Minoso Against the Best in Baseball

Minoso against the best in baseball...

Posted Tuesday, March 3, 2015 A look at how Minnie Minoso fared against the best pitchers in the American League. Courte‐ sy: Retrosheet.org with thanks to White Sox author Bob Vanderberg.

Minnie in front of young Minnie November, 2011. Photo credit Dr. David Fletcher.

Pitcher AB Hits Bang Avg Notes Camilo Pascual 69 32 .464 Johnny Sain 27 11 .407 Don Mossi 46 18 .394 Billy Hoe 109 41 .376 Frank Sullivan 82 30 .366 Bud Daley 53 19 .358 Ned Garver 108 38 .352 Billy Pierce 40 14 .350

Allie Reynolds 20 7 .350

Ike Delock 70 24 .343

Bob Lemon 104 35 .337 (w/5 homers)

Jim Perry 30 10 .333

Jim Bunning 66 22 .333 (w/6 homers)

Ray Herbert 52 17 .327

Vic Raschi 43 14 .326

Virgil Trucks 40 13 .325 Tom Sturdivant 31 10 .323 Connued, next page...

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Pitcher AB Hits Bang Avg Notes Willard Nixon 65 21 .323 Mel Parnell 78 25 .321 (w/5 homers) Early Wynn 151 48 .316 (w/6 homers) Bob Porterﬁeld 77 24 .312 Tom Morgan 59 18 .305 Bobby Shantz 79 24 .304 Art Ditmar 89 27 .303 Bob Kuzava 45 13 .289 Bob Turley 71 20 .282 Bob Grim 32 9 .281 Mike Garcia 118 68 .265 Whitey Ford 145 38 .262 Bob Feller 51 13 .255 Pedro Ramos 120 30 .250 Tom Brewer 97 24 .247 Eddie Lopat 65 16 .246 Frank Lary 95 23 .242 Dick Donovan 46 11 .239 Ryne Duren 19 4 .211 Johnny Kucks 44 9 .209 Ray Moore 43 9 .209 Milt Pappas 54 11 .204 Bob Shaw 30 6 .200 Ralph Terry 45 9 .200 Herb Score 31 6 .194 Ray Narleski 28 5 .179

Hoyt Wilhelm 26 4 .154

Billy O’Dell 37 5 .135

Gerry Staley 13 1 .077

Bill Staﬀord 14 0 .000

Another Minoso photos, next page... Minnie Pitch N Hit Club Holtzman Award Winner, January 2012

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Minoso at the June 2014 White Sox symposium on the impact of Cubans in baseball that also included former Sox pitcher El Duque Hernandez (not pictured). Minnie who looks great at age 91 is sitting with Sox catcher Catcher Adrian Nieto, Jose Abreu, ’14 AL ROY, Outfielder Dayan Vicen- do (released in 2015), and Shortstop Alexi Rameriz. Photo credit George Castle.