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Monte Irvin

Monte Irvin

1938–1956 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'1", 195 lb · b. 1919 Haleburg, AL

Career 1,055 G · 1,091 H · 140 HR · 693 RBI · .306 AVG

Seasons leading his league

7

1 best in baseball 6 league only

44 Top-5 finishes

4 Title seasons

5 Categories led

1941 Best season

Spanning 1941–1951, peaking at 3 titles in 1941.

Team records #1 Newark Eagles 1941 AVG #1 Newark Eagles 1941 OPS #2 Newark Eagles career RBI #2 Newark Eagles career H #2 Newark Eagles career R #2 Newark Eagles career SB #2 Newark Eagles 1941 HR #2 Newark Eagles 1946 H #3 Newark Eagles career HR #3 Newark Eagles 1941 RBI

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

804th League titles 7
1,857th Best in baseball 1
497th Top-5 finishes 44

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

Career leaderboards

91st On-Base Plus Slug. .886
104th On-Base Percentage .392
145th Slugging Percentage .494
152nd Batting Average .306

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Doubles	2	1st	—	1941 NN2 15 1946 NN2 17
Runs Batted In	2	1st	—	1941 NN2 54 1951 NL 121 1946 #2 1947 #3
Hits	1	1st	—	1941 NN2 77 1946 #3
Home Runs	1	1st	—	1947 NN2 11 1941 #3 1948 #3
Batting Average	1	1st	—	1946 .369 1940 #2 1941 #2
Outfield Fielding Percentage	—	#2	—	1948 #3 1951 #2
Walks	—	#2	—	1947 #2
Total Bases	—	#2	—	1941 #2 1946 #3
Triples	—	#3	—	1951 #3
Slugging Percentage	—	#2	—	1941 #2
On-Base Percentage	—	#3	—	1941 #3 1946 #3
On-Base Plus Slug.	—	#2	—	1940 #3 1941 #2
Shortstop Range Factor	—	#2	—	1941 #2
Shortstop Double Plays	—	#3	—	1941 #3
Shortstop Putouts	—	#3	—	1941 #3

Title Seasons

4 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1951	1	RBI 121
1947	1	HR 11
1946	2	AVG .369 2B 17
1941	3	RBI 54 H 77 2B 15

Batting

led the league 18 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1938	NE	NN2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1939	NE	NN2	32	115	22	33	6	3	3	22	14	4	2	.287	.374	.470	.844
1940	NE	NN2	40	146	32	54	11	4	4	36	16	3	3	.370	.439	.582	1.021
1941	NE	NN2	53	200	47	77	15	2	11	54	22	2	7	.385	.448	.645	1.093
1942	NE	NN2	5	22	7	11	3	1	1	10	1	0	1	.500	.522	.864	1.385
1943	NE	NN2	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
1945	NE	NN2	2	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222
1946	NE	NN2	57	217	52	80	17	2	6	54	28	1	2	.369	.443	.548	.991
1947	NE	NN2	57	206	41	62	6	1	11	47	32	1	6	.301	.397	.500	.897
1948	NE	NN2	43	151	25	41	4	2	5	27	20	0	5	.272	.360	.424	.784
1949	NY1	NL	36	76	7	17	3	2	0	7	17	11	0	.224	.366	.316	.681
1950	NY1	NL	110	374	61	112	19	5	15	66	52	41	3	.299	.392	.497	.889
1951	NY1	NL	151	558	94	174	19	11	24	121	89	44	12	.312	.415	.514	.929
1952	NY1	NL	46	126	10	39	2	1	4	21	10	11	0	.310	.365	.437	.801
1953	NY1	NL	124	444	72	146	21	5	21	97	55	34	2	.329	.406	.541	.947
1954	NY1	NL	135	432	62	113	13	3	19	64	70	23	7	.262	.363	.438	.801
1955	NY1	NL	51	150	16	38	7	1	1	17	17	15	3	.253	.337	.333	.671
1956	CHN	NL	111	339	44	92	13	3	15	50	41	41	1	.271	.346	.460	.807
Career	—	—	1,055	3,570	593	1,091	159	46	140	693	484	231	54	.306	.392	.494	.886

Fielding

5 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1938	NE	NN2	SS	1	0	2.0	0	2	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
1939	NE	NN2	3B	23	22	180.0	9	26	6	1	41	.854	1.52
			OF	9	9	73.1	17	2	0	0	19	1.000	2.11
			1B	2	0	6.0	5	0	0	0	5	1.000	2.50
1940	NE	NN2	OF	23	23	185.0	53	0	2	0	55	.964	2.30
			SS	10	10	81.0	15	23	4	3	42	.905	3.80
			3B	5	4	36.0	3	8	0	0	11	1.000	2.20
			2B	3	3	24.1	9	15	2	0	26	.923	8.00
1941	NE	NN2	SS	38	38	324.2	84	99	13	17	196	.934	4.82
			OF	13	13	104.1	24	1	0	0	25	1.000	1.92
			3B	3	2	19.2	2	5	1	0	8	.875	2.33
1942	NE	NN2	OF	5	5	41.0	18	1	0	1	19	1.000	3.80
1943	NE	NN2	OF	1	1	8.0	2	0	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
1945	NE	NN2	2B	1	1	8.0	4	3	0	1	7	1.000	7.00
			OF	1	1	10.0	0	2	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
1946	NE	NN2	SS	36	33	293.2	61	86	13	16	160	.919	4.08
			OF	27	23	196.0	34	1	3	0	38	.921	1.30
1947	NE	NN2	OF	27	26	208.0	49	1	1	0	51	.980	1.85
			SS	21	15	142.2	32	49	3	7	84	.964	3.86
			2B	16	15	127.2	34	42	6	7	82	.927	4.75
1948	NE	NN2	OF	39	38	320.0	60	3	2	0	65	.969	1.62
			3B	3	2	21.0	4	3	1	0	8	.875	2.33
			1B	2	2	16.0	18	1	1	1	20	.950	9.50
1949	NY1	NL	OF	10	—	—	15	3	0	0	18	1.000	1.80
			1B	5	—	—	40	3	0	5	43	1.000	8.60
			3B	5	—	—	1	11	1	1	13	.923	2.40
1950	NY1	NL	1B	59	—	—	459	48	11	62	518	.979	8.59
			OF	49	—	—	109	2	1	0	112	.991	2.27
			3B	1	—	—	1	1	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
1951	NY1	NL	OF	112	—	—	237	10	1	1	248	.996	2.21
			1B	39	—	—	348	50	8	47	406	.980	10.21
1952	NY1	NL	OF	32	—	—	44	3	0	1	47	1.000	1.47
1953	NY1	NL	OF	113	—	—	244	10	7	4	261	.973	2.25
1954	NY1	NL	OF	128	118	1069.1	274	7	7	0	288	.976	2.20
			1B	1	0	1.1	2	0	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
			3B	1	0	2.0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	0.00
1955	NY1	NL	OF	45	39	363.2	94	4	4	0	102	.961	2.18
1956	CHN	NL	OF	96	88	777.0	216	6	2	0	224	.991	2.31
Career	—	—	OF	730	384	3355.2	1,490	56	30	7	1,576	.981	2.12
	—	—	1B	108	2	23.1	872	102	20	115	994	.980	9.02
	—	—	SS	106	96	844.0	192	259	33	43	484	.932	4.25
	—	—	3B	41	30	258.2	20	54	10	2	84	.881	1.80
	—	—	2B	20	19	160.0	47	60	8	8	115	.930	5.35