Minnie Minoso
1946–1980 · bats R / throws R · ALS, ASE, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, New York Cubans, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Senators (1961-71)
1,950G
.299AVG
.387OBP
.461SLG
More career statistics
2,113H
195HR
1,089RBI
216SB
12Rare 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 · Games | 1,950 | 1,948 |
| Batting · At bats | 7,059 | 7,047 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 130 | 143 |
| Batting · Doubles | 365 | 364 |
| Batting · Home runs | 195 | 196 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 584 | 589 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 8,230 | 8,218 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,228 | 1,231 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,089 | 1,073 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 216 | 217 |
| Batting · Triples | 95 | 94 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,950 | 8,230 | 7,059 | 1,228 | 2,113 | 365 | 95 | 195 | 1,089 | 848 | 584 | 216 | 130 | 197 | 57 | 3,253 | .299 | .387 | .461 | .848 |
Streaks
23longest hitting streak · 1955-08-09 to 1955-08-30
37longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Homer, Triple, Double, Steal | 1952-06-17 | 1 in 4,385 games | box score ↗ |
| 71 | Five-Walk Game | 1956-05-27 | 1 in 1,833 games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1952-05-09 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 957 | 3923 | 1018 | 88 | 508 | 449 | 271 | .307 | .374 | .473 |
| Away | 991 | 4295 | 1095 | 108 | 565 | 399 | 318 | .293 | .348 | .452 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 164 | 680 | 166 | 15 | 104 | 68 | 46 | .286 | .344 | .430 |
| May | 351 | 1463 | 353 | 34 | 177 | 160 | 99 | .283 | .351 | .450 |
| June | 391 | 1659 | 445 | 38 | 209 | 169 | 104 | .314 | .370 | .472 |
| July | 368 | 1562 | 409 | 38 | 196 | 150 | 98 | .301 | .358 | .462 |
| August | 379 | 1614 | 412 | 37 | 216 | 179 | 132 | .300 | .366 | .458 |
| September | 291 | 1232 | 325 | 34 | 171 | 122 | 110 | .306 | .363 | .484 |
| October | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .375 | .375 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 250 | 1035 | 235 | 12 | 98 | 109 | 82 | .266 | .332 | .371 |
| boston-red-sox | 246 | 1061 | 280 | 26 | 163 | 136 | 79 | .316 | .392 | .485 |
| detroit-tigers | 240 | 1021 | 269 | 37 | 159 | 96 | 83 | .308 | .357 | .513 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 217 | 953 | 250 | 25 | 140 | 117 | 57 | .311 | .385 | .484 |
| cleveland-guardians | 208 | 906 | 236 | 26 | 116 | 112 | 72 | .312 | .384 | .482 |
| baltimore-orioles | 182 | 733 | 179 | 12 | 80 | 68 | 68 | .282 | .337 | .416 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 155 | 657 | 186 | 27 | 124 | 52 | 42 | .322 | .362 | .536 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 89 | 410 | 110 | 7 | 46 | 48 | 19 | .319 | .385 | .484 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | NCNew York Cubans | 35 | 140 | 30 | 3 | 13 | 1 | .214 | – | – |
| 1947 | NCNew York Cubans | 41 | 174 | 63 | 3 | 19 | 5 | .362 | – | – |
| 1948 | NCNew York Cubans | 37 | 154 | 57 | 4 | 18 | 6 | .370 | – | – |
| 1949 |  Cleveland Guardians | 9 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | .188 | – | – |
| 1951 | Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians | 146 | 530 | 173 | 10 | 76 | 31 | .326 | – | – |
| 1952 |  Chicago White Sox | 147 | 569 | 160 | 13 | 61 | 22 | .281 | – | – |
| 1953 | Chicago White Sox | 151 | 556 | 174 | 15 | 104 | 25 | .313 | – | – |
| 1954 | Chicago White Sox | 153 | 568 | 182 | 19 | 116 | 18 | .320 | – | – |
| 1955 | Chicago White Sox | 139 | 517 | 149 | 10 | 70 | 19 | .288 | – | – |
| 1956 | Chicago White Sox | 151 | 545 | 172 | 21 | 88 | 12 | .316 | – | – |
| 1957 | Chicago White Sox | 153 | 568 | 176 | 12 | 103 | 18 | .310 | – | – |
| 1958 | Cleveland Guardians | 149 | 556 | 168 | 24 | 80 | 14 | .302 | – | – |
| 1959 | Cleveland Guardians | 148 | 570 | 172 | 21 | 92 | 8 | .302 | – | – |
| 1960 | Chicago White Sox | 154 | 591 | 184 | 20 | 105 | 17 | .311 | – | – |
| 1961 | Chicago White Sox | 152 | 540 | 151 | 14 | 82 | 9 | .280 | – | – |
| 1962 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 39 | 97 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 4 | .196 | – | – |
| 1963 |  Washington Senators (1961-71) | 109 | 315 | 72 | 4 | 30 | 8 | .229 | – | – |
| 1964 | Chicago White Sox | 30 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 5 | – | .226 | – | – |
| 1976 | Chicago White Sox | 3 | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | .125 | – | – |
| 1980 | Chicago White Sox | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |