The Cuban Comet

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The Cuban Comet was the nickname of Minnie Miñoso, a pioneering Afro-Latino Major League Baseball star known for his speed, hitting, and role in breaking racial and ethnic barriers in the sport.

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The Cuban Comet canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Afro-Latino baseball player ⓘ
Major League Baseball player ⓘ
human ⓘ
allStarSelection 9 ⓘ
bats right ⓘ
battingAverage .299 ⓘ
birthName Saturnino Orestes Armas Miñoso ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Cuba ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1925-11-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2015-03-01 ⓘ
debutLeague Major League Baseball ⓘ
ethnicGroup Afro-Cuban ⓘ
familyName Miñoso ⓘ
givenName Saturnino ⓘ
goldGloveAward 3 ⓘ
hallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 2022 ⓘ
homeRuns 186 ⓘ
honor statue at Guaranteed Rate Field ⓘ
jerseyNumber 9 ⓘ
jerseyRetiredBy Chicago White Sox ⓘ
knownFor breaking racial and ethnic barriers in baseball ⓘ
hitting ability ⓘ
pioneering Afro-Latino presence in Major League Baseball ⓘ
speed on the basepaths ⓘ
league Major League Baseball ⓘ
MLBdebutDate 1949-04-19 ⓘ
MLBdebutTeam Cleveland Indians ⓘ
NegroLeagueTeam New York Cubans ⓘ
nickname The Cuban Comet ⓘ
placeOfBirth Perico, Matanzas, Cuba ⓘ
placeOfDeath Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
playedIn Cuban League ⓘ
Negro leagues ⓘ
linked to: Negro Leagues
positionPlayed left fielder ⓘ
refersTo Minnie Miñoso ⓘ
roleInHistory early Latino star in the American League ⓘ
one of the first Black Cuban players in MLB ⓘ
runsBattedIn 1023 ⓘ
stolenBases 205 ⓘ
styleOfPlay aggressive baserunning ⓘ
line-drive hitting ⓘ
team Chicago White Sox ⓘ
Cleveland Indians ⓘ
St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ
Washington Senators ⓘ
throws right ⓘ

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Minnie Miñoso → nickname → The Cuban Comet ⓘ
Minnie Miñoso → nickname → The Cuban Comet ⓘ
subject linked to: The Cuban Comet
Saturnino Orestes Armas Miñoso → nickname → The Cuban Comet ⓘ
subject linked to: Saturnino
Saturnino Orestes Armas Miñoso → nickname → The Cuban Comet ⓘ