Minnie Miñoso

Positions: Leftfielder, First Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: November 29, 1923 in Perico, Cuba cu

Died: March 1, 2015 in Chicago, IL

AL/NL Debut: April 19, 1949 (Age 25-141d)
vs. SLB 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 5, 1980 (Age 56-311d)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2022. (Voted by Golden Days Era Committee)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1946 season

Full Name: Saturnino Orestes Armas Miñoso

Nicknames: Cuban Comet

Pronunciation: \mi-NO-so\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

53.3

7059

2113

195

.299

1228

RBI

1089

216

OBP

.387

SLG

.461

OPS

.848

OPS+

130

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1946	22	-8.1	NYC	NN2	Maj	NYC	37	161	146	23	33	5	2	4	14	1		13		.226	.298	.370	.668	54		2	0
1947	23	-6.2	NYC	NN2	Maj	NYC	40	192	177	42	63	13	4	2	25	5		13		.356	.406	.509	.915	90		2	0
1948	24	-0.5	Dayton	CENL	A	CLE	11	46	40	14	21	7	1	1	8	6		3	1	.525	.587	.825	1.412	33		3	0
1948	24	-4.8	NYC	NN2	Maj	NYC	36	167	157	27	54	11	6	3	27	5		8		.344	.380	.548	.927	86		1	1
1949	25	-4.1	San Diego	PCL	AAA	CLE	137	598	532	99	158	19	7	22	75	13		51	59	.297	.371	.483	.855	257		12	3
1949	25	-3.8	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	9	20	16	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	.188	.350	.375	.725	6	2	2	0		0
1950	26	-4.4	San Diego	PCL	AAA	CLE	169	671	599	130	203	40	10	20	115	30		58	66	.339	.405	.539	.945	323		9	5
1951	27		2 Teams	AL	Maj	CHW-CLE	146	622	530	112	173	34	14	10	76	31	10	72	42	.326	.422	.500	.922	265	12	16	4		1
1951	27	-2.0	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	8	17	14	3	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.429	.529	.571	1.101	8	0	2	0		0
1951	27	-2.0	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	138	605	516	109	167	32	14	10	74	31	10	71	41	.324	.419	.498	.917	257	12	14	4		1
1952	28	-0.8	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	147	668	569	96	160	24	9	13	61	22	16	71	46	.281	.375	.424	.798	241	15	14	14		5
1953	29	0.3	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	151	655	556	104	174	24	8	15	104	25	16	74	43	.313	.410	.466	.875	259	23	17	8		7
1954	30	1.6	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	153	675	568	119	182	29	18	19	116	18	11	77	46	.320	.411	.535	.946	304	20	16	6	8	7
1955	31	2.5	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	139	615	517	79	149	26	7	10	70	19	8	76	43	.288	.387	.424	.811	219	18	10	8	4	3
1956	32	3.6	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	151	665	545	106	172	29	11	21	88	12	6	86	40	.316	.425	.525	.950	286	10	23	4	7	4
1957	33	4.3	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	153	678	568	96	176	36	5	12	103	18	15	79	54	.310	.408	.454	.862	258	19	21	1	9	5
1958	34	5.5	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	149	638	556	94	168	25	2	24	80	14	14	59	53	.302	.383	.484	.867	269	13	15	6	2	3
1958-59	34		Marianao	CUWL	FgW				233		60			5	25					.258
1959	35	6.2	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	148	650	570	92	172	32	0	21	92	8	10	54	46	.302	.377	.468	.846	267	11	17	6	3	2
1960	36	7.5	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	154	670	591	89	184	32	4	20	105	17	13	52	63	.311	.374	.481	.855	284	16	13	5	9	2
1961	37	8.7	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	152	635	540	91	151	28	3	14	82	9	4	67	46	.280	.369	.420	.789	227	11	16	0	12	2
1962	38	10.0	STL	NL	Maj	STL	39	108	97	14	19	5	0	1	10	4	0	7	17	.196	.271	.278	.549	27	1	3	1	0	0
1963	39	11.2	WSA	AL	Maj	WSA	109	363	315	38	72	12	2	4	30	8	6	33	38	.229	.315	.318	.632	100	14	8	4	3	1
1964	40	14.5	Indianapolis	PCL	AAA	CHW	52	201	178	22	47	11	0	4	26	6	3	12	19	.264	.327	.393	.720	70		6	2	3
1964	40	12.5	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	30	38	31	4	7	0	0	1	5	0	0	5	3	.226	.351	.323	.674	10	0	1	1	0	1
1965	41	13.2	Jalisco	MEX	AA		134	546	469	106	169	35	10	14	82	7	10	59	44	.360	.439	.567	1.007	266		11	2	5
1966	42	14.7	Jalisco	MEX	AA		107	437	376	70	131	18	1	6	45	6	8	42	38	.348	.423	.450	.872	169		10	4	5
1967	43		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A		49	45	37	5	9	1	2	0	3	1	0	6	3					14		2	0	0
1967	43	16.0	Jalisco	MEX	AAA		13	45	37	5	9	1	2	0	3	1	0	6	3	.243	.378	.378	.756	14		2	0	0
1967	43		Orizaba	MXSE	A		36
1968	44		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A		78	63	54	9	16	5	1	2	13	1	1	3	4					29		5	0	1
1968	44	17.2	Jalisco	MEX	AAA		22	63	54	9	16	5	1	2	13	1	1	3	4	.296	.381	.537	.918	29		5	0	1
1968	44		Puerto Mexico	MXSE	A		56
1969	45		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-A		110	368	296	51	91	13	3	4	46	6	2	51	32					122		14	0	7
1969	45	18.1	Jalisco	MEX	AAA		36	115	103	18	33	3	1	2	14	0	0	8	10	.320	.391	.427	.819	44		4	0	0
1969	45	17.8	Puerto Mexico	MXSE	A		74	253	193	33	58	10	2	2	32	6	2	43	22	.301	.439	.404	.843	78		10	0	7
1969	45	22.9	Puerto Penasco	MXNO	A
1970	46	18.6	Union Laguna	MEX	AAA		40	53	47	6	22	6	0	2	17	0	0	3	3	.468	.491	.723	1.214	34		1	0	2
1971	47	19.7	Union Laguna	MEX	AAA		112	389	336	37	106	15	2	6	57	5	2	46	30	.316	.402	.426	.828	143		4	1	2
1972	48	20.2	Union Laguna	MEX	AAA		121	489	425	48	121	24	1	12	63	5	1	46	27	.285	.365	.431	.795	183		11	1	6
1973	49	21.2	Union Laguna	MEX	AAA		120	468	407	50	108	15	1	12	83	10	3	39	30	.265	.346	.396	.741	161		14	2	6

1976	52	24.5	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	3	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0

1980	56	28.0	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

1993	69	43.7	St. Paul	NORL	Ind		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

2003	--	52.3	St. Paul	NORL	Ind		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Majors (20 seasons)					Majors		1948	8230	7059	1228	2113	365	95	195	1089	216	130	848	584	.299	.387	.461	.848	3253	185	197	69	57	43
Minors (4 seasons)					Minors		369	1516	1349	265	429	77	18	47	224	55	3	124	145	.318	.387	.506	.893	683		30	10	3
Foreign (10 seasons)					Foreign		871	3091	2680	382	833	132	21	63	434	41	27	295	211					1121		72	10	34
Other (2 seasons)					Other		2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
All Levels (32 Seasons)							3190	12839	11089	1875	3375	574	134	305	1747	312	160	1268	940					5057		299	89	94	43

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		358	1470	1309	251	408	70	17	46	216	49	3	121	144	.312	.381	.497	.877	650		27	10	3
AAA (7 seasons)					Foreign		464	1622	1409	173	415	69	8	36	250	22	7	151	107	.295	.375	.432	.807	608		41	4	17
AA (2 seasons)					Foreign		241	983	845	176	300	53	11	20	127	13	18	101	82	.355	.432	.515	.947	435		21	6	10
A (3 seasons)					Foreign		166	253	193	33	58	10	2	2	32	6	2	43	22					78		10	0	7
A (1 season)					Minors		11	46	40	14	21	7	1	1	8	6		3	1	.525	.587	.825	1.412	33		3	0
FgW (1 season)					Foreign			233	233		60			5	25					.258