Greg Minton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: July 29, 1951 in Lubbock, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 3rd round of the 1970 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from San Diego Mesa College (San Diego, CA).

High School: Carlsbad HS (Carlsbad, CA)

School: San Diego Mesa College (San Diego, CA)

Debut: September 7, 1975 (Age 24-040d, 13,704th in major league history)
vs. CIN 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 29, 1990 (Age 39-062d)
vs. KCR 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: Gregory Brian Minton

Nicknames: Moonie; Moon-man

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.4

ERA

3.10

710

150

1130.2

479

WHIP

1.384

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1970	18	KCR-min	Rk	1	4	.200	3.15	16	3		1	0	2	40.0	37	23	14	2	16	1	36	2	0	3				1.325	8.3	0.5	3.6	8.1	2.25	BIL PION
1971	19	KCR-min	A	11	6	.647	3.05	27	18		4	1	1	124.0	118	52	42	8	55	0	117	5	0	9				1.395	8.6	0.6	4.0	8.5	2.13	WLO MIDW
1972	20	KCR-min	A	12	12	.500	3.94	28	28		11	1	0	178.0	182	117	78	19	77	5	153	2	0	11				1.455	9.2	1.0	3.9	7.7	1.99	SJO CALL
1973	21	SFG-min	AA,AAA	5	11	.313	4.47	43	14		3	0	4	135.0	149	93	67	11	56	3	81	4	0	4				1.519	9.9	0.7	3.7	5.4	1.45	AMA,PHX TL,PCL
1974	22	SFG-min	A,AA	11	5	.688	3.10	19	19		9	2	0	125.0	127	58	43	6	28	0	102	3	1	11				1.240	9.1	0.4	2.0	7.3	3.64	FRE,AMA CALL,TL
1975	23	SFG-min	AAA	10	6	.625	2.59	42	12		7	2	4	177.0	178	73	51	6	76	11	76	4	6	7				1.435	9.1	0.3	3.9	3.9	1.00	PHX PCL
1975	23	SFG	NL	1	1	.500	6.88	4	2	0	0	0	0	17.0	19	14	13	1	11	3	6	1	1	2	79	57	4.76	1.765	10.1	0.5	5.8	3.2	0.55
1976	24	SFG-min	AAA	4	5	.444	5.59	13	12		0	0	0	74.0	91	57	46	2	32	3	31	6	0	2				1.662	11.1	0.2	3.9	3.8	0.97	PHX PCL
1976	24	SFG	NL	0	3	.000	4.91	10	2	5	0	0	0	25.2	32	18	14	0	12	1	7	1	1	3	117	75	3.61	1.714	11.2	0.0	4.2	2.5	0.58
1977	25	SFG-min	AAA	14	6	.700	4.86	29	20		7	0	2	161.0	188	93	87	9	70	4	77	2	2	18				1.602	10.5	0.5	3.9	4.3	1.10	PHX PCL
1977	25	SFG	NL	1	1	.500	4.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	14.0	14	8	7	0	4	0	5	0	1	2	57	89	2.88	1.286	9.0	0.0	2.6	3.2	1.25
1978	26	SFG-min	AAA	7	4	.636	4.50	14	13		2	0	0	92.0	97	54	46	3	38	1	32	2	2	7				1.467	9.5	0.3	3.7	3.1	0.84	PHX PCL
1978	26	SFG	NL	0	1	.000	8.04	11	0	3	0	0	0	15.2	22	14	14	3	8	1	6	1	0	0	76	44	6.03	1.915	12.6	1.7	4.6	3.4	0.75
1979	27	SFG	NL	4	3	.571	1.81	46	0	18	0	0	4	79.2	59	25	16	0	27	7	33	2	2	8	314	196	3.00	1.079	6.7	0.0	3.1	3.7	1.22
1980	28	SFG	NL	4	6	.400	2.46	68	0	38	0	0	19	91.1	81	28	25	0	34	6	42	0	1	7	377	144	2.95	1.259	8.0	0.0	3.4	4.1	1.24
1981	29	SFG	NL	4	5	.444	2.88	55	0	44	0	0	21	84.1	84	28	27	0	36	8	29	0	2	2	359	119	3.19	1.423	9.0	0.0	3.8	3.1	0.81	MVP-23
1982	30	SFG	NL	10	4	.714	1.83	78	0	66	0	0	30	123.0	108	29	25	5	42	17	58	2	0	7	496	196	3.38	1.220	7.9	0.4	3.1	4.2	1.38	AS,CYA-6,MVP-8
1983	31	SFG	NL	7	11	.389	3.54	73	0	52	0	0	22	106.2	117	51	42	6	47	13	38	0	0	5	476	101	4.10	1.538	9.9	0.5	4.0	3.2	0.81
1984	32	SFG	NL	4	9	.308	3.76	74	1	43	0	0	19	124.1	130	60	52	6	57	20	48	0	0	5	556	94	4.00	1.504	9.4	0.4	4.1	3.5	0.84
1985	33	SFG	NL	5	4	.556	3.54	68	0	36	0	0	4	96.2	98	42	38	6	54	18	37	0	0	2	424	98	4.40	1.572	9.1	0.6	5.0	3.4	0.69
1986	34	SFG	NL	4	4	.500	3.93	48	0	28	0	0	5	68.2	63	35	30	4	34	15	34	1	0	3	296	91	4.07	1.413	8.3	0.5	4.5	4.5	1.00
1987	35	TOT	MLB	6	4	.600	3.17	56	0	29	0	0	11	99.1	101	37	35	6	39	7	44	2	0	3	418	134	4.01	1.409	9.2	0.5	3.5	4.0	1.13
1987	35	SFG	NL	1	0	1.000	3.47	15	0	2	0	0	1	23.1	30	9	9	2	10	3	9	1	0	1	105	114	4.63	1.714	11.6	0.8	3.9	3.5	0.90
1987	35	CAL	AL	5	4	.556	3.08	41	0	27	0	0	10	76.0	71	28	26	4	29	4	35	1	0	2	313	142	3.82	1.316	8.4	0.5	3.4	4.1	1.21
1988	36	CAL-min	A	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	1	4.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0				1.000	6.8	0.0	2.3	9.0	4.00	PSP CALL
1988	36	CAL	AL	4	5	.444	2.85	44	0	26	0	0	7	79.0	67	37	25	1	34	10	46	3	1	4	331	136	3.17	1.278	7.6	0.1	3.9	5.2	1.35
1989	37	CAL	AL	4	3	.571	2.20	62	0	24	0	0	8	90.0	76	22	22	4	37	4	42	2	0	3	373	174	3.71	1.256	7.6	0.4	3.7	4.2	1.14
1990	38	CAL-min	AA	0	0		0.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0				0.706	4.8	0.0	1.6	1.6	1.00	MDL TL
1990	38	CAL	AL	1	1	.500	2.35	11	0	3	0	0	0	15.1	11	4	4	1	7	1	4	1	0	0	61	166	4.70	1.174	6.5	0.6	4.1	2.3	0.57
16 Yrs				59	65	.476	3.10	710	7	415	0	0	150	1130.2	1082	452	389	43	483	131	479	16	9	56	4810	118	3.71	1.384	8.6	0.3	3.8	3.8	0.99
162 Game Avg.				6	6	.476	3.10	67	1	39	0	0	14	107	103	43	37	4	46	12	45	2	1	5	456	118	3.71	1.384	8.6	0.3	3.8	3.8	0.99
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
SFG (13 yrs)				45	52	.464	3.23	552	7	335	0	0	125	870.1	857	361	312	33	376	112	352	9	8	47	3732	110	3.73	1.417	8.9	0.3	3.9	3.6	0.94
CAL (4 yrs)				14	13	.519	2.66	158	0	80	0	0	25	260.1	225	91	77	10	107	19	127	7	1	9	1078	150	3.64	1.275	7.8	0.3	3.7	4.4	1.19

NL (13 yrs)				45	52	.464	3.23	552	7	335	0	0	125	870.1	857	361	312	33	376	112	352	9	8	47	3732	110	3.73	1.417	8.9	0.3	3.9	3.6	0.94
AL (4 yrs)				14	13	.519	2.66	158	0	80	0	0	25	260.1	225	91	77	10	107	19	127	7	1	9	1078	150	3.64	1.275	7.8	0.3	3.7	4.4	1.19

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