lost in the championship series. The next year, Minor guided Wellsville to an 80-46 record and won the pennant as well as the championship. He then did it again in 1960, going 69-60 for a second place before winning the NYPL championship for a second year in a row. In this three-year stint, Minor also helped himself with the bat while hitting .289 with 17 HR and 88 RBI in 1958; .318, 13 HR, 64 RBI in 1959, and .318, 13 HR, 64 RBI in 1960. Additionally, he showed an advanced plate approach with more walks (248) than strikeouts (118), striking out in just 10.59 percent of his plate appearances (1,114), posting a collective on-base percentage of .455 and making sure his final seasons ended on a solid note. Over a 12-season minor league career, he hit .283 with 124 homers and slugged .450 while appearing in 1,112 games. The Braves made Minor a scout in 1960, and he moved to the Mets in 1967, to ensure a successful long-term relationship under nine different general managers and stayed there in various areas of player evaluation until his retirement in 2013. He served as the national cross checker during his tenure with the organization and was an integral part of the 1969 and 1986 teams that won World Series titles. Minor earned that respect with a scouting sense that led to him being involved in the signing of numerous amateur players for the organization, including Dwight Gooden, Darryl Strawberry, Lenny Dykstra, Mookie Wilson, Wally Backman, Kevin Mitchell and Kevin Elster, all of them members of the 1986 World Series champion Mets, as well as Hubie Brooks, John Gibbons, Greg Jefferies and Tim Leary. Besides, in 1969 Minor filled a need for the organization and returned to managing for their Visalia Mets club when its manager Roy McMillan was promoted to Double-A team Memphis Blues. Minor assumed control of the Visalia team during the final half of its season and finished 80-60, placing second in the Class A California League and losing in the league finals to the Stockton Ports. In 1996, Minor earned the MLB Scout of the Year Award, and in 2007, he was recognized by the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation with their George Genovese Lifetime Achievement Award. In addition, Minor is a member of every Hall of Fame he was eligible for, having been inducted in the Long Beach