Greg Minton

Greg Minton

Infobox MLB retired
name=Greg Minton


position=Pitcher
bats=Switch
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1951|7|29
Lubbock, Texas
deathdate=
debutdate=September 7
debutyear=by|1975
debutteam=San Francisco Giants
finaldate=September 29
finalyear=by|1990
finalteam=California Angels
stat1label=Win-Loss record
stat1value=59-65
stat2label=Saves
stat2value=150
stat3label=Earned run average
stat3value=3.10
teams=
* San Francisco Giants (by|1975-by|1987)
* California Angels (by|1987-by|1990)
highlights=
* All-Star selection (1982)

Gregory Brian Minton (b. July 29, 1951 in Lubbock, Texas) is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the California Angels and San Francisco Giants

Minton enjoyed a 16-year major league career, from 1975 to 1990, and was a member of the 1982 National League All-Star Team. His nickname, "Moon Man," stemmed from various escapades such as the hijacking of the team bus and the flooding of a minor league ballpark so he could leave Amarillo one day early at the end of the season. Minton went three full seasons (270⅓ innings) without allowing a home run until John Stearns took him deep in May of 1982. This still is the longest such streak in the post-1920 live-ball era. A crippling injury in 1979 caused Minton to alter his delivery. Instead of using his then-normal high leg kick, Moon Man shorted his stride to take pressure off his knee. The new delivery gave Minton a 92-mph sinker that batters were unable to drive. After his career as a player, Minton was a pitching coach in the California Angels' organization, and managed the Class A Lubbock Crickets for two years.

ee also

*List of MLB individual streaks
*List of Major League Baseball all-time saves leaders

External links

*baseball-reference|id=m/mintogr01


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