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Arthur Irwin

Arthur Irwin

1880–1894  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws R  ·  5'8", 158 lb  ·  b. 1858 Toronto, ON

Career 1,010 G · 934 H · 5 HR · 396 RBI · .241 AVG · 2.25 ERA · 4.0 IP

Seasons leading his league
4
4 best in baseball
35 Top-5 finishes
2 Title seasons
4 Categories led
1880 Best season

Spanning 1880–1888, peaking at 3 titles in 1880.

Team records #2 Worcester Ruby Legs career RBI #2 Worcester Ruby Legs career H #3 Worcester Ruby Legs career R #3 Worcester Ruby Legs 1880 RBI #4 Worcester Ruby Legs 1880 R #6 Worcester Ruby Legs career HR #6 Worcester Ruby Legs 1880 H #7 Worcester Ruby Legs 1880 AVG #7 Worcester Ruby Legs 1880 OPS #8 Worcester Ruby Legs 1880 HR

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 1,384th League titles 4
  • 678th Best in baseball 4
  • 736th Top-5 finishes 35

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Shortstop Range Factor 1 1st — 1880 5.29 1886 #3 1888 #2
Shortstop Double Plays 1 1st — 1880 27 1882 #3 1883 #2 1889 #3
Shortstop Putouts 1 1st — 1888 204 1887 #3
Shortstop Assists 1 1st — 1880 339 1883 #3 1888 #2
Third Base Assists — #3 — 1882 #3
Shortstop Fielding Percentage — #2 — 1880 #2 1886 #2 1888 #2 1890 #3

Title Seasons

2 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1888 1 SS PO 204
1880 3 SS A 339 SS DP 27 SS RF 5.29

Batting

13 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1880 WOR NL 85 352 53 91 19 4 1 35 11 27 0 .259 .281 .344 .625
1881 WOR NL 50 206 27 55 8 2 0 24 7 4 0 .267 .291 .325 .616
1882 WOR NL 84 333 30 73 12 4 0 30 14 34 0 .219 .251 .279 .530
1883 PRO NL 98 406 67 116 22 7 0 44 12 38 0 .286 .306 .374 .681
1884 PRO NL 102 404 73 97 14 3 2 44 28 52 0 .240 .289 .304 .594
1885 PRO NL 59 218 16 39 2 1 0 14 14 29 0 .179 .228 .197 .426
1886 PHI NL 101 373 51 87 6 6 0 34 35 39 24 .233 .299 .282 .581
1887 PHI NL 100 374 65 95 14 8 2 56 48 26 19 .254 .344 .350 .694
1888 PHI NL 125 448 51 98 12 4 0 28 33 56 19 .219 .277 .263 .540
1889 WS8 +1 NL 103 386 58 89 15 5 0 42 48 43 15 .231 .317 .295 .613
1890 BSP PL 96 354 60 92 17 1 0 45 57 29 16 .260 .364 .314 .678
1891 BS2 AA 6 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 .118 .286 .118 .403
1894 PHI NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
Career — — 1,010 3,871 552 934 141 45 5 396 309 378 93 .241 .299 .305 .604

Pitching

2 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1884 PRO NL 0 0 3.00 1 0 0 3.0 5 1 0 1 0 2.00
1889 WS8 NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1.00
Career — — 0 0 2.25 2 0 0 4.0 6 1 0 1 0 1.75

Fielding

5 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1880 WOR NL SS 82 — 740.0 95 339 51 27 485 .895 5.29
3B 3 — 26.0 3 6 2 0 11 .818 3.00
C 1 — 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1881 WOR NL SS 50 — 429.0 50 155 36 11 241 .851 4.10
1882 WOR NL 3B 51 — 470.0 84 147 45 8 276 .837 4.53
SS 33 — 300.0 41 123 33 16 197 .832 4.97
1883 PRO NL SS 94 — 839.0 93 293 65 29 451 .856 4.11
2B 4 — 20.0 7 8 1 0 16 .938 3.75
1884 PRO NL SS 102 — 931.0 99 307 55 20 461 .881 3.98
P 1 — 3.0 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
1885 PRO NL SS 58 — 519.0 70 209 40 17 319 .875 4.81
2B 1 — 4.0 0 1 2 0 3 .333 1.00
3B 1 — 7.0 0 2 1 0 3 .667 2.00
1886 PHI NL SS 100 — 883.0 137 322 56 21 515 .891 4.59
3B 1 — 9.0 0 1 2 0 3 .333 1.00
1887 PHI NL SS 100 — 893.0 178 301 58 30 537 .892 4.79
1888 PHI NL SS 122 — 1080.0 204 374 64 31 642 .900 4.74
2B 3 — 20.0 5 9 0 2 14 1.000 4.67
1889 WS8 NL SS 103 — 872.0 190 325 65 42 580 .888 5.00
2B 1 — 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 1.000 2.00
P 1 — 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1890 BSP PL SS 96 — 828.0 137 331 65 44 533 .878 4.88
1891 BS2 AA SS 6 — 43.0 7 14 6 5 27 .778 3.50
1894 PHI NL SS 1 — 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
Career — — SS 947 — 8358.0 1,301 3,093 594 293 4,988 .881 4.64
— — 3B 56 — 512.0 87 156 50 8 293 .829 4.34
— — 2B 9 — 47.0 14 18 3 2 35 .914 3.56
— — P 2 — 4.0 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 0.50
— — C 1 — 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00