Monte Irvin

Positions: Leftfielder, First Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: February 25, 1919 in Haleburg, AL us

Died: January 11, 2016 in Houston, TX

Buried: Cremated

High School: Orange HS (Orange, NJ)

School: Lincoln University (Lincoln University, PA)

Debut: 1938 (8,330th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: July 8, 1949 (Age 30-133d)
vs. BRO 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1956 (Age 37-218d)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1973. (Voted by Negro League Committee)
View Monte Irvin's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1950 season)

Full Name: Monford Merrill Irvin

Nicknames: Mr. Murder

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

32.1

3523

1076

139

.305

580

RBI

684

OBP

.391

SLG

.492

OPS

.883

OPS+

135

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	20 (19)	May 17	NYG		CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
2	21	May 18	NYG		CHC	W,10-4	CG	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
3	22	May 20 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	23	May 20 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	24	May 21 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
6	25	May 21 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
7	26	May 24	NYG		STL	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
8	27	May 25	NYG		STL	L,5-7	CG	63	13.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
9	29 (1)	May 27	NYG		PHI	L,5-8	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
10	30	May 28 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,2-5	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
11	31	May 28 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	37 (5)	Jun 4	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	41 (3)	Jun 8	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
14	42	Jun 9	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-3	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
15	44 (1)	Jun 11 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	45	Jun 11 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	49 (3)	Jun 18 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
18	50	Jun 18 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,10-5	GF	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
19	52 (1)	Jun 20	NYG		STL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
20	53	Jun 21	NYG		STL	L,6-14	GS	25	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
21	54	Jun 22 (1)	NYG		STL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
22	55	Jun 22 (2)	NYG		STL	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
23	57 (1)	Jun 24	NYG		CIN	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	61 (3)	Jun 28	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
25	62	Jun 29	NYG	@	BRO	W,11-5	GS	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF LF
26	63	Jun 30	NYG		BSN	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	64	Jul 1	NYG		BSN	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
28	65	Jul 2 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,5-11	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
29	66	Jul 2 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,3-6	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
30	67	Jul 3	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
31	68	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	69	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	70	Jul 5	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	73 (2)	Jul 8	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
35	74	Jul 9	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	12.2	9	0	0	9	0
36	75	Jul 14	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
37	76	Jul 15	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	77	Jul 16 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-16	CG	46	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
39	78	Jul 16 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,10-11	CG	59	11.2	5	0	0	5	0
40	79	Jul 17	NYG	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	80	Jul 18	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	81	Jul 19 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-18	CG	45	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
43	82	Jul 19 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	85 (2)	Jul 22	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-0	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	86	Jul 23 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
46	87	Jul 23 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	90 (2)	Jul 28	NYG		STL	W,8-3	GS	26	7.0	4	1	0	5	1
48	91	Jul 29	NYG		STL	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	11	2	0	13	4	1B
49	92	Jul 30	NYG		STL	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	93	Aug 2 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,11-1	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
51	95 (1)	Aug 4	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
52	96	Aug 5	NYG		PIT	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	1	4	1
53	97	Aug 6 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
54	98	Aug 6 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
55	99	Aug 7	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
56	100	Aug 8	NYG	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
57	101	Aug 9	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
58	102	Aug 10	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS	28	6.0	3	3	0	6	1
59	103	Aug 11	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-1	GS	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	3
60	104	Aug 12	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-5	GF	29	6.2	1	2	0	3	0	PH 3B
61	105	Aug 13	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-0	GS	23	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
62	106	Aug 15	NYG		BRO	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
63	110 (3)	Aug 18	NYG		PHI	W,7-4	GS	25	6.0	5	0	2	7	0	1B
64	111	Aug 21	NYG		PHI	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
65	112	Aug 22	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS	27	7.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
66	113	Aug 23	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS	33	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
67	114	Aug 24	NYG	@	STL	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
68	115	Aug 25	NYG	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	46	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
69	116	Aug 26	NYG	@	STL	W,3-0	GS	28	7.0	11	2	0	13	3
70	117	Aug 27 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,11-6	GS	29	7.0	7	1	0	8	1
71	118	Aug 27 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	5	2	1	8	2
72	120 (1)	Aug 29	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-5	GS	28	7.0	8	1	0	9	0
73	121	Aug 30	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-0	GS	22	6.0	7	0	0	7	1
74	122	Aug 31	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	GS	23	7.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	123	Sep 1	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-1	GS	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
76	124	Sep 2	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	7	1	1	9	2	1B
77	125	Sep 4 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-0	GS	26	7.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
78	126	Sep 4 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-0	GS	26	7.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
79	127	Sep 5	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-5	GS	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
80	128	Sep 6	NYG		BSN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	8	3	0	11	2	1B
81	129	Sep 7	NYG		BSN	L,4-6	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
82	130	Sep 8	NYG		BSN	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	7	3	0	10	3	1B
83	131	Sep 9	NYG		BRO	W,2-0	GS	28	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
84	132	Sep 10	NYG		BRO	W,6-4	GS	30	8.0	8	4	0	12	1	1B
85	133	Sep 12	NYG		PIT	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
86	134	Sep 13	NYG		PIT	W,3-1	CG	25	7.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
87	135	Sep 14 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
88	136	Sep 14 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	3	1B
89	137	Sep 15	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
90	138	Sep 16	NYG		CHC	L,4-6	GS	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF 1B
91	139	Sep 17	NYG		STL	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
92	140	Sep 18	NYG		STL	W,13-0	CG	30	9.0	11	2	1	14	0	1B
93	141	Sep 20 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
94	142	Sep 20 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,0-2	GS	33	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B RF
95	143	Sep 21	NYG		CIN	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
96	144	Sep 23	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	36	10.0	14	2	0	16	2	1B
97	145	Sep 24	NYG	@	BSN	W,12-4	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
98	146	Sep 25 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	GS	36	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B RF
99	147	Sep 25 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	14	0	1	15	1	1B
100	148	Sep 26	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	32	8.0	13	0	0	13	4	1B
101	149	Sep 27 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,8-7	CG	44	10.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
102	150	Sep 27 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
103	151	Sep 28 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
104	152	Sep 28 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
105	153	Sep 30	NYG		BSN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	7	0	1	8	1
106	154	Oct 1	NYG		BSN	W,5-1	GS	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
							110gm		861.0	568	50	12	630	62

1950 Fielding Game Log (as 1B)

1950 Fielding Game Log (as 3B)

1950 Fielding Game Log (as LF)

1950 Fielding Game Log (as RF)

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