Monte Irvin

Positions: Leftfielder, First Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: February 25, 1919 in Haleburg, AL us

Died: January 11, 2016 in Houston, TX

Buried: Cremated

High School: Orange HS (Orange, NJ)

School: Lincoln University (Lincoln University, PA)

Debut: 1938 (8,330th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: July 8, 1949 (Age 30-133d)
vs. BRO 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1956 (Age 37-218d)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1973. (Voted by Negro League Committee)
View Monte Irvin's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1950 season)

Full Name: Monford Merrill Irvin

Nicknames: Mr. Murder

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

32.1

3523

1076

139

.305

580

RBI

684

OBP

.391

SLG

.492

OPS

.883

OPS+

135

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	9	1	2	12	0	1B
2	2	Apr 18	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-8	CG	38	8.1	7	3	0	10	2	1B
3	3	Apr 19 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
4	4	Apr 19 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,12-13	CG	48	9.1	9	2	0	11	1	1B
5	5	Apr 20	NYG		BRO	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	7	2	1	10	0	1B
6	6	Apr 21	NYG		BRO	L,3-7	CG	37	9.0	9	4	0	13	1	1B
7	7	Apr 22	NYG		BRO	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
8	8	Apr 23	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	15	2	1	18	1	1B
9	9	Apr 24	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	43	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
10	10	Apr 25	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
11	11	Apr 26	NYG		BSN	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
12	12	Apr 27	NYG		BSN	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
13	13	Apr 28	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
14	14	Apr 29	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
15	15	Apr 30	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	NYG		CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
17	17	May 2	NYG		CHC	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	12	1	0	13	4	1B
18	18	May 3	NYG		PIT	L,4-7	CG	43	10.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
19	19	May 4	NYG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
20	20	May 5	NYG		PIT	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
21	21	May 6 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,3-4	CG	45	10.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
22	22	May 6 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
23	23	May 8	NYG		STL	W,6-2	GS	28	8.0	5	2	1	8	0	1B
24	24	May 9	NYG		STL	W,17-3	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
25	25	May 10	NYG		STL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
26	26	May 12	NYG		PHI	L,5-6	CG	47	10.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
27	27	May 13 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
28	28	May 13 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	3	1B
29	29	May 15	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	4
30	30	May 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
31	31	May 17	NYG	@	PIT	L,7-12	CG	42	8.0	5	2	1	8	1	1B
32	32	May 18	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
33	33	May 19	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	9	2	0	11	3
34	34	May 20	NYG	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	43	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	1B
35	35	May 21	NYG	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	36	May 23	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	37	May 25	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
38	38	May 26	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
39	39	May 27	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
40	40	May 28	NYG		BSN	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
41	41	May 30 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,6-5	CG	43	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
42	42	May 30 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,3-6	GS	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 1	NYG		PIT	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
44	44	Jun 2	NYG		PIT	W,14-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	45	Jun 3 (1)	NYG		STL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
46	46	Jun 3 (2)	NYG		STL	L,3-4	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
47	48 (1)	Jun 5	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
48	50 (1)	Jun 7	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
49	51	Jun 9	NYG		CHC	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
50	54 (2)	Jun 12	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	41	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
51	58 (3)	Jun 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	59	Jun 17 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-11	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	60	Jun 17 susp	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	61	Jun 18	NYG	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	55	12.0	6	1	0	7	0	LF
55	62	Jun 19	NYG	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	63	Jun 20	NYG	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
57	64	Jun 21	NYG	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	65	Jun 22	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-6	CG	44	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
59	66	Jun 23	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	67	Jun 24	NYG	@	CHC	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
61	68	Jun 26	NYG		BRO	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
62	69	Jun 27	NYG		BRO	L,4-10	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
63	70	Jun 28	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	GS	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF RF
64	71	Jun 30	NYG	@	BSN	L,7-19	CG	50	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	72	Jul 1	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
66	73	Jul 2	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	74	Jul 3	NYG		PHI	W,9-8	CG	59	13.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
68	75	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-6	GS	43	10.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF RF
69	76	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-4	GS	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	LF 1B
70	77	Jul 5	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
71	78	Jul 6	NYG		BSN	W,12-10	CG	41	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
72	79	Jul 7	NYG		BSN	W,7-6	CG	45	11.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
73	80	Jul 8	NYG		BSN	L,5-6	CG	43	10.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
74	81	Jul 12	NYG		STL	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
75	82	Jul 13	NYG		STL	W,14-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
76	83	Jul 14	NYG		STL	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF
77	84	Jul 15 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,6-7	GS	53	12.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF RF
78	85	Jul 15 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
79	86	Jul 16	NYG		PIT	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
80	87	Jul 17	NYG		CHC	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
81	88	Jul 18	NYG		CHC	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
82	89	Jul 20	NYG		CIN	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
83	90	Jul 21	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
84	91	Jul 22 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
85	92	Jul 22 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,9-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
86	93	Jul 24	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	35	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
87	94	Jul 25	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
88	95	Jul 27	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
89	96	Jul 28	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
90	97	Jul 29 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
91	98	Jul 29 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
92	99	Jul 30	NYG	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
93	100	Jul 31	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	101	Aug 1 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
95	102	Aug 1 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
96	103	Aug 2	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
97	104	Aug 3	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
98	105	Aug 4	NYG	@	STL	W,10-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
99	106	Aug 5	NYG	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
100	107	Aug 8 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
101	108	Aug 8 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	44	9.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
102	109	Aug 9	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
103	110	Aug 11	NYG		PHI	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
104	111	Aug 12 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
105	112	Aug 12 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
106	113	Aug 13	NYG		PHI	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
107	114	Aug 14	NYG		BRO	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
108	115	Aug 15	NYG		BRO	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
109	116	Aug 16	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
110	117	Aug 17	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
111	118	Aug 18	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
112	119	Aug 19	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	LF
113	120	Aug 21	NYG		CIN	W,7-4	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
114	121	Aug 22	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
115	122	Aug 24	NYG		STL	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
116	123	Aug 26 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
117	124	Aug 26 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
118	125	Aug 27 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	45	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
119	126	Aug 27 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
120	127	Aug 28	NYG		PIT	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
121	128	Aug 29	NYG		PIT	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
122	129	Aug 30	NYG		PIT	L,9-10	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	130	Sep 1	NYG		BRO	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
124	131	Sep 2	NYG		BRO	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
125	132	Sep 3 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
126	133	Sep 3 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
127	134	Sep 5 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	LF
128	135	Sep 5 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
129	136	Sep 7	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
130	137	Sep 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
131	138	Sep 9	NYG	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
132	139	Sep 11 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
133	140	Sep 11 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
134	141	Sep 13 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
135	142	Sep 14	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
136	143	Sep 15	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
137	144	Sep 16 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
138	145	Sep 16 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
139	146	Sep 18	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
140	147	Sep 20	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
141	148	Sep 22	NYG		BSN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
142	149	Sep 23	NYG		BSN	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
143	150	Sep 24	NYG		BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
144	151	Sep 25	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
145	152	Sep 26	NYG	@	PHI	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
146	153	Sep 29	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
147	154	Sep 30	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
148	155	Oct 1	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
149	156	Oct 2	NYG		BRO	L,0-10	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
150	157	Oct 3	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							155gm		1347.2	590	59	9	658	48