Don Mincher
1960–1972 · bats L / throws R · ALS, California Angels, Minnesota Twins, Athletics, SE1, Texas Rangers, Washington Senators (1901-60), Washington Senators (1961-71)
1,400G
.249AVG
.348OBP
.450SLG
More career statistics
1,003H
200HR
643RBI
24SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 32 | 29 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 668 | 670 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,400 | 4,725 | 4,026 | 530 | 1,003 | 176 | 16 | 200 | 643 | 606 | 668 | 24 | 32 | 27 | 37 | 1,811 | .249 | .348 | .450 | .798 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1960-04-22 to 1960-05-03
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1969-07-19 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1967-05-12 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 10 total bases | 1969-07-06 | 1 in 1,002 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 717 | 2386 | 512 | 108 | 349 | 312 | 326 | .253 | .345 | .463 |
| Away | 683 | 2339 | 491 | 92 | 294 | 294 | 344 | .245 | .336 | .436 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 161 | 583 | 114 | 27 | 68 | 80 | 79 | .230 | .333 | .452 |
| May | 268 | 850 | 175 | 35 | 115 | 128 | 116 | .250 | .356 | .456 |
| June | 238 | 830 | 172 | 24 | 92 | 111 | 115 | .244 | .341 | .391 |
| July | 250 | 892 | 204 | 52 | 151 | 89 | 129 | .261 | .328 | .509 |
| August | 258 | 878 | 201 | 37 | 130 | 109 | 114 | .266 | .353 | .469 |
| September | 213 | 652 | 127 | 22 | 80 | 85 | 112 | .230 | .325 | .394 |
| October | 12 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | .278 | .350 | .611 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 151 | 523 | 114 | 22 | 68 | 69 | 68 | .259 | .350 | .460 |
| boston-red-sox | 144 | 513 | 105 | 18 | 77 | 59 | 95 | .236 | .320 | .414 |
| chicago-white-sox | 143 | 449 | 99 | 15 | 51 | 68 | 39 | .263 | .372 | .428 |
| baltimore-orioles | 141 | 467 | 98 | 17 | 57 | 61 | 61 | .247 | .340 | .416 |
| new-york-yankees | 138 | 433 | 88 | 17 | 57 | 39 | 71 | .228 | .293 | .417 |
| detroit-tigers | 135 | 478 | 106 | 25 | 78 | 64 | 79 | .261 | .356 | .483 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 120 | 396 | 93 | 21 | 51 | 56 | 52 | .280 | .376 | .521 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 86 | 281 | 65 | 17 | 47 | 42 | 37 | .275 | .381 | .564 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 27 | 79 | 19 | 2 | 5 | – | .241 | – | – |
| 1961 |  Minnesota Twins | 35 | 101 | 19 | 5 | 11 | – | .188 | – | – |
| 1962 | Minnesota Twins | 86 | 121 | 29 | 9 | 29 | – | .240 | – | – |
| 1963 | Minnesota Twins | 82 | 225 | 58 | 17 | 42 | – | .258 | – | – |
| 1964 | Minnesota Twins | 120 | 287 | 68 | 23 | 56 | – | .237 | – | – |
| 1965 | Minnesota Twins | 128 | 346 | 87 | 22 | 65 | 1 | .251 | – | – |
| 1966 | Minnesota Twins | 139 | 431 | 108 | 14 | 62 | 3 | .251 | – | – |
| 1967 |  California Angels | 147 | 487 | 133 | 25 | 76 | – | .273 | – | – |
| 1968 | California Angels | 120 | 399 | 94 | 13 | 48 | – | .236 | – | – |
| 1969 | SE1 | 140 | 427 | 105 | 25 | 78 | 10 | .246 | – | – |
| 1970 |  Athletics | 140 | 463 | 114 | 27 | 74 | 5 | .246 | – | – |
| 1971 | Athletics, Washington Senators (1961-71) | 128 | 415 | 116 | 12 | 53 | 3 | .280 | – | – |
| 1972 | Athletics, Texas Rangers | 108 | 245 | 53 | 6 | 44 | 2 | .216 | – | – |