Paul Minner | |
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July 30, 1923 New Wilmington, Pennsylvania |
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March 28, 2006 (aged 82) Lemoyne, Pennsylvania |
Paul Edison Minner (July 30, 1923 – March 28, 2006), was a Major League pitcher from 1946 to 1956. He played for the Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Dodgers. Born in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, he was listed at 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) and 210 lb (95 kg).
Minner was signed by the Dodgers[1] and began minor league play in 1941, but service as a master sergeant in the United States Army during World War II interrupted his baseball career from 1943 through 1945.[2]
Minner surrendered the first home run in Frank Robinson's career on April 28, 1956.[3] It was the first of Robinson's 586 career home runs, seventh all-time.
Minner was a better than average hitting pitcher in his major league career, posting a .219 batting average (98-for-447) with 46 runs, 6 home runs, 43 RBI and 33 bases on balls. He finished his career with a .967 fielding percentage.[1]
Minner died March 28, 2006, in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, aged 82.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Paul Minner Statistics and History". sports-reference.com. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/minnepa01.shtml#trans.
- ↑ Wolf, Gregory H.. "Paul Minner". Society for American Baseball Research. https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/paul-minner/.
- ↑ "Frank Robinson Applauds His 500th". Toledo, Ohio. September 14, 1971. p. 25. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19710914&id=d9BOAAAAIBAJ&pg=5595,5306146.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Baseball in Wartime – Those Who Served A to Z
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