Monte Irvin

Monford Merrill Irvin
(Mr. Murder)

Born: February 25, 1919 in Haleburg, AL
Died: January 11, 2016 in Houston, TX
(96 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'1"

Wt: 195

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Notes:

• Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973
• High School: Orange HS (Orange, NJ)
• College: Lincoln University (Chester County, PA)
• Relatives: Cal Irvin (Brother)
• Played in the Major Leagues
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1938	NE	NN2	19	SS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1939	NE	NLP/NN2	20	3B	31	121	109	15	28	3	1	3	19	1		11				1			.257	.325	.385	.710	87
1940	NE	NN2	21	CF	38	159	143	30	53	9	4	4	39	2		15				1			.371	.430	.573	1.004	157
1941	EAS/NE	EWA/NN2	22	SS	42	179	157	34	62	13	1	8	48	9	0	13	1	0	0	9	0	0	.395	.441	.643	1.084	211
1942	NE	NN2	23	CF	4	18	18	7	11	3	1	1	11	0		0				0			.611	.611	1.056	1.667	383
1943	NE	NN2	24	CF	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0	0		.250	.250	.250	.500	31
1945	NE/NST	NN2/NvM	26	CF	7	24	21	3	8	1	0	0	4	0		2			0	1			.381	.435	.429	.863	163
1946	EAS/NE	MULT	27	SS	62	265	235	57	87	13	3	8	62	3	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	.370	.437	.553	.990	181
1947	EAS/NE	EWA/NN2	28	CF	59	249	210	43	63	6	1	11	47	6	0	34		0	2	3	0	0	.300	.402	.495	.898	145
1948	NE/EAS	NN2/EWA	29	LF	45	180	158	26	42	4	2	6	29	5	0	20		0	1	1	0	0	.266	.352	.430	.782	126
10	3			CF	290	1200	1056	216	355	52	13	41	259	26	0	123	2	0	3	18	0	0	.336	.407	.527	.933	159
162 Game Average						670	590	121	198	29	7	23	145	18	0	69	108	0	3	10	0	0	.336	.407	.527	.933	159

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
10	Negro Leagues				286	1189	1048	214	351	51	13	41	259	26	0	121	2	0	3	17	0	0	.335	.405	.526	.931	157
1	vs Major Leagues				4	11	8	2	4	1	0	0	0	0		2			0	1			.500	.600	.625	1.225	329

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
10	Newark Eagles			CF	280	1165	1027	211	346	50	13	41	258	24		119			2	17	0		.337	.407	.531	.937	159
4	East All Stars			3B	6	24	21	3	5	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	.238	.333	.286	.619	98
1	Negro All Stars			-	4	11	8	2	4	1	0	0	0	0		2			0	1			.500	.600	.625	1.225	329

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1938	NE	NN2	1	.000	.345	0.0%	9.4%					0.0%	1.5%	.000	.128
1939	NE	NLP/NN2	121	.326	.348	9.1%			8.8%			2.5%	2.0%	.128	.121
1940	NE	NN2	159	.448	.355	9.4%	9.7%					2.5%	1.4%	.203	.124
1941	EAS/NE	EWA/NN2	179	.463	.319	7.3%		0.6%	8.0%	13.00		4.5%	1.2%	.248	.103
1942	NE	NN2	18	.764	.327	0.0%	9.6%					5.6%	1.0%	.444	.094
1943	NE	NN2	4	.241	.363	0.0%	9.8%					0.0%	0.7%	.000	.107
1945	NE/NST	NN2/NvM	24	.411	.318	8.3%			8.3%			0.0%	0.4%	.048	.074
1946	EAS/NE	MULT	265	.458	.335	10.6%		0.4%	8.5%	28.00		3.0%	1.0%	.183	.090
1947	EAS/NE	EWA/NN2	249	.415	.343	13.7%			9.0%			4.4%	1.0%	.195	.104
1948	NE/EAS	NN2/EWA	180	.370	.327	11.1%			8.7%			3.3%	0.8%	.165	.095
10	3		1200	.425	.337	10.3%	8.8%	15.4%	4.9%	0.00	159.48	3.4%	1.1%	.190	.103

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
10	Negro Leagues		1189	.423	.337	10.2%	8.8%	15.4%	4.9%	0.00	159.48	3.4%	1.1%	.191	.104
1	vs Major Leagues		11	.548	.293	18.2%	7.6%					0.0%	0.0%	.125	.045

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
10	Newark Eagles		1165	.426	.338	10.2%	8.8%					3.5%	1.2%	.194	.104
4	East All Stars		24	.315	.286	8.3%	6.7%	15.4%	9.2%	0.00	0.87	0.0%	0.3%	.048	.065
1	Negro All Stars		11	.548	.293	18.2%	7.6%					0.0%	0.0%	.125	.045

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Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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