Monte Irvin

Retired
High Level
MLB
Years
1949-1956 (1949-1956)
Proper Name
Monford Merrill Irvin
Nickname
Mr. Murder
Positions
OF (585) ... 1B (104) ... 3B (7)
Height / Weight
6-1 / 195
Bats / Throws
Right / Right
Death Date
January 11,2016   Age:  96.320
High School
Orange (Orange,NJ)
Colleges
Lincoln University of Pennsylvania (Lincoln University,PA)
MLB Debut
MLBAM ID
Retrosheet#
irvim101
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Subject of Chapter 32 of the book The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnarski   [1954] World Series Champion with New York Giants   [1973] Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame (Negro Leagues Committee)   [2010] His #20 was retired by the Giants on June 26,2010
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Batting Statistics

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yearteam nameleaguelevelmlb#agepostbc+gabrh2b3bhrrbisbcsbbsohbpshsfibbgdptbpaxbh1bavgobpslgopssecaisobabipbb%so%so/bbab/hr
1949New York GiantsNLMLBNY1730OF-3B36767173207001711000022493512.224.366.316.682.000.092.00018.2811.830.650.00
1950New York GiantsNLMLBNY120311B-OF117110374611121951566305241510071864323973.299.392.497.889.000.198.00012.049.490.7924.93
1951New York GiantsNLMLBNY12032OF12715155894174191124121122894491001528765754120.312.415.514.929.380.202.00013.556.700.4923.25
1952New York GiantsNLMLBNY12033OF113*461261039214210110111000355137732.310.365.437.802.198.127.0007.308.031.1031.50
1953New York GiantsNLMLBNY12034OF1271244447214621521972055343000202405024799.329.406.541.947.340.212.00010.966.770.6221.14
1954New York GiantsNLMLBNY12035OF1101354326211313319647470232350181895123578.262.363.438.801.345.176.23813.674.490.3322.74
1955New York GiantsNLMLBNY12036OF96*511501638711173017153120550173929.253.337.333.670.213.080.2729.838.670.88150.00
1956Chicago CubsNLMLBCHN3937OF109111339449213315501041410345111563873161.271.346.460.806.313.189.26810.5910.591.0022.60
Tot:MLB (8 yrs) MLB     76424993667319731994432873512202391158111872893227504.293.383.475.858.331.182.28812.137.600.6325.24
Tot:NL (8 yrs) NL     76424993667319731994432873512202391158111872893227504.293.383.475.858.331.182.28812.137.600.6325.24
Avg:MLB - 162 game avg MLB     162🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒
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yearteam nameleaguecategoryagegabrh2b3bhrrbisbcsbbsohbpshsfibbgdptbpaxbh1bavgobpslgopssecaisobabipbb%so%so/bbab/hr
1951New York GiantsWorld SeriesPlayoffs3262431101022021000001326110.458.500.5421.042.250.084.4787.693.850.500.00
1954New York GiantsWorld SeriesPlayoffs35491210020003000003911.222.222.333.555.111.111.3330.0033.330.000.00
Tot:Playoffs (2 Yrs) Playoffs 103341311042024000001635211.394.429.485.913.212.091.4485.7111.432.00

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