Minnie Miñoso

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Minnie Miñoso: References & Edit History

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Latin American baseball players
- In Latin Americans in Major League Baseball Through the First Years of the 21st Century: The 1950s—baseball integrates

Article Contributors

Primary Contributors

Milton Jamail

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 26, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Feb 26, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Nov 25, 2023
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Jul 28, 2022
	Noted that he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.	Amy Tikkanen	Jul 25, 2022
	Modified link of Web site: The HistoryMakers - Biography of Minnie Minoso.	Emily Rodriguez	Feb 07, 2020
	Add new Web site: Los Angeles Times - Minnie Minoso dies; Chicago's first black big-league baseball player.	Grace Young	Nov 23, 2015
	Add new Web site: NPR - Minnie Minoso, Major League Baseball's First Black Latino Star, Dies.	Grace Young	Nov 23, 2015
	Add new Web site: The HistoryMakers - Biography of Minnie Minoso.	Grace Young	Nov 23, 2015
	Article revised and updated.	Amy Tikkanen	May 06, 2015
	Changed birth year from 1922 to 1925, revised full name, and removed tilde from his last name.	Adam Augustyn	Mar 12, 2015
	Updated for his death.	Adam Augustyn	Mar 01, 2015
	Added new Web site: Baseball Library - Biography of Minnie Miñoso.	Marco Sampaolo	Mar 27, 2008
	Added new Web site: Baseball Library - Biography of Minnie Miñoso.	Marco Sampaolo	Mar 27, 2008
	New article added.	Adam Augustyn	Feb 13, 2008