Don Mincher

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: June 24, 1938 in Huntsville, AL us

Died: March 4, 2012 in Huntsville, AL

Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL

High School: S. R. Butler HS (Huntsville, AL)

Debut: April 18, 1960 (Age 21-299d, 11,709th in major league history)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 1972 (Age 34-102d)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: Donald Ray Mincher

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.1

4026

1003

200

.249

530

RBI

643

OBP

.348

SLG

.450

OPS

.798

OPS+

127

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
2	4 (2)	Apr 19	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	1B
3	6 (1)	Apr 22	TEX		CAL	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
4	7	Apr 23	TEX		CAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
5	8	Apr 24	TEX		CAL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
6	10 (1)	Apr 26	TEX		DET	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
7	11	Apr 28	TEX		BOS	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
8	12	Apr 29	TEX		BOS	W,7-6	GS	33	7.1	8	0	0	8	0	1B
9	13	Apr 30	TEX		BOS	L,0-3	CG	41	10.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	14	May 2	TEX		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
11	15	May 3	TEX		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
12	16	May 5	TEX	@	DET	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
13	17	May 6	TEX	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
14	20 (2)	May 11	TEX	@	BAL	W,3-1	GS	25	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
15	21	May 12	TEX	@	CLE	W,3-1	GS	28	7.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
16	22	May 13	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-7	GS	31	7.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
17	23	May 14	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	34	9.1	13	0	0	13	2	1B
18	24	May 15	TEX	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
19	26 (1)	May 17	TEX	@	KCR	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
20	28 (1)	May 20	TEX		MIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
21	29	May 21 (1)	TEX		MIN	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
22	30	May 21 (2)	TEX		MIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
23	31	May 22	TEX		CHW	L,6-7	GF	11	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
24	32	May 23	TEX		CHW	L,1-2	GS	34	8.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
25	33	May 24	TEX		CHW	L,1-5	GS	26	6.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
26	34	May 25	TEX	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
27	35	May 26	TEX	@	MIN	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
28	36	May 27	TEX	@	MIN	W,16-2	GS	13	3.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
29	38 (1)	May 29 (1)	TEX		OAK	L,1-4	GS	15	5.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
30	41 (2)	May 31	TEX		OAK	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	42	Jun 2	TEX	@	MIL	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
32	43	Jun 3	TEX	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
33	44	Jun 4	TEX	@	MIL	W,10-0	GS	22	5.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
34	46 (1)	Jun 7	TEX		NYY	L,5-7	GS	31	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
35	47	Jun 8	TEX		NYY	W,6-2	GS	28	7.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
36	50 (2)	Jun 11	TEX		BAL	L,1-3	GS	28	7.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
37	51	Jun 12	TEX		MIL	W,7-1	GS	21	6.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
38	52	Jun 13	TEX		MIL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
39	54 (1)	Jun 17 (1)	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
40	55	Jun 17 (2)	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	32	7.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
41	56	Jun 19	TEX	@	BOS	L,0-12	CG	45	8.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
42	57	Jun 20	TEX	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
43	58	Jun 21	TEX	@	BOS	L,9-10	GS	34	7.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
44	61 (2)	Jun 25	TEX		CHW	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
45	65 (3)	Jun 30	TEX		CAL	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	66	Jul 1	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-3	GF	8	1.1	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
47	67	Jul 2 (1)	TEX	@	KCR	W,7-5	CG	43	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
48	69 (1)	Jul 3	TEX	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
49	71 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
50	72	Jul 6 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	50	11.1	9	0	0	9	1	1B
51	73	Jul 7	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
52	74	Jul 8 (1)	TEX	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
53	77 (2)	Jul 10	TEX	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
54	78	Jul 11	TEX	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
55	79	Jul 12	TEX	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
56	80	Jul 13	TEX		CLE	W,5-0	GS	25	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
57	81	Jul 14	TEX		CLE	L,0-2	CG	48	14.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
58	82	Jul 15	TEX		CLE	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
59	84 (1)	Jul 17	TEX		BAL	L,1-3	GS	32	8.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
				Player went from Texas Rangers to Oakland Athletics
60	89	Jul 22 (1)	OAK	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
61	90	Jul 22 (2)	OAK	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
62	91	Jul 23	OAK	@	BOS	W,6-3	GS	22	6.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
63	93 (1)	Jul 28	OAK		MIN	L,3-4	GS	21	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
64	94	Jul 29	OAK		MIN	W,7-2	GS	23	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
65	95	Jul 30 (1)	OAK		TEX	L,1-2	GS	25	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
66	97 (1)	Jul 31	OAK		TEX	W,2-0	GS	25	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	101 (3)	Aug 5	OAK	@	MIN	L,0-4	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	128 (26)	Sep 4 (1)	OAK		CAL	W,10-5	GF	25	5.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
69	151 (22)	Sep 29	OAK	@	KCR	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	1B
70	154 (2)	Oct 3	OAK	@	CAL	L,2-3	GF	27	6.1	6	0	0	6	0	1B
							70gm		534.0	544	47	4	595	49