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Arthur Irwin

Arthur Albert Irwin (Doc or Sandy)

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 158 lb.

Born: February 14, 1858 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Signed as a Free Agent with the Worcester Ruby Legs in 1880. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1880 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Quakers/Grays/RubyLegs/Reds/Nationals/... 1880-1894

Final Game: June 22, 1894 (Age 36)
Died: July 16, 1921 in Atlantic Ocean, At Sea
Buried: Died at Sea,
Relatives: Brother of John Irwin
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Standard Batting

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
1880 22 WOR NL 85 363 352 53 91 19 4 1 35 11 27 .259 .281 .344 .625 104 121 *6/52
1881 23 WOR NL 50 213 206 27 55 8 2 0 24 7 4 .267 .291 .325 .616 88 67 6
1882 24 WOR NL 84 347 333 30 73 12 4 0 30 14 34 .219 .251 .279 .530 68 93 56
1883 25 PRO NL 98 418 406 67 116 22 7 0 44 12 38 .286 .306 .374 .681 102 152 *6/4
1884 26 PRO NL 102 432 404 73 97 14 3 2 44 28 52 .240 .289 .304 .594 89 123 *6/1
1885 27 PRO NL 59 232 218 16 39 2 1 0 14 14 29 .179 .228 .197 .426 41 43 6/45
1886 28 PHI NL 101 408 373 51 87 6 6 0 34 24 35 39 .233 .299 .282 .581 79 105 *6/5
1887 29 PHI NL 100 425 374 65 95 14 8 2 56 19 48 26 .254 .344 .350 .694 88 131 3 *6
1888 30 PHI NL 125 484 448 51 98 12 4 0 28 19 33 56 .219 .277 .263 .540 69 118 3 *6/4
1889 31 TOT NL 103 435 386 58 89 15 5 0 42 15 48 43 .231 .317 .295 .613 75 114 1 *6/41
1889 31 PHI NL 18 79 73 9 16 5 0 0 10 6 6 6 .219 .278 .288 .566 53 21 0 6
1889 31 WHS NL 85 356 313 49 73 10 5 0 32 9 42 37 .233 .326 .297 .623 80 93 1 6/41
1890 32 BOS PL 96 412 354 60 92 17 1 0 45 16 57 29 .260 .364 .314 .678 79 111 1 *6
1891 33 BOS AA 6 21 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .118 .286 .118 .403 15 2 2 /6
1894 36 PHI NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /6
13 Yrs 1010 4190 3871 552 934 141 45 5 396 93 309 378 .241 .299 .305 .604 81 1180 10 0
162 Game Avg. 162 672 621 89 150 23 7 1 64 50 61 .241 .299 .305 .604 81 189
PHI (5 yrs) 345 1396 1268 176 296 37 18 2 128 68 122 127 .233 .304 .296 .599 77 375 6 0
PRO (3 yrs) 259 1082 1028 156 252 38 11 2 102 54 119 .245 .283 .309 .592 85 318
WOR (3 yrs) 219 923 891 110 219 39 10 1 89 32 65 .246 .272 .315 .587 87 281
BOS (2 yrs) 102 433 371 61 94 17 1 0 45 16 59 30 .253 .360 .305 .665 77 113 3
WHS (1 yr) 85 356 313 49 73 10 5 0 32 9 42 37 .233 .326 .297 .623 80 93 1
NL (11 yrs) 908 3757 3500 491 840 124 44 5 351 77 250 348 .240 .292 .305 .597 82 1067 7 0
AA (1 yr) 6 21 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .118 .286 .118 .403 15 2 2
PL (1 yr) 96 412 354 60 92 17 1 0 45 16 57 29 .260 .364 .314 .678 79 111 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1880 22 WOR NL 85 363 0 0 0 16 6 22 2.2 12 34 3.6 .526 .514 2.0 2.2 18 *6/52
1881 23 WOR NL 50 213 -2 0 0 -5 3 -4 -0.4 7 4 0.4 .493 .498 0.9 -0.2 9 6
1882 24 WOR NL 84 347 -12 0 0 -6 4 -14 -1.4 12 -3 -0.2 .484 .492 0.4 -0.3 3 56
1883 25 PRO NL 98 418 1 0 0 11 6 18 1.5 14 32 2.9 .516 .510 2.1 1.5 21 $1,600 *6/4
1884 26 PRO NL 102 432 -4 0 0 13 7 16 1.3 15 30 2.8 .515 .509 1.8 1.7 17 $1,700 *6/1
1885 27 PRO NL 59 232 -14 0 0 3 4 -7 -0.7 8 1 0.2 .489 .496 -0.1 0.6 -2 $1,800 6/45
1886 28 PHI NL 101 408 -8 1 0 9 7 8 0.7 14 22 2.2 .508 .505 1.5 1.4 13 $2,600 *6/5
1887 29 PHI NL 100 425 -5 -2 0 -1 7 -2 -0.4 15 13 1.1 .499 .499 1.4 0.3 14 $2,600 *6
1888 30 PHI NL 125 484 -16 -2 0 4 8 -6 -0.7 17 11 1.1 .495 .496 0.8 1.2 7 $2,600 *6/4
1889 31 PHI NL 18 79 -5 1 0 -2 1 -6 -0.5 3 -3 -0.2 .473 .497 -0.0 -0.1 -1 $4,000 6
1889 31 WHS NL 85 356 -8 -1 0 -3 6 -6 -0.6 12 6 0.6 .494 .497 1.0 0.2 9 6/41
1890 32 BOS PL 96 412 -8 -1 0 -1 6 -4 -0.3 10 6 0.7 .496 .498 0.6 0.5 6 *6
1891 33 BOS AA 6 21 -2 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .467 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 /6
1894 36 PHI NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /6
13 Seasons 1010 4190 -82 -5 0 37 64 14 0.7 138 152 15.1 .501 .501 12.5 9.0 115 $16,900
PHI (5 yrs) 345 1396 -34 -3 0 10 22 -5 -0.9 48 43 4.2 .499 .499 3.7 2.8 33 $11,800
PRO (3 yrs) 259 1082 -17 0 0 27 17 27 2.1 37 64 5.9 .509 .505 3.8 3.8 37 $5,100
WOR (3 yrs) 219 923 -14 0 0 5 13 4 0.5 31 35 3.8 .503 .501 3.4 1.8 30
BOS (2 yrs) 102 433 -10 -1 0 -2 7 -7 -0.5 10 4 0.5 .495 .498 0.6 0.5 6
WHS (1 yr) 85 356 -8 -1 0 -3 6 -6 -0.6 12 6 0.6 .494 .497 1.0 0.2 9

Advanced Batting

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
1880 22 WOR NL 363 261 34 3.5 66 .278 .259 .254 .281 .277 .344 .335 .625 .612 104 .543 1.9 0.2 .085
1881 23 WOR NL 213 151 20 3.5 78 .272 .267 .270 .291 .301 .325 .354 .616 .655 88 .482 -2.8 -0.3 .058
1882 24 WOR NL 347 260 23 2.4 72 .244 .219 .256 .251 .284 .279 .348 .530 .632 68 .312 -11.5 -1.3 .060
1883 25 PRO NL 418 290 47 4.3 83 .315 .286 .271 .306 .299 .374 .374 .681 .673 102 .534 0.9 0.1 .089
1884 26 PRO NL 432 307 36 3.1 72 .271 .240 .248 .289 .288 .304 .344 .594 .632 89 .425 -4.3 -0.5 .064
1885 27 PRO NL 232 179 10 1.5 66 .206 .179 .242 .228 .285 .197 .324 .426 .610 41 .180 -13.8 -1.6 .018
1886 28 PHI NL 408 286 31 2.8 78 .260 .233 .256 .299 .304 .282 .350 .581 .654 79 .376 -8.9 -1.0 .573 .206 .048 .0
1887 29 PHI NL 425 279 44 4.1 102 .269 .254 .282 .344 .341 .350 .401 .694 .741 88 .467 -4.9 -0.5 .720 .275 .096 3.6
1888 30 PHI NL 484 350 32 2.4 75 .250 .219 .251 .277 .300 .263 .344 .540 .643 69 .366 -15.0 -1.8 .494 .161 .045 .0
1889 31 TOT NL 435 297 36 3.2 92 .259 .231 .268 .317 .338 .295 .365 .613 .703 75 .363 -11.6 -1.2 .599 .228 .065 .0
1889 31 PHI NL 79 57 6 2.8 102 .239 .219 .283 .278 .355 .288 .385 .566 .740 53 .305 -4.7 -0.5 .579 .233 .068 .0
1889 31 WHS NL 356 240 30 3.3 90 .264 .233 .265 .326 .334 .297 .361 .623 .695 80 .376 -6.9 -0.7 .604 .227 .064 .0
1890 32 BOS PL 412 262 40 4.0 108 .283 .260 .285 .364 .364 .314 .396 .678 .760 79 .415 -7.9 -0.8 .706 .260 .054 .0
1891 33 BOS AA 21 15 0 0.0 93 .125 .118 .263 .286 .347 .118 .356 .403 .703 15 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .400 .118 .000
13 Yrs 4190 2937 353 3.2 82 .266 .241 .262 .299 .310 .305 .359 .604 .669 81 .412 -79.7 -8.7 .542 .167 .064 9.5
162 Game Avg. 672 471 57 3.2 82 .266 .241 .262 .299 .310 .305 .359 .604 .669 81 .412 -79.7 -8.7 .542 .167 .064 2
PHI (5 yrs) 1396 972 113 3.0 86 .258 .233 .263 .304 .317 .296 .365 .599 .681 77 .399 -33.4 -3.7 .587 .212 .062 3.9
PRO (3 yrs) 1082 776 93 3.2 75 .276 .245 .256 .283 .292 .309 .352 .592 .643 85 .427 -17.2 -2.0 .064
WOR (3 yrs) 923 672 77 3.1 71 .264 .246 .258 .272 .285 .315 .344 .587 .630 87 .444 -12.5 -1.4 .070
BOS (2 yrs) 433 277 40 3.8 107 .276 .253 .284 .360 .363 .305 .394 .665 .757 77 .394 -9.6 -0.9 .690 .253 .051 .0
WHS (1 yr) 356 240 30 3.3 90 .264 .233 .265 .326 .334 .297 .361 .623 .695 80 .375 -6.9 -0.7 .604 .227 .064 .0
NL (11 yrs) 3757 2660 313 3.1 79 .265 .240 .260 .292 .303 .305 .355 .597 .659 82 .415 -70.1 -7.8 .269 .097 .065 9.7
AA (1 yr) 21 15 0 0.0 93 .125 .118 .263 .286 .347 .118 .356 .403 .703 15 -1.7 -0.2 .400 .118 .000
PL (1 yr) 412 262 40 4.0 108 .283 .260 .285 .364 .364 .314 .396 .678 .760 79 .415 -7.9 -0.8 .706 .260 .054 .0

Postseason Batting

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
1884 26 PRO NL WS NYP W 0 9 9 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 .222 .222 .444 .667 4 0
1 WS 0 9 9 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 .222 .222 .444 .667 4 0

Ratio Batting*

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
1880 22 WOR NL 363 0.3% 7.4% 3.0% 6.6% 26% 2.45 13.0 352.0 10.1 89%
1881 23 WOR NL 213 0.0% 1.9% 3.3% 4.7% 18% 0.57 51.5 8.6 95%
1882 24 WOR NL 347 0.0% 9.8% 4.0% 4.6% 22% 2.43 9.8 11.1 86%
1883 25 PRO NL 418 0.0% 9.1% 2.9% 6.9% 25% 3.17 10.7 9.2 88%
1884 26 PRO NL 432 0.5% 12.0% 6.5% 4.4% 20% 1.86 7.8 202.0 9.2 81%
1885 27 PRO NL 232 0.0% 12.5% 6.0% 1.3% 8% 2.07 7.5 15.6 81%
1886 28 PHI NL 408 0.0% 9.6% 8.6% 2.9% 14% 1.11 9.6 11.0 82%
1887 29 PHI NL 425 0.5% 6.1% 11.3% 5.7% 25% 0.54 14.4 187.0 6.7 81%
1888 30 PHI NL 484 0.0% 11.6% 6.8% 3.3% 16% 1.70 8.0 16.0 81%
1889 31 TOT NL 435 0.0% 9.9% 11.0% 4.6% 23% 0.90 9.0 9.2 79%
1889 31 PHI NL 79 0.0% 7.6% 7.6% 6.3% 31% 1.00 12.2 7.3 85%
1889 31 WHS NL 356 0.0% 10.4% 11.8% 4.2% 21% 0.88 8.5 9.8 78%
1890 32 BOS PL 412 0.0% 7.0% 13.8% 4.4% 20% 0.51 12.2 7.9 79%
1891 33 BOS AA 21 0.0% 4.8% 9.5% 0.0% 0% 0.50 17.0 76%
13 Yrs 4190 0.1% 9.0% 7.4% 4.6% 20% 1.22 10.2 774.2 9.8 83%
MLB Averages 0.6% 5.8% 7.1% 5.6% 24% 0.82 15.9 149.3 8.9 86%

Cumulative Batting

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
1880 22 85 363 352 53 91 19 4 1 35 11 27 .259 .281 .344 .625 104 121
1881 23 135 576 558 80 146 27 6 1 59 18 31 .262 .285 .337 .622 98 188
1882 24 219 923 891 110 219 39 10 1 89 32 65 .246 .272 .315 .587 87 281
1883 25 317 1341 1297 177 335 61 17 1 133 44 103 .258 .283 .334 .616 92 433
1884 26 419 1773 1701 250 432 75 20 3 177 72 155 .254 .284 .327 .611 91 556
1885 27 478 2005 1919 266 471 77 21 3 191 86 184 .245 .278 .312 .590 86 599
1886 28 579 2413 2292 317 558 83 27 3 225 24 121 223 .243 .281 .307 .589 85 704
1887 29 679 2838 2666 382 653 97 35 5 281 43 169 249 .245 .291 .313 .604 85 835 3
1888 30 804 3322 3114 433 751 109 39 5 309 62 202 305 .241 .289 .306 .595 83 953 6
1889 31 907 3757 3500 491 840 124 44 5 351 77 250 348 .240 .292 .305 .597 82 1067 7
1890 32 1003 4169 3854 551 932 141 45 5 396 93 307 377 .242 .299 .306 .605 82 1178 8
1891 33 1009 4190 3871 552 934 141 45 5 396 93 309 378 .241 .299 .305 .604 81 1180 10
1892 34 1009 4190 3871 552 934 141 45 5 396 93 309 378 .241 .299 .305 .604 81 1180 10
1893 35 1009 4190 3871 552 934 141 45 5 396 93 309 378 .241 .299 .305 .604 81 1180 10
1894 36 1010 4190 3871 552 934 141 45 5 396 93 309 378 .241 .299 .305 .604 81 1180 10 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1880 22 162 677 658 89 161 34 7 2 59 0 19 51 .245 .266 .327 .593 57 85
1881 23 96 398 386 43 95 14 3 0 38 0 12 8 .246 .269 .298 .567 31 50
1882 24 160 644 620 47 124 20 7 0 47 0 24 65 .200 .230 .255 .485 36 84
1883 25 160 653 636 82 161 31 10 0 54 0 17 62 .253 .273 .333 .606 57 98
1884 26 145 593 558 85 122 18 4 3 51 0 35 74 .219 .265 .281 .546 41 102
1885 27 86 334 315 21 54 3 1 0 19 0 19 42 .171 .219 .187 .406 13 59
1886 28 132 520 478 57 104 7 7 0 38 29 42 51 .218 .281 .262 .542 35 101
1887 29 128 504 452 56 96 14 8 2 48 19 49 33 .212 .294 .292 .586 38 100
1888 30 149 570 529 57 112 14 5 0 31 22 38 67 .212 .268 .257 .526 36 125
1889 31 125 509 457 57 95 16 5 0 41 16 51 52 .208 .289 .265 .554 35 103
1890 32 118 461 407 46 85 16 1 0 34 15 53 36 .209 .302 .253 .555 31 96
1891 33 8 28 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .000 .214 .000 .214 0 6
12 Yrs 1469 5891 5518 640 1209 187 58 7 460 101 362 542 .219 .269 .278 .546 410 1009
162 Game Avg. 162 650 609 71 133 21 6 1 51 40 60 .219 .269 .278 .546 45 1009

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1880 NL  3.6 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1880 NL  2.2 (1st)
1883 NL  1.5 (4th)
1884 NL  1.7 (4th)
1886 NL  1.4 (5th)
1888 NL  1.2 (7th)
Career  9.0 (247th)

Games Played s c a p y
1880 NL  85 (9th)
1882 NL  84 (4th)
1883 NL  98 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1882 NL  34 (8th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1881 NL  51.5 (3rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1880 NL  261 (9th)

Oldest s c a p y
1894 NL  born 1858-02-14 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2096), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 11 (1123), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1153), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Shortstop (143rd), 15.1 career WAR/14.4 7yr-peak WAR/14.7 JAWS
Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 66.6 career WAR/42.7 7yr-peak WAR/54.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  2. Doc Lavan (950)
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  5. Shorty Fuller (933)
  6. Davy Force (930)
  7. Frank Taveras (924)
  8. Chick Galloway (923)
  9. Rabbit Warstler (923)
  10. Buddy Kerr (922)
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  2. Eddie Basinski (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Billy Jurges (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mike Tyson (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Freddie Patek (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dave Bancroft (953) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Doc Lavan (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mickey Doolin (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mickey Doolin (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jack Barry (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Doc Lavan (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Skeeter Newsome (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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