Don Mincher
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| Don Mincher | ||
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| First Baseman | ||
| Born: June 24, 1938 | ||
| Batted: Left | Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | ||
| April 18, 1960 for the Washington Senators |
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| Final game | ||
| October 4, 1972 for the Oakland Athletics |
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| Career statistics | ||
| Batting average | .249 | |
| HRs | 200 | |
| RBI | 643 | |
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Donald Ray Mincher (born June 24, 1938, in Huntsville, Alabama) is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball with a 13 year career from 1960 to 1972. He played for the original Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins, California Angels, Seattle Pilots, Oakland Athletics, the new Washington Senators, Texas Rangers and again the Oakland Athletics, all of the American League.
In a thirteen year career, he batted .249 with 200 home runs and 643 RBI. He had 1003 career hits in 4026 at bats.
On June 9, 1966, in a game against the Kansas City Athletics, Mincher contributed one of the Twins' AL-record five homers in one inning, (the 7th, hit by Rich Rollins, Zoilo Versalles, Tony Oliva, Don Mincher, and Harmon Killebrew). He is the only person to have played on both Senators teams and the Twins and Rangers. He was elected to the American League All-Star team twice (1967 and 1969).
Mincher served as the first president and general manager of the Huntsville Stars, the Double-A affiliate of the Oakland A's (1985-1998) and, later, the Milwaukee Brewers (1999-present). He served in this role from 1985 until 2001. In 1994, Mincher and a group of local investors purchased the team from Larry Schmittou to keep baseball in Huntsville.
In 2000, Mincher was named Interim President of the Southern League when league president Arnold Fielkow left for the NFL. He resigned from his position with the Stars when his group sold the team to Miles Prentice in early 2001. This cleared the way for the Southern League to remove the interim tag and they made him league president beginning with the 2001 season. Currently, Mincher serves as president of the Southern League, a Class AA minor baseball league with teams in Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
Mincher continues to reside in his original hometown of Huntsville, Alabama. He was elected to the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 2008. Though he never played for the team, the Huntsville Stars retired his number 5 in an on-field ceremony on June 6, 2008.[1]
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[edit] Trivia
- On May 20, 1970 Mincher blasted a home run off Brewers left-hander Bob Meyer. He was the 582nd and last major league batter that Meyer would ever face.
- He is a graduate of S. R. Butler High School in Huntsville, Alabama.
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[edit] References
- ^ "Stars Retire #5 in Honor of Mincher." Huntsville Stars. 6 June 2008. 11 June 2008.
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