Minnie Minoso

(1925-2015)

Cuban baseball player

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Orestes "Minnie" Miñoso (, born Saturnino Orestes Armas Miñoso Arrieta; November 29, 1925 – March 1, 2015), nicknamed "The Cuban Comet" and "Mr. White Sox", 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. He was signed by the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball (MLB) after the 1948 season as baseball's color line fell. Miñoso went on to become an All-Star left fielder with the Indians and Chicago White Sox. The first Black Cuban in the major leagues and the first black player in White Sox history, as a 1951 rookie he was the one of the first Latin Americans to play in an MLB All-Star Game.

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Born	Saturnino Orestes Armas Minoso 29 November 1925 Havana, Cuba
Died	1 March 2015 (aged 89) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Zodiac	Sagittarius
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