Wuarnner Rincones

Wuarnner Rincones

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 175 lb.

• Born September 3, 1973 in Ciudad Guayana, Bolívar Venezuela

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Biographical Information

3B/1B Wuarnner Rincones hit .314 for the 1993 DSL Orioles/White Sox. He split 1994 between the GCL White Sox (.289/.360/.364) and Hickory Crawdads (.218/.311/.295), fielding .892 overall at third base. In '95, he was with the Bristol White Sox (.317/.423/.429) and South Bend Silver Hawks (.214/.288/.232). He was 8th in the Appalachian League in average, just ahead of Eugene Kingsale.

Rincones was with the Chicago White Sox' Venezuelan Acadamy (1996-2005) as a hitting coach, infield instructor and scout. He managed the VSL Reds in 2006 and was a hitting coach for the VSL Devil Rays/Reds in 2007 and VSL Rays in 2008. He then managed the VSL Rays in 2009. He returned to coaching hitters and coached the Princeton Rays in 2010-2011, GCL Rays in 2012-2015, and Princeton again in 2016-2019. He was scheduled to serve as the Bowling Green Hot Rods hitting coach in 2020 before COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the minor league season. Rincones was a coach for the Charleston RiverDogs in 2021 and after the season, he coached the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League. He was promoted to hitting coach of the Montgomery Biscuits in 2022 and stayed in there in 2023.

His son Warrner Rincones currently plays college ball for the Ragin' Cujuns of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Year-by-Year Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs
2006	VSL Reds	Venezuelan Summer League	35-31	7th	Cincinnati Reds
2009	VSL Rays	Venezuelan Summer League	41-28	2nd	Tampa Bay Rays