Minnie Minoso participates in his fourth major league decade

ON September 11, 1976– After not playing in a Major League Baseball game for 12 years, 53 year old Minnie Minoso will have 3 plate appearances as a DH for the Chicago White Sox vs. the California Angels at Comiskey Park, Frank Tanana held him hitless but it will make him one of only a handful of players to appear in four decades, he will appear again in the decade of the 80’s in 1980 to tie him with only former White Sox player Nick Altrock as a five decade player.
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