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.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 14	NYG		BRO	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
3	3	Apr 15	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
4	4	Apr 18	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
5	5	Apr 19	NYG		PIT	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
6	6	Apr 20	NYG		PIT	W,6-2	GS	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
7	7	Apr 21	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
8	8	Apr 22	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
9	9	Apr 24	NYG		PHI	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	10	Apr 25 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	11	Apr 25 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
12	12	Apr 27	NYG	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
13	13	Apr 28	NYG	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
14	14	Apr 30	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	51	14.0	4	0	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
16	16	May 2 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	17	May 2 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
18	18	May 3	NYG	@	STL	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	19	May 5	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
20	20	May 6	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
21	21	May 8	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
22	22	May 9	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	23	May 11	NYG		CIN	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
24	24	May 12	NYG		CIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
25	25	May 13	NYG		CHC	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
26	26	May 14	NYG		CHC	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
27	27	May 15	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
28	28	May 16 (1)	NYG		MLN	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
29	29	May 16 (2)	NYG		MLN	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	30	May 18	NYG		STL	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
31	31	May 19	NYG		STL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
32	32	May 21	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
33	33	May 22	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	34	May 23	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	LF
35	35	May 24	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
36	36	May 25	NYG		PIT	W,21-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	37	May 26	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
38	38	May 28	NYG		BRO	W,17-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	39	May 29	NYG		BRO	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
40	40	May 30	NYG		BRO	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
41	41	May 31 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
42	42	May 31 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 3	NYG	@	STL	W,13-8	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
44	44	Jun 4	NYG	@	CIN	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
45	45	Jun 5	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
46	46	Jun 6 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
47	47	Jun 6 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	LF
48	48	Jun 7	NYG	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
49	49	Jun 8	NYG	@	MLN	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
50	50	Jun 9	NYG	@	MLN	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	51	Jun 10	NYG	@	MLN	W,1-0	CG	39	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
52	52	Jun 11	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	46	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
53	53	Jun 12	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
54	54	Jun 13 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-3	CG	46	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
55	55	Jun 13 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
56	56	Jun 15	NYG		CIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	57	Jun 16	NYG		CIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
58	58	Jun 17	NYG		CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
59	59	Jun 18	NYG		STL	L,0-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
60	61 (1)	Jun 20	NYG		STL	W,7-6	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF 1B
61	62	Jun 21	NYG		STL	W,8-5	GF	15	3.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
62	64 (1)	Jun 23	NYG		MLN	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	65	Jun 24	NYG		MLN	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
64	66	Jun 25	NYG		CHC	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
65	67	Jun 26	NYG		CHC	W,6-4	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
66	68	Jun 27	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
67	69	Jun 29	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	53	13.0	7	0	0	7	0	LF
68	70	Jun 30	NYG		BRO	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	71	Jul 1	NYG		BRO	W,5-2	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
70	72	Jul 2	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
71	73	Jul 3	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
72	75 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
73	78 (2)	Jul 6	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	79	Jul 7	NYG	@	BRO	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
75	80	Jul 8	NYG	@	BRO	W,11-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
76	81	Jul 9	NYG		PIT	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
77	82	Jul 10	NYG		PIT	L,7-10	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
78	83	Jul 11 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,13-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
79	84	Jul 11 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
80	85	Jul 15	NYG	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
81	86	Jul 16	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
82	87	Jul 17	NYG	@	STL	W,10-9	CG	56	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
83	88	Jul 18 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-14	CG	48	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
84	89	Jul 18 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
85	90	Jul 19	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	44	11.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
86	91	Jul 20	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	53	13.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
87	92	Jul 21	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
88	93	Jul 22	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-13	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
89	94	Jul 23	NYG	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
90	95	Jul 24	NYG	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
91	96	Jul 25	NYG	@	MLN	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
92	97	Jul 26	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-9	CG	47	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
93	101 (3)	Jul 30	NYG		CIN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	103 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
95	105 (1)	Aug 3	NYG		CHC	W,7-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
96	106	Aug 4	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	47	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
97	109 (2)	Aug 7	NYG		MLN	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
98	110	Aug 8	NYG		MLN	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
99	111	Aug 10	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	LF
100	112	Aug 13	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
101	113	Aug 14	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
102	114	Aug 15	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
103	115	Aug 17	NYG		PHI	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
104	118 (2)	Aug 20	NYG		PIT	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
105	119	Aug 22 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,5-4	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
106	120	Aug 22 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
107	121	Aug 24	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
108	122	Aug 26 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
109	123	Aug 26 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-1	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
110	124	Aug 27	NYG	@	MLN	W,3-1	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
111	125	Aug 28	NYG	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
112	126	Aug 29 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
113	133 (6)	Sep 5	NYG		BRO	L,4-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
114	136 (2)	Sep 7	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	48	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
115	137	Sep 9 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
116	138	Sep 9 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,0-3	GS	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF 3B
117	139	Sep 10	NYG		CIN	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
118	140	Sep 11	NYG		CIN	W,7-5	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
119	141	Sep 12	NYG		STL	L,3-4	GS	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 3B
120	142	Sep 13	NYG		STL	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
121	144 (1)	Sep 16 (1)	NYG		MLN	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
122	147 (2)	Sep 18	NYG		PHI	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
123	148	Sep 20	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
124	149	Sep 21	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
125	150	Sep 22	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
126	151	Sep 24 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
127	152	Sep 24 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
128	153	Sep 25	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	45	10.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
							131gm		1073.2	273	7	8	288	0

1954 Fielding Game Log (as 1B)

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