Minnie Miñoso,
MLB's first black Latino star
MLB's first black Latino star
Minoso played 12 of his 17 seasons in Chicago, hitting .304
with 135 homers and 808 RBIs for the White Sox. The White Sox retired his No. 9
in 1983 and there is a statue of Minoso at U.S. Cellular Field.
Minoso, regarded as baseball's first black Latino star, was
a Havana native who spent most of his career in left field. He is one of only
two players to appear in a major league game in five different decades. He got
his final hit in 1976 at age 53 and went 0 for 2 in two games in 1980 for the
White Sox, who tried unsuccessfully over the years to get the "Cuban Comet"
into baseball's Hall of Fame.
