Saturnino (Arrieta) Miñoso (abt. 1925 - 2015)

Born about 29 Nov 1925 in Perico, Cuba

Died 1 Mar 2015 at about age 89 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Minnie Miñoso was born about 1925 in Cuba. He passed away in Chicago, Illinois in 2015. He was the son of Carlos Arrieta and Cecilia Armas. ^[1] Minnie Miñoso was one of the first African-American Major League Baseball Players. He began his career in the Cuban Negro League, then joined the New York Cubans, one of the teams in the American version of a Negro League. ^[2] After the color barriers began to fall in 1951, he became the first black Cuban in the major leagues. He was a rookie for the Cleveland Indians. ^[3] He eventually was the first black player for the Chicago White Sox. He was one of the first Latin Americans to play in a Major League Baseball All-Star Game. ^[4]

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• Wikipedia contributors, "Minnie Miñoso," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Minnie_Mi%C3%B1oso&oldid=879684661 (accessed February 1, 2019).