Paul Minner

Paul Edison Minner (July 30, 1923 – March 28, 2006) was an American Major League pitcher from 1946 to 1956.

Born in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, on July 30, 1923, Minner was listed at 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) and 210 lb (95 kg).

Minner was signed by the Dodgers[1] and began minor league play in 1941, but service as a master sergeant in the United States Army during World War II interrupted his baseball career from 1943 through 1945.

[2] Minner surrendered the first home run in Frank Robinson's career on April 28, 1956.

[1] Minner died at the age of eighty-two on March 28, 2006, in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania.