Minnie Minoso

HALL OF FAME

Left Field

1949—1980

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Player LeveL
Elite
Top 100 Rank
NR
Left Field RANK
#8

Player Detail

Saturnino Orestes Armas
GIVEN NAME
Minoso
SURNAME
November 29, 1925, in La Habana, La Habana, Cuba
BORN
March 1, 2015, in Chicago, IL, USA
DIED
1949—1980
Playing Career
Played from 23-54
PLAYING AGE
Cleveland Indians
Chicago White Sox
St. Louis Cardinals
Washington Senators
Teams Played For
Left Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Chicago White Sox
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Cuban Comet
NICKNAME
9
UNIFORM NUMBER
#3 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-10 / 175
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 19, 1949
Major League Debut
October 5, 1980
FINAL GAME
— MEMBER OF THE HALL OF FAME —
— Top 50 Left Fielder —
— White Sox ALL-TIME TEAM —

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  • Minnie Minoso Scouting Report

70

HITTING

50

POWER

70

RUNNING

60

FIELDING

60

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1835
1963
186
1023
.298
9 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
46.2
55.9

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.848
.768
110.8

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.298
.389
.459

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Dale Mitchell
Ted Williams
Gene Woodling

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Sherm Lollar
Walt Dropo
Nellie Fox
Luis Aparicio
George Kell
Dale Mitchell
Larry Doby
Harold Baines
Bob Feller
Bob GIbson
Al Lopez

Minnie Minoso Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Minoso
512
153
88
26
6
14
80
63
45
16
235
231
.298
.389
.459
848
AVG LF
529
143
75
23
5
16
59
73
8
224
206
.270
.345
.423
.768

Minnie Minoso Rankings

AT Left Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
8
23
14
21
21
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Left Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
23
10
20
12
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Minnie Minoso PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
50.2
42.2
28.4
21.0
4.43
68.6
43.2
31.4
22.4
4.81
BLUE = Minnie Minoso
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME LF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
280.1
190.5
130.7
89.0
24.7
368.7
208.0
151.6
101.2
26.4
BLUE = Minnie Minoso
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME LF