Greg Minton
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| Greg Minton | ||
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| Pitcher | ||
| Born: July 29, 1951 | ||
| Batted: Switch | Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | ||
| September 7, 1975 for the San Francisco Giants |
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| Final game | ||
| September 29, 1990 for the California Angels |
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| Career statistics | ||
| Win-Loss Record | 59-65 | |
| Saves | 150 | |
| ERA | 3.10 | |
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| Career highlights and awards | ||
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Gregory Brian Minton (b. July 29, 1951 in Lubbock, Texas) is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the California Angels and San Francisco Giants
Minton enjoyed a 16-year major league career, from 1975 to 1990, and was a member of the 1982 National League All-Star Team. His nickname, "Moon Man," stemmed from various escapades such as the hijacking of the team bus and the flooding of a minor league ballpark so he could leave Amarillo one day early at the end of the season. Minton went three full seasons (254⅓ innings) without allowing a home run until John Stearns took him deep in May of 1982. This still is the longest such streak in the post-1920 live-ball era. A crippling injury in 1979 caused Minton to alter his delivery. Instead of using his then-normal high leg kick, Moon Man shorted his stride to take pressure off his knee. The new delivery gave Minton a 92-mph sinker that batters were unable to drive.
After his career as a player, Minton was a pitching coach in the California Angels' organization, and managed the Class A Lubbock Crickets for two years.
he now sometimes appears at Rob Andrew's baseball camp during the summers to teach kids the proper techniques of pitching
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By 1987 Minton had become so hated by the Giants fans for his poor performance that when his wife was honored for her charity work before a game she was booed mercilessly, this angered Minton so much that he demanded to be released or traded. He was released and picked up by the Angels several days later.
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
