Chicago White Sox batter Minnie Minoso (#9) is escorted to first base by White Sox coach Marty Marion (#28) after being hit by an unknown Boston Red Sox pitcher at Fenway Park. White Sox Ferris Fain (#8) and coach Lum Harris (#40) approach the unknown home plate umpire in the infield.
Original data from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve: Red Sox in action at Fenway, ca. 1950-1959
Corrected date based on research by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011.
Summary provided by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011.
Minoso was hit by a pitch in Boston three times in 1954 -- April 30, June 3, and June 4. That season he was hit by a pitch 16 times and six of them were by Boston Red Sox pitchers (Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011).
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