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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1949 NYG NL 30 OF 10 18 15 3 0 0 1.000 1.80 .978 2.25 0-0-10
1949 NYG NL 30 1B 5 43 40 3 0 5 1.000 8.60 .991 8.98
1949 NYG NL 30 3B 5 13 1 11 1 1 .923 2.40 .954 2.98
1950 NYG NL 31 1B 59 518 459 48 11 62 .979 8.59 .990 9.02
1950 NYG NL 31 OF 49 112 109 2 1 0 .991 2.27 .978 2.14 20-0-30
1950 NYG NL 31 3B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 3.00
1951 NYG NL 32 OF 112 248 237 10 1 1 .996 2.21 .981 2.23 89-0-27 MVP-3
1951 NYG NL 32 1B 39 406 348 50 8 47 .980 10.21 .989 9.29 MVP-3
1952 NYG NL 33 OF 32 47 44 3 0 1 1.000 1.47 .981 2.10 30-1-1 AS,MVP-31
1953 NYG NL 34 OF 113 261 244 10 7 4 .973 2.25 .980 2.11 102-0-13 MVP-15
1954 NYG NL 35 OF 128 118 1069.1 288 274 7 7 0 .976 13.2 14.8 11.2 3.0 8.2 2 2.37 2.20 .975 2.36 2.18
1954 NYG NL 35 LF 127 117 1060.1 289 275 7 7 0 .976 13.2 14.9 11.2 3.0 8.2 2 2.39 2.22 .971 2.22 1.98
1954 NYG NL 35 RF 2 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.00 0.50 1.000 2.00 1.80
1954 NYG NL 35 1B 1 0 1.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 270.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 13.50 2.00 1.000 9.45 9.30
1954 NYG NL 35 3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0.8 -480.0 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 3.15 2.80
1955 NYG NL 36 OF 45 39 363.2 102 94 4 4 0 .961 4.2 13.9 2.2 0.3 2.0 2 2.43 2.18 .977 2.30 2.10
1955 NYG NL 36 LF 41 34 314.2 84 78 2 4 0 .952 2.2 8.4 1.2 -0.8 2.0 1 2.29 1.95 .974 2.12 1.82
1955 NYG NL 36 RF 7 5 49.0 17 15 2 0 0 1.000 2.0 49.0 1.0 1.1 0.0 1 3.12 2.43 .976 2.08 1.86
1956 CHC NL 37 LF 96 88 777.0 224 215 7 2 0 .991 9.9 15.3 8.9 2.3 6.6 1 2.57 2.31 .971 2.07 1.70
1956 CHC NL 37 OF 96 88 777.0 224 216 6 2 0 .991 9.9 15.3 8.9 2.3 6.6 1 2.57 2.31 .977 2.28 2.05
8 Seasons OF 585 245 2210.0 1300 1233 45 22 6 .983 27.3 14.8 22.3 5.6 16.8 5 5.20 2.18 .978 2.32 2.14 505-1-90
3 Seasons (incomplete) LF 264 239 2152.0 597 568 16 13 0 .978 25.3 14.1 21.3 4.5 16.8 4 2.44 2.21 .972 2.15 1.85
4 Seasons 1B 104 0 1.1 969 849 101 19 114 .980 0.3 270.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 6412.50 9.13 .990 9.45 9.12
2 Seasons (incomplete) RF 9 6 58.0 18 16 2 0 0 1.000 2.0 41.4 1.0 1.1 0.0 1 2.79 2.00 .978 2.06 1.84
3 Seasons 3B 7 0 2.0 16 2 12 2 1 .875 -0.8 -480.0 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 63.00 2.00 .956 3.15 2.96
8 Seasons TOT 696 245 2213.1 2285 2084 158 43 121 .981 26.8 14.5 21.8 5.6 16.3 5 0 9.12 3.22 .964 2.33 3.19 505-1-90
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1949 NYG NL 30 36 36 36 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 10 10
1950 NYG NL 31 110 110 110 0 0 59 0 1 0 20 0 30 49
1951 NYG NL 32 151 151 151 0 0 39 0 0 0 89 0 27 112
1952 NYG NL 33 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 1 1 32
1953 NYG NL 34 124 124 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 0 13 113
1954 NYG NL 35 135 118 135 135 0 0 1 0 1 0 126 0 2 128 11 0
1955 NYG NL 36 51 39 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 4 45 7 0
1956 CHC NL 37 111 88 111 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 0 0 96 14 0
8 Seasons 764 245 764 764 0 0 104 0 7 0 507 1 87 585 32 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 NYG NL 35 5 0 5 0 1 5 0 3 0 1 42 38 0 24 4 1 9 5 0 6 2 0 21 19 0 102 68 66.7% 33 1 1.0% 4 4260 66% 78% 29% 449 56%
1955 NYG NL 36 3 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 9 7 0 7 0 2 6 5 0 2 2 0 4 4 0 28 18 64.3% 8 2 7.1% 0 1109 65% 78% 33% 113 52%
1956 CHC NL 37 2 0 2 0 1 6 0 4 0 1 22 18 1 13 3 0 8 4 0 4 1 0 9 9 0 56 35 62.5% 20 1 1.8% 5 2434 58% 77% 31% 259 60%
3 Seasons 10 0 10 0 3 13 0 7 0 4 73 63 1 44 7 3 23 14 0 12 5 0 34 32 0 186 121 65.1% 61 4 2.2% 9 7803 63% 77% 30% 821 57%
MLB Averages 56.7% 2.3% 63% 79% 30% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 NYG NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 39 59% 64% 31% 5 20%
1955 NYG NL 36 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 1 1 25.0% 0 169 57% 82% 23% 17 71%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 2 1 16.7% 0 208 57% 78% 25% 22 59%
MLB Averages 44.7% 3.3% 63% 79% 30% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 NYG NL 35 5 40% 80% 40% 1 100% 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 5 40% 80% 40% 1 100% 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 NYG NL 35 8 63% 63% 13% 1 0% 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 8 63% 63% 13% 1 0% 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 89% 62%

* 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.

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