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Minnie
Minoso		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 175
 
Born: November 29, 1922 in Cuba, , HAVANA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1949 26 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 6 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 6 9 9 9
1950 27 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 7 9 9 9
1951 28 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 7 8 8 8
1952 29 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1953 30 MON NL $ 2,931,429   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 7 8 8 8
1954 31 MON NL $ 2,931,429   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7
1955 32 BSN NL $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 7
1956 33 BSN NL $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1957 34 BSN NL $ 2,500,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1958 35 BSN NL $ 2,500,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 7 6 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1959 36 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 6 5 5
1960 37 SDP NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 1 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 1 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,931,429   7 7 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1949 26 MON NL 34 79 13 26 4 0 1 12 0 0 10 6 .329 .402 .418 .820 13.4 2.2
    AAA   106 424 81 147 25 7 18 73 14 7 67 42 .347 .436 .566 1.002 96.2  
1950 27 MON NL 108 271 48 76 14 0 5 50 2 0 45 18 .280 .383 .387 .770 44.0 7.3
1951 28 MON NL 118 309 61 96 13 2 18 77 2 0 48 30 .311 .404 .540 .944 65.0 12.9
1952 29 MON NL 111 278 46 86 15 3 7 53 1 0 30 24 .309 .380 .460 .840 46.6 8.5
1953 30 MON NL 119 257 49 74 10 2 7 48 0 0 37 27 .288 .384 .424 .808 39.8 7.7
1955 32 BSN NL 109 286 34 72 15 2 7 45 1 1 29 41 .252 .318 .392 .709 34.0 4.2
1956 33 BSN NL 81 238 32 59 9 0 6 28 0 2 33 34 .248 .347 .361 .708 32.3 5.3
1957 34 BSN NL 123 371 49 106 16 4 10 47 3 0 53 67 .286 .381 .431 .813 61.1 12.0
1958 35 BSN NL 105 196 31 45 6 5 3 23 1 1 18 32 .230 .309 .357 .666 21.4 2.4
1959 36 DET AL 85 120 10 23 6 2 3 14 0 1 8 28 .192 .238 .350 .588 9.1 0.0
1960 37 SDP NL 37 102 4 10 0 4 1 6 0 2 1 32 .098 .145 .206 .351 1.3 0.0
    AAA   79 283 18 57 7 0 3 26 5 1 18 77 .201 .249 .258 .507 17.9  
11 Years Sim 1030 2507 377 673 108 24 68 403 10 7 312 339 .268 .354 .412 .766 368.2 62.3
2 Years AAA 185 707 99 204 32 7 21 99 19 8 85 119 .289 .373 .443 .815 114.0  
162 Game Average 394 59 105 16 3 10 63 1 1 49 53 .268 .354 .412 .766 57.9  
Career Highs 123 371 61 106 16 5 18 77 3 2 53 67 .329 .404 .540 .944 65.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   867 116 211 36 10 18 128 2 4 78 129 .243 .312 .370 .682 98.4
vs LH   1640 261 462 72 14 50 275 8 3 234 210 .282 .375 .434 .809 268.4
Home 517 1217 184 320 47 12 31 198 3 3 148 182 .263 .349 .398 .747 169.7
Away 513 1290 193 353 61 12 37 205 7 4 164 157 .274 .358 .426 .784 197.0
RISP   637 0 192 29 9 18 311 0 0 102 87 .301 .389 .460 .849 116.1
Pinch Hitting   366 52 99 16 6 8 68 2 0 35 54 .270 .340 .413 .752 50.4
Close/Late   329 39 78 10 2 7 50 0 0 52 41 .237 .342 .343 .685 42.4
Mar/Apr 164 404 52 107 13 5 9 76 3 1 53 45 .265 .352 .389 .740 57.2
May 173 399 72 113 19 3 16 73 3 0 50 47 .283 .365 .466 .832 67.4
June 147 386 60 112 18 2 11 69 1 1 52 50 .290 .382 .433 .814 62.6
July 161 411 68 115 23 4 15 73 2 1 49 72 .280 .361 .465 .825 67.1
August 201 495 62 125 15 8 13 62 0 3 52 73 .253 .332 .394 .725 63.5
Sep/Oct 184 412 63 101 20 2 4 50 1 1 56 52 .245 .339 .333 .671 48.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1949 26 MON NL CF 26 20 173.0 57 1 0 1 1.000 3.02   0.5
1950 27 MON NL CF 77 68 594.7 177 6 1 4 .995 2.77   1.7
    LF 2 2 18.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1951 28 MON NL CF 82 65 593.3 157 4 0 0 1.000 2.44   2.2
    LF 9 6 58.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 3.10    
1952 29 MON NL CF 71 52 498.0 147 7 1 4 .994 2.78   1.9
    LF 7 2 22.7 11 0 0 0 1.000 4.37    
1953 30 MON NL CF 64 54 494.3 130 3 1 0 .993 2.42   1.5
    LF 8 0 14.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1955 32 BSN NL LF 49 46 380.3 73 1 1 0 .987 1.75   1.2
    CF 35 21 196.7 44 0 0 0 1.000 2.01    
1956 33 BSN NL CF 65 62 499.0 139 2 1 1 .993 2.54   1.7
    LF 2 1 12.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1957 34 BSN NL CF 100 95 812.3 182 0 2 0 .989 2.02   2.3
    LF 4 2 20.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1958 35 BSN NL LF 37 21 201.3 35 1 0 0 1.000 1.61   0.5
    CF 17 11 107.3 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.76    
1959 36 DET AL CF 13 10 87.3 22 0 1 0 .957 2.27   0.2
    LF 6 3 34.0 8 0 1 0 .889 2.12    
    RF 1 1 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00    
1960 37 SDP NL 2B 27 27 216.3 63 59 3 25 .976 5.08   0.4
    LF 2 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
  CF 550 458 4056.0 1076 23 7 10 .994 2.44   12.1
  LF 126 84 769.3 170 2 2 0 .989 2.01   1.7
  2B 27 27 216.3 63 59 3 25 .976 5.08   0.4
  RF 4 1 15.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
Career Totals   707 570 5056.6 1315 84 12 35 .991 2.49   14.2
Career Highs   105 97 834.3 186 59 3 25 1.000 4.95    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1949 26 MON NL 7 30 7 12 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 1 .400 .406 .500 .906
1950 27 MON NL 6 17 4 6 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .353 .421 .529 .950
1951 28 MON NL 12 46 6 11 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 6 .239 .364 .261 .625
1952 29 MON NL 4 9 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .222 .333 .333 .667
1953 30 MON NL 11 44 9 12 2 0 2 6 0 0 3 5 .273 .313 .455 .767
1957 34 BSN NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 41 147 28 43 7 0 3 20 0 0 15 16 .293 .359 .401 .761
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Triples
1958-9-5
1960-10-4
 Caught Stealing
1956-8-2
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Montreal in 1949
Had first career hit on 8/1/1949, off Ken Heintzelman (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 8/25/1949, off Curt Simmons (STL)
Won World Series with Montreal in 1949
Injured on 5/12/1952 with a Bruised Ulna, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,931,429 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with Montreal in 1953
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,931,429 through salary arbitration
10/13/1954: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $2,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Montreal to Boston (N) on 2/1/1955 (Going to BSN: LF Minnie Minoso. Going to MON: P Joe Coleman)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1957, hitting .556 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 4/2/1959 to a minor league deal
Injured on 5/25/1959 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 4/2/1960 to a minor league deal
 
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