Minnie Minoso Chicago White Sox
Career: Minoso began his pro career with the New York Cubans of the Negro Leagues in 1946. He finished with a cameo at the age of 77 as a member of the independent St. Paul Saints in 2003. In between he spent 17 seasons in the majors winning three Gold Gloves, being named to 7 All Star squads, finishing second in the 1951 ROY balloting and four times finishing in the top five in MVP votes. He led the A.L. at various times in hits, doubles, triples, hit by pitches (many times) and sac flys. He was a player/manager in Mexico for quite awhile in the '60s and '70s.
In 1960: This was his first season back with Chicago after having spent seven years with the from 1951 thru 1957. He made the All Star team and led the A.L. with 184 hits. He hit 20 homers and drove in 105 runs.
WikiFacts: From his Wikipedia page: "Miñoso's White Sox uniform number 9 was retired in 1983, and a statue of him was unveiled at U.S. Cellular Field in 2004. Miñoso was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in Exile in 1983, and to the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996."
The Card: Looks like Topps tried to replicate the White Sox jerseys by putting their sleeve number over the Chief Wahoo logo on the sleeve. But the Sox wore the number on the other sleeve. They get points for trying though.
Also, per Minoso's Baseball Reference page, he didn't wear #4; he wore #9 with both the Indians and in his last tour with the White Sox.
ReplyDeleteHey, that's a good point that I missed. And looking at his BB Ref page he never wore #4. Odd that Topps would use that number.
DeleteSleeve numbers weren't on a specific side, but were typically were worn on the shoulder facing the pitcher while batting, so it would show up on TV.
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