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Minnie Minoso
Saturnino Orestes Armas (Arrieta) Minoso
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 29, 1925 in Havana, Cuba
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1949
Final Game: October 5, 1980
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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
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 /O
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 O5/36 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 1.101 204 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 O5/6
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 *O/56 AS
1953 27 CHW AL 151 655 556 104 174 24 8 15 104 25 16 74 43 .313 .410 .466 .875 133 259 23 17 8 *O5 AS,MVP-4
1954 28 CHW AL 153 675 568 119 182 29 18 19 116 18 11 77 46 .320 .411 .535 .946 155 304 20 16 6 8 *798/5 AS,MVP-4
1955 29 CHW AL 139 615 517 79 149 26 7 10 70 19 8 76 43 .288 .387 .424 .811 116 219 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 .846 135 267 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 .789 112 227 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 Seasons 1835 7710 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 5914 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 7602 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

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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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1949 CLE AL 23 OF 7 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 .982 2.27 0-0-7
1951 CLE AL 25 1B 7 42 37 3 2 1 .952 5.71 .990 8.49 AS,MVP-4,RoY-2
1951 CHW AL 25 OF 82 155 145 4 6 0 .961 1.82 .977 2.23 44-2-41 AS,MVP-4,RoY-2
1951 CHW AL 25 3B 68 218 82 122 14 10 .936 3.00 .951 2.87 AS,MVP-4,RoY-2
1951 CHW AL 25 SS 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 4.70 AS,MVP-4,RoY-2
1952 CHW AL 26 OF 143 340 322 11 7 3 .979 2.33 .980 2.18 70-63-10 AS
1952 CHW AL 26 3B 9 12 1 11 0 0 1.000 1.33 .950 2.98 AS
1952 CHW AL 26 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30 AS
1953 CHW AL 27 OF 147 304 279 15 10 3 .967 2.00 .981 2.18 145-0-2 AS,MVP-4
1953 CHW AL 27 3B 10 19 3 14 2 0 .895 1.70 .958 2.93 AS,MVP-4
1954 CHW AL 28 OF 146 145 1287.0 362 340 14 8 3 .978 16.1 15.0 13.1 8.0 5.1 3 2.48 2.42 .979 2.39 2.17 AS,MVP-4
1954 CHW AL 28 LF 123 120 1070.2 305 285 13 7 3 .977 15.6 17.5 11.6 5.9 5.7 4 2.50 2.42 .977 2.26 1.93 AS,MVP-4
1954 CHW AL 28 RF 14 14 112.1 28 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.7 28.8 2.7 1.9 0.8 0 2.24 2.00 .975 2.05 1.82 AS,MVP-4
1954 CHW AL 28 CF 13 11 104.0 30 28 1 1 0 .967 -2.2 -25.4 -1.2 0.2 -1.4 -1 2.51 2.23 .983 2.85 2.64 AS,MVP-4
1954 CHW AL 28 3B 9 6 54.0 19 7 11 1 1 .947 -0.5 -11.1 -0.5 0.5 -1.0 0 3.00 2.00 .958 3.48 3.07 AS,MVP-4
1955 CHW AL 29 OF 138 136 1184.0 315 287 19 9 3 .971 8.2 8.3 6.2 5.3 0.9 2 2.33 2.22 .982 2.40 2.08
1955 CHW AL 29 LF 134 128 1122.0 294 267 18 9 3 .969 7.8 8.3 5.8 5.4 0.4 2 2.29 2.13 .980 2.26 1.78
1955 CHW AL 29 RF 9 8 59.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 8.1 0.4 -0.1 0.5 0 2.14 1.56 .979 2.04 1.73
1955 CHW AL 29 3B 2 1 7.0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 -0.4 -68.6 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 5.14 2.00 .950 3.21 2.75
1955 CHW AL 29 CF 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 3.00 2.55
1956 CHW AL 30 LF 148 147 1263.0 300 282 10 8 1 .973 1.9 1.8 1.9 4.1 -2.2 0 2.08 1.97 .977 2.10 1.69 MVP-27
1956 CHW AL 30 OF 148 147 1263.1 302 284 10 8 1 .974 2.1 2.0 2.1 4.3 -2.2 0 2.09 1.99 .979 2.34 2.04 MVP-27
1956 CHW AL 30 3B 8 1 18.0 10 2 6 2 0 .800 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0 4.00 1.00 .960 3.20 2.78 MVP-27
1956 CHW AL 30 1B 1 0 1.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.40 1.00 1.000 9.72 8.00 MVP-27
1956 CHW AL 30 RF 1 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 720.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 27.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 1.80 MVP-27
1957 CHW AL 31 LF 152 152 1347.2 309 295 9 5 2 .984 5.5 4.9 2.5 -1.9 4.5 3 2.03 2.00 .980 2.10 1.70 AS,MVP-8,GG
1957 CHW AL 31 OF 152 152 1347.2 307 293 9 5 2 .984 5.5 4.9 2.5 -1.9 4.5 3 2.02 1.99 .980 2.24 1.97 AS,MVP-8,GG
1957 CHW AL 31 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 3.60 2.80 AS,MVP-8,GG
1958 CLE AL 32 LF 147 145 1295.0 315 294 13 8 1 .975 5.7 5.3 3.7 -1.3 4.9 2 2.13 2.09 .979 2.09 1.62 MVP-18
1958 CLE AL 32 OF 147 145 1295.0 322 301 13 8 1 .975 5.7 5.3 3.7 -1.3 4.9 2 2.18 2.14 .982 2.27 1.94 MVP-18
1958 CLE AL 32 3B 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.60 MVP-18
1959 CLE AL 33 LF 148 148 1322.0 336 317 14 5 1 .985 14.5 13.2 13.5 6.2 7.3 1 2.25 2.24 .980 2.06 1.68 AS,MVP-12,GG
1959 CLE AL 33 OF 148 148 1322.0 333 314 14 5 1 .985 14.5 13.2 13.5 6.2 7.3 1 2.23 2.22 .980 2.22 1.96 AS,MVP-12,GG
1960 CHW AL 34 OF 154 154 1330.2 302 282 14 6 3 .980 -5.3 -4.8 -2.3 0.3 -2.6 -3 2.00 1.92 .982 2.25 1.95 AS,MVP-4,GG
1960 CHW AL 34 LF 152 150 1297.2 297 277 14 6 3 .980 -5.2 -4.8 -2.2 0.1 -2.3 -3 2.02 1.91 .984 2.14 1.67 AS,MVP-4,GG
1960 CHW AL 34 RF 5 4 33.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -3.6 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 0 1.36 1.00 .980 1.96 1.68 AS,MVP-4,GG
1961 CHW AL 35 LF 147 147 1288.1 290 267 10 13 2 .955 -12.5 -11.6 -6.5 -4.6 -1.9 -6 1.94 1.88 .969 2.00 1.62
1961 CHW AL 35 OF 147 147 1288.1 296 273 10 13 2 .956 -12.5 -11.6 -6.5 -4.6 -1.9 -6 1.98 1.93 .977 2.25 1.98
1962 STL NL 36 LF 27 26 203.0 37 34 2 1 0 .973 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.4 -0.4 -1 1.60 1.33 .968 1.81 1.37
1962 STL NL 36 OF 27 26 203.0 36 33 2 1 0 .972 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.4 -0.4 -1 1.55 1.30 .975 2.07 1.79
1963 WSA AL 37 LF 74 70 604.1 112 104 3 5 0 .955 -10.1 -20.1 -10.1 -6.3 -3.8 0 1.59 1.45 .977 1.90 1.57
1963 WSA AL 37 OF 74 70 605.1 112 103 4 5 0 .955 -10.5 -20.8 -10.5 -6.3 -4.2 0 1.59 1.45 .981 2.16 1.91
1963 WSA AL 37 3B 8 7 58.0 27 5 22 0 1 1.000 1.9 39.3 1.9 1.9 0.0 0 4.19 3.38 .944 3.03 2.85
1963 WSA AL 37 RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -480.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.70
1964 CHW AL 38 OF 5 2 26.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 36.9 0.8 -0.1 0.9 0 3.12 1.80 .978 2.04 1.80
1964 CHW AL 38 LF 4 2 22.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 60.0 1.1 0.2 0.9 0 3.27 2.00 .975 1.80 1.45
1964 CHW AL 38 RF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -90.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.60
1976 CHW AL 50 DH 3
15 Seasons OF 1665 1272 11152.1 3506 3276 139 91 22 .974 24.6 2.6 23.6 11.3 12.3 1 2.76 2.05 .980 2.28 2.04 1515-80-91
11 Seasons (incomplete) LF 1256 1235 10835.2 2603 2430 106 67 16 .974 24.3 2.7 22.3 9.2 13.1 2 2.11 2.02 .978 2.10 1.69
9 Seasons 3B 116 15 142.0 309 102 188 19 13 .939 0.7 5.9 0.7 1.9 -1.2 0 18.38 2.50 .951 3.24 2.89
6 Seasons (incomplete) RF 31 26 209.2 50 49 1 0 0 1.000 2.5 14.3 2.5 1.9 0.6 0 2.15 1.61 .978 2.03 1.76
2 Seasons (incomplete) CF 15 11 107.0 31 29 1 1 0 .968 -2.2 -24.7 -1.2 0.2 -1.4 -1 2.52 2.00 .984 2.85 2.63
2 Seasons 1B 8 0 1.2 43 38 3 2 1 .953 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 221.40 5.13 .991 9.72 8.43
1 Season DH 3
2 Seasons SS 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 1.000 4.50
17 Seasons TOT 1791 1287 11296.0 3859 3416 331 112 36 .971 25.3 2.7 24.3 13.2 11.1 1 0 2.99 2.09 .949 2.29 2.13 1515-80-91
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 LF-CF-RF Awards

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 (100th)

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

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 (227th)

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 (109th)

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 (172nd)

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  655 (8th)
1954 AL  675 (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  1136 (206th)

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)
Career  1023 (242nd)

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 (229th)

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  155 (3rd)
1956 AL  149 (4th)
1957 AL  135 (5th)
1958 AL  139 (7th)
1959 AL  135 (7th)
1960 AL  130 (6th)
Career  130 (163rd)

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  1176 (192nd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1951 AL  40 (3rd)
1953 AL  29 (6th)
1954 AL  45 (2nd)
1956 AL  43 (3rd)
1957 AL  34 (5th)
1958 AL  31 (7th)
1959 AL  29 (6th)
1960 AL  26 (8th)
Career  303 (117th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1951 AL  4.0 (3rd)
1953 AL  2.9 (6th)
1954 AL  4.6 (2nd)
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  29.9 (117th)

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  2969 (197th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1951 AL  .728 (4th)
1954 AL  .739 (3rd)
1956 AL  .747 (4th)
1957 AL  .676 (8th)
1958 AL  .674 (8th)
1959 AL  .658 (10th)
Career  .651 (195th)

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 (225th)

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 (120th)

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 (46th)

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 (84th)

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)

Oldest s c a p y
1962 NL  born 1925-11-29 (10th)
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)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 15 (150), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 189 (48), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 87 (190), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 35 (211), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

April 30, 1951: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Cleveland Indians to the Chicago White Sox. The Chicago White Sox sent Dave Philley and Gus Zernial to the Philadelphia Athletics. The Philadelphia Athletics sent Paul Lehner to the Chicago White Sox. The Philadelphia Athletics sent Lou Brissie to the Cleveland Indians. The Cleveland Indians sent Ray Murray and Sam Zoldak to the Philadelphia Athletics.

December 4, 1957: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Fred Hatfield to the Cleveland Indians for Al Smith and Early Wynn.

December 6, 1959: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Dick Brown, Don Ferrarese and Jake Striker to the Chicago White Sox for Norm Cash, Bubba Phillips and Johnny Romano.

November 27, 1961: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Joe Cunningham.

April 2, 1963: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 14, 1963: Released by the Washington Senators.

April 8, 1964: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

July 17, 1964: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

September 10, 1976: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

October 6, 1976: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

October 3, 1980: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

October 6, 1980: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

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