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{{Short description|American baseball player (1938–2012)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|image=Don Mincher.jpg
|name=Don Mincher
|position=[[First baseman]]
|bats=Left
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1938|6|24}}
|birth_place=[[Huntsville, Alabama]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|mf=yes|2012|3|4|1938|6|24}}
|death_place=Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 18
|debutyear=1960
|debutteam=Washington Senators
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 4
|finalyear=1972
|finalteam=Oakland Athletics
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.249
|stat2label=[[Home run]]s
|stat2value=200
|stat3label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
|stat3value=643
|teams=
* [[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]] / [[Minnesota Twins]] ({{Baseball year|1960}}–{{Baseball year|1966}})
* [[California Angels]] ({{Baseball year|1967}}–{{Baseball year|1968}})
* [[Seattle Pilots]] ({{Baseball year|1969}})
* [[Oakland Athletics]] ({{Baseball year|1970}}–{{Baseball year|1971}})
* [[Washington Senators (1961–71)|Washington Senators]] / [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] ({{Baseball year|1971}}–{{Baseball year|1972}})
* [[Oakland Athletics]] ({{Baseball year|1972}})
|highlights=
* 2× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1967 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1967]], [[1969 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1969]])
* [[World Series champion]] ({{wsy|1972}})
}}
'''Donald Ray Mincher''' (June 24, 1938 – March 4, 2012<ref name="hsvtimes030312"/>) was an American [[Major League Baseball]] [[first baseman]] and longtime [[minor league baseball|minor league]] executive. He played in the majors from 1960 to 1972 for the "original" [[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]] and [[Minnesota Twins]], [[California Angels]], [[Seattle Pilots]], [[Oakland Athletics]], and the expansion [[Washington Senators (1961–71)|Washington Senators]] and [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]], all of the [[American League]].<ref name="nyt101007"/> The native of [[Huntsville, Alabama]], batted left-handed, threw right-handed, and was listed as {{convert|6|ft|3|in}} tall and weighed {{convert|205|lb}}. He was a member of the last editions of each of Washington's two 20th Century American League teams and their first-year squads in their new locales, [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul]] ({{mlby|1961}}) and [[Dallas–Fort Worth]] ({{mlby|1972}}). Based on his popularity in his hometown, Huntsville, he would gain the nickname of '''Mr. Baseball of Huntsville'''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Elmore |first=Josiah |last2=Byrne |first2=Cristina |date=May 22, 2025 |title=Starstruck: The original Huntsville Mr. Baseball, Don Mincher |url=https://whnt.com/as-seen-on-19/starstruck/starstruck-the-original-huntsville-mr-baseball-don-mincher/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250523085647/https://whnt.com/as-seen-on-19/starstruck/starstruck-the-original-huntsville-mr-baseball-don-mincher/ |archive-date=May 23, 2025 |work=[[WHNT-TV]] |___location=Huntsville}}</ref>
== Early life ==
Mincher was born on June 24, 1938, in [[Huntsville, Alabama]] to George Walter and Lillian Gladys (Cothren) Mincher.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Don Mincher Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/minchdo01.shtml |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Hill |first=Benjamin |date=March 5, 2012 |title=Baseball mourns Huntsville's Mincher |url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-27021394 |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=[[Minor League Baseball]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2019-07-31 |title=Don Mincher - Alabama Sports Hall of Fame |url=https://ashof.org/inductees/don-mincher/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=ashof.org |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He graduated from [[S. R. Butler High School]] in 1956.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Donald Mincher Obituary (2012) - Huntsville, AL - AL.com (Huntsville) |url=https://obits.al.com/us/obituaries/huntsville/name/donald-mincher-obituary?id=11675006 |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Legacy.com}}</ref> In high school, he played baseball, basketball, and football; captaining the baseball and football teams as a senior. He was All-state and a high school All-American in football.<ref name=":9" /> He won the Sandlot Player of the Year award in baseball.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smothers |first=Jimmy |date=May 28, 2008 |title=Football dominates HoF class |url=https://www.gadsdentimes.com/story/opinion/2008/05/29/football-dominates-hof-class/32226058007/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Gadsden Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Career==
Mincher's professional baseball career began when he signed as an amateur free agent with the [[Chicago White Sox]] after graduating from Huntsville's S. R. Butler High School in 1956.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Don Mincher Trades and Transactions by Baseball Almanac |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/trades.php?p=minchdo01 |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=www.baseball-almanac.com}}</ref> He turned down a football scholarship to the [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|University of Alabama]] to sign with the White Sox.<ref name=":8" />
=== Minor league player ===
Mincher played in the White Sox minor league system from 1956-1959. He spent 1956-57 in [[Minor League Baseball|Class-C]] baseball with the [[Duluth-Superior Dukes (1956–1970)|Duluth-Superior White Sox]] of the [[Northern League (baseball, 1993–2010)|Northern League]]. He moved up to the [[Minor League Baseball|Class-B]] [[Davenport DavSox]] in 1958, where he played 128 games at first base, with a .330 [[Batting average (baseball)|batting average]], 23 [[Home run|home runs]], 97 [[Run batted in|runs batted in]] (RBI), 101 [[Run (baseball)|runs]] scored, 29 [[Double (baseball)|doubles]], and an [[On-base plus slugging|OPS]] of .971.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Don Mincher Minor Leagues Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=minche001don |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He was fifth in the [[Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League|Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League]] (Three-I League) in hitting, sixth in home runs and OPS, second in RBI, and third in runs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1958 Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League Batting Leaders |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/leader.cgi?id=3b004d03&type=bat |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He played for the [[Single-A]] [[Charleston White Sox|Charleston ChaSox]] in 1959.<ref name=":3" />
He steadily rose through the Chicago system over four years, but was traded to Washington on the eve of the {{mlby|1960}} season (April 4, 1960), along with young [[catcher]] [[Earl Battey]], and $150,000 for veteran Senators' slugger [[Roy Sievers]].<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Roy Sievers Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sievero01.shtml |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Earl Battey Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/batteea01.shtml |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He spent most of 1960 playing [[Double-A (baseball)|Double-A]] baseball for the [[Charleston Senators]] of the American Association, hitting .306 with 12 home runs in 112 games.<ref name=":3" />
===Major league player===
==== Senators/Twins ====
He made his major league debut on April 18, 1960, as [[cleanup hitter]] and first baseman for the Senators; batting between [[Harmon Killebrew]] and [[Bob Allison]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tryggestad |first=Erik |date=2012-03-06 |title=Church member, 'King of Baseball' Don Mincher dies at 73 |url=https://christianchronicle.org/church-member-king-of-baseball-don-mincher-dies-at-73/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=The Christian Chronicle |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Boston Red Sox vs Washington Senators Box Score: April 18, 1960 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/WS1/WS1196004180.shtml |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He played in 27 games for the Senators that year, with a .241 batting average in 79 at-bats.<ref name=":4" /> The Senators moved to Minnesota the following year, becoming the Minnesota Twins.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Franchise Timeline: 1960s {{!}} History {{!}} Minnesota Twins |url=https://www.mlb.com/twins/history/timeline-1960s |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref> From 1961-63, Mincher's playing time increased each year, starting 57 games at first base in 1963 playing behind [[Vic Power]].<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vic Power Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/powervi01.shtml |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> The following year, he shared time at first base with Bob Allison; Mincher starting 65 games, and Allison starting 90 games.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Bob Allison Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/allisbo01.shtml |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> On the year, Mincher hit .237, with 23 home runs and 56 RBI in only 287 at-bats. Allison hit .287, with 32 home runs and 86 RBI in 492 at bats. From 1961-64, Mincher's home runs increased each year (5, 9, 17 to 23).<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />
In {{mlby|1965}}, he appeared in 128 regular-season games for the [[pennant (sports)|pennant]]-winning [[1965 Minnesota Twins season|1965 club]], batting .251 with 22 home runs and 65 RBI.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=1965 Minnesota Twins Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/1965.shtml |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He now split time at first base with future hall of famer Harmon Killebrew (who also played at third base), but Mincher started the majority of the Twins' games at first base (85).<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Harmon Killebrew Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/killeha01.shtml |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Killebrew, Harmon {{!}} Baseball Hall of Fame |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/killebrew-harmon |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=baseballhall.org}}</ref> Mincher also appeared in all seven games of the [[1965 World Series]]. Although he collected only three [[hit (baseball)|hits]] in 23 [[at bats]] (.130), his first hit was a home run off [[Don Drysdale]] in the second [[inning (baseball)|inning]] of Game 1.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1965 World Series Game 1, Los Angeles Dodgers vs Minnesota Twins: October 6, 1965 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN196510060.shtml |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> The home run off of Drysdale in World Series was something Mincher reflected on with deepening appreciation over the years; as well as his having batted against [[Sandy Koufax]] in that World Series.<ref name=":9" /> That home run scored Minnesota's first run of the [[World Series|Fall Classic]]. The Twins won that contest, 8–2, but Drysdale's [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] would ultimately prevail in seven games.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1965 MIN A World Series Batting Log for Don Mincher |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1965/Imincd1014161965.htm |access-date= |website=[[Retrosheet]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1965 World Series - Los Angeles Dodgers over Minnesota Twins (4-3) |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1965_WS.shtml |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
In 1966, Mincher would have his most starts at first base for the Twins (118). Killebrew played 40 games at first base, but the majority of his games were at third base. Mincher had his franchise high in plate appearances (497) and games (139), repeating his .251 batting average from 1965; but his home runs fell to 14, and RBI total to 62. Killebrew hit .281, with 39 home runs and 110 RBI.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6" /> After the season was over, the Twins traded Mincher, [[Jimmie Hall]] and [[Pete Cimino]] to California Angels in exchange for [[Dean Chance]] and a player to be named later ([[Jackie Hernández|Jackie Hernandez]]).<ref name=":2" /> Killebrew was the full time Twins first baseman in 1967.<ref name=":6" />
==== Angels and Pilots ====
Mincher was named to the American League All-Star team in his first year with the Angels, contributing a pinch-hit single in the game.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1967 All-Star Game Box Score, July 11 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/allstar/1967-allstar-game.shtml |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He played in a career high 147 games, batting .273, with 25 home runs, 76 RBI, and an OPS of .854. He was also 21st in AL MVP voting. In 1968, he hit only .236, with 13 home runs and 48 RBI.<ref name=":4" /> Mincher was hit in the face by a pitch from [[Cleveland Guardians|Cleveland Indians]] pitcher [[Sam McDowell]] during the season, leading to headaches and dizziness and affecting his quality of play and availability.<ref name=":9" /> The Angels did not protect him in the October 1968 expansion draft, and he was selected by the [[Seattle Pilots]] with the second overall pick.<ref name=":2" />
Mincher rebounded in 1969 on the Pilots with 25 home runs and 78 RBI, during the team's only year of existence before becoming the Milwaukee Brewers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Milwaukee Brewers Team History & Encyclopedia |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/index.shtml |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He was selected to the 1969 All-Star team, becoming one of only two Seattle Pilots players ever named an all star (along with [[Mike Hegan]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=1969 All-Star Game Box Score, July 23 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/allstar/1969-allstar-game.shtml |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> Despite his successes, Mincher was traded by Brewers before their first season, along with [[Ron Clark (baseball)|Ron Clark]], to the Oakland Athletics for [[Phil Roof]], [[Mike Hershberger]], [[Lew Krausse Jr.|Lew Krausse]] and [[Ken Sanders (baseball)|Ken Sanders]].<ref name=":2" />
==== Athletics (twice), Senators/Rangers ====
In 1970, Mincher batted .246 and slugged a career-high 27 homers while driving in 74 runs in 140 games as a member of the {{mlby|1970}} [[Oakland Athletics]].<ref name=":4" /> In May of the following season, the A's traded Mincher with [[Frank Fernández (baseball)|Frank Fernandez]], [[Paul Lindblad]] and cash to the Washington Senators (the expansion team created in 1961)<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Texas Rangers Team History & Encyclopedia |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/index.shtml |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> for [[Mike Epstein]] and [[Darold Knowles]].<ref name=":2" /> In 323 at-bats for the Senators, he hit .291, with 10 home runs and 45 RBI; with season totals of 12 home runs, 53 RBI and a career best .280 batting average.<ref name=":4" /> The Senators became the Texas Rangers in 1972,<ref name=":7" /> where he played in 61 games before being traded back to the A's with [[Ted Kubiak]] for [[Marty Martínez|Marty Martinez]], [[Vic Harris (utility player)|Vic Harris]] and a player to be named later ([[Steve Lawson (baseball)|Steve Lawson]]).<ref name=":2" />
His playing career ended after the {{mlby|1972}} season, which saw the 34-year-old Mincher hit only .148 with 5 RBI in 47 games, mostly as a [[pinch hitter]], after Oakland reacquired him from the Rangers on July 26.<ref name=":4" /> Ironically, he was stuck playing behind Epstein, for whom he had earlier been traded.<ref name=":9" /> But in the [[1972 World Series]], Mincher's ninth-inning pinch [[single (baseball)|single]] in Game 4 off [[Clay Carroll]] drove home the tying [[run (baseball)|run]], as the Athletics came from behind to defeat the [[Cincinnati Reds]], 3–2.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 19, 1972 |title=Retrosheet Boxscore: Oakland Athletics 3, Cincinnati Reds 2 |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1972/B10190OAK1972.htm |access-date= |website=[[Retrosheet]]}}</ref> Mincher's name appeared in the [[box score]]s of two other games, but he never officially batted in either contest when he was replaced by a right-handed pinch hitter. Oakland defeated Cincinnati in seven games, earning Mincher a World Series championship ring.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1972 Oakland Athletics Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/1972.shtml |access-date=March 3, 2023 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |language=en}}</ref>
==== Career ====
Mincher belted more than 20 homers five times in his first seven years as an everyday player. All told, over all or parts of 13 [[MLB]] seasons, Mincher [[batting average (baseball)|batted]] .249, with 1,003 hits, 176 [[double (baseball)|doubles]], 16 [[triple (baseball)|triples]] and 200 home runs and 643 runs batted in (RBI) in 1,400 career games. He was elected to the American League [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] team twice ({{mlby|1967}} and {{mlby|1969}}).<ref name=":4" />
== Minor league executive ==
Mincher served as the first president and general manager of the [[Huntsville Stars]], the Double-A affiliate of the [[Oakland A's]] (1985–1998) and, later, the [[Milwaukee Brewers]] (1999–2014).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Huntsville Stars - Team History - The Baseball Cube |url=https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/minor_team/10247/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=www.thebaseballcube.com}}</ref><ref name=":8" /><ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last=Aaron |first=Mark Z. |title=Don Mincher, Society for American Baseball Research |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/don-mincher/ |website=SABR.org}}</ref><ref name="ml080606"/> He served in this role from 1985 until 2001. In 1994, Mincher and a group of local investors purchased the team from [[Larry Schmittou]] to keep baseball in Huntsville.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":9" />
In 2000, Mincher was named interim president of the [[Southern League (1964–2020)|Southern League]], where the Stars played,<ref name=":8" /> when league president Arnold Fielkow left for an executive position with the [[New Orleans Saints]] of the [[National Football League]].<ref name=":9" /> Mincher resigned from his position with the Stars when his group sold the team to [[Miles Prentice]] in early 2001 (who sold the team in 2014, which moved to [[Biloxi Shuckers|Biloxi]] beginning in 2015). During his time with the Stars, Mincher was twice named Executive of the Year. Once Mincher left the Stars, this cleared the way for the Southern League to remove the interim tag and they made him league president beginning with the 2001 season.<ref name=":9" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=McCarter |first=Mark |date=2014-01-11 |title=Southern League makes it official: Huntsville Stars' sale and move to Biloxi approved (updated) |url=https://www.al.com/sports/2014/01/southern_league_makes_it_offic.html |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Al.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name="nyt101007"/> He served as league president until retiring in October 2011 for health reasons, at which point the league named him President-Emeritus.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title=Southern League chief Mincher retires |url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-25823546 |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=[[Minor League Baseball]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name="hsvtimes030312"/>
Mincher was elected to the [[Alabama Sports Hall of Fame]] in 2008.<ref name=":1" /> Though he never played for the team, the Huntsville Stars retired his number 5 in an on-field ceremony on June 6, 2008.<ref name="ml080606"/> In 2008, he also received the Warren Giles Award for Minor League Baseball's most outstanding service as a league president.<ref name=":10" /> In 2010, he was presented with the [[King of Baseball]] award given by Minor League Baseball, its highest honor.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":0" />
==Legacy==
On June 9, 1966, in the seventh inning of a game against the [[Kansas City Athletics]], Mincher was one of five Twins players to hit home runs. The others were [[Harmon Killebrew]], [[Tony Oliva]], [[Rich Rollins]] and [[Zoilo Versalles]]. These five home runs still stand as a Major League record for the most home runs in a single inning, and were hit off starter [[Catfish Hunter]] (two), reliever [[Paul Lindblad]] (two), and reliever [[John Wyatt (baseball)|John Wyatt]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 9, 1966 |title=Retrosheet Boxscore: Minnesota Twins 9, Kansas City Athletics 4 |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1966/B06090MIN1966.htm |access-date= |website=[[Retrosheet]]}}</ref>
Mincher was one of only 21 players to hit a home run completely over the right-field roof and out of [[Tiger Stadium (Detroit)|Tiger Stadium]] in [[Detroit]] during the 64-year history of its final configuration.<ref name="tigstadiumhist">{{Cite web |last=Bak |first=Richard |date=August 17, 2012 |title=This Week in Tiger Stadium History, August 17-23 |url=http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2012/08/17/this-week-in-tiger-stadium-history-august-17-23/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023000044/http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2012/08/17/this-week-in-tiger-stadium-history-august-17-23/ |archive-date=October 23, 2014 |access-date=October 23, 2014 |website=Detroit Athletic}}</ref> He accomplished the feat on August 23, 1964, as a member of the Minnesota Twins.<ref name="tigstadiumhist"/>
Two roads in Huntsville were named Don Mincher Drive.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gattis |first=Paul |date=2020-11-13 |title=Huntsville park roads named for past mayors, leaders |url=https://www.al.com/news/2020/11/huntsville-honors-past-mayors-leaders-in-naming-john-hunt-park-roads.html |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=al |language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
From 1972 to 1985 he owned and operated Don Mincher's All Sports Trophies.<ref name=":0" /> At the time of his death, Mincher had been married to Patsy Ann (Payne) Mincher for 56 years, and they had three children, six grandchildren and four great grandchildren.<ref name=":0" /> Patsy Mincher had worked closely with her husband for the Southern League, and was recognized as "'The First Lady of Southern League Baseball.'"<ref name=":9" />
== Death ==
Mincher died after a long illness on March 4, 2012.<ref name="hsvtimes030312" />
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="nyt101007">{{cite news |first=John |last=Branch |work=[[The New York Times]] |title=A Twin, a Ranger and, Most of All, a Senator |page=B14 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/sports/baseball/07mincher.html |date=October 7, 2010 |access-date=October 7, 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="ml080606">{{cite news |url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-412217 |title=Stars Retire #5 in Honor of Mincher |work=[[Huntsville Stars]] |date=June 6, 2008 |access-date=June 11, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110117154931/http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080606&content_id=412217&vkey=news_t559&fext=.jsp&sid=t559 |archive-date=January 17, 2011 }}</ref>
<ref name="hsvtimes030312">{{ cite news | first=Mark |last=McCarter |work=[[The Huntsville Times]] |title=Don Mincher, long-time baseball figure, dies at 73 |url=http://blog.al.com/breaking/2012/03/don_mincher_long-time_baseball.html |date=March 4, 2012 |access-date=March 4, 2012}}</ref>
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==External links==
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*[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pmincd101.htm Retrosheet]
*[http://www.huntsvillestars.com Huntsville Stars official website]
*[http://www.southernleague.com/ Southern League official website]
{{1972 Oakland Athletics}}
{{Southern League Presidents}}
{{King of Baseball}}
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