Irv Noren
Irving Arnold Noren
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 29, 1924 in Jamestown, NY
High School: Pasadena (Pasadena, CA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1950
Final Game: October 1, 1960
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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
1950 WSH AL 25 OF 121 383 357 20 6 5 .984 3.12 .979 2.34 0-121-0 MVP-15
1950 WSH AL 25 1B 17 164 143 14 7 16 .957 9.24 .990 8.51 MVP-15
1951 WSH AL 26 OF 126 445 420 15 10 1 .978 3.45 .977 2.23 0-126-0 MVP-28
1952 TOT AL 27 OF 72 142 137 5 0 1 1.000 1.97 .980 2.18 18-30-25
1952 WSH AL 27 OF 12 44 42 2 0 0 1.000 3.67 .980 2.18 0-12-0
1952 NYY AL 27 OF 60 98 95 3 0 1 1.000 1.63 .980 2.18 18-18-25
1952 NYY AL 27 1B 19 147 135 10 2 14 .986 7.63 .988 8.88
1953 NYY AL 28 OF 96 221 208 11 2 1 .991 2.28 .981 2.18 21-44-38
1954 NYY AL 29 OF 116 108 955.2 256 242 9 5 2 .980 7.1 8.9 6.1 4.3 1.9 1 2.36 2.16 .979 2.39 2.17 AS,MVP-15
1954 NYY AL 29 LF 55 49 435.2 118 111 5 2 1 .983 2.7 7.4 1.7 -0.9 2.6 1 2.40 2.11 .977 2.26 1.93 AS,MVP-15
1954 NYY AL 29 RF 49 46 380.0 88 83 3 2 1 .977 5.1 16.1 5.1 3.7 1.5 0 2.04 1.76 .975 2.05 1.82 AS,MVP-15
1954 NYY AL 29 CF 23 13 140.0 48 46 1 1 0 .979 -0.7 -6.0 -0.7 1.5 -2.2 0 3.02 2.04 .983 2.85 2.64 AS,MVP-15
1954 NYY AL 29 1B 1 0 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 270.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 13.50 2.00 1.000 9.45 8.00 AS,MVP-15
1955 NYY AL 30 OF 126 93 892.0 252 238 9 5 0 .980 11.7 15.7 9.7 3.4 6.3 2 2.49 1.96 .982 2.40 2.08
1955 NYY AL 30 LF 117 87 820.0 227 215 8 4 0 .982 9.7 14.2 8.7 3.7 5.1 1 2.45 1.91 .980 2.26 1.78
1955 NYY AL 30 CF 11 5 59.0 21 19 1 1 0 .952 1.2 24.4 0.2 -0.8 0.9 1 3.05 1.82 .986 2.87 2.55
1955 NYY AL 30 RF 3 1 13.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.8 73.8 0.8 0.5 0.3 0 2.77 1.33 .975 2.08 1.73
1956 NYY AL 31 OF 10 7 55.0 8 6 1 1 0 .875 -0.8 -17.5 -1.8 -1.8 0.1 1 1.15 0.70 .975 2.34 2.04
1956 NYY AL 31 RF 6 5 37.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0.5 16.2 -0.5 -0.7 0.3 1 1.46 1.00 .967 2.09 1.80
1956 NYY AL 31 LF 4 2 18.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -1.3 -86.7 -1.3 -1.1 -0.2 0 0.50 0.25 1.000 2.10 1.70
1956 NYY AL 31 1B 1 0 5.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -48.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 9.00 5.00 .980 9.36 8.00
1957 TOT MLB 32 OF 14 11 103.2 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -23.2 -2.0 -0.7 -1.3 0 1.22 1.00 .979 2.27 2.03
1957 TOT MLB 32 RF 13 10 96.2 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -24.8 -2.0 -0.7 -1.3 0 1.12 0.92 .975 1.96 1.70
1957 KCA AL 32 1B 25 25 189.0 205 191 12 2 24 .990 -1.8 -11.4 -1.8 -0.9 -0.9 0 9.67 8.12 .992 9.67 8.36
1957 KCA AL 32 OF 6 6 53.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -13.6 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 1.36 1.33 .975 2.24 1.97
1957 KCA AL 32 RF 6 6 53.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -13.6 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 1.19 1.17 .971 1.94 1.68
1957 STL NL 32 OF 8 5 50.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -33.2 -1.4 -0.7 -0.7 0 1.07 0.75 .983 2.29 2.08
1957 STL NL 32 RF 7 4 43.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -38.5 -1.4 -0.7 -0.7 0 1.03 0.71 .980 1.98 1.71
1957 STL NL 32 LF 1 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.29 1.00 1.000 2.06 1.70
1958 STL NL 33 OF 77 28 343.0 78 75 1 2 0 .974 0.5 1.7 0.5 -2.4 2.9 0 1.99 0.99 .979 2.26 1.95
1958 STL NL 33 LF 60 19 250.0 64 60 2 2 0 .969 3.5 16.8 2.5 -0.8 3.3 1 2.23 1.03 .975 2.00 1.54
1958 STL NL 33 CF 13 8 66.2 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -36.0 -1.0 -0.3 -0.7 -1 2.02 1.15 .987 2.73 2.50
1958 STL NL 33 RF 11 1 26.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -45.6 -1.0 -1.3 0.3 0 0.68 0.18 1.000 2.02 1.73
1959 TOT NL 34 OF 42 36 291.1 85 81 4 0 1 1.000 7.3 30.1 7.3 1.7 5.6 0 2.63 2.02 .976 2.21 1.90
1959 TOT NL 34 LF 19 14 112.1 29 28 1 0 0 1.000 1.3 13.9 1.3 1.3 -0.1 0 2.32 1.53 .969 2.04 1.59
1959 TOT NL 34 1B 2 0 4.0 4 4 0 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -30.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 9.00 2.00 1.000 9.68 8.00
1959 STL NL 34 LF 2 1 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.60
1959 STL NL 34 OF 2 1 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.90
1959 STL NL 34 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.00
1959 CHC NL 34 OF 40 35 287.1 85 81 4 0 1 1.000 7.5 31.3 7.5 1.7 5.8 0 2.66 2.13 .976 2.21 1.90
1959 CHC NL 34 LF 17 13 108.1 29 28 1 0 0 1.000 1.5 16.6 1.5 1.3 0.1 0 2.41 1.71 .969 2.04 1.59
1959 CHC NL 34 RF 17 16 133.0 40 39 1 0 0 1.000 5.1 46.0 5.1 0.2 4.9 0 2.71 2.35 .978 1.96 1.64
1959 CHC NL 34 CF 6 6 46.0 14 12 2 0 1 1.000 0.9 23.5 0.9 0.2 0.8 0 2.74 2.33 .979 2.62 2.23
1959 CHC NL 34 1B 1 0 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 9.00 3.00 1.000 9.60 8.00
1960 CHC NL 35 1B 1 1 8.0 6 5 0 1 1 .833 -0.6 -90.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 5.62 5.00 .983 9.56 8.20
1960 CHC NL 35 OF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.90
1960 CHC NL 35 RF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.80
11 Seasons OF 801 283 2641.2 1885 1778 76 31 11 .984 24.0 10.9 20.0 4.7 15.5 4 6.32 2.31 .979 2.35 2.15 295-374-163
6 Seasons (incomplete) LF 256 172 1643.0 441 416 16 9 1 .980 15.9 11.6 12.9 2.2 10.7 3 2.37 1.69 .978 2.20 1.74
7 Seasons (incomplete) RF 100 79 687.0 153 144 7 2 1 .987 8.7 15.2 7.7 1.9 6.0 1 1.98 1.51 .976 2.02 1.76
7 Seasons 1B 66 26 207.1 533 483 38 12 56 .977 -2.4 -13.9 -2.4 -0.6 -1.8 0 22.62 7.89 .990 9.66 8.52
4 Seasons (incomplete) CF 53 32 311.2 98 92 4 2 1 .980 -0.6 -2.3 -0.6 0.6 -1.2 0 2.77 1.81 .984 2.79 2.54
11 Seasons TOT 867 309 2849.0 2418 2261 114 43 67 .982 21.6 9.1 17.6 4.1 13.7 4 0 7.50 2.74 .964 2.88 2.64 295-374-163
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
1950 WSH AL 25 138 138 138 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 121 0 121
1951 WSH AL 26 129 129 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 0 126
1952 NYY AL 27 93 93 93 0 0 19 0 0 0 18 18 25 60
1952 WSH AL 27 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 12
1953 NYY AL 28 109 109 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 44 38 96
1954 NYY AL 29 125 108 125 125 0 0 1 0 0 0 55 23 49 116 12 0
1955 NYY AL 30 132 93 132 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 10 3 126 13 1
1956 NYY AL 31 29 7 29 29 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 6 10 21 0
1957 KCA AL 32 81 31 81 81 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 46 0
1957 STL NL 32 17 5 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 8 12 0
1958 STL NL 33 117 28 117 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 13 11 77 49 3
1959 CHC NL 34 65 35 65 65 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 6 17 40 26 0
1959 STL NL 34 8 1 8 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 0
1960 LAD NL 35 26 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
1960 CHC NL 35 12 1 12 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 0
11 Seasons 1093 309 1093 1093 0 0 66 0 0 0 295 373 163 801 220 4
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 NYY AL 29 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 19 15 0 16 3 2 7 3 0 10 2 0 8 8 0 60 31 51.7% 27 2 3.3% 3 1753 65% 80% 30% 224 50%
1955 NYY AL 30 4 0 4 0 1 8 0 5 1 1 40 32 1 25 6 0 15 9 1 15 7 0 16 15 0 111 69 62.2% 39 2 1.8% 6 3534 68% 75% 29% 427 52%
1956 NYY AL 31 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 3 42.9% 4 0 0.0% 0 89 66% 82% 17% 16 6%
1957 STL NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 27 56% 89% 22% 4 25%
1958 STL NL 33 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 8 7 0 10 3 0 5 4 0 6 2 0 10 10 0 39 26 66.7% 13 0 0.0% 2 1104 60% 77% 29% 124 50%
1959 CHC NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 6 5 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 13 8 61.5% 5 0 0.0% 1 500 54% 78% 28% 58 50%
1959 STL NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 17 53% 88% 35% 1 0%
6 Seasons 9 0 9 0 1 16 2 7 1 3 74 60 1 56 13 2 34 19 1 33 12 0 35 34 0 232 138 59.5% 89 4 1.7% 12 7024 65% 77% 29% 854 50%
MLB Averages 56.4% 2.4% 62% 79% 29% 48%

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 NYY AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 15 8 0 12 1 1 3 2 0 7 2 0 6 5 0 43 18 41.9% 24 1 2.3% 1 1585 67% 79% 28% 139 55%
1955 NYY AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 2 1 33.3% 0 51 80% 75% 31% 7 57%
1956 NYY AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 171 61% 73% 24% 12 50%
1957 STL NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 5 50.0% 5 0 0.0% 0 199 56% 80% 19% 20 25%
1957 KCA AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 167 60% 78% 26% 8 50%
1958 STL NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 114 61% 77% 21% 10 20%
1959 CHC NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 5 0 15 7 46.7% 7 1 6.7% 0 556 56% 80% 28% 63 63%
1960 CHC NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 40% 60% 20% 2 50%
7 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 2 27 10 1 25 4 2 9 7 0 8 2 0 13 11 0 82 34 41.5% 45 3 3.7% 2 2848 63% 79% 27% 261 53%
MLB Averages 43.0% 3.2% 62% 79% 29% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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 NYY AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 3 0 9 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19 4 21.1% 14 1 5.3% 0 572 71% 81% 26% 84 51%
1955 NYY AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 10 6 60.0% 4 0 0.0% 1 262 66% 74% 32% 30 67%
1958 STL NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 7 3 42.9% 4 0 0.0% 0 299 61% 75% 18% 27 56%
1959 CHC NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 2 1 33.3% 1 197 50% 73% 31% 25 52%
4 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 14 7 1 14 1 1 3 1 0 3 0 0 5 4 0 39 13 33.3% 24 2 5.1% 2 1330 65% 77% 26% 166 55%
MLB Averages 43.3% 2.2% 62% 79% 29% 57%

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 NYY AL 29 7 43% 57% 29% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 NYY AL 31 25 64% 76% 20% 1 100% 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1957 KCA AL 32 803 60% 78% 23% 39 97% 0 176 21 154 1 9 12 7 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 23 2 0 0 18 2 5 3 2 4 75%
1959 CHC NL 34 13 54% 69% 15% 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 STL NL 34 4 25% 50% 25% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHC NL 35 42 93% 69% 19% 3 67% 0 5 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 894 61% 77% 23% 45 96% 0 190 23 165 2 10 14 8 2 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 25 2 0 0 20 2 5 3 2 5 80%
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 94% 87%

* 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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