If there are baseball gods, then the justice they mete out is both severe and long lasting 88 years to be exact. You can leave it on top of the porcelain, pick it up, read it backwards, and still get an. Minnie minosos hall of fame case baseball prospectus. Drafted by the cleveland indians in the 1st round th of the 1991 mlb june amateur draft from george washington hs new york, ny high school. Drafted by the minnesota twins in the 15th round of the 1984 mlb january draftregular phase from saddleback college mission viejo, ca and the chicago cubs in the 24th round of the 1985 mlb june amateur draft from san diego state university san diego. Minnie minoso, helped integrate baseball with white sox. Minnie minoso, first black latin professional baseball. Sponsor this pageattach your namecompany to the minnie minoso page and 1 help support the baseball cube 2 remove. Fielding stats are a combination of official records and retrosheet. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting tidbits.
A 1993 interview with baseball legend minnie minoso. Minnie minoso, one of the best baseball players of the 1950s, was found dead in his car early saturday morning in chicago. Chicago ap minnie minoso, who hit a tworun home run in his first atbat when he became major league baseballs first black player in chicago in 1951, has died, the. A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous major league season. He joined the times in 2000 as the mets beat writer. Minoso is a people person who enjoys meeting fans and making new friends.
In 1969 he fell of the hof ballot in his 1st year with just 1. Minnie minoso autographed baseball autographed baseballs. Baseball almanac is pleased to present the top onehundred 100 alltime single season leaders in major league sacrifice flies. Seattle mariners sent c mike zunino on a rehab assignment to modesto nuts. Baseball historian bill james ranks minoso as the 8th greatest left fielder in the history of baseball, and the 83rd greatest ballplayer of all time. The players listed below are runs produced legends who had a full career, an ability to produce runs and are baseball almanac s top onethousand alltime runs produced leaders. Just a few short weeks after the passing of ernie banks, we return to remember the life of his counterpart on. Baseball almanac is pleased to present all the minnie minoso books currently listed on the leading providing of online minnie minoso books. Having fielded competitive teams in the first two decades of the 20th century, the 1919 team intentionally lost the world series in the infamous black sox scandal. The excellence and importance of the late minnie minoso the great minnie minoso passed away on sunday. In 1976, at age 50 he played 3 games for the cws, then 2 more in 1980. Stats awards fabulous feats famous firsts hall of fame hitting charts legendary lists pitching charts record books rules scoring.
Minnie minoso made his major league debut on 04191949 with the cleveland indians. The excellence and importance of the late minnie minoso. Minor league stats, negro league stats, nippon pro baseball stats, cuban national series stats, korean baseball stats, 2019 minor leagues, 2019 affiliates. Minnie minoso was to white sox fans what ernie banks was to north siders. A conversation with baseball legend minnie minoso youtube.
The bill james historical baseball abstract new york. Its also available for football, basketball and hockey. May 30, 1972 in santo domingo, dominican republic do draft. Buy and sell results for minnie minoso at, your no. He is one of only two players to appear in a major league game in five. The 1959 cleveland indians season was the 59th in franchise history. The baseball almanac is more a bathroom book than a coffeetable volume.
Minoso travelers team roster summer 2017 youth baseball. Signed in blue pen across the sweet spot of an official major league bud selig baseball. Chicago the chicago white sox released the following statement on the passing of minnie minoso. Minnie minoso the cuban comet fantasy baseball blog at. Minoso, regarded as baseballs first black latino star, was a havana native who spent most of his career in left field. Minnie minoso trading card values sportlots price guide. Horner park minoso travelers 8u schedule summer 2017. Minnie minoso the cuban comet the following is an excerpt from the text by bryan steverson entitled amazing baseball heroes the text profiles the careers of twenty american baseball.
All team players for summer 2017 minoso travelers with complete live games, stats and schedule. So close in fact that they were hit by the pitch, either intentionally or unintentionally by the opposing teams pitchers. The minnie minoso page is available to be sponsored. Making the case for minnie minoso the new york times. Stats awards fabulous feats famous firsts hall of fame hitting charts legendary lists pitching charts record books. Minnie minoso story white sox legend minnie minoso, chicagos first black major league baseball player. Minnie minoso, who hit a tworun home run in his first atbat when he became ajor league baseballs first black player in chicago in 1951, has died, the cook county medical. These are the major league ballplayers that were there really there.
Minnie minoso smiles in front of a sculpture of him before throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at u. Orestes minnie minoso born santurnino orestes armas minoso arrietais, november 29, 1925 march 1, 2015 was one of two major league players to play in five decades nick altrock and. Minnie minoso society for american baseball research. Lets take a moment to reflect upon his baseball life. March 30, 2018 seattle mariners placed c mike zunino on the 10day disabled list retroactive to march 27, 2018. Italic season totals indicate player led all major leagues. Minnie minoso, major league baseballs 1st black latino. Baseball america 2020 almanac by baseball america, paperback. Minnie minoso the may sports then and now vintage athlete of the month is the only person in professional baseball history to appear in a game in seven different decades. Baseball online price guide and get the latest and accurate values of cards from. Get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day. To read more articles from this book at the sabr games project, click here. The statistics used were obtained free of charge from the baseball databank. Minoso would have been at his physical peak, age 23 and 24, in 1949 and 1950, when he was sensational playing in the pacific coast league, hitting.
All games and results for minoso travelers in summer 2017. Baseball stars of 1961, minnie minoso and al smith new york. Sacrifice flies single season leaders on baseball almanac. He became the fourtholdest player to collect a base hit in. Baseball has been very, very good to white sox legend minnie minoso. Get the latest updated stats for chicago white sox designated hitter minnie minoso on. Baseball almanac is pleased to present the top onehundred 100 single season career leaders for hit by pitch. Tyler kepner has covered the yankees for the new york times since 2002. Watch as minoso travelers score live games, with realtime playbyplay. I doubt he overlooked anyone who ever helped him in terms of recognizing his fellow baseball people. Chicago white sox statement on passing of minnie minoso.
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