SEATTLE, WA - AUGUST 09: Reliever Tyler Kinley #40 of the Colorado Rockies delivers a pitch during a game against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park on August, 9, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. The Mariners won 5-3. (Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)
Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Tyler Kinley has a connection to the Oval Office. Well, maybe not the current President of the United States, but rather one of his predecessors.
Take a look at Tyler Kinley‘s last name. According to stories that have been passed down through the years within his family, Kinley’s last name became Kinley not long after the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901.