Harry Minor

HARRY MINOR
Birthdate 3/7/1928
Death Date 1/18/2017
Debut Year 1947
Year of Induction
Teams Mets
Position Scout

Harry Minor played 12 years in the minors then scouted for 50 seasons before becoming the 1st scout inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame in 2013.

 

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Harry Minor won a minor league batting crown in 1949 and scouted for decades

Harry Minor won a minor league batting crown in 1949 and scouted for decades

Lifelong baseball man Harry Minor served the game for most of his adult life. After a dozen seasons playing minor league baseball, Minor embarked on a scouting career that lasted the rest of his life. A fixture in the Dodger Stadium press box, Minor talked baseball with the scribes and fellow scouts
Harry Minor was the first scout inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame

Harry Minor was the first scout inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame

This envelope arrived at Jim Smiley’s doorstep filled with goodwill from Mets Scout Harry Minor. To see the Casey Stengel material that accompanied this letter, click here. A scout for more than 50 years, Minor received the George Genovese Lifetime Achievement Award in Scouting from the Profe
Minor formed lifelong relationships with the players he signed for the Mets

Minor formed lifelong relationships with the players he signed for the Mets

Brent Strom is best remembered most today as the pitching coach of the 2017 World Series champion Houston Astros. Nearly a half century before that, Strom was one of the best amateur pitchers in the country. An All American and two-time NCAA champion under Rod Dedeaux at USC, Strom was one of the mo

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