Donald Athey Minnick (April 14, 1931 – September 2, 2016) was an American professional baseball pitcher who worked in two Major League Baseball (MLB) games for the Washington Senators in 1957. A right-hander, Minnick was listed as 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and 195 pounds (88 kg).
Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, Minnick began his professional career in the Cleveland Indians' organization in 1949. He missed the 1952 and 1953 minor-league seasons performing United States Army service during the Korean War. He also attended Duke University.
When he returned to baseball, he posted back-to-back strong seasons (earned run averages of 2.88 and 2.78) in the Eastern League, including a 20–4 won–lost record in 1955. But after a poor 1956 campaign in higher-classification leagues, Cleveland released him. The Senators picked him up and sent him to Double-A Chattanooga for 1957. Minnick made the Southern Association All-Star team during a season in which he won 17 games and lost 6, with a 3.09 ERA.

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