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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 14	NYG		BRO	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	3	Apr 15	NYG		BRO	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	4	Apr 16	NYG		PHI	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
5	5	Apr 17 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,2-4	GS	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
6	6	Apr 17 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	LF
7	7	Apr 18	NYG		PIT	W,12-3	GS	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF RF
8	8	Apr 22	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
9	9	Apr 23	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	10	Apr 24	NYG	@	BRO	W,11-10	CG	52	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
11	11	Apr 26	NYG		MLN	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	13 (1)	Apr 28	NYG		STL	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	LF
13	14	Apr 30	NYG		STL	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	15	May 1	NYG		CIN	W,2-1	GF	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
15	16	May 3	NYG		CHC	L,0-6	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	17	May 4	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	18	May 5	NYG		CHC	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	19	May 6	NYG		PIT	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
19	20	May 7	NYG		PIT	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	21	May 8 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
21	22	May 8 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,6-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
22	23	May 10	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
23	24	May 11	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
24	25	May 13	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
25	26	May 14	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	28 (1)	May 15 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-4	GS	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
27	29	May 17	NYG	@	MLN	L,4-9	CG	44	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
28	30	May 18	NYG	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
29	31	May 19	NYG	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	32	May 20	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
31	33	May 21	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-2	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	34	May 22 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
33	35	May 22 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	36	May 24	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-6	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	38 (1)	May 25 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-5	GS	42	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF RF
36	39	May 26	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	48	10.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
37	40	May 27	NYG		BRO	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
38	41	May 28	NYG		BRO	L,3-5	GS	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
39	42	May 29	NYG		BRO	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
40	43	May 30 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
41	44	May 30 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	46 (1)	Jun 1	NYG		CIN	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	47	Jun 2	NYG		CIN	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
44	49 (1)	Jun 4	NYG		CHC	L,8-9	CG	53	12.0	5	0	0	5	0
45	54 (4)	Jun 10	NYG		STL	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
							48gm		362.2	85	4	4	93	0