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Saturnino Orestes "Minnie" Armas Arrieta Miñoso, nicknamed "the Cuban Comet," was a Cuban professional baseball player. He began his baseball career in the Negro leagues in 1946 and became an All-Star
Miñoso with the Chicago White Sox in 1951
Miñoso in 2010
Miñoso is buried at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago. A gravesite monument was unveiled in July 2024.
The Washington Senators were a professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Senators competed in Major League Baseball as one of the American League's first expansion franchises. The club
Minnie Miñoso
…outfield wall in the sixth inning of an 8–5 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 11, and finished the year hitting .196. His contract was sold to the Washington Senators prior to the 1963 season, and after hitting .229, he was released that October. On October 12, he played in the first and only Hispanic American All-Star…
The Washington Senators played at RFK Stadium from 1962 to 1971.
U.S. President Richard Nixon throwing the Opening Day ceremonial first pitch at RFK Stadium on April 7, 1969, with Ted Williams (left) and Bob Short (right, partially obscured by Ralph Houk)
A Senators home uniform from 1963 to 1968.