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Don Mincher

Donald Ray Mincher

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: June 24, 1938 in Huntsville, AL
High School: Butler HS (Huntsville, AL)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1960
Teams (by GP): Twins/Angels/Athletics/Pilots/Senators/... 1960-1972

Final Game: October 4, 1972
Died: March 4, 2012 in Huntsville, AL
Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1960 WSH AL 22 1B 20 20 20 182.0 219 209 5 5 14 .977 -2 -13 10.58 10.70 .991 9.58 9.56
1961 MIN AL 23 1B 29 24 23 237.0 260 234 18 8 28 .969 1 4 9.57 8.69 .990 9.45 9.34
1962 MIN AL 24 1B 25 20 18 194.0 229 211 13 5 17 .978 -1 -4 10.39 8.96 .990 9.44 9.41
1963 MIN AL 25 1B 60 57 35 478.0 481 446 27 8 34 .983 0 1 8.91 7.88 .990 9.48 9.49
1964 MIN AL 26 1B 76 65 58 601.1 597 549 43 5 50 .992 2 4 8.86 7.79 .991 9.43 9.41
1965 MIN AL 27 1B 99 89 85 807.1 870 818 45 7 64 .992 2 3 9.62 8.72 .991 9.56 9.53
1965 MIN AL 27 LF 1 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -30 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1965 MIN AL 27 OF 1 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -30 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.00
1966 MIN AL 28 1B 130 118 115 1064.2 1089 995 85 9 62 .992 13 15 9.13 8.31 .991 9.59 9.58
1967 CAL AL 29 1B 142 131 122 1180.1 1273 1177 88 8 92 .994 0 0 9.65 8.91 .991 9.53 9.55 AS,MVP-21
1967 CAL AL 29 RF 2 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 30 2.25 0.50 .980 1.80 1.80 AS,MVP-21
1967 CAL AL 29 OF 1 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 30 2.25 1.00 .980 2.02 2.10 AS,MVP-21
1968 CAL AL 30 1B 113 107 93 930.0 1017 949 59 9 90 .991 -0 -0 9.75 8.92 .989 9.59 9.54
1969 SEP AL 31 1B 122 118 112 1050.1 1132 1033 93 6 98 .995 2 2 9.65 9.23 .992 9.63 9.62 AS
1970 OAK AL 32 1B 137 129 117 1144.2 1212 1109 91 12 107 .990 4 4 9.44 8.76 .991 9.59 9.56
1971 TOT AL 33 1B 115 112 80 957.0 998 907 82 9 91 .991 2 3 9.30 8.60 .992 9.59 9.53
1971 OAK AL 33 1B 27 26 23 231.2 226 202 23 1 11 .996 1 5 8.74 8.33 .992 9.59 9.53
1971 WSA AL 33 1B 88 86 57 725.1 772 705 59 8 80 .990 1 2 9.48 8.68 .992 9.59 9.53
1972 TOT AL 34 1B 70 65 39 534.0 595 544 47 4 49 .993 6 13 9.96 8.44 .991 9.75 9.71
1972 TEX AL 34 1B 59 57 37 465.2 514 467 44 3 45 .994 6 15 9.88 8.66 .991 9.75 9.71
1972 OAK AL 34 1B 11 8 2 68.1 81 77 3 1 4 .988 -0 -2 10.54 7.27 .991 9.75 9.71
13 Seasons 1B 1138 1055 917 9360.2 9972 9181 696 95 796 .990 29 4 9.50 8.68 .991 9.57 9.55
1 Season RF 2 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 30 2.25 0.50 .980 1.80 1.80
2 Seasons OF 2 1 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.12 0.50 .980 2.02 2.05
1 Season LF 1 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -30 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
13 Seasons TOT 1140 1056 917 9368.2 9973 9182 696 95 796 .990 29 4 9.49 8.66 .991 9.56 9.53
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1960 WSH AL 22 1B -2 -13 -2 -2 0 0
1961 MIN AL 23 1B 1 4 1 1 -0 0
1962 MIN AL 24 1B -1 -4 -1 -1 1 0
1963 MIN AL 25 1B 0 1 0 -2 2 0
1964 MIN AL 26 1B 2 4 2 -0 2 0
1965 MIN AL 27 1B 2 3 2 -0 2 0
1965 MIN AL 27 LF -0 -30 -0 0 -0 0
1966 MIN AL 28 1B 13 15 13 8 6 0
1967 CAL AL 29 1B 0 0 1 2 -0 -1
1967 CAL AL 29 RF 0 30 0 0 0 0
1968 CAL AL 30 1B -0 -0 1 1 -0 -1
1969 SEP AL 31 1B 2 2 2 -1 2 0
1970 OAK AL 32 1B 4 4 3 -1 3 1
1971 OAK AL 33 1B 1 5 1 0 0 0
1971 WSA AL 33 1B 1 2 0 0 -0 1
1972 TEX AL 34 1B 6 15 6 2 4 0
1972 OAK AL 34 1B -0 -2 -0 -0 0 0
13 Seasons 1B 29 4 29 6 23 0
1 Season RF 0 30 0 0 0 0
1 Season LF -0 -30 -0 0 -0 0
13 Seasons TOT 29 4 29 6 23 0 0
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1960 WSH AL 22 27 20 27 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1961 MIN AL 23 35 24 35 29 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1962 MIN AL 24 86 20 86 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 0
1963 MIN AL 25 82 57 82 60 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1964 MIN AL 26 120 65 120 76 0 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0
1965 MIN AL 27 128 90 128 100 0 0 99 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 33 0
1966 MIN AL 28 139 118 139 130 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1967 CAL AL 29 147 131 147 142 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 10 0
1968 CAL AL 30 120 107 120 113 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1969 SEP AL 31 140 118 140 122 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1970 OAK AL 32 140 129 140 137 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1971 WSA AL 33 100 86 100 88 0 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1971 OAK AL 33 28 26 28 27 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1972 TEX AL 34 61 57 61 59 0 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1972 OAK AL 34 47 8 47 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0
13 Seasons 1400 1056 1400 1139 0 0 1138 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 293 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1960 WSH AL 22 782 63% 77% 31% 36 86% 0 208 11 194 3 15 5 4 0 0 1 5 0 4 1 3 14 0 0 0 13 0 1 0 1 0
1961 MIN AL 23 1047 69% 77% 26% 75 92% 1 232 29 203 1 28 18 9 5 1 0 8 1 5 2 6 28 0 0 1 25 0 2 2 0 3 67%
1962 MIN AL 24 809 64% 82% 27% 47 91% 1 212 14 194 5 20 10 4 4 1 0 5 1 4 0 3 17 1 1 0 15 2 2 0 2 2 100%
1963 MIN AL 25 2002 66% 79% 25% 113 89% 0 444 39 397 8 37 27 22 4 0 2 8 0 8 0 8 34 1 0 1 29 2 5 0 5 4 50%
1964 MIN AL 26 2499 66% 77% 25% 134 95% 1 550 32 506 13 53 45 33 7 0 0 5 1 4 0 4 50 1 2 0 48 3 1 0 1 11 100%
1965 MIN AL 27 3367 65% 78% 28% 175 93% 0 821 54 755 11 74 45 29 5 0 3 7 0 7 0 7 65 2 0 0 61 2 4 2 2 7 100%
1966 MIN AL 28 4366 67% 78% 26% 259 95% 0 1000 59 930 11 113 84 60 15 2 1 9 1 8 0 8 63 4 0 0 58 5 5 1 4 13 100%
1967 CAL AL 29 4914 65% 79% 26% 273 92% 1 1181 42 1114 25 135 84 59 13 2 3 8 0 8 0 7 93 0 0 1 80 1 13 1 12 12 92%
1968 CAL AL 30 3850 63% 81% 27% 242 90% 0 955 61 878 16 105 58 42 9 2 0 9 1 8 0 7 90 1 1 0 85 2 4 1 3 14 79%
1969 SEP AL 31 4647 60% 78% 26% 267 96% 3 1038 55 965 16 115 94 65 14 6 6 6 1 5 0 4 98 1 2 0 90 5 8 1 7 21 95%
1970 OAK AL 32 4783 58% 79% 26% 280 95% 1 1111 78 1021 13 113 90 59 17 2 3 12 1 10 1 8 109 2 4 2 97 8 11 6 4 11 100%
1971 WSA AL 33 3127 61% 80% 25% 192 90% 3 704 59 635 9 65 59 31 18 2 3 8 1 6 1 6 80 7 1 2 75 11 5 2 3 12 58%
1971 OAK AL 33 960 69% 75% 24% 50 96% 0 203 14 185 4 11 24 21 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 11 1 0 0 9 1 2 1 1 3 100%
1972 TEX AL 34 1969 63% 79% 27% 134 93% 3 470 28 439 3 55 45 31 9 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 45 3 1 0 38 4 7 3 4 10 80%
1972 OAK AL 34 282 72% 78% 26% 21 95% 0 78 11 66 1 6 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 39404 63% 79% 26% 2298 93% 14 9207 586 8482 139 945 691 470 124 19 26 95 10 80 5 74 801 25 12 7 727 47 70 20 49 123 88%
MLB Averages 64% 79% 28% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1967 CAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 65% 76% 24% 1 100%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 65% 76% 24% 1 100%
MLB Averages 40.6% 3.2% 64% 79% 27% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1965 MIN AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 88% 56% 25% 1 0%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 88% 56% 25% 1 0%
MLB Averages 58.6% 2.7% 64% 79% 27% 47%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1967 *
1969 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1967 AL (21, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1967 AL  1,178 (3rd)
1970 AL  1,109 (4th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1966 AL  130 (5th)
1967 AL  142 (4th)
1970 AL  137 (5th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1967 AL  1,177 (3rd)
1970 AL  1,109 (4th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1966 AL  85 (5th)
1967 AL  88 (5th)
1969 AL  93 (5th)
1970 AL  91 (2nd)
1971 AL  82 (2nd)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1963 AL  8 (5th)
1970 AL  12 (1st)
1971 AL  9 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1966 AL  13 (2nd)
1970 AL  4 (3rd)
1972 AL  6 (2nd)
Career  29 (34th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1965 AL  9.62 (5th)
1967 AL  9.65 (4th)
1968 AL  9.75 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1965 AL  8.72 (5th)
1967 AL  8.91 (5th)
1968 AL  8.92 (5th)
1969 AL  9.23 (5th)
1970 AL  8.76 (5th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1966 AL  .992 (3rd)
1967 AL  .994 (2nd)
1968 AL  .991 (4th)
1969 AL  .995 (2nd)

             

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