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My Take
Minnie Minoso is a name I think every baseball fan should know better. Born in Havana in 1925, the man they called the Cuban Comet broke in through the Negro leagues with the New York Cubans before becoming a genuine star, a Gold Glove fielder and a pioneering Black Latino presence in the majors. What moves me is the symbolism layered on the skill; he opened a door that many followed through. His induction into the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame speaks to a career that crossed borders and eras. He passed in 2015, but the trail he blazed for Cuban and Latin American players still feels alive every season.
Overview
Saturnino Orestes "Minnie" Armas Arrieta Miñoso (, Spanish: [miˈɲoso]; November 29, 1924 – March 1, 2015), nicknamed "the Cuban Comet," was a Cuban professional baseball player. He began his baseball career in the Negro leagues in 1946 and became an All-Star third baseman with the New York Cubans.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Minnie Miñoso
- Name (Japanese)
- ミニー・ミノーソ
- Reading
- みにー・みのーそ
- Born
- November 29, 1925 – March 1, 2015
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Ox
- Origin
- Havana, Havana Province, Cuba
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Rawlings Gold Glove Award
- Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.