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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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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1960 22 WSH AL 27 92 79 10 19 4 1 2 5 0 1 11 11 .241 .330 .392 .722 94 31 5 0 1 1 0 3
1961 23 MIN AL 35 123 101 18 19 5 1 5 11 0 1 22 11 .188 .333 .406 .739 92 41 5 0 0 0 0 3
1962 24 MIN AL 86 157 121 20 29 1 1 9 29 0 0 34 24 .240 .406 .488 .894 136 59 4 0 2 0 3 3
1963 25 MIN AL 82 262 225 41 58 8 0 17 42 0 0 30 51 .258 .351 .520 .871 139 117 0 3 3 1 0 3
1964 26 MIN AL 120 320 287 45 68 12 4 23 56 0 0 27 51 .237 .300 .547 .847 129 157 8 0 3 3 2 3
1965 27 MIN AL 128 403 346 43 87 17 3 22 65 1 3 49 73 .251 .344 .509 .853 135 176 3 2 2 4 15 3/7
1966 28 MIN AL 139 497 431 53 108 30 0 14 62 3 2 58 68 .251 .340 .418 .758 111 180 13 2 3 3 9 *3
1967 29 CAL AL 147 563 487 81 133 23 3 25 76 0 3 69 69 .273 .367 .487 .854 157 237 11 4 2 1 9 *3/9 AS,MVP-21
1968 30 CAL AL 120 458 399 35 94 12 1 13 48 0 2 43 65 .236 .312 .368 .680 111 147 8 4 6 6 6 *3
1969 31 SEP AL 140 513 427 53 105 14 0 25 78 10 11 78 69 .246 .366 .454 .821 132 194 8 5 0 3 13 *3 AS
1970 32 OAK AL 140 533 463 62 114 18 0 27 74 5 4 56 71 .246 .327 .460 .787 118 213 9 3 4 7 11 *3
1971 33 TOT AL 128 497 415 44 116 21 2 12 53 3 2 73 66 .280 .386 .427 .812 136 177 9 2 2 5 7 *3
1971 33 OAK AL 28 113 92 9 22 6 1 2 8 1 1 20 14 .239 .375 .391 .766 120 36 2 0 1 0 3 3
1971 33 WSA AL 100 384 323 35 94 15 1 10 45 2 1 53 52 .291 .389 .437 .826 141 141 7 2 1 5 4 3
1972 34 TOT AL 108 307 245 25 53 11 0 6 44 2 3 56 39 .216 .363 .335 .697 113 82 6 2 1 3 1 3
1972 34 TEX AL 61 243 191 23 45 10 0 6 39 2 1 46 23 .236 .384 .382 .766 133 73 2 2 1 3 1 3
1972 34 OAK AL 47 64 54 2 8 1 0 0 5 0 2 10 16 .148 .281 .167 .448 39 9 4 0 0 0 0 3
13 Seasons 1400 4725 4026 530 1003 176 16 200 643 24 32 606 668 .249 .348 .450 .798 127 1811 89 27 29 37 76
162 Game Avg. 162 547 466 61 116 20 2 23 74 3 4 70 77 .249 .348 .450 .798 127 210 10 3 3 4 9
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
MIN (7 yrs) 617 1854 1590 230 388 77 10 92 270 4 7 231 289 .244 .340 .479 .819 123 761 38 7 14 12 29
OAK (3 yrs) 215 710 609 73 144 25 1 29 87 6 7 86 101 .236 .330 .424 .754 112 258 15 3 5 7 14
TEX (2 yrs) 161 627 514 58 139 25 1 16 84 4 2 99 75 .270 .387 .416 .804 138 214 9 4 2 8 5
CAL (2 yrs) 267 1021 886 116 227 35 4 38 124 0 5 112 134 .256 .343 .433 .776 136 384 19 8 8 7 15
SEP (1 yr) 140 513 427 53 105 14 0 25 78 10 11 78 69 .246 .366 .454 .821 132 194 8 5 0 3 13

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1965 27 MIN AL WS LAD L 7 25 23 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 7 .130 .200 .261 .461 6 1 0 0 0 0
1972 34 OAK AL ALCS DET W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 34 OAK AL WS CIN W 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 11 27 25 3 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 8 .160 .222 .280 .502 7 1 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 10 26 24 3 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 7 .167 .231 .292 .522 7 1 0 0 0 0

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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 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 (1469th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1967 AL  .273 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1967 AL  .367 (8th)
1971 AL  .386 (9th)**

Slugging % s c a p y
1967 AL  .487 (6th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1967 AL  .854 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1967 AL  81 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1966 AL  30 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1967 AL  25 (5th)
1970 AL  27 (9th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1967 AL  76 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1967 AL  157 (5th)
Career  127 (197th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1967 AL  87 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1967 AL  35 (5th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1967 AL  3.8 (5th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1967 AL  51 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1967 AL  .724 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1968 AL  6 (5th)
1970 AL  7 (7th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1965 AL  15 (1st)
1966 AL  9 (8th)
1969 AL  13 (4th)
1970 AL  11 (7th)
Career  76 (191st)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1969 AL  11 (10th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1969 AL  14.3 (10th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1967 AL  19.5 (6th)
1969 AL  17.1 (9th)
1970 AL  17.1 (7th)
Career  20.1 (119th)

                                         
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 24 (896), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1362), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1307), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1956 Season: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

April 4, 1960: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Earl Battey and $150,000 to the Washington Senators for Roy Sievers.

December 2, 1966: Traded by the Minnesota Twins with Pete Cimino and Jimmie Hall to the California Angels for a player to be named later and Dean Chance. The California Angels sent Jackie Hernandez (April 10, 1967) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

October 15, 1968: Drafted by the Seattle Pilots from the California Angels as the 2nd pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

January 15, 1970: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Ron Clark to the Oakland Athletics for Mike Hershberger, Lew Krausse, Phil Roof and Ken Sanders.

May 8, 1971: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with Frank Fernandez, Paul Lindblad and cash to the Washington Senators for Mike Epstein and Darold Knowles.

July 20, 1972: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Ted Kubiak to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later, Vic Harris and Marty Martinez. The Oakland Athletics sent Steve Lawson (July 26, 1972) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

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