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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, CAN
Signed as a Free Agent with the Worcester Ruby Legs in 1880. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1880
Teams (by GP): Quakers/Grays/RubyLegs/Reds/Nationals/... 1880-1894

Final Game: June 22, 1894
Died: July 16, 1921 in ---, Atlantic Ocean
Buried: Died at Sea,
Relatives: Brother of John Irwin
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 9:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1532. Paul Sorrento… #1533. Gabe Kapler… #1534. Freddy Leach… #1535. ARTHUR IRWIN… #1536. Nick Punto… #1537. Tony Graffanino… #1538. Tom Goodwin… 

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
1880 22 WOR NL 85 363 352 53 91 19 4 1 35 11 27 .259 .281 .344 .625 104 121 0 *6/52
1881 23 WOR NL 50 213 206 27 55 8 2 0 24 7 4 .267 .291 .325 .616 88 67 0 6
1882 24 WOR NL 84 347 333 30 73 12 4 0 30 14 34 .219 .251 .279 .530 68 93 0 56
1883 25 PRO NL 98 418 406 67 116 22 7 0 44 12 38 .286 .306 .374 .681 102 152 0 *6/4
1884 26 PRO NL 102 432 404 73 97 14 3 2 44 28 52 .240 .289 .304 .594 89 123 0 *6/1
1885 27 PRO NL 59 232 218 16 39 2 1 0 14 14 29 .179 .228 .197 .426 41 43 0 6/45
1886 28 PHI NL 101 408 373 51 87 6 6 0 34 24 35 39 .233 .299 .282 .581 79 105 0 *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 2
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 0
WOR (3 yrs) 219 923 891 110 219 39 10 1 89 32 65 .246 .272 .315 .587 87 281 0
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 (v2.1): 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 1 0 0 16 6 22 2.2 11 34 3.4 .527 .514 1.8 2.2 18 $ *6/52
1881 23 WOR NL 50 213 -2 0 0 -5 3 -4 -0.4 6 3 0.3 .493 .498 0.8 -0.2 8 $ 6
1882 24 WOR NL 84 347 -12 0 0 -6 4 -14 -1.4 10 -4 -0.3 .484 .492 0.3 -0.3 2 $ 56
1883 25 PRO NL 98 418 1 0 0 11 6 18 1.4 13 31 2.8 .516 .510 2.0 1.5 20 $1,600 *6/4
1884 26 PRO NL 102 432 -3 0 0 13 7 17 1.3 13 30 2.7 .515 .510 1.7 1.7 17 $1,700 *6/1
1885 27 PRO NL 59 232 -13 0 0 3 4 -6 -0.7 7 0 0.0 .489 .496 -0.2 0.6 -2 $1,800 6/45
1886 28 PHI NL 101 408 -7 1 0 9 7 10 0.7 13 22 2.1 .509 .506 1.4 1.4 13 $2,600 *6/5
1887 29 PHI NL 100 425 -5 -2 0 -1 7 -1 -0.4 13 12 1.0 .499 .499 1.3 0.3 13 $2,600 *6
1888 30 PHI NL 125 484 -16 -2 0 4 8 -6 -0.8 15 9 0.8 .495 .496 0.5 1.2 5 $2,600 *6/4
1889 31 PHI NL 18 79 -5 0 0 -2 1 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.3 .474 .497 0.0 -0.1 -1 $4,000 6
1889 31 WHS NL 85 356 -6 -1 0 -3 6 -4 -0.5 10 6 0.6 .495 .498 0.9 0.2 9 $ 6/41
1890 32 BOS PL 96 412 -8 -2 0 -1 6 -4 -0.3 7 3 0.5 .497 .498 0.5 0.5 4 $ *6
1891 33 BOS AA 6 21 -2 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.1 .469 .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 -78 -5 0 37 66 19 0.6 122 141 13.5 .502 .501 10.9 9.0 104 $16,900
PHI (5 yrs) 345 1396 -33 -3 0 10 23 -3 -0.9 43 40 3.6 .499 .500 3.2 2.8 30 $11,800
PRO (3 yrs) 259 1082 -16 0 0 27 17 28 2.1 33 61 5.5 .510 .505 3.5 3.8 34 $5,100
WOR (3 yrs) 219 923 -13 0 0 5 13 5 0.4 28 32 3.4 .503 .501 2.9 1.7 27 $
BOS (2 yrs) 102 433 -10 -2 0 -2 7 -7 -0.5 8 1 0.4 .495 .498 0.4 0.5 3 $
WHS (1 yr) 85 356 -6 -1 0 -3 6 -4 -0.5 10 6 0.6 .495 .498 0.9 0.2 9 $

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

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1884 26 PRO NL 0 0 3.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 15 111 2.000 15.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.00
1889 31 WHS NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 Yrs 0 0 2.25 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 6 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 19 171 1.750 13.5 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.00
162 Game Avg. 0 0 2.25 68 0 34 0 0 0 136 204 102 34 0 34 0 0 0 646 171 1.750 13.5 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.00
WHS (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRO (1 yr) 0 0 3.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 15 111 2.000 15.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1884 26 PRO NL 3.0 1 0 2 6.00 5.45 1.12 0.00 95.0 4.12 -1 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.0 -0 .451 .500 $1,700
1889 31 WHS NL 1.0 1 0 1 9.00 5.96 -0.42 0.00 96.0 6.13 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.0 -0 .475 .500 $
2 Seasons 4.0 2 0 3 6.75 5.58 0.74 0.00 95.2 4.62 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.0 -1 .463 .500 $1,700
WHS (1 yr) 1.0 1 0 1 9.00 5.96 -0.42 0.00 96.0 6.13 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.0 -0 .475 .500 $
PRO (1 yr) 3.0 1 0 2 6.00 5.45 1.12 0.00 95.0 4.12 -1 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.0 -0 .451 .500 $1,700

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1880 WOR NL 22 SS 82 485 95 339 51 27 .895 5.29 .882 4.38
1880 WOR NL 22 3B 3 11 3 6 2 0 .818 3.00 .856 3.47
1880 WOR NL 22 C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 6.90 0
1881 WOR NL 23 SS 50 241 50 155 36 11 .851 4.10 .873 4.63
1882 WOR NL 24 3B 51 276 84 147 45 8 .837 4.53 .843 3.53
1882 WOR NL 24 SS 33 197 41 123 33 16 .832 4.97 .852 4.48
1883 PRO NL 25 SS 94 451 93 293 65 29 .856 4.11 .853 4.58
1883 PRO NL 25 2B 4 16 7 8 1 0 .938 3.75 .890 6.15
1884 PRO NL 26 SS 102 461 99 307 55 20 .881 3.98 .864 4.30
1884 PRO NL 26 P 1 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 1.00 .890 2.40 2.20
1885 PRO NL 27 SS 58 319 70 209 40 17 .875 4.81 .872 4.59
1885 PRO NL 27 2B 1 3 0 1 2 0 .333 1.00 .900 5.80
1885 PRO NL 27 3B 1 3 0 2 1 0 .667 2.00 .867 3.30
1886 PHI NL 28 SS 100 515 137 322 56 21 .891 4.59 .880 4.37
1886 PHI NL 28 3B 1 3 0 1 2 0 .333 1.00 .867 3.30
1887 PHI NL 29 SS 100 537 178 301 58 30 .892 4.79 .890 5.01
1888 PHI NL 30 SS 122 642 204 374 64 31 .900 4.74 .881 4.47
1888 PHI NL 30 2B 3 14 5 9 0 2 1.000 4.67 .920 5.67
1889 TOT NL 31 SS 103 580 190 325 65 42 .888 5.00 .888 4.90
1889 PHI NL 31 SS 18 84 25 46 13 6 .845 3.94 .888 4.90
1889 WHS NL 31 SS 85 496 165 279 52 36 .895 5.22 .888 4.90
1889 WHS NL 31 2B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .925 6.20
1889 WHS NL 31 P 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.20
1890 BOS PL 32 SS 96 533 137 331 65 44 .878 4.88 .868 5.13
1891 BOS AA 33 SS 6 27 7 14 6 5 .778 3.50 .879 5.13
1894 PHI NL 36 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.70
13 Seasons SS 947 4988 1301 3093 594 293 .881 4.64 .875 4.64
4 Seasons 3B 56 293 87 156 50 8 .829 4.34 .844 3.52
4 Seasons 2B 9 35 14 18 3 2 .914 3.56 .905 5.96
2 Seasons P 2 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.50 .890 2.25 2.20
1 Season C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 6.90 0
13 Seasons TOT 1015 4.0 5317 1402 3268 647 303 .878 2.25 4.60 .874 2.25 4.58 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1880 NL  3.4 (5th)

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 (6th)
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)

Assists† s c a p y
1880 NL  345 (1st)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1882 NL  78 (1st)
Career  647 (39th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1882 NL  84 (5th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1882 NL  147 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1882 NL  45 (2nd)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1880 NL  82 (2nd)
1883 NL  94 (3rd)
1884 NL  102 (4th)
1886 NL  100 (5th)
1887 NL  100 (5th)
1888 NL  122 (2nd)
1890 PL  96 (5th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1880 NL  95 (4th)
1886 NL  137 (4th)
1887 NL  178 (3rd)
1888 NL  204 (1st)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1880 NL  339 (1st)
1883 NL  293 (3rd)
1884 NL  307 (3rd)
1886 NL  322 (4th)
1888 NL  374 (2nd)
1889 NL  325 (5th)
1890 PL  331 (5th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1880 NL  51 (1st)
1883 NL  65 (5th)
1884 NL  55 (4th)
1886 NL  56 (4th)
1887 NL  58 (5th)
1888 NL  64 (4th)
1889 NL  65 (5th)
Career  594 (16th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1882 NL  4.53 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1880 NL  5.29 (1st)
1885 NL  4.81 (4th)
1886 NL  4.59 (3rd)
1887 NL  4.79 (5th)
1888 NL  4.74 (3rd)
1889 NL  5.00 (4th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1880 NL  .895 (2nd)
1883 NL  .856 (4th)
1884 NL  .881 (5th)
1885 NL  .875 (4th)
1886 NL  .891 (2nd)
1887 NL  .892 (4th)
1888 NL  .900 (3rd)
1890 PL  .878 (4th)

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2071), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 11 (1124), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1151), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Shortstop (137th), 13.5 career WAR/13.4 7yr-peak WAR/13.5 JAWS
Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 63.1 career WAR/41.1 7yr-peak WAR/52.1 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Jack Barry (955)
  2. Doc Lavan (950)
  3. Heinie Wagner (935)
  4. Skeeter Newsome (935)
  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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  1. Joe Sullivan (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
188325Providence Grays$1,6001890 Spalding Guide
188426Providence Grays$1,7001890 Spalding Guide
188527Providence Grays$1,8001890 Spalding Guide
188628Philadelphia Quakers$2,6001890 Spalding Guide
188729Philadelphia Quakers$2,6001890 Spalding Guide
188830Philadelphia Quakers$2,6001890 Spalding Guide
188931Philadelphia Quakers$4,0001890 Spalding Guide
Career to date (may be incomplete)$16,900
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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