Monte Irvin
Montford Merrill Irvin
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 25, 1919 in Haleburg, AL
High School: East Orange (East Orange, NJ)
Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 8, 1949
Final Game: September 30, 1956
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Negro League Committee as Player in 1973.
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1949 30 NYG NL 36 93 76 7 17 3 2 0 7 0 17 11 .224 .366 .316 .681 84 24 2 0 0 O/35
1950 31 NYG NL 110 432 374 61 112 19 5 15 66 3 52 41 .299 .392 .497 .889 131 186 7 5 1 3O/5
1951 32 NYG NL 151 657 558 94 174 19 11 24 121 12 2 89 44 .312 .415 .514 .929 147 287 15 9 1 *O3 MVP-3
1952 33 NYG NL 46 137 126 10 39 2 1 4 21 0 1 10 11 .310 .365 .437 .801 120 55 3 1 0 O AS,MVP-31
1953 34 NYG NL 124 502 444 72 146 21 5 21 97 2 0 55 34 .329 .406 .541 .947 141 240 20 3 0 *O MVP-15
1954 35 NYG NL 135 512 432 62 113 13 3 19 64 7 4 70 23 .262 .363 .438 .801 108 189 18 2 3 5 *7/935
1955 36 NYG NL 51 173 150 16 38 7 1 1 17 3 0 17 15 .253 .337 .333 .671 79 50 5 3 1 2 0 7/9
1956 37 CHC NL 111 387 339 44 92 13 3 15 50 1 0 41 41 .271 .346 .460 .807 116 156 11 0 3 4 5 7
8 Seasons 764 2893 2499 366 731 97 31 99 443 28 7 351 220 .293 .383 .475 .858 125 1187 81 23 9 11 5
162 Game Avg. 162 613 530 78 155 21 7 21 94 6 74 47 .293 .383 .475 .858 125 252 17 5 2
NYG (7 yrs) 653 2506 2160 322 639 84 28 84 393 27 7 310 179 .296 .389 .477 .866 127 1031 70 23 6 7 0
CHC (1 yr) 111 387 339 44 92 13 3 15 50 1 0 41 41 .271 .346 .460 .807 116 156 11 0 3 4 5

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1949 30 NYG NL 93 61 9 4.0 104 .262 .224 .270 .366 .344 .316 .405 .681 .749 84 .433 -1.0 -0.1 .672 .316 .092
1950 31 NYG NL 432 270 72 7.1 109 .305 .299 .271 .392 .348 .497 .420 .889 .768 131 .679 18.0 1.7 .914 .345 .198 5.0
1951 32 NYG NL 657 402 118 7.9 104 .306 .312 .269 .415 .343 .514 .407 .929 .750 147 .735 40.0 3.9 .985 .380 .203 16.0
1952 33 NYG NL 137 91 19 5.6 98 .315 .310 .263 .365 .336 .437 .391 .801 .727 120 .633 3.2 0.3 .714 .198 .127 .0
1953 34 NYG NL 502 318 97 8.1 112 .321 .329 .278 .406 .349 .541 .433 .947 .782 141 .719 28.1 2.6 .943 .340 .212 3.7
1954 35 NYG NL 512 349 69 5.3 110 .238 .262 .275 .363 .347 .438 .426 .801 .772 108 .545 5.8 0.6 .774 .345 .176 10.2
1955 36 NYG NL 173 120 18 4.0 106 .272 .253 .267 .337 .338 .333 .422 .671 .760 79 .430 -3.9 -0.4 .624 .213 .080 1.5
1956 37 CHC NL 387 265 53 5.3 102 .268 .271 .263 .346 .330 .460 .415 .807 .745 116 .581 8.0 0.8 .767 .313 .189 1.9
8 Seasons 2893 1876 455 6.5 107 .288 .293 .271 .383 .343 .475 .418 .858 .761 125 .649 98.2 9.5 .852 .331 .182 43.7
162 Game Avg. 613 398 96 6.5 107 .288 .293 .271 .383 .343 .475 .418 .858 .761 125 .649 21 2 .852 .331 .182 9
NYG (7 yrs) 2506 1611 402 6.7 108 .291 .296 .272 .389 .345 .477 .418 .866 .763 127 .658 90.2 8.7 .866 .334 .181 40.9
CHC (1 yr) 387 265 53 5.3 102 .268 .271 .263 .346 .330 .460 .415 .807 .745 116 .581 8.0 0.8 .767 .313 .189 1.9

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1951 32 NYG NL WS NYY L 6 26 24 3 11 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 .458 .500 .542 1.042 13 0 0 0 0 0
1954 35 NYG NL WS CLE W 4 10 9 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .333 .556 3 1 0 1 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 10 36 33 4 13 1 1 0 4 2 1 2 4 .394 .429 .485 .913 16 1 0 1 0 0
2 WS 10 36 33 4 13 1 1 0 4 2 1 2 4 .394 .429 .485 .913 16 1 0 1 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1952 NYG NL 33 DNP

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1949 30 NYG NL 93 0.0% 11.8% 18.3% 5.4% 29% 0.65 6.9 10.9 70%
1950 31 NYG NL 432 3.5% 9.5% 12.0% 9.0% 35% 0.79 9.1 24.9 5.7 74%
1951 32 NYG NL 657 3.7% 6.7% 13.6% 8.2% 31% 0.49 12.7 23.3 4.6 75%
1952 33 NYG NL 137 2.9% 8.0% 7.3% 5.1% 18% 1.10 11.5 31.5 6.0 81%
1953 34 NYG NL 502 4.2% 6.8% 11.0% 9.4% 32% 0.62 13.1 21.1 4.6 77%
1954 35 NYG NL 512 3.7% 4.5% 13.7% 6.8% 31% 0.33 18.8 22.7 6.8 0.98 77%
1955 36 NYG NL 173 0.6% 8.7% 9.8% 5.2% 24% 0.88 10.0 150.0 8.8 0.62 79%
1956 37 CHC NL 387 3.9% 10.6% 10.6% 8.0% 34% 1.00 8.3 22.6 6.8 1.08 74%
8 Seasons 2893 3.4% 7.6% 12.1% 7.9% 31% 0.63 11.4 25.2 5.6 0.94 76%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 35 NYG NL 5 0 26% 179 7 4 64% 6 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 8 11 59% 33 16 16 6 3 3 17 2 14
1955 36 NYG NL 1 0 26% 51 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 43% 7 4 3 2 2 0 5 2 3
1956 37 CHC NL 2 0 25% 88 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 33% 11 10 1 3 2 1 7 2 5
8 Seasons 8 0 27% 318 28 7 88% 9 2 1 0 0 1 5 0 9 19 51% 51 30 20 11 7 4 29 6 22
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 35 NYG NL 469 38% 113 9 3 1 3 2.30 19 0 12 12 3 7 8 0 3 3 100% 99 18 18% 50 15 30% 331 42 13% 35 11 31% 28 13 46% 43
1955 36 NYG NL 137 42% 38 6 1 0 0 1.06 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 24 5 21% 8 5 63% 95 12 13% 6 3 50% 7 3 43% 36
1956 37 CHC NL 274 31% 92 11 4 0 1 1.72 15 0 11 6 3 4 5 0 4 3 75% 63 11 17% 33 9 27% 208 29 14% 22 12 55% 12 2 17% 114
8 Seasons 880 36% 731 26 8 1 4 1.77 99 0 26 18 7 11 14 0 8 9 113% 186 81 44% 91 29 32% 634 83 13% 63 26 41% 47 18 38% 193
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1949 30 36 93 76 7 17 3 2 0 7 0 17 11 .224 .366 .316 .681 84 24 2 0 0
1950 31 146 525 450 68 129 22 7 15 73 3 69 52 .287 .387 .467 .854 123 210 9 5 1
1951 32 297 1182 1008 162 303 41 18 39 194 15 2 158 96 .301 .403 .493 .896 137 497 24 14 2
1952 33 343 1319 1134 172 342 43 19 43 215 15 3 168 107 .302 .399 .487 .885 135 552 27 15 2
1953 34 467 1821 1578 244 488 64 24 64 312 17 3 223 141 .309 .401 .502 .903 137 792 47 18 2
1954 35 602 2333 2010 306 601 77 27 83 376 24 7 293 164 .299 .393 .488 .881 130 981 65 20 5 5
1955 36 653 2506 2160 322 639 84 28 84 393 27 7 310 179 .296 .389 .477 .866 127 1031 70 23 6 7 0
1956 37 764 2893 2499 366 731 97 31 99 443 28 7 351 220 .293 .383 .475 .858 125 1187 81 23 9 11 5

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1949 30 37 97 79 7 18 3 2 0 7 0 18 11 .228 .371 .316 .688 9 36
1950 31 115 443 386 60 112 19 5 15 65 3 52 43 .290 .381 .482 .863 70 110
1951 32 157 680 579 96 180 20 11 25 123 12 92 46 .311 .413 .513 .926 120 151
1952 33 48 144 132 11 41 2 1 4 23 0 11 11 .311 .368 .432 .800 21 46
1953 34 129 509 452 68 143 21 5 21 91 2 54 35 .316 .393 .524 .917 91 124
1954 35 142 531 452 63 116 13 3 20 65 7 72 24 .257 .358 .431 .789 69 135
1955 36 54 182 159 16 41 8 1 1 17 3 18 16 .258 .341 .340 .680 18 51
1956 37 116 404 356 48 98 14 3 16 55 1 44 43 .275 .351 .466 .818 59 111
8 Seasons 798 2990 2595 369 749 100 31 102 446 28 361 229 .289 .379 .469 .848 457 764
162 Game Avg. 162 607 527 75 152 20 6 21 91 6 73 46 .289 .379 .469 .848 93 764

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1952

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1951-NL-3-49%
1952-NL-31-1%
1953-NL-15-3%
0.53 Career Shares (409th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1951 NL--.312--5th
1953 NL--.329--7th

On-Base% s c a p y
1951 NL--.415--4th
1953 NL--.406--4th

Slugging % s c a p y
1951 NL--.514--7th
1953 NL--.541--9th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1951 NL--.929--6th
1953 NL--.947--7th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1951 NL--94--10th

Hits s c a p y
1951 NL--174--7th

Total Bases s c a p y
1951 NL--287--9th

Triples s c a p y
1951 NL--11--3rd

Home Runs s c a p y
1951 NL--24--10th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1951 NL--121--1st

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1951 NL--89--7th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1951 NL--12--8th

Singles s c a p y
1951 NL--120--10th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1951 NL--147--6th
1953 NL--141--7th

Runs Created s c a p y
1951 NL--118--4th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1951 NL--40--5th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1951 NL--3.9--5th

Times On Base s c a p y
1951 NL--272--5th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1951 NL--.735--5th
1953 NL--.719--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1950 NL--5--7th
1951 NL--9--3rd

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1953 NL--20--2nd
1954 NL--18--6th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1951 NL--16.0--5th
1954 NL--10.2--8th

AB per SO s c a p y
1954 NL--18.8--5th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 4 (411), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 33 (717), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 18 (852), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (853), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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