Minnie Miñoso

Positions: Leftfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: November 29, 1923 in Perico, Cuba cu

Died: March 1, 2015 in Chicago, IL

Debut: 1946 (10,008th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: April 19, 1949 (Age 25-141d)
vs. SLB 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 5, 1980 (Age 56-311d)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2022. (Voted by Golden Days Era Committee)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1946 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1951 season)

Full Name: Saturnino Orestes Armas Miñoso

Nicknames: Cuban Comet

Pronunciation: \mi-NO-so\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

53.3

7059

2113

195

.299

1228

RBI

1089

216

OBP

.387

SLG

.461

OPS

.848

OPS+

130

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	GF	12	4.0	9	0	0	9	0	PR 1B
2	2	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	12	3.0	4	0	0	4	1	PR 1B
3	5 (2)	Apr 22 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,10-3	GF	15	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
4	6	Apr 22 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
5	8 (1)	Apr 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-4	GF	29	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
6	9	Apr 29 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
7	10	Apr 29 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,11-13	CG	47	8.0	6	1	2	9	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Cleveland Indians to Chicago White Sox
8	11	May 1	CHW		NYY	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
9	12	May 2	CHW		NYY	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
10	13	May 3	CHW		WSH	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	14	May 4	CHW		WSH	W,6-5	GS	26	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
12	15	May 5	CHW		WSH	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
13	16	May 6 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,4-1	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
14	17	May 6 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
15	18	May 8	CHW		PHA	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
16	19	May 11	CHW		CLE	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
17	20	May 12	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	GS	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
18	21	May 13 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-11	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
19	22	May 13 (2)	CHW		CLE	T,4-4	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
20	23	May 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-7	GS	39	8.0	2	4	1	7	0	3B
21	24	May 16	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-5	GS	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
22	25	May 18	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-4	GS	37	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
23	26	May 20	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	GS	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B LF
24	27	May 21	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
25	28	May 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	LF
26	29	May 24	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
27	30	May 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
28	31	May 26	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-0	GS	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	3B LF
29	32	May 27 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
30	33	May 27 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
31	34	May 28	CHW		SLB	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
32	35	May 30 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
33	36	May 30 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	37	Jun 2	CHW		PHA	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
35	38	Jun 3 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	39	Jun 3 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
37	40	Jun 4 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
38	41	Jun 4 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
39	42	Jun 5	CHW		BOS	W,10-2	GS	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B LF
40	43	Jun 6	CHW		WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
41	44	Jun 7	CHW		WSH	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
42	45	Jun 8	CHW		NYY	L,2-4	GS	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B RF
43	46	Jun 9	CHW		NYY	L,5-10	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
44	47	Jun 10 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	48	Jun 10 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
46	49	Jun 12	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
47	50	Jun 14 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-7	GS	21	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
48	52 (1)	Jun 15 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	49	10.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
49	53	Jun 15 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-12	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
50	54	Jun 16	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	46	10.2	3	0	0	3	0	RF
51	55	Jun 17 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
52	56	Jun 17 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
53	57	Jun 19 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,9-11	GS	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF 3B
54	58	Jun 19 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
55	59	Jun 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
56	60	Jun 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-2	GS	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B RF
57	61	Jun 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
58	62	Jun 23	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	50	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
59	63	Jun 24 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
60	64	Jun 24 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
61	65	Jun 26	CHW		DET	W,11-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
62	66	Jun 27	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
63	67	Jun 29	CHW		SLB	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
64	68	Jun 30	CHW		SLB	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	69	Jul 1 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,2-1	CG	43	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
66	70	Jul 1 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
67	71	Jul 2	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	GS	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF RF
68	72	Jul 3	CHW		CLE	W,4-1	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	73	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	74	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
71	75	Jul 5	CHW	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
72	76	Jul 6 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	77	Jul 6 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	78	Jul 7	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
75	79	Jul 8	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
76	80	Jul 12 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
77	81	Jul 12 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,4-5	GS	63	17.0	6	0	1	7	0	RF LF
78	83 (1)	Jul 14	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
79	84	Jul 15 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
80	85	Jul 15 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
81	86	Jul 16	CHW		PHA	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
82	87	Jul 17	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
83	88	Jul 18	CHW		NYY	L,1-5	GS	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B RF
84	89	Jul 19	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 3B
85	90	Jul 20	CHW		WSH	L,1-2	CG	44	10.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
86	91	Jul 21	CHW		WSH	L,5-10	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
87	92	Jul 22 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
88	93	Jul 22 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,5-11	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
89	94	Jul 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
90	95	Jul 25	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
91	96	Jul 26	CHW	@	BOS	L,10-13	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
92	97	Jul 27	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
93	98	Jul 29 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
94	99	Jul 29 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
95	100	Jul 31	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-4	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	101	Aug 1	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
97	102	Aug 2	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-3	GS	39	10.0	3	1	2	6	0	3B LF
98	103	Aug 3	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
99	104	Aug 4	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
100	105	Aug 5	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	3B
101	106	Aug 6	CHW	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
102	107	Aug 7	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	50	13.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
103	108	Aug 8	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	GS	47	10.1	3	0	0	3	0
104	109	Aug 10	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
105	110	Aug 11	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
106	111	Aug 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
107	112	Aug 15	CHW		DET	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
108	113	Aug 16	CHW		DET	L,1-2	GS	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
109	114	Aug 17 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
110	115	Aug 17 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	1	3B
111	116	Aug 18	CHW		CLE	L,0-7	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
112	117	Aug 19 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,0-4	GS	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B SS
113	118	Aug 19 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
114	119	Aug 21	CHW		PHA	W,13-5	GS	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 3B
115	120	Aug 22 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
116	121	Aug 22 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
117	122	Aug 23	CHW		PHA	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
118	123	Aug 24	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
119	124	Aug 25	CHW		BOS	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
120	125	Aug 26 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	1	2	5	0	3B
121	126	Aug 26 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,6-8	GS	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF 3B
122	127	Aug 28	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
123	128	Aug 29	CHW		WSH	L,1-2	CG	53	13.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
124	129	Aug 31	CHW	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	130	Sep 1	CHW	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
126	131	Sep 2	CHW	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
127	132	Sep 3 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	GS	14	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
128	135 (2)	Sep 6	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
129	136	Sep 7 (1)	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
130	137	Sep 7 (2)	CHW		DET	L,1-2	CG	55	14.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
131	138	Sep 8	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
132	139	Sep 9	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
133	140	Sep 11	CHW	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	47	9.1	1	4	0	5	0	3B
134	141	Sep 12	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
135	142	Sep 14	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
136	143	Sep 15	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	46	11.1	0	5	1	6	0	3B
137	144	Sep 16	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
138	145	Sep 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-12	CG	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
139	146	Sep 18	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
140	147	Sep 19	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
141	148	Sep 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B LF
142	149	Sep 22	CHW		SLB	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
143	150	Sep 23	CHW		SLB	L,7-8	GS	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
144	151	Sep 25	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
							163gm		1238.1	267	129	22	418	11