckleball. Zink understands what he needs to do to get hitters out.  Good athlete.  Also throws mid 80s fastball and cutter for strikes, using the same delivery as his knuckler.  Fearless with his knuckleball, even behind in the count.

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    Career Stats                                          
  year team lg level org age w l % era g gs cg sh sv ip h r er hr bb so k/bb
  2002 Augusta SAL A Bos 23 1 2 0.333 1.68 26 0 0 0 0 48.1 42 17 9 1 16 48 3.00
  2002 Sarasota FSL A Bos 23 0 0 --- 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 9.0 2 1 0 0 3 11 3.67
  2003 Portland East AA Bos 24 3 2 0.600 3.43 6 6 0 0 0 39.1 21 16 15 1 14 18 1.29
  2003 Sarasota FSL A Bos 24 7 9 0.438 3.90 24 19 2 0 0 136.0 123 69 59 10 64 94 1.47
  2003 Mesa AFL Fall Bos 24 1 2 0.333 4.91 7 6 0 0 0 25.2 26 17 14 5 13 16 1.23
  2004 Sarasota FSL A Bos 25 0 2 0.000 5.65 3 3 0 0 0 14.1 22 13 9 0 9 3 0.33
  2004 Portland East AA Bos 25 1 8 0.111 5.79 18 18 0 0 0 93.1 101 70 60 3 72 50 0.69
  2005 Portland East AA Bos 26 8 5 0.615 4.87 29 15 1 1 0 105.1 102 65 57 12 53 70 1.32
  2005 Pawtucket IL AAA Bos 26 2 1 0.667 10.45 4 1 0 0 0 10.1 17 12 12 1 8 5 0.63
  2005 Peoria AFL Fall Bos 26 0 0 --- 9.45 6 1 0 0 0 13.1 17 14 14 3 6 6 1.00
  2006 Portland East AA Bos 27 1 0 1.000 1.23 2 1 0 0 0 7.1 6 3 1 1 5 7 1.40
  2006 Pawtucket IL AAA Bos 27 9 4 0.692 4.03 23 15 0 0 0 109.1 100 54 49 7 60 58 0.97
  2007 Portland East AA Bos 28 9 3 0.750 3.98 16 16 1 0 0 92.2 92 50 41 6 44 55 1.25
  2007 Pawtucket IL AAA Bos 28 2 3 0.400 5.89 8 8 0 0 0 47.1 51 37 31 8 27 23 0.85
2008 Pawtucket IL AAA Bos 29