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Arthur Irwin
Arthur Albert Irwin (Doc and Sandy)

Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Weight: 158 lb.

Born: February 14, 1858 in Toronto, ON, CAN
Signed as a Free Agent with the Worcester Ruby Legs in 1880. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1880
Final Game: June 22, 1894
Died: July 16, 1921 in Atlantic Ocean from N.Y. to Boston
Relatives: Brother of John Irwin
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	Pos
1880	22	WOR	NL	85	363	352	53	91	19	4	1	35		11	27	.259	.281	.344	.625	103	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	88	123		*6/1
1885	27	PRO	NL	59	232	218	16	39	2	1	0	14		14	29	.179	.228	.197	.426	40	43		6/45
1886	28	PHI	NL	101	408	373	51	87	6	6	0	34	24	35	39	.233	.299	.282	.581	77	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	74	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	79	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	14	2	2	/6

1894	36	PHI	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	/6
13 Seasons				1010	4190	3871	552	934	141	45	5	396	93	309	378	.241	.299	.305	.604	81	1180	10
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
PRO (3 yrs)				259	1082	1028	156	252	38	11	2	102		54	119	.245	.283	.309	.592	84	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	76	113	3
WHS (1 yr)				85	356	313	49	73	10	5	0	32	9	42	37	.233	.326	.297	.623	79	93	1

NL (11 yrs)				908	3757	3500	491	840	124	44	5	351	77	250	348	.240	.292	.305	.597	82	1067	7
AA (1 yr)				6	21	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.118	.286	.118	.403	14	2	2
PL (1 yr)				96	412	354	60	92	17	1	0	45	16	57	29	.260	.364	.314	.678	79	111	1

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
1884	26	PRO	NL	WS	NYP	W	3	9	9	3	2	0	1	0	2	0		0	2	.222	.222	.444	.667	4					0
1 WS							3	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	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1884	26	PRO	NL	0	0	3.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	5	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	15	95	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	5		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2 Seasons				0	0	2.25	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	6	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	20	139	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	0	680	139	1.750	13.5	0.0	2.3	0.0	0.00

PRO (1 yr)				0	0	3.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	5	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	15	95	2.000	15.0	0.0	3.0	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	5		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Awards
1880	WOR	NL	22	SS	82			485	95	339	51	27	.895		5.29	.880		4.31
1880	WOR	NL	22	3B	3			11	3	6	2	0	.818		3.00	.864		3.30
1880	WOR	NL	22	C	1			0	0	0	0	0			0.00			6.40	0
1881	WOR	NL	23	SS	50			241	50	155	36	11	.851		4.10	.876		4.55
1882	WOR	NL	24	3B	51			276	84	147	45	8	.837		4.53	.844		3.50
1882	WOR	NL	24	SS	33			197	41	123	33	16	.832		4.97	.855		4.36
1883	PRO	NL	25	SS	94			451	93	293	65	29	.856		4.11	.853		4.54
1883	PRO	NL	25	2B	4			16	7	8	1	0	.938		3.75	.881		6.00
1884	PRO	NL	26	SS	102			461	99	307	55	20	.881		3.98	.861		4.25
1884	PRO	NL	26	P	1			1	0	1	0	0	1.000		1.00	.900		2.10
1885	PRO	NL	27	SS	58			319	70	209	40	17	.875		4.81	.871		4.54
1885	PRO	NL	27	2B	1			3	0	1	2	0	.333		1.00	.967		5.70
1885	PRO	NL	27	3B	1			3	0	2	1	0	.667		2.00	.900		3.20
1886	PHI	NL	28	SS	100			515	137	322	56	21	.891		4.59	.876		4.24
1886	PHI	NL	28	3B	1			3	0	1	2	0	.333		1.00	.933		3.30
1887	PHI	NL	29	SS	100			537	178	301	58	30	.892		4.79	.890		4.94
1888	PHI	NL	30	SS	122			642	204	374	64	31	.900		4.74	.878		4.45
1888	PHI	NL	30	2B	3			14	5	9	0	2	1.000		4.67	.914		5.67
1889	TOT	NL	31	SS	103			580	190	325	65	42	.888		5.00	.888		4.87
1889	PHI	NL	31	SS	18			84	25	46	13	6	.845		3.94	.893		4.87
1889	WHS	NL	31	SS	85			496	165	279	52	36	.895		5.22	.887		4.87
1889	WHS	NL	31	2B	1			2	2	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.900		6.10
1889	WHS	NL	31	P	1			0	0	0	0	0			0.00			1.90
1890	BOS	PL	32	SS	96			533	137	331	65	44	.878		4.88	.866		5.05
1891	BOS	AA	33	SS	6			27	7	14	6	5	.778		3.50	.893		5.03
1894	PHI	NL	36	SS	1			0	0	0	0	0			0.00			5.60
13 Seasons				SS	947			4988	1301	3093	594	293	.881		4.64	.874		4.57
4 Seasons				3B	56			293	87	156	50	8	.829		4.34	.846		3.48
4 Seasons				2B	9			35	14	18	3	2	.914		3.56	.903		5.87
2 Seasons				P	2			1	0	1	0	0	1.000		0.50	.900		2.00
1 Season				C	1			0	0	0	0	0			0.00			6.40	0
13 Seasons				TOT	1015			5317	1402	3268	647	303	.878		4.60	.751		4.52	0
				Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

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Gray Ink Batting - 3 (2006), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 6 (1367), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 15 (1188), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Joe Sullivan (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Eddie Basinski (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Billy Jurges (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Tyson (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Marty Perez (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Bancroft (953) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Doc Lavan (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rey Ordonez (947) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Doc Lavan (944) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jack Barry (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Doc Lavan (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Skeeter Newsome (936) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1880 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Worcester Ruby Legs.

September 21, 1882: Signed as a Free Agent with the Providence Grays.

September, 1885: Released by the Providence Grays. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

October, 1886: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Quakers. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

June 8, 1889: Purchased by the Washington Nationals from the Philadelphia Quakers for $3,000.

Before 1890 Season: Jumped from the Washington Nationals to the Boston Reds.

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Uniforms

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Name and misspellings: Arthur Albert Arthur Doc,Sandy Irwin

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Gray Ink	Batting - 3 (2006), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 6 (1367), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 15 (1188), Average HOFer ≈ 50