[EveningStar]

Wikipedia

Career statistics

[EveningStar]

ping

[neodad]

Now batting....

[BeadCounter]

Impressive.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[Charles Henrickson]

I grew up on the north side of Chicago, thus a Cubs fan, and Ernie Banks was our hero. But on the south side, Minnie Minoso was to the Sox what Ernie Banks was to the Cubs: A legend and a hero in Chicago. And now we have lost them both in the same winter.

[Misterioso]

I remember Orestes from the PCL Padres.

[hinckley buzzard]

I remember Minnie playing against the Tribe in Cleveland when I was a kid. He was a fine player and a class act. I haven't thought about him in decades but sad to hear of a link to the past being eradicated.

[OrangeHoof]

Mickey is saddened...

[luvbach1]

The article didn’t mention that Minnie also played with the Pacific Coast League (Triple-A) San Diego Padres.

[mowowie]

RIP Mr. Minoso

[Steve_Seattle]

I have an unofficial personal baseball Hall of Fame reserved for players who meant something to me, regardless of whether their stats warranted the real Hall of Fame. Minnie Minoso was always in my personal Hall of Fame. Others include Ryne Duren, Ted Kluszewski, Rocky Colavito, Smokey Burgess, Elston Howard, and Joe Adcock.

[Steve_Seattle]

Minoso Led the league in being hit by pitches ten times. I wonder if that’s the all-time record?

[saltshaker]

In 1959 the White Sox won the American League pennant - sans Minoso. The Sox wanted Minoso back, and gave the Cleveland Indians Johnny Romano, Norm Cash, and Bubba Phillips.

While the Sox were stuck with the aging Sherman Lollar (C), they gave up a young Johnny Romano. And although the Sox received Minoso, they gave up an up and coming Norm Cash. Any baseball fan knows what Cash did.

The moral of the story - sure, an aging star can help in the final month or so of the season, but don’t give up the future for one.

As Branch Rickey said, “Trade a player one year too early rather than a year too late.”