Minnie Miñoso

Positions: Leftfielder 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

Debut: 1946 (10,008th in major league history)

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 (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1951 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

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

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
2	2	Apr 16	CHW		SLB	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
3	3	Apr 17	CHW		SLB	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	4	Apr 18	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
5	5	Apr 21	CHW	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
6	6	Apr 22	CHW	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
7	7	Apr 23	CHW	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
8	8	Apr 24	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
9	9	Apr 25	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
10	10	Apr 26 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	11	Apr 26 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	12	Apr 28	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
13	13	Apr 29	CHW		WSH	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
14	14	Apr 30	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	GS	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
16	16	May 2	CHW		NYY	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
17	17	May 3 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
18	18	May 3 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,6-10	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
19	19	May 5	CHW		BOS	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
20	20	May 6	CHW		BOS	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
21	21	May 8	CHW		DET	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
22	22	May 9	CHW		DET	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
23	23	May 10 (1)	CHW		DET	L,6-8	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
24	24	May 10 (2)	CHW		DET	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
25	25	May 11	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
26	26	May 12	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	50	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	27	May 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
28	28	May 14	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	29	May 16	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
30	30	May 17	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
31	31	May 18	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	32	May 19	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	33	May 20	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	34	May 22	CHW	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
35	35	May 23	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	36	May 24	CHW	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
37	37	May 25	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
38	38	May 26	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
39	39	May 27	CHW		DET	T,2-2	CG	62	15.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	40	May 29	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
41	41	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-7	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
42	42	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	43	May 31 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
44	44	May 31 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,4-7	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	45	Jun 2	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	46	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	L,2-18	GS	17	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	49 (2)	Jun 7 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,2-16	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	50	Jun 7 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	51	Jun 9	CHW		PHA	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	52	Jun 10	CHW		PHA	L,1-2	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
51	53	Jun 11	CHW		PHA	L,5-6	GS	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF 3B
52	54	Jun 12	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
53	55	Jun 13	CHW		BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
54	56	Jun 14 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	57	Jun 14 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
56	58	Jun 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	48	11.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
57	61 (2)	Jun 19	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
58	62	Jun 20	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
59	63	Jun 21 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
60	64	Jun 21 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-4	GS	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
61	65	Jun 23	CHW	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	66	Jun 24	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	67	Jun 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
64	68	Jun 26	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
65	69	Jun 27	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
66	70	Jun 28	CHW	@	BOS	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
67	71	Jun 30	CHW		SLB	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	72	Jul 1	CHW		SLB	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	73	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,13-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
70	74	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	75	Jul 5 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
72	76	Jul 5 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
73	77	Jul 6	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	78	Jul 7	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
75	79	Jul 8	CHW		DET	W,14-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
76	80	Jul 9	CHW		DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
77	81	Jul 10 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,0-3	CG	42	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
78	82	Jul 10 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,16-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	LF
79	83	Jul 11	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
80	84	Jul 12 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,14-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
81	85	Jul 12 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
82	86	Jul 16 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
83	87	Jul 16 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
84	88	Jul 17	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
85	89	Jul 18	CHW		WSH	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
86	90	Jul 19 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
87	91	Jul 19 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
88	92	Jul 22	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
89	93	Jul 23	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
90	94	Jul 24	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	CG	47	12.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
91	95	Jul 25	CHW		PHA	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
92	96	Jul 26 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
93	97	Jul 26 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
94	98	Jul 28	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
95	99	Jul 29	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
96	100	Jul 30	CHW	@	BOS	W,17-1	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
97	101	Jul 31	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	102	Aug 1	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
99	103	Aug 2	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
100	104	Aug 3	CHW	@	WSH	W,1-0	GS	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF CF
101	105	Aug 4	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
102	106	Aug 5	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-7	GS	59	14.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF LF
103	107	Aug 6	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
104	108	Aug 7	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
105	109	Aug 8 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	36	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
106	110	Aug 8 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
107	111	Aug 9	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
108	112	Aug 11	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
109	113	Aug 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
110	114	Aug 13	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	46	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
111	115	Aug 14	CHW	@	DET	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
112	116	Aug 15	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
113	117	Aug 16	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF 3B
114	118	Aug 18 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
115	119	Aug 18 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
116	120	Aug 19	CHW		SLB	L,3-4	CG	48	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
117	121	Aug 21	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
118	122	Aug 22	CHW		DET	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
119	123	Aug 23 (1)	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
120	124	Aug 23 (2)	CHW		DET	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
121	125	Aug 25	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
122	126	Aug 26	CHW		PHA	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
123	127	Aug 27	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
124	128	Aug 28	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	LF
125	129	Aug 29	CHW		BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
126	130	Aug 30 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,6-10	GS	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
127	131	Aug 30 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	132	Sep 1	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
129	134 (1)	Sep 3	CHW		WSH	L,1-5	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
130	135	Sep 4	CHW	@	CLE	T,6-6	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
131	136	Sep 5 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	GS	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF LF
132	137	Sep 5 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
133	138	Sep 6	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF 3B
134	140 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
135	141	Sep 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-9	GS	45	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF RF
136	142	Sep 10	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
137	143	Sep 11	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
138	144	Sep 12	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
139	145	Sep 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF RF
140	146	Sep 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,10-6	GS	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF LF
141	147	Sep 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
142	148	Sep 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-4	GS	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF 3B
143	149	Sep 17	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
144	150	Sep 20 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
145	151	Sep 20 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	GS	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B LF
146	152	Sep 22	CHW		CLE	L,3-8	GS	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF 3B
147	153	Sep 23	CHW		CLE	L,3-8	GS	43	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	LF 3B
148	154	Sep 25	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
149	155	Sep 26	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-3	GS	31	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
150	156	Sep 27	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	39	11.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
							165gm		1318.0	286	29	12	327	3