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Minnie Miñoso played 17 major-league seasons (1949-1980) as a OF (1,665), 3B (116), 1B (8), SS (2). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 17 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 26 | CLE | 9 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .188 | .725 | 98 |
| 1951 | 28 | CLE|CHA | 146 | 530 | 112 | 173 | 10 | 76 | 31 | 72 | 42 | .326 | .922 | 155 |
| 1952 | 29 | CHA | 147 | 569 | 96 | 160 | 13 | 61 | 22 | 71 | 46 | .281 | .798 | 129 |
| 1953 | 30 | CHA | 151 | 556 | 104 | 174 | 15 | 104 | 25 | 74 | 43 | .313 | .875 | 143 |
| 1954 | 31 | CHA | 153 | 568 | 119 | 182 | 19 | 116 | 18 | 77 | 46 | .320 | .946 | 167 |
| 1955 | 32 | CHA | 139 | 517 | 79 | 149 | 10 | 70 | 19 | 76 | 43 | .288 | .811 | 125 |
| 1956 | 33 | CHA | 151 | 545 | 106 | 172 | 21 | 88 | 12 | 86 | 40 | .316 | .950 | 157 |
| 1957 | 34 | CHA | 153 | 568 | 96 | 176 | 12 | 103 | 18 | 79 | 54 | .310 | .862 | 143 |
| 1958 | 35 | CLE | 149 | 556 | 94 | 168 | 24 | 80 | 14 | 59 | 53 | .302 | .867 | 144 |
| 1959 | 36 | CLE | 148 | 570 | 92 | 172 | 21 | 92 | 8 | 54 | 46 | .302 | .846 | 138 |
| 1960 | 37 | CHA | 154 | 591 | 89 | 184 | 20 | 105 | 17 | 52 | 63 | .311 | .855 | 137 |
| 1961 | 38 | CHA | 152 | 540 | 91 | 151 | 14 | 82 | 9 | 67 | 46 | .280 | .789 | 118 |
| 1962 | 39 | SLN | 39 | 97 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 17 | .196 | .549 | 53 |
| 1963 | 40 | WS2 | 109 | 315 | 38 | 72 | 4 | 30 | 8 | 33 | 38 | .229 | .632 | 84 |
| 1964 | 41 | CHA | 30 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .226 | .674 | 96 |
| 1976 | 53 | CHA | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 | .250 | -26 |
| 1980 | 57 | CHA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | OF | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | OF | 82 | 0 | 145 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 1951 | 3B | 68 | 0 | 82 | 122 | 14 | 10 |
| 1951 | 1B | 7 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 1951 | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | OF | 143 | 0 | 322 | 11 | 7 | 3 |
| 1952 | 3B | 9 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | OF | 147 | 0 | 279 | 15 | 10 | 3 |
| 1953 | 3B | 10 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 1954 | OF | 146 | 145 | 340 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
| 1954 | 3B | 9 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 1955 | OF | 138 | 136 | 287 | 19 | 9 | 3 |
| 1955 | 3B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1956 | OF | 148 | 147 | 284 | 10 | 8 | 1 |
| 1956 | 3B | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 1956 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | OF | 152 | 152 | 293 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| 1957 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | OF | 147 | 145 | 301 | 13 | 8 | 1 |
| 1958 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | OF | 148 | 148 | 314 | 14 | 5 | 1 |
| 1960 | OF | 154 | 154 | 282 | 14 | 6 | 3 |
| 1961 | OF | 147 | 147 | 273 | 10 | 13 | 2 |
| 1962 | OF | 27 | 26 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1963 | OF | 74 | 70 | 103 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 1963 | 3B | 8 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| 1964 | OF | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Minnie Miñoso won: Gold Glove 1957 (ML), Gold Glove 1959 (AL), TSN All-Star 1959 (ML), Gold Glove 1960 (AL), TSN All-Star 1960 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (9 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1954, 1953, 1951.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 120 / 336 | 1 |
| 1951 | Rookie of the Year | AL | 2 | 11 / 24 | 11 |
| 1953 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 100 / 336 | 0 |
| 1954 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 186 / 336 | 2 |
| 1956 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 28 | 3 / 336 | 0 |
| 1957 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 8 | 55 / 336 | 0 |
| 1958 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 19 | 6 / 336 | 0 |
| 1959 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 13 | 26 / 336 | 0 |
| 1960 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 141 / 336 | 2 |
Minnie Miñoso ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #106 | third basemen | 1951 | 155 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.