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.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
2	2	Apr 16	CHW		CLE	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
3	3	Apr 17	CHW		CLE	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	4	Apr 18	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
5	5	Apr 19	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
6	6	Apr 20 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
7	7	Apr 20 susp	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-5	GS	37	8.2	3	1	0	4	0	CF LF
8	8	Apr 22	CHW		DET	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
9	9	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	40	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
10	10	Apr 26	CHW		SLB	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
11	11	Apr 27 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,7-6	GS	65	14.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF CF
12	12	Apr 27 susp	CHW		SLB	W,6-3	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF CF
13	13	Apr 30 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-3	GS	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
14	14	Apr 30 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	48	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-0	GS	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
16	16	May 2	CHW	@	PHA	L,12-13	CG	51	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
17	17	May 3	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-7	GS	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF CF
18	18	May 4 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
19	19	May 4 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
20	20	May 6	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	CF
21	21	May 7	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
22	22	May 8	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
23	23	May 9	CHW	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	69	16.0	8	0	0	8	0	CF
24	24	May 10	CHW	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
25	25	May 11 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
26	26	May 11 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
27	27	May 13	CHW		BOS	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
28	28	May 14	CHW		BOS	W,6-3	CG	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
29	29	May 15	CHW		BOS	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
30	30	May 18 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,1-2	GS	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
31	40 (9)	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-2	GS	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF LF
32	41	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
33	42	May 31	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-3	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	43	Jun 1	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	44	Jun 2	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	39	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
36	45	Jun 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	51	12.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	46	Jun 4	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
38	47	Jun 5	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
39	48	Jun 6	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
40	49	Jun 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
41	50	Jun 8	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
42	51	Jun 10	CHW	@	PHA	W,15-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
43	52	Jun 11	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	LF
44	53	Jun 12	CHW	@	PHA	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
45	54	Jun 14	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
46	55	Jun 15 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,7-2	GS	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF LF
47	56	Jun 15 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
48	57	Jun 17 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,13-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
49	58	Jun 17 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
50	59	Jun 19 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
51	60	Jun 19 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
52	61	Jun 20	CHW		NYY	W,8-5	CG	50	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
53	62	Jun 21	CHW		NYY	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
54	63	Jun 22 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
55	64	Jun 22 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
56	65	Jun 23	CHW		WSH	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
57	66	Jun 24	CHW		WSH	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
58	67	Jun 25	CHW		WSH	L,6-9	GS	46	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF 3B SS
59	68	Jun 27	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
60	69	Jun 28	CHW		CLE	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
61	70	Jun 29 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
62	71	Jun 29 (2)	CHW		CLE	T,7-7	CG	48	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
63	72	Jun 30	CHW	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	73	Jul 1	CHW	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
65	74	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
66	75	Jul 3	CHW		SLB	W,12-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
67	76	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
68	77	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
69	78	Jul 5	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	43	10.1	4	1	1	6	0	CF
70	79	Jul 6	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	54	13.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
71	80	Jul 10 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
72	81	Jul 10 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
73	82	Jul 11	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	37	9.1	4	0	0	4	0	CF
74	83	Jul 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
75	84	Jul 13 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
76	85	Jul 13 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
77	86	Jul 14	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	39	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
78	87	Jul 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
79	88	Jul 16	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
80	89	Jul 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
81	90	Jul 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
82	91	Jul 19	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
83	92	Jul 20	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
84	93	Jul 22	CHW		BOS	L,2-4	CG	53	13.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
85	94	Jul 23	CHW		BOS	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
86	95	Jul 24	CHW		BOS	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
87	96	Jul 25 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
88	97	Jul 25 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
89	98	Jul 26	CHW		PHA	W,9-3	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
90	99	Jul 27 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
91	100	Jul 27 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
92	101	Jul 29	CHW		NYY	L,7-10	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
93	102	Jul 30	CHW		NYY	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
94	103	Jul 31	CHW		NYY	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	104	Aug 1	CHW		WSH	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
96	105	Aug 2	CHW		WSH	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
97	106	Aug 3	CHW		WSH	T,0-0	CG	33	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
98	107	Aug 5 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
99	108	Aug 5 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,6-3	GS	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B LF
100	109	Aug 6	CHW		CLE	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
101	110	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
102	111	Aug 8 (2)	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
103	112	Aug 9	CHW		DET	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
104	113	Aug 10 (1)	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
105	114	Aug 10 (2)	CHW		DET	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
106	115	Aug 12	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
107	116	Aug 13	CHW	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
108	117	Aug 14	CHW	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	34	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
109	118	Aug 16	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
110	119	Aug 17 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
111	120	Aug 17 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
112	121	Aug 19	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
113	122	Aug 20	CHW	@	NYY	W,12-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
114	123	Aug 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
115	124	Aug 22	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
116	125	Aug 23	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
117	126	Aug 24 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
118	127	Aug 24 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
119	128	Aug 26	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
120	129	Aug 27	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-1	GS	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
121	130	Aug 30	CHW		CLE	W,11-6	GS	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B LF
122	131	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	132	Sep 2 (1)	CHW		DET	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
124	133	Sep 2 (2)	CHW		DET	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
125	134	Sep 3	CHW		SLB	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
126	135	Sep 4	CHW		SLB	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
127	136	Sep 5	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-3	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF 3B
128	137	Sep 6	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
129	138	Sep 7	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
130	139	Sep 9 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	45	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
131	140	Sep 9 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
132	141	Sep 10	CHW		WSH	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
133	142	Sep 11	CHW		WSH	L,1-4	GS	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	LF 3B
134	143	Sep 12	CHW		NYY	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
135	144	Sep 13	CHW		NYY	L,5-6	GS	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF RF
136	145	Sep 14	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	67	17.0	4	1	1	6	0	LF
137	146	Sep 15	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
138	147	Sep 16 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
139	148	Sep 16 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
140	149	Sep 20 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG	41	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
141	150	Sep 20 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
142	151	Sep 21	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	LF
143	152	Sep 23	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
144	153	Sep 24	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
145	154	Sep 26	CHW		SLB	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
146	155	Sep 27	CHW		SLB	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
147	156	Sep 28	CHW		SLB	L,1-12	CG	50	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
							166gm		1321.1	326	22	7	355	3