Dan Minnehan

Who was Dan Minnehan?

Daniel Joseph Minnehan was a professional baseball player. He played part of one season in Major League Baseball in 1895 as a third baseman for the Louisville Colonels. He played minor league baseball for twelve seasons, from 1888 until 1899.

Minnehan was playing for the Syracuse Stars when he was acquired by the Colonels late in the 1895 season to fill in for Jimmy Collins. Minnehan, a 30-year-old rookie, played seven of the last eight games at third base, batting .382, scoring six runs and driving in six. He never played in the major leagues again.