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.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
2	2	Apr 19	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	3	Apr 20	CHC		CIN	W,12-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
4	4	Apr 21	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
5	5	Apr 22 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	6	Apr 22 (2)	CHC		CIN	T,1-1	CG	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
7	7	Apr 25	CHC	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	8	Apr 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	9	Apr 28	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	10	Apr 29 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	13 (2)	May 2	CHC		NYG	L,5-6	GF	47	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	18 (4)	May 12	CHC		STL	W,14-10	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
13	21 (2)	May 15	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
14	22	May 16	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	27 (4)	May 20 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	28	May 23	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
17	29	May 25	CHC	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
18	30	May 27 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,9-11	CG	46	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
19	31	May 27 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-12	CG	45	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
20	32	May 28	CHC		CIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
21	33	May 29	CHC		CIN	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
22	34	May 30 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,10-9	CG	50	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	35	May 30 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,9-11	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	37 (1)	Jun 1	CHC		BRO	W,4-2	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
25	40 (2)	Jun 3	CHC		BRO	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	46 (5)	Jun 10 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG	43	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	LF
27	47	Jun 10 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	48	Jun 12	CHC		NYG	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
29	49	Jun 13	CHC		NYG	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
30	50	Jun 15 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	43	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
31	51	Jun 15 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	LF
32	52	Jun 17 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
33	53	Jun 17 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
34	54	Jun 19	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
35	55	Jun 20	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
36	56	Jun 23	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	57	Jun 24 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS	0	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	58	Jun 24 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	59	Jun 25	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	60	Jun 26	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
41	61	Jun 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
42	62	Jun 29	CHC		MLN	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
43	63	Jun 30	CHC		MLN	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	64	Jul 1 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,7-0	GS	27	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
45	67 (2)	Jul 3	CHC		STL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
46	68	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
47	71 (2)	Jul 6	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	72	Jul 7	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
49	73	Jul 8	CHC	@	MLN	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	83 (9)	Jul 18 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,1-6	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
51	85 (1)	Jul 20	CHC		NYG	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
52	86	Jul 22 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
53	87	Jul 22 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
54	88	Jul 24	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-6	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	90 (1)	Jul 26	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
56	94 (3)	Jul 29 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
57	95	Jul 30 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
58	96	Jul 30 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
59	97	Jul 31	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	98	Aug 1	CHC	@	PHI	L,8-10	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
61	100 (1)	Aug 3 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
62	101	Aug 4	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
63	102	Aug 6	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
64	103	Aug 7	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
65	104	Aug 8	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
66	105	Aug 9	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
67	106	Aug 10	CHC		STL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
68	107	Aug 11	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	108	Aug 12 (1)	CHC		STL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
70	109	Aug 12 (2)	CHC		STL	T,0-0	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
71	110	Aug 14	CHC		CIN	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
72	111	Aug 15 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,3-4	CG	66	15.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
73	112	Aug 15 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,3-7	CG	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	117 (4)	Aug 19 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
75	119 (1)	Aug 22	CHC		PHI	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
76	120	Aug 23 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
77	123 (2)	Aug 25	CHC		NYG	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
78	124	Aug 26 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
79	125	Aug 26 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	126	Aug 28 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
81	127	Aug 28 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
82	128	Aug 29	CHC		BRO	L,4-11	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	132 (3)	Sep 2	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
84	138 (5)	Sep 9 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
85	139	Sep 9 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,3-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
86	141 (1)	Sep 12	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-0	GF	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	142	Sep 14	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
88	143	Sep 15	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
89	144	Sep 16 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
90	145	Sep 16 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
91	146	Sep 18 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
92	147	Sep 18 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-8	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	148	Sep 19 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
94	149	Sep 19 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	150	Sep 21	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
96	156 (5)	Sep 29	CHC		CIN	L,6-9	GS	34	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
							96gm		775.0	216	7	2	225	0