Steven Bernard Mingori was an American left-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians and Kansas City Royals. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and went to Rockhurst High School. He played college baseball at University of Missouri?Kansas City and Pittsburg State University. Mingori was signed by the Cincinnati Reds in 1965, and spent the next five years in the Reds' minor league system. Before the 1970 season began, the Reds traded Mingori to the Cleveland Indians for Jay Ward. Mingori made his major league debut on August 5, 1970, and finished the season with a 1-0 win-loss record and a 2.66 earned run average in 21 games. The following season, Mingori pitched in 47 games until he suffered a broken jaw in an early August game, causing him to miss nearly the rest of the season. He ended the year with a 1-2 record and a 1.43 ERA in 54 appearances. He spent another season and a half with the Indians, then was traded to the Kansas City Royals on June 8, 1973 for Mike Jackson; the Royals had been particularly interested in acquiring Mingori since he was a Kansas City native. 

February 29th, 1944 in Kansas City  /  Died:   Jul 10th, 2008 - Natural Causes