Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Encyclopedia of Players > M Listing > Minnie Minoso Statistics and History

Tom Verducci, SI & MLB Network:(I)f Albert Reach can get on a Hall of Fame ballot next month..., someday Sean Forman, ...

 

Photo of Minnie Miñoso


Minnie Miñoso

Saturnino Orestes Armas (Arrieta) Minoso (Cuban Comet)

Positions: Leftfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 29, 1925 in La Habana, La Habana, Cuba
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1949
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Indians/Senators/Cardinals 1949-1980

Final Game: October 5, 1980
View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject
    About biographical information

18
6
9
9
9
9
9
9
View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

All-Star

Player News

Add Your Blog Posts Here · Player News Archive · Hide Stories

Fan EloRater

Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 3:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #142. Bobby Wallace… #143. Billy Herman… #144. Carlos Delgado… #145. MINNIE MINOSO… #146. Tony Oliva… #147. Jim Wynn… #148. Andruw Jones… 

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1949 23 CLE AL 9 20 16 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 .188 .350 .375 .725 93 6 2 2 0 /O9
1951 25 TOT AL 146 622 530 112 173 34 14 10 76 31 10 72 42 .326 .422 .500 .922 151 265 12 16 4 597/386 AS,MVP-4,RoY-2
1951 25 CLE AL 8 17 14 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .429 .529 .571 1.101 205 8 0 2 0 /3
1951 25 CHW AL 138 605 516 109 167 32 14 10 74 31 10 71 41 .324 .419 .498 .917 149 257 12 14 4 O597/86
1952 26 CHW AL 147 668 569 96 160 24 9 13 61 22 16 71 46 .281 .375 .424 .798 121 241 15 14 14 *O789/56 AS
1953 27 CHW AL 151 657 556 104 174 24 8 15 104 25 16 74 43 .313 .410 .466 .875 133 259 23 17 8 *O795/8 AS,MVP-4
1954 28 CHW AL 153 676 568 119 182 29 18 19 116 18 11 77 46 .320 .411 .535 .946 154 304 20 16 6 8 *798/5 AS,MVP-4
1955 29 CHW AL 139 614 517 79 149 26 7 10 70 19 8 76 43 .288 .387 .424 .811 117 219 18 10 8 4 3 *7/958
1956 30 CHW AL 151 665 545 106 172 29 11 21 88 12 6 86 40 .316 .425 .525 .950 149 286 10 23 4 7 4 *7/539 MVP-27
1957 31 CHW AL 153 678 568 96 176 36 5 12 103 18 15 79 54 .310 .408 .454 .862 135 258 19 21 1 9 5 *7/5 AS,MVP-8,GG
1958 32 CLE AL 149 638 556 94 168 25 2 24 80 14 14 59 53 .302 .383 .484 .867 139 269 13 15 6 2 3 *7/5 MVP-18
1959 33 CLE AL 148 650 570 92 172 32 0 21 92 8 10 54 46 .302 .377 .468 .846 134 267 11 17 6 3 2 *7 AS,MVP-12,GG
1960 34 CHW AL 154 670 591 89 184 32 4 20 105 17 13 52 63 .311 .374 .481 .855 130 284 16 13 5 9 2 *7/9 AS,MVP-4,GG
1961 35 CHW AL 152 635 540 91 151 28 3 14 82 9 4 67 46 .280 .369 .420 .789 113 227 11 16 0 12 2 *7
1962 36 STL NL 39 108 97 14 19 5 0 1 10 4 0 7 17 .196 .271 .278 .549 42 27 1 3 1 0 0 7
1963 37 WSA AL 109 363 315 38 72 12 2 4 30 8 6 33 38 .229 .315 .317 .632 78 100 14 8 4 3 1 7/59
1964 38 CHW AL 30 38 31 4 7 0 0 1 5 0 0 5 3 .226 .351 .323 .674 92 10 0 1 1 0 1 /79
1976 50 CHW AL 3 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -27 1 0 0 0 0 0 /D
1980 54 CHW AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Yrs 1835 7712 6579 1136 1963 336 83 186 1023 205 130 814 584 .298 .389 .459 .848 130 3023 185 192 68 57 23
162 Game Avg. 162 681 581 100 173 30 7 16 90 18 11 72 52 .298 .389 .459 .848 130 267 16 17 6
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
CHW (12 yrs) 1373 5916 5011 893 1523 260 79 135 808 171 99 658 427 .304 .397 .468 .865 133 2346 144 145 51 49 17
CLE (4 yrs) 314 1325 1156 191 349 59 2 46 175 22 25 116 102 .302 .382 .476 .857 137 550 26 36 12 5 5
STL (1 yr) 39 108 97 14 19 5 0 1 10 4 0 7 17 .196 .271 .278 .549 42 27 1 3 1 0 0
WSA (1 yr) 109 363 315 38 72 12 2 4 30 8 6 33 38 .229 .315 .317 .632 78 100 14 8 4 3 1
AL (16 yrs) 1796 7604 6482 1122 1944 331 83 185 1013 201 130 807 567 .300 .390 .462 .852 131 2996 184 189 67 57 23
NL (1 yr) 39 108 97 14 19 5 0 1 10 4 0 7 17 .196 .271 .278 .549 42 27 1 3 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1949 23 CLE AL 9 20 0 -0 -0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .488 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /O9
1951 25 CLE AL 8 17 2 0 0 0 -0 2 0.2 0 3 0.3 .531 .502 0.3 -0.0 3 $ /3 AS,MVP-4,RoY-2
1951 25 CHW AL 138 605 37 4 1 -4 -4 34 3.3 16 50 4.9 .524 .521 5.3 -0.8 54 $ O597/86 AS,MVP-4,RoY-2
1952 26 CHW AL 147 668 18 -1 0 6 -4 19 2.1 18 37 3.9 .514 .513 3.2 0.2 31 $ *O789/56 AS
1953 27 CHW AL 151 657 26 -0 -1 -1 -7 17 1.7 18 34 3.5 .511 .511 3.5 -0.9 36 $ *O795/8 AS,MVP-4
1954 28 CHW AL 153 676 47 2 -0 16 -6 58 6.2 18 76 8.0 .541 .538 6.3 1.0 60 $ *798/5 AS,MVP-4
1955 29 CHW AL 139 614 14 1 -0 8 -7 16 1.8 16 33 3.4 .512 .511 2.5 0.2 25 $32,500 *7/958
1956 30 CHW AL 151 665 43 3 2 2 -7 43 4.3 18 61 6.0 .528 .526 5.7 -0.4 59 $32,500 *7/539 MVP-27
1957 31 CHW AL 153 678 30 3 1 5 -7 32 3.4 18 51 5.2 .523 .522 4.7 -0.2 45 $ *7/5 AS,MVP-8,GG
1958 32 CLE AL 149 638 32 -1 -0 6 -7 29 3.0 18 46 4.7 .521 .519 4.1 -0.2 41 $40,000 *7/5 MVP-18
1959 33 CLE AL 148 650 28 1 -0 14 -7 36 3.5 18 53 5.3 .525 .523 3.9 0.7 39 $ *7 AS,MVP-12,GG
1960 34 CHW AL 154 670 26 -2 -0 -5 -8 10 0.9 18 28 2.6 .507 .507 3.4 -1.5 34 $ *7/9 AS,MVP-4,GG
1961 35 CHW AL 152 635 21 2 1 -12 -8 3 0.1 17 20 1.8 .502 .502 3.3 -2.2 33 $ *7
1962 36 STL NL 39 108 -7 2 1 0 -1 -6 -0.7 4 -3 -0.3 .483 .496 -0.3 -0.1 -3 $ 7
1963 37 WSA AL 109 363 -10 0 -1 -9 -4 -23 -2.7 10 -13 -1.7 .476 .484 -0.6 -1.5 -4 $ 7/59
1964 38 CHW AL 30 38 0 -0 0 1 -0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .503 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /79
1976 50 CHW AL 3 8 -1 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .445 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /D
1980 54 CHW AL 2 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .474 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $
17 Seasons 1835 7712 305 13 1 26 -78 268 26.9 210 477 47.5 .515 .510 45.1 -5.7 451 $105,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
CHW (12 yrs) 1373 5916 261 11 3 15 -58 231 23.6 160 391 39.3 .518 .512 37.8 -4.6 376 $65,000
CLE (4 yrs) 314 1325 62 -0 -1 20 -15 66 6.6 36 102 10.2 .522 .511 8.2 0.4 82 $40,000
STL (1 yr) 39 108 -7 2 1 0 -1 -6 -0.7 4 -3 -0.3 .483 .496 -0.3 -0.1 -3 $
WSA (1 yr) 109 363 -10 0 -1 -9 -4 -23 -2.7 10 -13 -1.7 .476 .484 -0.6 -1.5 -4 $

Standard Fielding

More Stats

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
1949 CLE AL 23 OF 7 6 3 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 .980 2.44
1949 CLE AL 23 RF 7 6 3 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 .978 2.09
1951 CLE AL 25 1B 7 2 2 34.0 42 37 3 2 1 .952 10.59 5.71 .990 9.69 9.66 AS,MVP-4,RoY-2
1951 CHW AL 25 OF 82 73 57 648.2 155 145 4 6 0 .961 2.07 1.82 .977 2.45 2.44 AS,MVP-4,RoY-2
1951 CHW AL 25 3B 68 64 50 554.2 218 82 122 14 10 .936 3.31 3.00 .950 3.17 3.15 AS,MVP-4,RoY-2
1951 CHW AL 25 RF 43 38 30 333.2 62 59 2 1 0 .984 1.65 1.42 .978 2.06 2.05 AS,MVP-4,RoY-2
1951 CHW AL 25 LF 42 33 26 299.0 92 86 1 5 0 .946 2.62 2.07 .973 2.43 2.41 AS,MVP-4,RoY-2
1951 CHW AL 25 CF 2 2 1 16.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 3.00 .982 2.81 2.85 AS,MVP-4,RoY-2
1951 CHW AL 25 SS 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 1.00 .960 5.40 5.20 AS,MVP-4,RoY-2
1952 CHW AL 26 OF 143 141 123 1272.1 340 322 11 7 3 .979 2.36 2.33 .980 2.40 2.40 AS
1952 CHW AL 26 LF 71 61 56 572.0 162 151 7 4 2 .975 2.49 2.23 .979 2.28 2.28 AS
1952 CHW AL 26 CF 70 67 57 582.0 163 156 4 3 1 .982 2.47 2.29 .983 2.91 2.91 AS
1952 CHW AL 26 RF 15 13 10 118.1 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.37 1.20 .976 1.91 1.91 AS
1952 CHW AL 26 3B 9 6 3 48.1 12 1 11 0 0 1.000 2.23 1.33 .953 3.30 3.29 AS
1952 CHW AL 26 SS 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.90 AS
1953 CHW AL 27 OF 147 145 126 1273.0 304 279 15 10 3 .967 -2 -2 2.08 2.00 .981 2.43 2.41 AS,MVP-4
1953 CHW AL 27 LF 143 135 123 1206.0 295 270 15 10 3 .966 3 3 2.13 1.99 .973 2.22 2.21 AS,MVP-4
1953 CHW AL 27 RF 11 10 3 66.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -18 1.77 1.18 .984 2.09 2.08 AS,MVP-4
1953 CHW AL 27 3B 10 3 2 45.0 19 3 14 2 0 .895 1 27 3.40 1.70 .957 3.38 3.36 AS,MVP-4
1953 CHW AL 27 CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 3.00 AS,MVP-4
1954 CHW AL 28 OF 146 145 135 1287.0 362 340 14 8 3 .978 16 15 2.48 2.42 .979 2.39 2.37 AS,MVP-4
1954 CHW AL 28 LF 123 120 114 1070.2 305 285 13 7 3 .977 16 17 2.50 2.42 .977 2.26 2.24 AS,MVP-4
1954 CHW AL 28 RF 14 14 10 112.1 28 28 0 0 0 1.000 3 29 2.24 2.00 .975 2.05 2.03 AS,MVP-4
1954 CHW AL 28 CF 13 11 11 104.0 30 28 1 1 0 .967 -2 -25 2.51 2.23 .983 2.85 2.83 AS,MVP-4
1954 CHW AL 28 3B 9 6 6 54.0 19 7 11 1 1 .947 -0 -11 3.00 2.00 .959 3.48 3.46 AS,MVP-4
1955 CHW AL 29 OF 138 136 123 1184.0 315 287 19 9 3 .971 8 8 2.33 2.22 .982 2.40 2.38
1955 CHW AL 29 LF 134 128 119 1122.0 294 267 18 9 3 .969 8 8 2.29 2.13 .980 2.26 2.25
1955 CHW AL 29 RF 9 8 4 59.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0 8 2.14 1.56 .981 2.04 2.03
1955 CHW AL 29 3B 2 1 0 7.0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 -0 -69 5.14 2.00 .950 3.21 3.15
1955 CHW AL 29 CF 2 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.00 0.50 .980 3.00 2.85
1956 CHW AL 30 LF 148 147 123 1263.0 300 282 10 8 1 .973 2 2 2.08 1.97 .977 2.10 2.09 MVP-27
1956 CHW AL 30 OF 148 147 123 1263.1 302 284 10 8 1 .974 2 2 2.09 1.99 .979 2.34 2.32 MVP-27
1956 CHW AL 30 3B 8 1 0 18.0 10 2 6 2 0 .800 0 0 4.00 1.00 .949 3.20 3.19 MVP-27
1956 CHW AL 30 1B 1 0 0 1.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 5.40 1.00 .990 9.72 9.40 MVP-27
1956 CHW AL 30 RF 1 0 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 720 27.00 1.00 .970 2.70 2.10 MVP-27
1957 CHW AL 31 LF 152 152 143 1347.2 309 295 9 5 2 .984 6 5 2.03 2.00 .980 2.10 2.10 AS,MVP-8,GG
1957 CHW AL 31 OF 152 152 143 1347.2 307 293 9 5 2 .984 6 5 2.02 1.99 .980 2.24 2.25 AS,MVP-8,GG
1957 CHW AL 31 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 3.60 3.20 AS,MVP-8,GG
1958 CLE AL 32 LF 147 145 140 1295.0 315 294 13 8 1 .975 6 5 2.13 2.09 .979 2.09 2.07 MVP-18
1958 CLE AL 32 OF 147 145 140 1295.0 322 301 13 8 1 .975 6 5 2.18 2.14 .982 2.27 2.25 MVP-18
1958 CLE AL 32 3B 1 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 3.15 3.10 MVP-18
1959 CLE AL 33 LF 148 148 146 1322.0 336 317 14 5 1 .985 14 13 2.25 2.24 .980 2.06 2.05 AS,MVP-12,GG
1959 CLE AL 33 OF 148 148 146 1322.0 333 314 14 5 1 .985 14 13 2.23 2.22 .980 2.22 2.21 AS,MVP-12,GG
1960 CHW AL 34 OF 154 154 133 1330.2 302 282 14 6 3 .980 -5 -5 2.00 1.92 .982 2.25 2.25 AS,MVP-4,GG
1960 CHW AL 34 LF 152 150 131 1297.2 297 277 14 6 3 .980 -5 -5 2.02 1.91 .984 2.14 2.13 AS,MVP-4,GG
1960 CHW AL 34 RF 5 4 2 33.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -4 1.36 1.00 .974 1.96 1.96 AS,MVP-4,GG
1961 CHW AL 35 LF 147 147 141 1288.1 290 267 10 13 2 .955 -12 -12 1.94 1.88 .969 2.01 1.98
1961 CHW AL 35 OF 147 147 141 1288.1 296 273 10 13 2 .956 -12 -12 1.98 1.93 .977 2.25 2.22
1962 STL NL 36 LF 27 26 16 203.0 37 34 2 1 0 .973 0 0 1.60 1.33 .968 1.81 1.80
1962 STL NL 36 OF 27 26 16 203.0 36 33 2 1 0 .972 0 0 1.55 1.30 .974 2.07 2.05
1963 WSA AL 37 LF 74 70 55 604.1 112 104 3 5 0 .955 -10 -20 1.59 1.45 .976 1.90 1.90
1963 WSA AL 37 OF 74 70 55 605.1 112 103 4 5 0 .955 -10 -21 1.59 1.45 .981 2.16 2.16
1963 WSA AL 37 3B 8 7 5 58.0 27 5 22 0 1 1.000 2 39 4.19 3.38 .947 3.03 3.02
1963 WSA AL 37 RF 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -480 9.00 1.00 .980 1.80 2.00
1964 CHW AL 38 OF 5 2 0 26.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1 37 3.12 1.80 .980 2.04 2.02
1964 CHW AL 38 LF 4 2 0 22.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1 60 3.27 2.00 .975 1.80 1.80
1964 CHW AL 38 RF 1 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -90 2.25 1.00 .980 1.80 1.90
1976 CHW AL 50 DH 3 3
15 Seasons OF 1665 1637 1464 14346.1 3506 3276 139 91 22 .974 23 2 2.14 2.05 .980 2.31 2.30
14 Seasons LF 1512 1464 1333 12912.2 3152 2937 129 86 21 .973 27 3 2.14 2.03 .977 2.13 2.12
9 Seasons 3B 116 88 66 790.0 309 102 188 19 13 .939 2 3 3.30 2.50 .951 3.20 3.20
10 Seasons RF 107 93 62 727.2 156 152 3 1 0 .994 2 2 1.76 1.45 .978 2.03 2.03
5 Seasons CF 88 80 69 706.0 200 191 5 4 1 .980 -2 -4 2.50 2.23 .983 2.90 2.90
2 Seasons 1B 8 2 2 35.2 43 38 3 2 1 .953 0 0 10.35 5.13 .990 9.69 9.62
2 Seasons SS 2 0 0 1.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 0.50 .960 5.40 5.05
17 Seasons TOT 1791 1727 1532 15173.2 3859 3416 331 112 36 .971 24 2 2.22 2.09 .978 2.38 2.39
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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1969 BBWAA ( 1.8%)
1986 BBWAA (20.9%)
1987 BBWAA (19.9%)
1988 BBWAA (21.1%)
1989 BBWAA (13.2%)
1990 BBWAA (11.5%)
1991 BBWAA ( 8.6%)
1992 BBWAA (16.0%)
1993 BBWAA (15.8%)
1994 BBWAA ( 9.9%)
1995 BBWAA (14.3%)
1996 BBWAA (13.2%)
1997 BBWAA (17.8%)
1998 BBWAA (16.1%)
1999 BBWAA (14.7%)

All-Star Games
1951 *
1952 *
1953 *
1954 (LF)
1957 *
1959-1 (LF)
1959-2
1960-1 (LF)
1960-2 (LF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1951 AL (4, 36%)
1953 AL (4, 30%)
1954 AL (4, 55%)
1956 AL (27, 1%)
1957 AL (8, 16%)
1958 AL (18, 2%)
1959 AL (12, 8%)
1960 AL (4, 42%)
1.90 Career Shares (104th)

Gold Gloves
1957 ML (LF)
1959 AL (LF)
1960 AL (LF)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1951 AL  4.9 (6th)
1954 AL  8.0 (1st)
1956 AL  6.0 (7th)
1957 AL  5.2 (7th)
1958 AL  4.7 (9th)
1959 AL  5.3 (7th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1951 AL  5.2 (4th)
1952 AL  3.9 (9th)
1954 AL  8.0 (1st)
1955 AL  3.4 (10th)
1956 AL  6.0 (4th)
1957 AL  5.2 (5th)
1958 AL  4.7 (6th)
1959 AL  5.3 (5th)
Career  47.5 (179th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1951 AL  5.6 (3rd)
1953 AL  3.5 (10th)
1954 AL  6.3 (4th)
1956 AL  5.7 (2nd)
1957 AL  4.7 (5th)
1958 AL  4.1 (7th)
1959 AL  3.9 (8th)
1960 AL  3.4 (9th)
Career  45.1 (180th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1954 AL  1.0 (10th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1951 AL  .326 (2nd)
1953 AL  .313 (4th)
1954 AL  .320 (3rd)
1956 AL  .316 (6th)
1957 AL  .310 (6th)
1958 AL  .302 (9th)
1959 AL  .302 (5th)
1960 AL  .311 (3rd)
Career  .298 (230th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1951 AL  .422 (5th)
1953 AL  .410 (3rd)
1954 AL  .411 (2nd)
1955 AL  .387 (6th)
1956 AL  .425 (4th)
1957 AL  .408 (4th)
1958 AL  .383 (7th)
1959 AL  .377 (8th)
1960 AL  .374 (8th)
Career  .389 (110th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1951 AL  .500 (5th)
1953 AL  .466 (10th)
1954 AL  .535 (2nd)
1956 AL  .525 (7th)
1958 AL  .484 (9th)
1960 AL  .481 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1951 AL  .922 (3rd)
1953 AL  .875 (8th)
1954 AL  .946 (2nd)
1956 AL  .950 (3rd)
1957 AL  .862 (5th)
1958 AL  .867 (7th)
1959 AL  .846 (9th)
1960 AL  .855 (7th)
Career  .848 (179th)

Games Played s c a p y
1954 AL  153 (6th)
1956 AL  151 (7th)
1957 AL  153 (3rd)
1958 AL  149 (9th)
1959 AL  148 (9th)
1960 AL  154 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1952 AL  569 (10th)
1954 AL  568 (9th)
1956 AL  545 (10th)
1957 AL  568 (10th)
1959 AL  570 (6th)
1960 AL  591 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1952 AL  668 (7th)
1953 AL  657 (8th)
1954 AL  676 (6th)
1956 AL  665 (6th)
1957 AL  678 (5th)
1958 AL  638 (7th)
1959 AL  650 (7th)
1960 AL  670 (2nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1951 AL  112 (2nd)
1952 AL  96 (5th)
1953 AL  104 (4th)
1954 AL  119 (2nd)
1956 AL  106 (3rd)
1957 AL  96 (5th)
1958 AL  94 (4th)
1959 AL  92 (9th)
1960 AL  89 (3rd)
Career  1,136 (213th)

Hits s c a p y
1951 AL  173 (4th)
1953 AL  174 (7th)
1954 AL  182 (5th)
1956 AL  172 (8th)
1957 AL  176 (3rd)
1958 AL  168 (7th)
1959 AL  172 (4th)
1960 AL  184 (1st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1951 AL  265 (6th)
1952 AL  241 (10th)
1953 AL  259 (7th)
1954 AL  304 (1st)
1956 AL  286 (4th)
1957 AL  258 (6th)
1958 AL  269 (7th)
1959 AL  267 (8th)
1960 AL  284 (3rd)

Doubles s c a p y
1951 AL  34 (4th)
1954 AL  29 (2nd)
1955 AL  26 (9th)
1956 AL  29 (4th)
1957 AL  36 (1st)
1958 AL  25 (10th)
1959 AL  32 (6th)
1960 AL  32 (3rd)

Triples s c a p y
1951 AL  14 (1st)
1952 AL  9 (5th)
1953 AL  8 (5th)
1954 AL  18 (1st)
1955 AL  7 (8th)
1956 AL  11 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1954 AL  19 (10th)
1958 AL  24 (10th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1953 AL  104 (6th)
1954 AL  116 (4th)
1957 AL  103 (3rd)
1959 AL  92 (8th)
1960 AL  105 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1952 AL  71 (10th)
1953 AL  74 (8th)
1956 AL  86 (9th)
1957 AL  79 (3rd)
Career  814 (238th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1951 AL  31 (1st)
1952 AL  22 (1st)
1953 AL  25 (1st)
1954 AL  18 (2nd)
1955 AL  19 (2nd)
1956 AL  12 (4th)
1957 AL  18 (2nd)
1958 AL  14 (5th)
1960 AL  17 (6th)

Singles s c a p y
1953 AL  127 (6th)
1954 AL  116 (8th)
1956 AL  111 (10th)
1957 AL  123 (6th)
1958 AL  117 (8th)
1959 AL  119 (6th)
1960 AL  128 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1951 AL  151 (3rd)
1953 AL  133 (9th)
1954 AL  154 (3rd)
1956 AL  149 (4th)
1957 AL  135 (5th)
1958 AL  139 (7th)
1959 AL  134 (7th)
1960 AL  130 (6th)
Career  130 (165th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1951 AL  110 (2nd)
1953 AL  100 (4th)
1954 AL  121 (2nd)
1956 AL  130 (2nd)
1957 AL  106 (5th)
1958 AL  101 (8th)
1959 AL  100 (8th)
1960 AL  104 (3rd)
Career  1,176 (204th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1951 AL  40 (3rd)
1953 AL  29 (6th)
1954 AL  45 (3rd)
1956 AL  43 (3rd)
1957 AL  34 (5th)
1958 AL  31 (7th)
1959 AL  29 (6th)
1960 AL  26 (8th)
Career  303 (119th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1951 AL  4.0 (3rd)
1953 AL  2.8 (6th)
1954 AL  4.5 (3rd)
1956 AL  4.1 (3rd)
1957 AL  3.4 (5th)
1958 AL  3.1 (7th)
1959 AL  2.9 (6th)
1960 AL  2.6 (8th)
Career  30.0 (119th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1951 AL  58 (3rd)
1954 AL  66 (2nd)
1956 AL  61 (3rd)
1957 AL  53 (6th)
1958 AL  51 (8th)
1959 AL  53 (9th)
1960 AL  56 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1951 AL  261 (5th)
1952 AL  245 (8th)
1953 AL  265 (4th)
1954 AL  275 (1st)
1955 AL  235 (9th)
1956 AL  281 (2nd)
1957 AL  276 (4th)
1958 AL  242 (5th)
1959 AL  243 (6th)
1960 AL  249 (3rd)
Career  2,969 (207th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1951 AL  .728 (4th)
1954 AL  .739 (3rd)
1956 AL  .747 (4th)
1957 AL  .677 (8th)
1958 AL  .674 (9th)
1959 AL  .658 (10th)
Career  .652 (200th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1951 AL  16 (1st)
1952 AL  14 (1st)
1953 AL  17 (1st)
1954 AL  16 (1st)
1955 AL  10 (4th)
1956 AL  23 (1st)
1957 AL  21 (1st)
1958 AL  15 (1st)
1959 AL  17 (1st)
1960 AL  13 (1st)
1961 AL  16 (1st)
1963 AL  8 (4th)
Career  192 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1952 AL  14 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 AL  8 (6th)
1956 AL  7 (4th)
1957 AL  9 (2nd)
1960 AL  9 (1st)
1961 AL  12 (1st)
Career  57 (238th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1953 AL  23 (1st)
1954 AL  20 (3rd)
1955 AL  18 (4th)
1957 AL  19 (2nd)
Career  185 (132nd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1951 AL  10 (3rd)
1952 AL  16 (1st)
1953 AL  16 (1st)
1954 AL  11 (1st)
1955 AL  8 (4th)
1956 AL  6 (4th)
1957 AL  15 (1st)
1958 AL  14 (1st)
1959 AL  10 (3rd)
1960 AL  13 (1st)
1963 AL  6 (7th)
Career  130 (49th)

SB % s c a p y
1951 AL  75.61 (3rd)
1952 AL  57.90 (5th)
1953 AL  60.98 (4th)
1954 AL  62.07 (6th)
1955 AL  70.37 (1st)
1956 AL  66.67 (5th)
1957 AL  54.55 (10th)
1958 AL  50.00 (5th)
1959 AL  44.44 (7th)
1960 AL  56.67 (10th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1951 AL  15.1 (1st)
1952 AL  16.3 (1st)
1953 AL  18.8 (1st)
1954 AL  18.5 (2nd)
1955 AL  13.1 (5th)
1956 AL  15.3 (2nd)
1957 AL  14.4 (5th)
1958 AL  17.7 (2nd)
1959 AL  11.6 (6th)
1960 AL  18.4 (2nd)
Career  195.0 (85th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1954 AL  12.3 (9th)
1955 AL  12.0 (10th)
1956 AL  13.6 (5th)
1959 AL  12.4 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1952 AL  454 (7th)
1954 AL  431 (9th)
1957 AL  436 (9th)
1959 AL  428 (8th)
1960 AL  450 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1951 AL  29.77 (7th)
1953 AL  41.16 (4th)
1954 AL  68.42 (2nd)
1956 AL  49.73 (3rd)
1957 AL  50.16 (4th)
1959 AL  41.47 (3rd)
1960 AL  30.60 (9th)
Career  396.03 (65th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1951 AL  2.8 (8th)
1953 AL  3.9 (7th)
1954 AL  6.0 (2nd)
1956 AL  3.7 (7th)
1957 AL  5.1 (4th)
1959 AL  5.0 (2nd)
1960 AL  4.8 (3rd)
1961 AL  3.9 (9th)
Career  38.5 (63rd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1951 AL  4.0 (3rd)
1953 AL  2.9 (6th)
1954 AL  5.1 (3rd)
1956 AL  4.6 (3rd)
1957 AL  4.2 (4th)
1958 AL  3.1 (8th)
1960 AL  3.2 (7th)
Career  35.0 (71st)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1951 AL  3.0 (7th)
1953 AL  4.0 (4th)
1954 AL  6.7 (2nd)
1956 AL  4.7 (3rd)
1957 AL  5.0 (4th)
1959 AL  4.2 (3rd)
1960 AL  3.0 (8th)
Career  39.0 (66th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1954 AL  16 (4th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1951 AL  14 (5th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1953 AL  143 (1st)
1954 AL  123 (2nd)
1955 AL  134 (1st)
1956 AL  148 (1st)
1957 AL  152 (1st)
1958 AL  147 (1st)
1959 AL  148 (1st)
1960 AL  152 (1st)
1961 AL  147 (2nd)
Career  1,512 (15th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1953 AL  270 (2nd)
1954 AL  285 (2nd)
1955 AL  267 (1st)
1956 AL  282 (1st)
1957 AL  295 (2nd)
1958 AL  294 (2nd)
1959 AL  317 (1st)
1960 AL  277 (1st)
1961 AL  267 (3rd)
Career  2,937 (16th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1952 AL  7 (2nd)
1953 AL  15 (2nd)
1954 AL  13 (1st)
1955 AL  18 (1st)
1956 AL  10 (1st)
1957 AL  9 (2nd)
1958 AL  13 (1st)
1959 AL  14 (1st)
1960 AL  14 (1st)
1961 AL  10 (4th)
Career  129 (9th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1951 AL  5 (4th)
1952 AL  4 (4th)
1953 AL  10 (1st)
1954 AL  7 (3rd)
1955 AL  9 (1st)
1956 AL  8 (1st)
1957 AL  5 (3rd)
1958 AL  8 (1st)
1959 AL  5 (1st)
1960 AL  6 (2nd)
1961 AL  13 (1st)
Career  86 (10th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1952 AL  143 (4th)
1953 AL  147 (5th)
1954 AL  146 (4th)
1956 AL  148 (4th)
1957 AL  152 (1st)
1958 AL  147 (3rd)
1959 AL  148 (3rd)
1960 AL  154 (1st)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1954 AL  340 (4th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1953 AL  15 (4th)
1954 AL  14 (5th)
1955 AL  19 (2nd)
1958 AL  13 (5th)
1959 AL  14 (2nd)
1960 AL  14 (2nd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1953 AL  10 (1st)
1955 AL  9 (2nd)
1956 AL  8 (4th)
1958 AL  8 (2nd)
1961 AL  13 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1953 AL  3 (4th)
1954 AL  16 (1st)
1955 AL  8 (2nd)
1957 AL  6 (2nd)
1958 AL  6 (3rd)
1959 AL  15 (1st)
Career  27 (35th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1953 AL  2.13 (5th)
1954 AL  2.51 (1st)
1955 AL  2.29 (3rd)
1956 AL  2.08 (3rd)
1958 AL  2.13 (3rd)
1959 AL  2.25 (2nd)
1960 AL  2.02 (5th)
1961 AL  1.94 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1953 AL  1.99 (4th)
1954 AL  2.42 (1st)
1955 AL  2.13 (2nd)
1956 AL  1.97 (3rd)
1957 AL  2.00 (3rd)
1958 AL  2.09 (2nd)
1959 AL  2.24 (2nd)
1960 AL  1.91 (4th)
1961 AL  1.88 (4th)
Career  2.03 (64th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1954 AL  .977 (5th)
1956 AL  .973 (5th)
1957 AL  .984 (5th)
1959 AL  .985 (3rd)
1960 AL  .980 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1954 AL  16 (3rd)
1959 AL  15 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1963 AL  born 1925-11-29 (8th)
1964 AL  born 1925-11-29 (5th)
1976 AL  born 1925-11-29 (1st)
1980 AL  born 1925-11-29 (1st)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 15 (154), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 189 (49), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 87 (205), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 35 (225), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Left Field (21st), 47.5 career WAR/38.0 7yr-peak WAR/42.7 JAWS
Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 61.7 career WAR/39.7 7yr-peak WAR/50.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Carl Furillo (925)
  2. Cy Williams (904)
  3. Ken Griffey (901)
  4. Amos Otis (898)
  5. Gary Matthews (895)
  6. Ben Chapman (894)
  7. Dixie Walker (894)
  8. Bob Watson (888)
  9. Gee Walker (885)
  10. Tony Oliva (885)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Ed Morgan (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Floyd Robinson (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Pete Reiser (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Enos Slaughter (963) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Enos Slaughter (949) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Enos Slaughter (960) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Enos Slaughter (955) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Enos Slaughter (950) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Enos Slaughter (937) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Enos Slaughter (933) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Enos Slaughter (914) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Enos Slaughter (931) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Carl Furillo (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Carl Furillo (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Jim O'Rourke (666) * 2 3 C
  16. Charley O'Leary (199)  2 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
195529Chicago White Sox$32,5001/4/56 TSN
195630Chicago White Sox$32,5001/4/56 TSN
195832Cleveland Indians$40,0003/3/58 LA Times, from AP
196438Washington Senators$40,0001/16/65 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$145,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     SABR BioProject     The Baseball Cube     WahooSam.com     WhatIfSports: Minnie Minoso    

Viewed 99,528 times through December 13, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Saturnino Orestes Armas Cuban (Arrieta) Comet Minnie minosa Minoso

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.