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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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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 /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 3/5
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 *3 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 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 * 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

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

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1973 Negro League (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1973 by Negro League Committee

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 (413th)

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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (411), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 33 (717), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 18 (847), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (853), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1949 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants.

November 27, 1955: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs from the New York Giants in the 1955 rule 5 draft.

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