Don Mincher
Donald Ray Mincher
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 213 lb.

Born: June 24, 1938 in Huntsville, AL
High School: Butler (Huntsville, AL)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1960
Final Game: October 4, 1972
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1960 WSH AL 22 1B 20 20 182.0 219 209 5 5 14 .977 -2.0 -13.2 -2.0 0.0 -2.1 0 10.58 10.70 .991 9.58 8.04
1961 MIN AL 23 1B 29 24 237.0 260 234 18 8 28 .969 0.7 3.5 0.7 -0.1 0.8 0 9.57 8.69 .990 9.45 8.29
1962 MIN AL 24 1B 25 20 194.0 229 211 13 5 17 .978 -0.7 -4.3 -0.7 0.7 -1.4 0 10.39 8.96 .990 9.44 8.76
1963 MIN AL 25 1B 60 57 478.0 481 446 27 8 34 .983 0.3 0.8 0.3 1.8 -1.5 0 8.91 7.88 .990 9.48 8.59
1964 MIN AL 26 1B 76 65 601.1 597 549 43 5 50 .992 1.9 3.8 1.9 2.3 -0.3 0 8.86 7.79 .991 9.43 8.12
1965 MIN AL 27 1B 99 89 807.1 870 818 45 7 64 .992 2.1 3.1 2.1 2.3 -0.2 0 9.62 8.72 .991 9.56 7.88
1965 MIN AL 27 LF 1 1 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -30.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.50
1965 MIN AL 27 OF 1 1 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -30.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.80
1966 MIN AL 28 1B 130 118 1064.2 1089 995 85 9 62 .992 13.4 15.1 13.4 5.7 7.6 0 9.13 8.31 .991 8.45 7.69
1967 CAL AL 29 1B 142 131 1180.1 1273 1177 88 8 92 .994 0.3 0.3 1.3 -0.3 1.6 -1 9.65 8.91 .991 7.62 7.04 AS,MVP-21
1967 CAL AL 29 RF 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 30.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.25 0.50 1.000 1.80 1.55 AS,MVP-21
1967 CAL AL 29 OF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 30.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.02 1.80 AS,MVP-21
1968 CAL AL 30 1B 113 107 930.0 1017 949 59 9 90 .991 -0.1 -0.1 0.9 -0.2 1.1 -1 9.75 8.92 .989 9.59 8.32
1969 SEP AL 31 1B 122 118 1050.1 1132 1033 93 6 98 .995 1.7 1.9 1.7 2.4 -0.6 0 9.65 9.23 .992 8.57 8.20 AS
1970 OAK AL 32 1B 137 129 1144.2 1212 1109 91 12 107 .990 3.6 3.8 2.6 3.3 -0.7 1 9.44 8.76 .991 7.86 7.30
1971 TOT AL 33 1B 115 112 957.0 998 907 82 9 91 .991 2.0 2.5 1.0 0.4 0.6 1 9.30 8.60 .992 9.59 8.10
1971 OAK AL 33 1B 27 26 231.2 226 202 23 1 11 .996 1.0 5.2 1.0 0.5 0.5 0 8.74 8.33 .992 9.59 8.10
1971 WSA AL 33 1B 88 86 725.1 772 705 59 8 80 .990 1.0 1.7 0.0 -0.1 0.1 1 9.48 8.68 .992 9.59 8.10
1972 TOT AL 34 1B 70 65 534.0 595 544 47 4 49 .993 5.7 12.8 5.7 4.5 1.2 0 9.96 8.44 .991 9.75 8.04
1972 TEX AL 34 1B 59 57 465.2 514 467 44 3 45 .994 5.8 14.9 5.8 4.1 1.7 0 9.88 8.66 .991 9.75 8.04
1972 OAK AL 34 1B 11 8 68.1 81 77 3 1 4 .988 -0.1 -1.8 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 0 10.54 7.27 .991 9.75 8.04
13 Seasons 1B 1138 1055 9360.2 9972 9181 696 95 796 .990 28.9 3.7 28.9 22.8 6.1 0 9.50 8.68 .991 8.87 7.88
2 Seasons OF 2 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 1.12 0.50 1.000 2.02 1.80
1 Season RF 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 30.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.25 0.50 1.000 1.80 1.55
1 Season LF 1 1 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -30.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.50
13 Seasons TOT 1140 1056 9368.2 9973 9182 696 95 796 .990 28.9 3.7 28.9 22.7 6.2 0 0 9.49 8.66 .981 8.86 7.87
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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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 27 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1961 MIN AL 23 35 24 35 35 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1962 MIN AL 24 86 20 86 86 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 0
1963 MIN AL 25 82 57 82 82 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1964 MIN AL 26 120 65 120 120 0 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0
1965 MIN AL 27 128 90 128 128 0 0 99 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 33 0
1966 MIN AL 28 139 118 139 139 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1967 CAL AL 29 147 131 147 147 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10 0
1968 CAL AL 30 120 107 120 120 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1969 SEP AL 31 140 118 140 140 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1970 OAK AL 32 140 129 140 140 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1971 WSA AL 33 100 86 100 100 0 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1971 OAK AL 33 28 26 28 28 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1972 TEX AL 34 61 57 61 61 0 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1972 OAK AL 34 47 8 47 47 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0
13 Seasons 1400 1056 1400 1400 0 0 1138 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 293 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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 22 804 61% 75% 30% 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 1064 67% 76% 25% 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 24 834 62% 79% 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 2064 64% 77% 24% 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 2578 64% 74% 24% 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 3454 63% 76% 27% 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 4488 65% 76% 25% 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 5078 63% 76% 25% 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 4025 60% 77% 26% 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 4850 57% 75% 25% 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 4921 56% 77% 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 3247 58% 77% 24% 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 33 988 67% 73% 23% 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 2031 61% 77% 26% 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 34 292 69% 76% 25% 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 40718 61% 76% 25% 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 62% 77% 27% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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 41.9% 3.2% 62% 77% 26% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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 57.3% 2.5% 62% 77% 26% 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 1954 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.

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