Word: minoso
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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...York Giants' fleet-footed centerfielder, the Baseball Writers' poll as the National League's rookie of the year. American League winner: New York Yankee Infielder Gil Mc-Dougald, 23, in a close vote (13-11) over Chicago's Infielder-Outfielder Orestes ("Minnie") Minoso...
Pitcher: Feller, Cleveland (14-3) Batter: Minoso, Chicago (.344) Runs Batted In: Williams, Boston (81) Home Runs: Zernial, Philadelphia...
This year Richards has bought Minoso from Cleveland, Dillinger from Pittsburgh, Fox from Philadelphia, and Zarilla from Boston. The team is batting .291 and leading the New York Yankees by three and a half games and the Red Sox by four and a half. The team has stolen 27 bases; New York is second with...
...revival of the almost lost art of base stealing. Richards uses his team's speed for two purposes: 1) to give rival pitchers the jitters; 2) to win tight games. He relies on a pair of fleet-footed rookies, Outfielder Jim Busby and Third Baseman Orestes Minoso (TIME, May 14). Between them, they have stolen 16 bases in 18 tries. What's more, they are constantly turning up on the base paths. Busby (batting average .340) and Minoso (.356), along with Second Baseman Nelson Fox's (.370), give Chicago three of the top six American League hitters...
White Sox: Outfielder Orestes Minoso, who was traded by Cleveland last week in the year's biggest (and most complex) baseball shuffle, became the first Negro to play on a Chicago major league team. As a teammate of Simpson's last season, Minoso batted .339, hit 20 home runs, and is currently hitting...