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.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CLE		KCA	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
2	2	Apr 16	CLE		KCA	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
3	3	Apr 17	CLE		KCA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	4	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
5	5	Apr 19	CLE	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	44	8.0	2	0	2	4	0	LF
6	6	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
7	7	Apr 21	CLE	@	KCA	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	8	Apr 22	CLE	@	KCA	L,6-9	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
9	9	Apr 23	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	10	Apr 24	CLE		CHW	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	11	Apr 25	CLE		DET	W,12-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	12	Apr 26	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
13	13	Apr 27	CLE		DET	L,5-9	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
14	14	Apr 30	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
16	16	May 2	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
17	17	May 3	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS	47	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
18	18	May 4 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
19	19	May 4 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	51	11.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	20	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
21	21	May 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
22	22	May 10	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
23	23	May 11 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
24	24	May 11 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
25	25	May 13	CLE	@	DET	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
26	26	May 14	CLE	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	27	May 15	CLE	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	28	May 16	CLE		CHW	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
29	29	May 17	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
30	30	May 18 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-4	CG	50	11.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
31	31	May 18 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
32	32	May 20	CLE		BOS	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
33	33	May 21	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	46	12.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
34	34	May 22	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
35	35	May 23	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
36	36	May 24	CLE		WSH	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
37	37	May 25 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
38	38	May 25 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	39	May 27	CLE		BAL	W,7-6	CG	45	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	40	May 28	CLE		BAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
41	41	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	42	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	KCA	L,6-7	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	43	May 31	CLE	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	44	Jun 1	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-6	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF 3B
45	45	Jun 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
46	46	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
47	47	Jun 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	48	Jun 6	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
49	49	Jun 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	50	Jun 8 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,14-1	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	51	Jun 8 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
52	52	Jun 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
53	53	Jun 10	CLE	@	BAL	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
54	54	Jun 11	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	55	Jun 12	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
56	56	Jun 13	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	57	Jun 14	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
58	58	Jun 15 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
59	59	Jun 15 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
60	60	Jun 17	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
61	61	Jun 18	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
62	62	Jun 19	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
63	63	Jun 21	CLE		WSH	L,7-11	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
64	64	Jun 22 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
65	65	Jun 22 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
66	66	Jun 24	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	44	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	LF
67	67	Jun 26	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
68	68	Jun 27	CLE		BAL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	69	Jun 28	CLE		BAL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
70	70	Jun 29 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,6-11	CG	49	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
71	71	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
72	72	Jun 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	73	Jul 1	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	50	10.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
74	76 (2)	Jul 5	CLE		KCA	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
75	77	Jul 6	CLE		KCA	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
76	78	Jul 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
77	79	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
78	81 (1)	Jul 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
79	82	Jul 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
80	83	Jul 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
81	84	Jul 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	45	9.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
82	85	Jul 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
83	86	Jul 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
84	87	Jul 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
85	88	Jul 18	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
86	89	Jul 19	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
87	90	Jul 20	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	41	9.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
88	91	Jul 22 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	CG	45	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
89	92	Jul 22 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	LF
90	96 (3)	Jul 26	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	GF	14	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
91	97	Jul 27 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
92	98	Jul 27 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
93	99	Jul 29	CLE		BAL	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
94	100	Jul 30	CLE		BAL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	101	Aug 1 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
96	102	Aug 1 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
97	103	Aug 2	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
98	104	Aug 3 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
99	105	Aug 3 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
100	106	Aug 5	CLE	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
101	107	Aug 8	CLE		KCA	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
102	108	Aug 9	CLE		KCA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
103	109	Aug 10 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
104	110	Aug 10 (2)	CLE		KCA	L,2-4	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
105	111	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
106	112	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
107	113	Aug 13 (1)	CLE		DET	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
108	114	Aug 13 (2)	CLE		DET	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
109	115	Aug 14	CLE		DET	W,10-9	CG	46	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
110	116	Aug 15	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
111	117	Aug 16	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	55	13.2	4	0	0	4	0	LF
112	118	Aug 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
113	119	Aug 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
114	120	Aug 20	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
115	121	Aug 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	48	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
116	122	Aug 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
117	123	Aug 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
118	124	Aug 24	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
119	125	Aug 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	LF
120	126	Aug 26	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	47	11.2	4	0	0	4	0	LF
121	127	Aug 27	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
122	128	Aug 29	CLE	@	KCA	L,7-8	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
123	129	Aug 30	CLE	@	KCA	W,8-6	CG	60	14.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
124	130	Aug 31	CLE	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	131	Sep 1 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
126	132	Sep 1 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
127	133	Sep 3	CLE		KCA	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
128	134	Sep 4	CLE		KCA	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
129	135	Sep 5	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
130	136	Sep 6	CLE		CHW	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
131	137	Sep 7	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
132	138	Sep 9	CLE		NYY	W,9-2	CG	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
133	139	Sep 10	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
134	140	Sep 12	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
135	141	Sep 13	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
136	142	Sep 14 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
137	143	Sep 14 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
138	144	Sep 16	CLE		WSH	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
139	145	Sep 19	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
140	146	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
141	147	Sep 20 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
142	148	Sep 21	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
143	149	Sep 23	CLE	@	KCA	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
144	150	Sep 24	CLE	@	KCA	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
145	151	Sep 26	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
146	152	Sep 27	CLE		DET	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
147	153	Sep 28	CLE		DET	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
							148gm		1299.0	294	13	8	315	1