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Portrait of Minnie Minoso

Minnie Minoso LFWhite Sox

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
17 7710 .298 .389 .459 126 54.9
Birth Date11-29-1925
Height5' 10"
Weight175 lbs
Age98 years, 4 months, 21 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
1949 CLE 23 9 20 3 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 .188 .350 .375 87 -0.2 -0.3 0.0 0.0
1951 CHA 25 138 605 167 32 14 10 71 41 14 31 10 .324 .419 .498 137 32.4 4.9 -3.0 5.0
1951 CLE 25 8 17 6 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 .429 .529 .571 137 1.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
1952 CHA 26 147 668 160 24 9 13 71 46 14 22 16 .281 .375 .424 120 22.4 1.8 0.4 4.4
1953 CHA 27 151 655 174 24 8 15 74 43 17 25 16 .313 .410 .466 126 26.2 9.3 8.3 5.9
1954 CHA 28 153 675 182 29 18 19 77 46 16 18 11 .320 .411 .535 147 43.0 5.9 15.3 8.2
1955 CHA 29 139 615 149 26 7 10 76 43 10 19 8 .288 .387 .424 114 14.9 7.0 12.3 4.9
1956 CHA 30 151 665 172 29 11 21 86 40 23 12 6 .316 .425 .525 145 41.8 4.5 -7.2 5.5
1957 CHA 31 153 678 176 36 5 12 79 54 21 18 15 .310 .408 .454 129 28.2 6.3 4.7 5.6
1958 CLE 32 149 638 168 25 2 24 59 53 15 14 14 .302 .383 .484 132 27.4 0.5 -0.8 4.3
1959 CLE 33 148 650 172 32 0 21 54 46 17 8 10 .302 .377 .468 125 26.9 -1.1 11.9 5.4
1960 CHA 34 154 670 184 32 4 20 52 63 13 17 13 .311 .374 .481 121 22.2 2.6 -2.8 3.8
1961 CHA 35 152 635 151 28 3 14 67 46 16 9 4 .280 .369 .420 118 19.0 2.8 -10.0 2.6
1962 SLN 36 39 108 19 5 0 1 7 17 3 4 0 .196 .271 .278 66 -3.7 -1.2 -1.7 -0.4
1963 WS2 37 109 363 72 12 2 4 33 38 8 8 6 .229 .315 .317 90 -1.2 -0.2 -10.0 -0.5
1964 CHA 38 30 38 7 0 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 .226 .351 .323 102 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2
1976 CHA 50 3 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 82 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
1980 CHA 54 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 84 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career18357710196333683186814584192205130.298.389.459126300.343.117.554.9

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1949 CLE MLB AL 9 20 .263 .343 .364 .000 87 -0.1 0.6 -0.2 87 22 0.0 -0.3 -0.2 0.0
1951 CHA MLB AL 138 605 .265 .339 .385 .000 88 62.7 16.1 -1.5 137 13 -3.0 4.9 32.4 5.0
1951 CLE MLB AL 8 17 .278 .356 .422 .000 100 2.4 0.5 -0.3 137 13 0.0 0.1 1.0 0.1
1952 CHA MLB AL 147 668 .257 .330 .376 .000 104 35.1 17.5 -1.5 120 9 0.4 1.8 22.4 4.4
1953 CHA MLB AL 151 655 .265 .333 .386 .000 95 41 18.9 -4.4 126 11 8.3 9.3 26.2 5.9
1954 CHA MLB AL 153 675 .262 .330 .383 .319 85 70.8 18.4 -3.9 147 8 15.3 5.9 43.0 8.2
1955 CHA MLB AL 139 615 .262 .335 .389 .297 99 17.1 17.1 -4.1 114 7 12.3 7.0 14.9 4.9
1956 CHA MLB AL 151 665 .261 .339 .394 .308 116 35.2 18.5 -4.3 145 7 -7.2 4.5 41.8 5.5
1957 CHA MLB AL 153 678 .260 .328 .390 .321 95 43.6 18.1 -4.3 129 9 4.7 6.3 28.2 5.6
1958 CLE MLB AL 149 638 .254 .317 .384 .299 86 43 17.1 -4 132 14 -0.8 0.5 27.4 4.3
1959 CLE MLB AL 148 650 .254 .318 .384 .298 94 31.4 17.9 -4.2 125 11 11.9 -1.1 26.9 5.4
1960 CHA MLB AL 154 670 .255 .325 .388 .317 110 23.3 18.1 -4.4 121 13 -2.8 2.6 22.2 3.8
1961 CHA MLB AL 152 635 .254 .325 .395 .278 100 25.2 18.0 -4.3 118 10 -10.0 2.8 19.0 2.6
1962 SLN MLB NL 39 108 .263 .323 .394 .228 104 -5.6 3.0 -0.7 66 12 -1.7 -1.2 -3.7 -0.4
1963 WS2 MLB AL 109 363 .247 .311 .379 .246 97 -8.5 9.1 -1.7 90 11 -10.0 -0.2 -1.2 -0.5
1964 CHA MLB AL 30 38 .243 .301 .359 .222 96 1 1.0 -0.1 102 19 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2
1976 CHA MLB AL 3 8 .231 .298 .355 .167 96 -1.3 0.2 -0.1 82 8 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0
1980 CHA MLB AL 2 2 .274 .300 .475 .000 91 -0.5 0.1 0 84 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1949 CLE MLB AL 20 16 2 3 0 0 1 6 1 2 2 0 1 .188 .350 .375 .188 0
1951 CHA MLB AL 605 516 109 167 32 14 10 257 74 71 41 31 10 .324 .419 .498 .174 4
1951 CLE MLB AL 17 14 3 6 2 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 .429 .529 .571 .143 0
1952 CHA MLB AL 668 569 96 160 24 9 13 241 61 71 46 22 16 .281 .375 .424 .142 14
1953 CHA MLB AL 655 556 104 174 24 8 15 259 104 74 43 25 16 .313 .410 .466 .153 8
1954 CHA MLB AL 675 568 119 182 29 18 19 304 116 77 46 18 11 .320 .411 .535 .215 8 6
1955 CHA MLB AL 615 517 79 149 26 7 10 219 70 76 43 19 8 .288 .387 .424 .135 4 8
1956 CHA MLB AL 665 545 106 172 29 11 21 286 88 86 40 12 6 .316 .425 .525 .209 7 4
1957 CHA MLB AL 678 568 96 176 36 5 12 258 103 79 54 18 15 .310 .408 .454 .144 9 1
1958 CLE MLB AL 638 556 94 168 25 2 24 269 80 59 53 14 14 .302 .383 .484 .182 2 6
1959 CLE MLB AL 650 570 92 172 32 0 21 267 92 54 46 8 10 .302 .377 .468 .167 3 6
1960 CHA MLB AL 670 591 89 184 32 4 20 284 105 52 63 17 13 .311 .374 .481 .169 9 5
1961 CHA MLB AL 635 540 91 151 28 3 14 227 82 67 46 9 4 .280 .369 .420 .141 12 0
1962 SLN MLB NL 108 97 14 19 5 0 1 27 10 7 17 4 0 .196 .271 .278 .082 0 1
1963 WS2 MLB AL 363 315 38 72 12 2 4 100 30 33 38 8 6 .229 .315 .317 .089 3 4
1964 CHA MLB AL 38 31 4 7 0 0 1 10 5 5 3 0 0 .226 .351 .323 .097 0 1
1976 CHA MLB AL 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .000 0 0
1980 CHA MLB AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Plate Discipline

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Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

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2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2014-09-05 13:00:00 (link to chat)Who killed the 411?
(Big Erv from Club DTM)		It's not dead, it's just resting! Neither Siano nor I could give it the time and attention this year that we would've wanted, and we didn't want to mail it in, so we decided to leave it on the back-burner for now. But, think of the 411 like Rickey Henderson... not retired, just "not playing." Or maybe like Minnie Minoso, and we'll return for an at-bat or two at some point down the road. The podcast may be on hiatus, but the 411 philosophy lives on! (Cory Schwartz)
2013-11-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)Your book is one of my favorite ever about baseball. What's your favorite book about baseball?
(Mark from Omaha)		Probably Roger Angell's FIVE SEASONS. But I'm also a big fan of Pat Jordan, and A FALSE SPRING is a wonderfully honest memoir. But frankly, Mark, I could list about a dozen others that are still on my top shelf. Do you know a collection called CULT BASEBALL PLAYERS? I forget who edited it, but it has contributions from various writers about wonderful players like Vic Power and Minnie Minoso. (Kevin Kerrane)
2013-03-26 13:00:00 (link to chat)Will this year be the rookie season of the greatest Cuban born player of all time? Is that too high of a mountain to climb? Or only a mountain too high to accurately see over?
(Paul from DC)		Out of curiosity, I used the Baseball-Reference Play Index to find the top 5 Cuban-born players by WAR.

1. Rafael Palmeiro 66.1
2. Luis Tiant 61.8
3. Tony Perez 50.1
4. Bert Campaneris 49.2
5. Minnie Minoso 47.5

That seems really ambitious for Gerardo Concepcion.

Unless you meant Puig. Then it's still really ambitious. (Zachary Levine)
2008-02-04 13:00:00 (link to chat)Is anyone going to sign Julio Franco? He turns 50 in August, and his goal was to play until then.
(Rich from Columbus,OH)		My guess is that someone will give him that chance. Minnie Minoso was certainly a better player than Franco -- he had a lifetime 130 OPS+ -- but Franco was better after the age of 40. While Minoso's cameos came at ages 50 and 54, his "real" career ended at age 38.

Minoso trivia: His one base hit at age 50 or over came off Sid Monge.

Franco trivia: He has reached base all 4 times he has faced John Franco.

Franco trivia part 2: He went 1-for-7 in his career against Gaylord Perry, who is now 69 years old. (David Laurila)


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