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Monte Irvin
Montford Merrill Irvin

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 195 lb.

Debut July 8, 1949
Final Game September 30, 1956
Born February 25, 1919 in Haleburg, AL

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1973.

Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants in 1949. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1949 30 NYG NL  36   76    7   17   3  2   0    7   0     17  11  .224  .366  .316   84   24   0           0   2
 1950 31 NYG NL 110  374   61  112  19  5  15   66   3     52  41  .299  .392  .497  131  186   1           5   7
 1951 32 NYG NL 151  558   94  174  19 11  24  121  12  2  89  44  .312  .415  .514  147  287   1           9  15 MVP-3
 1952 33 NYG NL  46  126   10   39   2  1   4   21   0  1  10  11  .310  .365  .437  120   55   0           1   3 MVP-31,AS
 1953 34 NYG NL 124  444   72  146  21  5  21   97   2  0  55  34  .329  .406  .541  142  240   0           3  20 MVP-15
 1954 35 NYG NL 135  432   62  113  13  3  19   64   7  4  70  23  .262  .363  .438  108  189   3   5       2  18
 1955 36 NYG NL  51  150   16   38   7  1   1   17   3  0  17  15  .253  .337  .333   79   50   1   2   0   3   5
 1956 37 CHC NL 111  339   44   92  13  3  15   50   1  0  41  41  .271  .346  .460  116  156   3   4   5   0  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      764 2499  366  731  97 31  99  443  28  7 351 220  .293  .383  .475  126 1187   9  11   5  23  81
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        530   78  155  21  7  21   94   6  1  74  47  .293  .383  .475  126  252   2   2   1   5  17
 Career High    151  558   94  174  21 11  24  121  12  4  89  44  .329  .415  .541  147  287   3   5   5   9  20
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1949 30 NYG NL   93   61    9   4.0   104| .224  .270| .366  .344| .316  .405| .682  .749|  84  .433  -1.0  -0.1     
 1950 31 NYG NL  432  270   72   7.1   109| .299  .271| .392  .348| .497  .420| .889  .768| 131  .679  18.0   1.7     
 1951 32 NYG NL  657  402  118   7.9   104| .312  .269| .415  .343| .514  .407| .929  .750| 147  .735  40.0   3.9  85%
 1952 33 NYG NL  137   91   19   5.6    98| .310  .263| .365  .336| .437  .391| .802  .727| 120  .633   3.2   0.3   0%
 1953 34 NYG NL  502  318   97   8.1   112| .329  .276| .406  .348| .541  .431| .947  .779| 142  .719  28.7   2.7 100%
 1954 35 NYG NL  512  349   69   5.3   110| .262  .275| .363  .347| .438  .426| .801  .772| 108  .545   5.8   0.6  63%
 1955 36 NYG NL  173  120   18   4.0   106| .253  .267| .337  .338| .333  .422| .670  .760|  79  .430  -3.9  -0.4 100%
 1956 37 CHC NL  387  265   53   5.3   102| .271  .263| .346  .330| .460  .415| .806  .745| 116  .581   8.0   0.8 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2893 1876  455   6.5   107| .293  .270| .383  .343| .475  .417| .858  .760| 126  .649  98.8   9.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1949 30 NYG NL OF 10 15 3 0 0 1.000 .978 1.80 2.25 0 0 10 1B 5 40 3 0 5 1.000 .991 8.60 8.98 3B 5 1 11 1 1 .923 .952 2.40 2.98 1950 31 NYG NL 1B 59 459 48 11 62 .979 .990 8.59 9.02 OF 49 109 2 1 0 .991 .978 2.27 2.14 20 0 30 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 3.00 1951 32 NYG NL OF 112 237 10 1 1 .996 .981 2.21 2.23 89 0 27 1B 39 348 50 8 47 .980 .989 10.21 9.29 1952 33 NYG NL OF 32 44 3 0 1 1.000 .981 1.47 2.10 30 1 1 AS 1953 34 NYG NL OF 113 244 10 7 4 .973 .980 2.25 2.11 102 0 13 1954 35 NYG NL OF 128 274 7 7 0 .976 .975 2.20 2.18 126 0 2 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.30 3B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.80 1955 36 NYG NL OF 45 94 4 4 0 .961 .977 2.18 2.10 44 0 4 1956 37 CHC NL LF 96 215 7 2 0 .991 .972 2.31 1.70 2.57 2.07 88 777.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1949 30 NYG NL 1B 5 40 3 0 5 1.000 .991 8.60 8.98 1950 31 NYG NL 1B 59 459 48 11 62 .979 .990 8.59 9.02 1951 32 NYG NL 1B 39 348 50 8 47 .980 .989 10.21 9.29 1954 35 NYG NL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.30 1949 30 NYG NL 3B 5 1 11 1 1 .923 .952 2.40 2.98 1950 31 NYG NL 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 3.00 1954 35 NYG NL 3B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.80 1956 37 CHC NL LF 96 215 7 2 0 .991 .972 2.31 1.70 2.57 2.07 88 777.0 1949 30 NYG NL OF 10 15 3 0 0 1.000 .978 1.80 2.25 0 0 10 1950 31 NYG NL OF 49 109 2 1 0 .991 .978 2.27 2.14 20 0 30 1951 32 NYG NL OF 112 237 10 1 1 .996 .981 2.21 2.23 89 0 27 1952 33 NYG NL OF 32 44 3 0 1 1.000 .981 1.47 2.10 30 1 1 1953 34 NYG NL OF 113 244 10 7 4 .973 .980 2.25 2.11 102 0 13 1954 35 NYG NL OF 128 274 7 7 0 .976 .975 2.20 2.18 126 0 2 1955 36 NYG NL OF 45 94 4 4 0 .961 .977 2.18 2.10 44 0 4 1956 37 CHC NL OF 96 216 6 2 0 .991 .977 2.31 2.05 2.57 2.28 88 777.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 104 849 101 19 114 .980 .990 9.13 9.12 LF* 96 215 7 2 0 .991 .972 2.31 1.70 88 777.0 3B 7 2 12 2 1 .875 .952 2.00 2.96 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 696 2084 158 43 121 .981 .983 3.22 3.19
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1951   WS    NYG NYY     L   6  24   3  11  0  1  0   2   2   1  .458  .500  .542   2  1   0   0   0 
 1954   WS    NYG CLE     W   4   9   1   2  1  0  0   2   0   3  .222  .222  .333   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1  10  33   4  13  1  1  0   4   2   4  .394  .429  .485   2  1   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1952   NYG NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1952

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1951-NL-3-0.49
1952-NL-31-0.01
1953-NL-15-0.03
Car-409-0.53 shares

Batting Average
1951 NL-.312-5
1953 NL-.329-7

On-base %
1951 NL-.415-4
1953 NL-.406-4

Slugging %
1951 NL-.514-7
1953 NL-.541-9

OPS
1951 NL-.929-6
1953 NL-.947-7

Runs
1951 NL-94-10

Hits
1951 NL-174-7

Total Bases
1951 NL-287-9

Triples
1951 NL-11-3

Home Runs
1951 NL-24-10

RBI
1951 NL-121-1

Bases on Balls
1951 NL-89-7

Stolen Bases
1951 NL-12-8

Singles
1951 NL-120-10

Adjusted OPS+
1951 NL-147-6
1953 NL-142-7

Runs Created
1951 NL-118-4

Adjusted Batting Runs
1951 NL-40-5

Batting Wins
1951 NL-3.9-5
1953 NL-2.7-10

Times on Base
1951 NL-272-5

Offensive Win%
1951 NL-.735-5
1953 NL-.719-6

Hit By Pitch
1950 NL-5-7
1951 NL-9-3

Grounded into Double Plays
1953 NL-20-2
1954 NL-18-6

Power/Speed Number
1951 NL-16.0-5
1954 NL-10.2-8

At Bats per Strikeout
1954 NL-18.8-5

         

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (405) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 33 (712) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 18.0 (730) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 19.0 (801) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1949 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants.

November 27, 1955: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs from the New York Giants in the 1955 rule 5 draft.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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