John
Minor
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 225
 
Born: August 7, 1954 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 19 BIR FL   1 2 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1975 20 BIR FL   1 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
1976 21 OMA JL   3 4 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4
1977 22 OMA JL   4 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4
1978 23 OMA JL $ 300,000 5 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4
1979 24 OMA JL $ 300,000 5 6 6 4 5 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4
1980 25 OMA JL $ 300,000 6 7 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   1 2 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 7 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 26 OMA JL $ 2,321,429   16 16 15 11 11 11 11 12 12 5 6 6 12 12 12
1982 27 OMA JL $ 3,464,286   15 15 14 11 12 12 11 12 12 8 9 8 13 13 13
1983 28 OMA JL $ 3,464,286   15 15 14 12 12 12 11 12 12 9 10 10 13 13 13
1984 29 OMA JL $ 2,750,000   15 15 14 12 12 12 12 12 12 9 10 10 13 13 13
1985 30 OMA JL $ 2,750,000   14 14 13 12 12 12 11 12 12 9 9 9 13 13 13
1986 31 OMA JL $ 2,750,000   14 14 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 9 9 9 13 13 13
1987 32 MAN FL $ 1,125,000   14 14 13 12 12 12 11 12 12 9 10 10 13 13 13
1988 33 HAK FL $ 1,125,000   14 14 13 11 12 12 11 12 12 9 9 9 12 12 12
1989 34 CAL JL $ 504,000   14 14 13 11 12 12 11 12 12 8 9 8 12 12 12
1990 35 QUE FL $ 300,000   13 13 12 11 12 12 10 10 10 6 7 7 11 11 11
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   13 13 12 11 11 11 10 10 10 5 6 6 11 11 11
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,464,286   16 16 15 12 12 12 12 12 12 9 10 10 13 13 13
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 19 A   137 572 61 145 18 4 5 32 15 10 38 145 .253 .300 .325 .625 54.7  
1975 20 A   137 574 64 156 20 2 6 52 12 6 23 112 .272 .300 .345 .645 57.1  
1976 21 AAA   10 32 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .156 .182 .188 .369 0.5  
    AA   82 328 44 92 14 5 4 32 9 6 28 66 .280 .337 .390 .727 42.1  
    A   45 189 30 57 4 0 4 14 4 2 11 44 .302 .340 .386 .726 24.3  
1977 22 AAA   125 504 57 156 27 3 14 71 12 5 33 106 .310 .352 .458 .810 77.1  
1978 23 OMA JL 139 375 30 115 18 1 5 37 2 3 19 68 .307 .348 .400 .748 48.2 9.9
1979 24 OMA JL 137 375 49 104 21 8 5 50 8 8 16 71 .277 .315 .416 .731 45.0 7.1
1980 25 OMA JL 149 546 70 162 22 1 6 64 19 10 24 100 .297 .339 .374 .713 69.1 9.6
1981 26 OMA JL 152 543 97 180 30 5 18 88 19 12 28 86 .331 .373 .505 .877 92.2 17.1
1982 27 OMA JL 153 536 71 150 30 7 9 65 16 8 29 85 .280 .323 .412 .736 68.6 8.5
1983 28 OMA JL 146 471 59 108 25 2 9 58 11 14 46 93 .229 .300 .348 .648 48.1 3.3
1984 29 OMA JL 12 25 3 4 0 0 2 5 0 0 2 10 .160 .222 .400 .622 2.6 0.0
    AAA   137 479 91 150 22 2 31 81 13 7 59 72 .313 .388 .562 .950 98.6  
1985 30 OMA JL 50 67 12 17 2 1 6 12 1 0 3 9 .254 .306 .582 .888 11.7 2.2
    AAA   27 97 21 29 8 0 6 25 4 1 15 13 .299 .393 .567 .960 20.9  
1986 31 OMA JL 156 521 78 121 24 2 19 53 31 7 47 101 .232 .312 .395 .707 70.9 7.9
1987 32 MAN FL 138 307 41 88 16 2 7 42 5 5 35 54 .287 .369 .420 .790 47.6 6.3
1988 33 HAK FL 134 461 50 111 22 5 11 53 3 3 31 82 .241 .292 .382 .674 47.8 5.4
1989 34 CAL JL 26 48 7 11 1 0 0 5 3 1 4 9 .229 .283 .250 .533 3.9 0.1
    AAA   47 182 32 62 6 2 12 34 3 5 19 23 .341 .403 .593 .996 38.6  
1990 35 MAD JL 83 219 35 60 11 1 4 25 5 1 9 56 .274 .308 .388 .696 27.3 3.6
13 Years Sim 1475 4494 602 1231 222 35 101 557 123 72 293 824 .274 .327 .406 .733 583.1 81.0
5 Years AAA 346 1294 203 402 64 7 63 213 32 18 127 218 .311 .377 .517 .894 235.6  
1 Years AA 82 328 44 92 14 5 4 32 9 6 28 66 .280 .351 .390 .742 42.1  
3 Years A 319 1335 155 358 42 6 15 98 31 18 72 301 .268 .313 .342 .655 136.1  
9 Years Minors 747 2957 402 852 120 18 82 343 72 42 227 585 .288 .346 .424 .770 413.8  
162 Game Average 493 66 135 24 3 11 61 13 7 32 90 .274 .327 .406 .733 64.0  
Career Highs 156 546 97 180 30 8 19 88 31 14 47 101 .331 .373 .582 .888 92.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3114 438 868 140 27 79 401 88 52 224 547 .279 .336 .417 .754 413.4
vs LH   1380 164 363 82 8 22 156 35 20 69 277 .263 .304 .382 .686 150.3
Home 735 2195 278 611 99 17 49 274 54 36 142 399 .278 .331 .406 .737 276.9
Away 740 2299 324 620 123 18 52 283 69 36 151 425 .270 .323 .407 .729 286.7
RISP   1073 0 319 59 13 26 433 0 0 98 188 .297 .356 .449 .805 164.9
Pinch Hitting   320 37 96 11 3 10 49 4 4 22 58 .300 .361 .447 .808 46.9
Close/Late   578 89 175 31 5 18 82 0 0 45 107 .303 .358 .467 .825 90.6
Mar/Apr 227 659 80 189 27 4 17 88 19 14 51 120 .287 .343 .417 .760 89.7
May 252 758 109 209 40 2 18 89 22 13 47 126 .276 .332 .405 .737 94.4
June 227 756 100 190 33 8 16 81 14 13 46 147 .251 .305 .380 .684 81.3
July 259 817 113 218 35 7 21 109 25 8 47 156 .267 .313 .404 .716 100.6
August 257 764 103 216 52 5 17 113 20 13 51 129 .283 .330 .431 .761 102.3
Sep/Oct 253 740 97 209 35 9 12 77 23 11 51 146 .282 .342 .403 .744 95.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1978 23 OMA JL LF 54 53 437.0 109 1 2 0 .982 2.27 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    CF 44 11 164.3 43 2 0 1 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 17 13 124.0 32 2 0 0 1.000 2.47 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 3 2 18.0 4 11 0 0 1.000 7.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 24 OMA JL LF 61 53 472.3 97 5 0 1 1.000 1.94 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    CF 45 10 196.7 65 2 3 1 .957 3.07 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 21 1 63.3 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.85 0 0 .000 0  
1980 25 OMA JL LF 117 113 955.3 249 7 4 3 .985 2.41 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    RF 28 22 199.3 44 0 2 0 .957 1.99 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1981 26 OMA JL CF 103 97 843.3 242 3 4 0 .984 2.61 0 0 .000 0 4.2
    LF 27 25 213.3 40 2 3 0 .933 1.77 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 7 2 28.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
1982 27 OMA JL LF 87 80 701.3 164 4 7 1 .960 2.16 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    CF 49 44 396.0 111 1 1 0 .991 2.55 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 15 2 48.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.66 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 28 OMA JL LF 137 131 1143.3 231 6 10 1 .960 1.87 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    RF 2 0 5.0 2 0 1 0 .667 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
1984 29 OMA JL RF 4 2 24.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 3 1 13.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 1 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1985 30 OMA JL CF 8 4 37.0 11 1 0 1 1.000 2.92 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 4 3 23.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 3.91 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 7 1 13.7 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.64 0 0 .000 0  
1986 31 OMA JL LF 107 101 857.0 187 4 5 1 .974 2.01 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    CF 37 33 288.0 84 2 0 0 1.000 2.69 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 6 0 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 0 0 .000 0  
1987 32 MAN FL CF 49 48 423.3 102 4 1 0 .991 2.25 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    LF 16 15 128.0 39 1 2 1 .952 2.81 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 10 9 74.0 13 0 1 0 .929 1.58 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 33 HAK FL CF 116 108 972.3 261 5 4 0 .985 2.46 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    RF 9 7 60.3 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.24 0 0 .000 0  
1989 34 CAL JL CF 8 8 69.0 14 2 1 0 .941 2.09 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 5 3 29.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.17 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 2 18.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
1990 35 MAD JL CF 39 38 326.7 94 6 3 0 .971 2.76 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    RF 17 13 115.7 28 0 2 0 .933 2.18 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 7 4 38.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 0 0 .000 0  
    C 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 624 579 4989.3 1134 31 33 8 .972 2.10 0 0 .000 0 14.9
  CF 502 402 3731.6 1032 28 17 3 .984 2.56 0 0 .000 0 11.3
  RF 145 77 806.3 182 7 6 0 .969 2.11 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  2B 3 2 18.0 4 11 0 0 1.000 7.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 3 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1280 1060 9556.9 2358 79 56 12 .978 2.29 0 0 .000 0 26.6
Career Highs   152 135 1157.0 294 16 11 3 1.000 3.18 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1981 26 OMA JL 7 28 5 9 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 3 .321 .367 .321 .688
1982 27 OMA JL 5 15 3 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 5 .267 .313 .467 .779
1983 28 OMA JL 4 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 .200 .182 .200 .382
Career Post-Season Batting 16 53 8 15 0 0 1 6 3 1 2 11 .283 .316 .340 .655
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1981-4-.331
Hits
1981-8-180
Singles
1980-5-133
1981-10-127
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Carlton McFee (952)
  2. Curtis Sublett (948)
  3. Hugh Hamilton (944)
  4. Valentine Oestrich (941)
  5. Christopher Crawford (940)
  6. Jan Kranz (936)
  7. Bruce Meathouse (932)
  8. Bill Gimlicker (930)
  9. Reddie Ray (927)
  10. Ricky Everett (920)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 56th overall pick, by Birmingham in 1974
Injured on 8/19/1977 with a Broken Hand, out for 5 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/1/1978, off Johan Schmatzhagen (MRQ)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1978, off Santiago Breton (PHX)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/21/1980, hitting .607 with 1 HR, 4 RBI