

Miñoso, as a defensive standout, led the AL left fielders in assists six times and in putouts and double plays four times each. Miñoso was particularly adept at reaching base, leading the AL in times hit by pitch a record ten times, and holding the league mark for career times hit by pitch from 1959 to 1985. Willie Mays (179 steals) and Miñoso (167 steals) have been widely credited with leading the resurgence of speed as an offensive weapon in the 1950s. He was the AL leader in triples and stolen bases three times each and in hits, doubles, and total bases once each. Miñoso was an American League (AL) All-Star for seven seasons and a Gold Glove winner for three seasons when he was in his 30s. The first Afro-Latino in the major leagues and the first black player in White Sox history, as a 1951 rookie he was one of the first Latin Americans to play in an MLB All-Star Game. Miñoso went on to become an All-Star left fielder with the Indians and Chicago White Sox. He was signed by the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball (MLB) after the 1948 season as baseball's color line fell. He began his baseball career in the Negro leagues in 1946 and became an All-Star third baseman with the New York Cubans.
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October 5, 1980, for the Chicago White Sox He gave up five runs and six hits, including Dunn's 21st homer on a drive to right and Keppinger's second on a shot to left.MLB: April 19, 1949, for the Cleveland Indians Santiago allowed seven hits in 2 1/3 innings, but at least he made it out of the first.īauer threw 49 pitches while facing just 10 batters after being called up from Triple-A Columbus. Matt Albers (2-0) got the win, allowing two hits over 2 1/3 scoreless innings. He then got thrown out easily trying to return to the base, and was one of several players lifted for the ninth. He was on second when Keppinger lined a single to center and jogged through a stop sign at third.

4, 2012.īesides the problems on the mound, there was also a mistake on the bases by Dayan Viciedo to end the eighth. Things were so bad for them that outfielder Casper Wells came on to pitch in the ninth, making him their first position player to take to the mound since DeWayne Wise against the Twins on Sept. The 19 runs were the most by a White Sox opponent since Minnesota scored 20 on May 21, 2009. The White Sox scored four in the bottom half, with Tyler Flowers greeting Cody Allen with a three-run homer to pull Chicago within five, and Keppinger made it a four-run game with an RBI single in the sixth before Cleveland broke it open again. Omogrosso also gave up run-scoring doubles to Nick Swisher, Yan Gomes and Lonnie Chisenhall in the fifth as the lead grew to 14-5. The Indians sent 10 batters to the plate in the fourth against him, with Raburn's two-run, bases-loaded single breaking the tie and Drew Stubbs' RBI triple off the wall in right-center making it 11-5. They scored five against Hector Santiago in the second and broke it open against Brian Omogrosso (0-2), who allowed nine runs in 2 1/3 innings. Things weren't looking good for Cleveland after Adam Dunn and Jeff Keppinger homered while chasing Trevor Bauer during a five-run first, but in a flash, they turned this one around.
