Minnie Miñoso

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Minnie Miñoso was a pioneering Cuban-born Major League Baseball star and trailblazing Afro-Latino player, best known for his standout career with the Chicago White Sox and for breaking racial and ethnic barriers in professional baseball.

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Minnie Miñoso canonical 2

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instanceOf Afro-Latino athlete
Major League Baseball player
human
professional baseball player
allStarSelection 9
bats right
burialPlace Cemetery in Chicago area (United States)
careerBattingAverage .299
careerHits 1963
careerHomeRuns 186
careerRunsBattedIn 1023
careerStolenBases 205
countryOfCitizenship Cuba
dateOfBirth 1925-11-29
dateOfDeath 2015-03-01
ethnicGroup Afro-Cuban
finalMLBGameDate 1980-10-05
finalMLBTeam Chicago White Sox
fullName Saturnino Orestes Armas Miñoso
givenName Saturnino
GoldGloveAwards 3
HallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
surface form: National Baseball Hall of Fame
HallOfFameInductionMethod Golden Days Era Committee
HallOfFameInductionYear 2022
jerseyNumber 9
jerseyNumberRetiredBy Chicago White Sox
languageSpoken Spanish
ledLeagueInHitByPitch multiple seasons
MLBDebutDate 1949-04-19
MLBDebutTeam Cleveland Indians
nickname Minnie
The Cuban Comet
notableFor breaking racial barriers for Latino players in MLB
pioneering Afro-Latino presence in Major League Baseball
star player for the Chicago White Sox in the 1950s
placeOfBirth Perico, Matanzas, Cuba
placeOfDeath Chicago, Illinois, United States
playedFor Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians
New York Cubans
St. Louis Cardinals
Washington Senators (1901–1960)
surface form: Washington Senators
playedInLeague Major League Baseball
Negro Leagues
surface form: Negro leagues
positionPlayed left fielder
recognizedAs one of the first Black Cuban stars in Major League Baseball
trailblazer for Latin American players in MLB
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States
teamHallOfFameInduction Chicago White Sox Hall of Fame
throws right

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