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)
• Buried: Cremated
• Relatives: Cal Irvin (Brother)
• Played in the Major Leagues
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Teammates

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Leon Day	SP	6	1938	1946	EAS/NE	16.3	3.8	0.6	11.8	0.1
2	Max Manning	SP	8	1939	1948	EAS/NE	15.3	-1.0	0.0	16.4	0.0
3	Lennie Pearson	1B	10	1938	1948	MULT	14.7	11.4	4.8	-0.1	-1.4
4	Larry Doby	2B	4	1942	1947	EAS/NE	9.4	7.9	0.8	0.0	0.6
5	Ramón Bragaña	SP	1	1942	1942	VEZ	7.5	2.4	0.0	5.1	0.0
6	Johnny Davis	LF	7	1941	1948	NE/NST	7.0	7.1	0.6	0.0	-0.8
7	Leniel Hooker	SP	8	1940	1948	NE/NST	6.3	-2.0	0.0	8.3	0.0
8	Rufus Lewis	SP	3	1946	1948	EAS/NE	6.1	0.1	0.0	6.0	0.0
9	Jimmy Hill	SP	7	1938	1945	EAS/NE	5.8	-0.1	-0.5	6.4	0.0
10	Ed Stone	RF	6	1938	1945	NE/NST	5.5	5.4	0.7	0.0	-0.6
11	Willie Wells	SS	4	1938	1945	NE/NST	4.6	3.5	0.3	0.0	0.8
12	Mule Suttles	1B	5	1938	1943	NE	4.4	4.2	0.6	0.1	-0.4
13	Pat Patterson	3B	2	1946	1947	NE	3.4	3.0	0.4	0.0	0.1
14	Ray Dandridge	3B	2	1938	1942	NE/VEZ	3.1	1.3	1.5	0.0	0.3
15	Agustín Bejerano	LF	1	1942	1942	VEZ	2.7	3.0	0.0	0.0	-0.3
16	Charlie Parks	C	5	1940	1947	NE	1.8	1.9	-0.5	0.0	0.3
17	Bob Harvey	RF	5	1943	1948	MULT	1.6	3.0	-0.5	0.0	-0.9
18	Bus Clarkson	SS	2	1940	1942	NE	1.5	1.2	0.1	0.0	0.1
19	Biz Mackey	C	6	1939	1947	EAS/NE	1.3	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.3
20	Bob Wilson	3B	2	1947	1948	NE	1.2	1.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
21	Don Newcombe	SP	1	1945	1945	NE/NST	1.2	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.0
22	Jesse Brown	SP	1	1938	1938	NE	0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
23	Fred Wilson	LF	1	1939	1939	NE	0.8	1.5	-0.6	0.1	-0.1
24	Nelson Thomas	RP	1	1947	1947	NE	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
25	Sidney Williams	RP	1	1945	1945	NE	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.0
26	Albert Williams	SP	2	1943	1945	NE	0.6	-0.2	-0.3	1.1	0.0
27	Fran Matthews	1B	5	1938	1945	NE	0.6	1.7	-0.6	0.0	-0.4
28	Dick Seay	2B	4	1938	1941	EAS/NE	0.6	-0.6	0.9	0.0	0.3
29	Curley Williams	SS	1	1948	1948	NE	0.5	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4
30	Fernando Barradas	1B	1	1942	1942	VEZ	0.5	0.6	0.0	0.1	-0.3
31	Johnny Wright	SP	4	1938	1947	MULT	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.6	0.0
32	Walker	RP	1	1947	1947	NE	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
33	Spoon Carter	SP	1	1940	1940	NE	0.4	0.1	-0.1	0.4	0.0
34	Barney Brown	RP	1	1946	1946	EAS	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
35	Jackie Miller	SP	1	1938	1938	NE	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
36	Jack McLaurin	C	1	1948	1948	NE	0.4	-0.2	0.5	0.0	0.0
37	Jimmy Wilkes	CF	4	1945	1948	EAS/NE	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.1
38	Johnny Hayes	C	3	1938	1947	EAS/NE	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1
39	Dave Barnhill	RP	2	1941	1948	EAS	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
40	Fred Hobgood	SP	4	1941	1946	NE	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0
41	Henry Miller	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
42	Albert Walker	RP	1	1940	1940	NE	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
43	Jonas Gaines	RP	1	1946	1946	EAS	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
44	Joe Black	RP	2	1947	1948	EAS	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
45	Larry St. Thomas	C	1	1943	1943	NE	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
46	Tom Young	C	1	1941	1941	NE	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
47	Leon Stewart	RP	1	1940	1940	NE	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
48	Glass	RF	1	1942	1942	NE	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
49	Wilbur Lansing	SP	1	1948	1948	NE	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
50	Bo Wallace	C	1	1948	1948	NE	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
51	Jimmy Boyd	RP	1	1946	1946	NE	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
52	Johnny Taylor	RP	1	1940	1940	NE	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
53	Sam Bankhead	SS	1	1946	1946	EAS	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
54	Giovanni Beale	RP	1	1947	1947	NE	0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.0
55	Vernon Harrison	RP	1	1939	1939	NE	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
56	Wilmer Fields	RP	1	1948	1948	EAS	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
57	Warren Peace	SP	3	1945	1947	NE	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
58	Jim Gilliam	2B	1	1948	1948	EAS	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
59	Honey Green	RP	1	1938	1938	NE	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
60	Luis Márquez	CF	2	1947	1948	EAS	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
61	Josh Gibson	C	1	1946	1946	EAS	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
62	Ted Alexander	RP	1	1939	1939	NE	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
63	Johnny Johnson	SP	1	1938	1938	NE	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
64	Terris McDuffie	SP	3	1938	1945	EAS/NE	0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.4	0.0
65	Bucky Johnson	2B	1	1939	1939	NE	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
66	Fermín Vázquez	CF	1	1942	1942	VEZ	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1
67	Luis Tiant	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
68	Buck Leonard	1B	3	1941	1948	EAS	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
69	George Crowe	1B	1	1948	1948	EAS	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
70	Ángel Abreu	C	1	1942	1942	VEZ	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	Rabbit Martínez	SS	1	1941	1941	EAS	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
72	Henry McHenry	RP	1	1941	1941	EAS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
73	Vernon Riddick	SS	2	1939	1941	NE	0.1	-0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
74	Johnny Washington	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
75	Willie Hubert	SP	1	1939	1939	NE	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
76	Minnie Miñoso	3B	2	1947	1948	EAS	0.1	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
77	Rafael Polanco	LF	1	1941	1941	NE	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	W. Bell	C	1	1948	1948	NE	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	Fernando Díaz	-	1	1946	1946	EAS	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	Bill Anderson	RP	1	1947	1947	NE	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	John Nelson	3B	1	1938	1938	NE	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Dave Thomas	-	1	1945	1945	NST	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
83	Eastern	RP	1	1940	1940	NE	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
84	Allen Reed	RP	1	1940	1940	NE	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
85	Thad Christopher	RF	2	1941	1945	NE	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.0	-0.2
86	Lester Lockett	-	1	1948	1948	EAS	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
87	Bill Cash	C	1	1948	1948	EAS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Bill Casey	C	1	1938	1938	NE	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
89	Bob Romby	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Walter Gibbons	-	1	1948	1948	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Henry Kimbro	CF	3	1941	1947	EAS	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
92	Oscar Givens	SS	3	1939	1948	NE	0.0	0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.1
93	Washington	3B	1	1938	1938	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Vic Harris	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Joe Spencer	2B	1	1943	1943	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Burgen	1B	1	1947	1947	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Ameal Brooks	C	1	1947	1947	NE	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
98	Drummer	-	1	1948	1948	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Ted Griffith	-	1	1945	1945	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Skinner Belfield	-	1	1948	1948	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Roy Powell	-	1	1941	1941	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Hogan	-	1	1947	1947	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Russell Awkard	RF	2	1940	1941	NE	0.0	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
104	Jim Smith	C	1	1943	1943	NE	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
105	Fox	-	1	1946	1946	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Clay	C	1	1945	1945	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Manuel Chávez	3B	1	1942	1942	VEZ	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	Willie Smith	RP	1	1938	1938	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Joe Echols	CF	1	1939	1939	NE	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Butch Davis	CF	1	1942	1942	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Roy Partlow	-	1	1945	1945	NST	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	Charlie Biot	CF	1	1939	1939	NE	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
113	Tuts McBride	LF	1	1941	1941	NE	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
114	Ben Keeling	-	1	1943	1943	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	Ed Butler	SS	1	1943	1943	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
116	Earl Ashby	C	1	1948	1948	NE	-0.1	-0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0
117	Carl Whitney	LF	1	1942	1942	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
118	Gordon	-	1	1942	1942	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
119	Lucius Dorsey	LF	1	1942	1942	NE	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
120	Bill Hoskins	-	1	1941	1941	EAS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
121	Yarborough	-	1	1940	1940	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
122	Willie Nixon	RF	1	1940	1940	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
123	Bob Griffith	-	1	1948	1948	EAS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
124	Pancho Coimbre	-	1	1941	1941	EAS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	Evans	2B	1	1940	1940	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
126	Leon Ruffin	C	4	1939	1946	EAS/NE	-0.1	-0.8	0.4	0.0	0.3
127	Howard Easterling	3B	1	1946	1946	EAS	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
128	Valente Segovia	C	1	1942	1942	VEZ	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
129	Specs Roberts	RP	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
130	Jo Jo Deal	-	1	1948	1948	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
131	Gene Benson	-	1	1946	1946	EAS	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
132	Claro Duany	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
133	Carlos Alberto González	C	1	1942	1942	VEZ	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
134	Ernesto Blanco	-	1	1942	1942	VEZ	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
135	Carlos Garza	C	1	1942	1942	VEZ	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
136	John Fitzgerald	-	2	1943	1947	NE	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
137	Nap Gulley	-	1	1947	1947	NE	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0
138	Nerón Arjona	C	1	1942	1942	VEZ	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
139	Willie Burns	RP	1	1942	1942	NE	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
140	Weedy Edwards	-	1	1947	1947	NE	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
141	Luke Easter	-	1	1948	1948	EAS	-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
142	Wilmore Williams	RF	1	1943	1943	NE	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
143	Patricio Scantlebury	-	1	1946	1946	EAS	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
144	Red Applegate	RP	1	1947	1947	NE	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
145	Charlie Humber	2B	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.1
146	Cal Irvin	SS	1	1946	1946	NE	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
147	Roy Campanella	-	2	1941	1945	EAS/NST	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
148	Jim Elam	RP	1	1943	1943	NE	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.4	0.0
149	Lou Louden	-	4	1941	1948	EAS/NE	-0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
150	Roosevelt Davis	-	1	1938	1938	NE	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
151	Roberto Cabal	SP	1	1942	1942	VEZ	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1	-0.2
152	Darltie Cooper	-	1	1940	1940	NE	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
153	Earl Richardson	SS	1	1943	1943	NE	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.1
154	Bill Byrd	RP	3	1941	1946	EAS/NST	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
155	Harry Cozart	RF	1	1939	1939	NE	-0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
156	Norman Banks	2B	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.3	-0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
157	Toots Ferrell	-	1	1947	1947	NE	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
158	Ray Robinson	-	1	1938	1938	NE	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
159	Frank Austin	SS	4	1945	1948	EAS/NST	-0.3	0.0	-0.4	0.0	0.1
160	Marvin Barker	LF	2	1941	1948	EAS/NE	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
161	Spencer Alexander	LF	2	1940	1941	NE	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
162	Juan Ramírez	2B	1	1942	1942	VEZ	-0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1
163	James Cox	-	1	1947	1947	NE	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
164	Tommy Butts	SS	3	1946	1948	EAS	-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
165	Murray Watkins	3B	4	1942	1946	MULT	-0.4	-1.2	0.7	0.0	0.1
166	Russ Dedeaux	-	1	1941	1941	NE	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
167	Clyde Golden	RP	1	1948	1948	NE	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0
168	Clarence Isreal	3B	4	1940	1946	NE	-0.4	0.8	-1.3	0.0	0.2
169	Andy Porter	SP	1	1942	1942	VEZ	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
170	Julián Ramírez	CF	1	1942	1942	VEZ	-0.4	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
171	Charles England	-	1	1946	1946	NE	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
172	Alfonso Nieto	RF	1	1942	1942	VEZ	-0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2
173	Jim Carter	RP	1	1948	1948	NE	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
174	James Brown	RF	4	1939	1943	NE	-0.5	0.1	-0.4	0.0	-0.2
175	Purnell Mincy	-	1	1940	1940	NE	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
176	Silvio García	SS	2	1946	1947	EAS	-0.5	-0.1	-0.5	0.0	0.0
177	Ziggy Marcell	C	1	1948	1948	NE	-0.6	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.1
178	Jimmy Everett	-	1	1940	1940	NE	-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
179	Joe Brown	C	2	1938	1939	NE	-0.6	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
180	Jimmie Crutchfield	CF	1	1938	1938	NE	-0.6	-0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
181	Austin Davis	3B	1	1943	1943	NE	-0.7	-0.2	-0.5	0.0	0.0
182	Emmett Hopkins	-	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
183	Cotton Williams	RP	3	1946	1948	NE	-0.8	0.4	0.0	-1.1	0.0
184	Leamon Johnson	SS	1	1941	1941	NE	-0.9	-0.1	-0.9	0.0	0.1
185	Manuel Echeverría	RP	1	1942	1942	VEZ	-0.9	0.0	0.0	-0.9	0.0
186	Leroy Williams	2B	2	1947	1948	NE	-1.0	-1.2	-0.2	0.0	0.5
187	William Davis	-	1	1940	1940	NE	-1.0	0.0	0.0	-1.0	0.0
188	Benny Felder	2B	1	1946	1946	NE	-1.0	-0.6	-0.5	0.0	0.1
189	Bob Evans	SP	2	1938	1939	NE	-1.1	-0.4	0.0	-0.7	0.0
190	Cecil Cole	-	1	1946	1946	NE	-1.2	-0.1	0.0	-1.1	0.0
191	Willie Wynn	C	3	1945	1948	NE	-1.3	-0.5	-0.8	0.0	0.0
192	Charlie Thomason	CF	2	1941	1942	NE	-1.4	-0.6	-0.8	0.0	0.0
193	Pedro Ramírez	SP	1	1942	1942	VEZ	-2.5	0.0	0.0	-2.4	0.0

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