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Monte Irvin
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Birthdate: 2/25/1919    
Height / Weight: 6' 1" / 195 lbs. Place of Birth: Haleburg, AL, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

A major star in the Negro Leagues, Monte Irvin continued his red-hot batting upon joining Lou Durrocher and the New York Giants in 1949, and helped the Giants capture two NL pennants, 1951 and 1954. Monte Irvin batted a torrid .458 in the 1951 World Series vs the Yankees. He lined 11 hits in 24 at bats, including going 4-for-5 plus a steal of home in Game 1.

The following photo of Monte Irvin and home run slugger Ralph Kiner is from baseballhistorian.com archives and comes from the 1952 SPORT Magazine. It was included in an article right before the 1952 All-Star Game.

 


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
8 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1949 NYG (NL) 36 76 7 17 3 2 0 7 17 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 .366 SLG
1950 NYG (NL) 110 374 61 112 19 5 15 66 52 41 3 0 0 5 1 0 .299 .392 SLG
1951 NYG (NL) 151 558 94 174 19 11 24 121 89 44 12 2 0 9 1 0 .312 .415 SLG
1952 NYG (NL) 46 126 10 39 2 1 4 21 10 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 .310 .365 SLG
1953 NYG (NL) 124 444 72 146 21 5 21 97 55 34 2 0 0 3 0 0 .329 .406 SLG
1954 NYG (NL) 135 432 62 113 13 3 19 64 70 23 7 4 0 2 3 5 .262 .363 SLG
1955 NYG (NL) 51 150 16 38 7 1 1 17 17 15 3 0 0 3 1 2 .253 .337 SLG
1956 CHC (NL) 111 339 44 92 13 3 15 50 41 41 1 0 5 0 3 4 .271 .346 SLG
8 years   764 2499 366 731 97 31 99 443 351 220 28 7 5 23 9 11 .293 .383 .SLG



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