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.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	WSA		BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 10	WSA	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
3	3	Apr 11	WSA		BOS	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	4	Apr 13	WSA		BOS	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
5	5	Apr 14	WSA		BOS	W,7-6	GS	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
6	6	Apr 16	WSA	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
7	7	Apr 19	WSA		NYY	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	8	Apr 20	WSA		NYY	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	9	Apr 21	WSA		NYY	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	10	Apr 22	WSA		LAA	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
11	11	Apr 23	WSA		LAA	L,4-5	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	12	Apr 24	WSA		MIN	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	13	Apr 25	WSA		MIN	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
14	15 (1)	Apr 26 (2)	WSA		KCA	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
15	16	Apr 27	WSA		KCA	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
16	17	Apr 28	WSA		KCA	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
17	18	Apr 29 (1)	WSA	@	LAA	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
18	19	Apr 29 (2)	WSA	@	LAA	L,8-13	CG	48	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	20	May 1	WSA	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
20	21	May 2	WSA	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	43	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
21	22	May 3	WSA	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
22	23	May 4	WSA	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
23	24	May 5 (1)	WSA	@	CHW	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
24	26 (1)	May 7	WSA		CLE	L,3-7	GS	46	11.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF RF
25	27	May 8	WSA		CLE	W,6-3	CG	47	13.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
26	28	May 9	WSA		CLE	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	30 (1)	May 12 (1)	WSA	@	BOS	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	32 (1)	May 13	WSA	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
29	33	May 14	WSA		BAL	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
30	34	May 15	WSA		BAL	L,1-7	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	39 (4)	May 20	WSA		CHW	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
32	43 (3)	May 24	WSA	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	46 (2)	May 26 (2)	WSA	@	NYY	W,7-6	GF	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
34	47	May 28	WSA	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	40	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	48	May 29	WSA	@	MIN	L,1-10	CG	48	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	52 (3)	Jun 2	WSA	@	KCA	W,6-4	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
37	56 (3)	Jun 8	WSA		CLE	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
38	57	Jun 9	WSA		CLE	L,3-7	GS	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	LF 3B
39	58	Jun 10 (1)	WSA		NYY	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
40	61 (2)	Jun 13	WSA	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
41	63 (1)	Jun 14 (2)	WSA	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
42	64	Jun 15	WSA	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
43	65	Jun 16 (1)	WSA	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
44	66	Jun 16 (2)	WSA	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
45	67	Jun 17	WSA	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
46	68	Jun 18	WSA	@	NYY	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
47	69	Jun 19	WSA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
48	70	Jun 20	WSA	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	71	Jun 21	WSA	@	LAA	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
50	72	Jun 22	WSA	@	LAA	L,4-9	GS	15	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
51	73	Jun 23	WSA	@	LAA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
52	74	Jun 24	WSA	@	LAA	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	75	Jun 25	WSA	@	KCA	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
54	76	Jun 27	WSA	@	KCA	W,4-2	GS	28	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
55	77	Jun 28 (1)	WSA		MIN	L,4-11	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	78	Jun 28 (2)	WSA		MIN	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	2	3	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	91 (12)	Jul 16	WSA	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
58	93 (1)	Jul 19	WSA	@	MIN	W,6-5	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
59	94	Jul 20	WSA	@	MIN	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
60	96 (1)	Jul 23	WSA	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
61	97	Jul 24	WSA	@	BAL	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	100 (2)	Jul 27	WSA	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	110 (9)	Aug 6 (1)	WSA		NYY	W,8-5	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
64	112 (1)	Aug 7	WSA		NYY	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
65	114 (1)	Aug 9	WSA		BAL	L,1-7	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
66	121 (6)	Aug 17	WSA	@	MIN	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
67	125 (3)	Aug 21	WSA	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
68	127 (1)	Aug 23	WSA		LAA	L,0-17	GF	28	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	130 (2)	Aug 26 (1)	WSA		MIN	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
70	131	Aug 26 (2)	WSA		MIN	W,7-3	GS	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	137 (5)	Sep 2 (1)	WSA	@	CLE	L,3-15	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
72	140 (2)	Sep 5	WSA	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	38	9.1	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
73	141	Sep 6	WSA		CLE	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	142	Sep 7	WSA		CLE	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
75	143	Sep 8	WSA		CLE	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
76	144	Sep 9 (1)	WSA		DET	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
77	145	Sep 9 (2)	WSA		DET	L,7-10	GS	20	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
78	146	Sep 10 (1)	WSA		DET	W,9-8	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
79	147	Sep 10 (2)	WSA		DET	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
80	150 (2)	Sep 14	WSA		CHW	L,5-7	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
81	162 (11)	Sep 29	WSA	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							83gm		663.1	109	26	5	140	1