Aaron Elton Pointer (born April 19, 1942, in Little Rock, Arkansas) is the second of six children of Rev. Elton and Sarah Elizabeth Pointer. He is the younger brother of Fritz Pointer, and older brother of Ruth, Anita, Bonnie, and June Pointer of the Pointer Sisters.\n', '

Aaron Pointer grew up in West Oakland, California and attended McClymonds High School, where he became student body president. At McCymonds, Pointer was active in sports and he went to the University of San Francisco on a full basketball scholarship. At USF, he met his wife, Leona.\n', '

Pointer signed with the Houston Colt .45\'s organization (later Houston Astros) in 1961 and played for the Class A Salisbury Braves in North Carolina in the South Atlantic League. During the 1961 season, Pointer had a .402 batting average. As of 2018, he is the last player to bat over .400 in a full season of professional baseball in the U.S.\n', '

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