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Monte Irvin	Nickname: Mr. Murder Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6' 1'' Weight: 215 Born: February 25, 1919 in Usa, AL, COLUMBIA

Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove	1957
All-Star Selections	1946 1947 1948 1949 1951 1952 1953 1956

Ratings - Batting Help

					Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1944	25	BOS	AL	$ 300,000	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	8	9	9	9
1945	26	BOS	AL	$ 300,000	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	8	9	9	9
1946	27	BOS	AL	$ 300,000	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	8	9	9	9
1947	28	BOS	AL	$ 4,742,857	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9
1948	29	MON	NL	$ 4,742,857	8	8	8	6	6	6	7	7	7	9	8	8	9	9	9
1949	30	MON	NL	$ 4,742,857	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9
1950	31	MON	NL	$ 4,742,857	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	8	9	9	9
1951	32	MON	NL	$ 8,300,000	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	9	8	8	9	9	9
1952	33	MON	NL	$ 8,300,000	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	8	9	9	9
1953	34	MON	NL	$ 8,300,000	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	8	9	9	9
1954	35	TAM	AL	$ 8,300,000	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	7	8	8	8	8
1955	36	TAM	AL	$ 11,000,000	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	7	7	8	8	8
1956	37	DET	AL	$ 11,000,000	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	7	7	7	8	8	8
1957	38	CLE	AL	$ 11,000,000	7	7	7	6	6	6	4	4	4	6	6	6	7	7	7
1958	39	CLE	AL	$ 11,000,000	6	6	6	4	4	4	3	3	3	5	5	5	6	6	6
OOTP6 Min Ratings				$ 300,000	6	6	6	4	4	4	3	3	3	5	5	5	6	6	6
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 11,000,000	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	8	8	9	9	9

Batting Stats Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1944	25	BOS	AL	156	545	95	152	26	3	14	78	15	2	79	59	.279	.369	.415	.784	86.4	13.3
1945	26	BOS	AL	98	336	50	94	15	1	15	62	7	4	50	23	.280	.370	.464	.834	55.5	8.6
1946	27	BOS	AL	155	564	109	182	19	7	33	108	38	11	76	38	.323	.400	.557	.957	117.2	22.8
1947	28	BOS	AL	139	501	85	140	18	4	22	91	17	6	84	32	.279	.382	.463	.845	91.6	15.6
		AAA		2	6	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	.500	.667	1.000	1.667	3.2
1948	29	MON	NL	149	554	110	173	31	10	15	84	29	6	86	27	.312	.403	.486	.889	101.8	21.5
1949	30	MON	NL	148	524	113	158	30	3	25	98	21	8	93	29	.302	.401	.513	.914	103.9	19.0
1950	31	MON	NL	155	537	111	144	17	2	23	108	31	3	107	41	.268	.388	.436	.824	95.8	17.4
1951	32	MON	NL	144	543	105	164	23	3	26	116	19	5	85	26	.302	.396	.499	.895	103.5	18.6
1952	33	MON	NL	155	578	115	174	32	6	27	144	14	5	77	44	.301	.383	.517	.900	104.2	19.3
1953	34	MON	NL	155	558	114	160	22	7	27	108	19	4	90	58	.287	.385	.496	.881	109.0	24.2
1954	35	TAM	AL	151	555	115	170	19	5	23	104	40	5	89	59	.306	.405	.483	.888	107.9	22.1
1955	36	TAM	AL	148	546	88	147	17	3	21	89	28	6	78	68	.269	.364	.427	.791	87.1	16.2
1956	37	DET	AL	156	587	97	168	32	8	20	106	19	4	76	73	.286	.370	.470	.841	98.1	17.7
1957	38	DET	AL	77	285	27	72	8	1	8	36	6	1	37	38	.253	.338	.372	.710	38.5	5.5
		CLE	AL	55	204	22	42	7	0	9	36	4	1	14	38	.206	.256	.373	.628	19.8	1.7
		TOT		132	489	49	114	15	1	17	72	10	2	51	76	.233	.305	.372	.677	58.4	7.2
		AAA		20	33	8	13	1	0	3	9	1	0	4	1	.394	.459	.697	1.156	9.2
1958	39	CLE	AL	125	230	48	71	5	2	14	39	7	2	22	46	.309	.372	.530	.902	43.5	9.9
15 Years Sim				2166	7647	1404	2211	321	65	322	1407	314	73	1143	699	.289	.381	.474	.855	1364.0	253.5
2 Years AAA				22	39	11	16	1	0	4	10	1	0	7	1	.410	.500	.744	1.244	12.3
162 Game Average					571	105	165	24	4	24	105	23	5	85	52	.289	.381	.474	.855	102.0
Career Highs				156	587	115	182	32	10	33	144	40	11	107	76	.323	.405	.557	.957	117.2

Career Batting Splits Help
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Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		4925	918	1429	221	39	197	936	207	50	702	440	.290	.378	.471	.849	893.7
vs LH		2722	486	782	100	26	125	471	107	23	441	259	.287	.387	.481	.868	520.1
Home	1082	3777	678	1086	157	25	165	702	138	36	531	358	.288	.375	.473	.849	681.7
Away	1084	3870	726	1125	164	40	157	705	176	37	612	341	.291	.387	.475	.862	732.2
RISP		2178	0	627	97	20	91	1038	0	0	386	196	.288	.385	.476	.861	413.5
Pinch Hitting		163	31	58	3	1	16	52	2	1	18	16	.356	.424	.681	1.105	41.3
Close/Late		904	172	283	33	6	52	212	0	1	146	88	.313	.408	.535	.944	190.6
Mar/Apr	374	1367	242	404	63	13	51	250	48	20	207	127	.296	.389	.473	.861	251.0
May	396	1397	279	412	60	9	65	276	59	14	228	130	.295	.394	.490	.885	274.3
June	371	1323	251	403	66	11	59	239	60	12	179	107	.305	.388	.505	.893	256.9
July	350	1245	211	354	47	12	46	218	58	10	193	106	.284	.378	.452	.831	224.4
August	352	1223	234	349	49	11	54	232	38	10	190	118	.285	.381	.476	.857	226.3
Sep/Oct	323	1092	187	289	36	9	47	192	51	7	146	111	.265	.350	.443	.793	181.0

Fielding Stats Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF	DWS
1944	25	BOS	AL	LF	94	91	810.0	160	3	2	2	.988	1.81	1.6
				1B	56	50	442.0	614	51	3	69	.996	13.54	1.2
				RF	4	0	13.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.69
1945	26	BOS	AL	LF	63	62	540.3	101	1	1	1	.990	1.70	1.6
				1B	20	14	138.3	157	25	1	17	.995	11.84	0.4
				RF	14	13	116.7	26	0	0	0	1.000	2.01
1946	27	BOS	AL	LF	144	143	1275.3	257	3	3	1	.989	1.83	3.3
				RF	6	0	14.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	3.21
				1B	2	0	4.3	4	1	0	0	1.000	10.39	0.0
1947	28	BOS	AL	LF	108	106	940.7	222	1	2	0	.991	2.13	2.2
				1B	27	27	232.0	306	22	2	26	.994	12.72	0.5
				RF	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1948	29	MON	NL	LF	125	124	1095.7	251	3	2	1	.992	2.09	3.0
				1B	23	13	119.0	146	15	0	11	1.000	12.18	0.4
1949	30	MON	NL	LF	91	84	737.3	202	4	2	2	.990	2.51	1.7
				1B	52	48	428.3	475	52	9	39	.983	11.07	1.4
				RF	3	0	6.7	3	0	0	0	1.000	4.05
1950	31	MON	NL	LF	88	87	767.7	174	1	0	1	1.000	2.05	1.4
				1B	59	58	451.0	483	50	10	48	.982	10.64	1.2
				RF	9	0	21.0	4	0	1	0	.800	1.71
1951	32	MON	NL	LF	81	77	693.3	190	1	2	1	.990	2.48	2.2
				1B	60	59	513.3	560	38	3	65	.995	10.48	0.7
1952	33	MON	NL	LF	144	139	1243.7	279	4	5	1	.983	2.05	2.9
				1B	8	1	24.0	30	2	0	3	1.000	12.00	0.1
				RF	2	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.25
1953	34	MON	NL	LF	141	138	1260.3	262	3	2	1	.993	1.89	2.7
				1B	9	0	17.0	21	1	1	3	.957	11.65	0.0
				RF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1954	35	TAM	AL	1B	138	135	1215.7	1582	129	20	137	.988	12.67	4.2
				LF	13	11	97.7	18	0	0	0	1.000	1.66	0.2
1955	36	TAM	AL	1B	146	144	1272.7	1596	134	13	149	.993	12.23	3.6
				LF	2	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.00	0.0
1956	37	DET	AL	LF	148	145	1277.3	266	6	5	3	.982	1.92	1.3
				RF	5	2	25.0	6	1	1	0	.875	2.52
1957	38	DET	AL	LF	74	72	663.3	143	1	2	1	.986	1.95	0.8
				CF	1	1	5.4	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.67	0.0
				1B	1	0	3.0	6	0	0	1	1.000	18.00	0.0
		CLE	AL	LF	52	51	447.7	97	1	1	0	.990	1.97	1.2
				CF	0	0	3.6	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.50	0.0
				1B	1	0	2.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	18.00	0.0
		TOT		LF	126	123	1111.0	240	2	3	1	.988	1.96	2.0
				CF	1	1	9.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00	0.0
				1B	2	0	5.0	10	0	0	1	1.000	18.00	0.0
1958	39	CLE	AL	LF	47	38	324.0	62	0	1	0	.984	1.72	0.7
				1B	14	2	39.3	46	3	1	0	.980	11.21	0.1
				RF	6	4	35.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.54
				SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.0
				LF	1415	1368	12177.3	2685	32	30	15	.989	2.01	26.6
				1B	616	551	4902.0	6030	523	63	568	.990	12.03	13.8
				RF	52	19	240.3	52	1	2	0	.964	1.98
				CF	1	1	9.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00	0.0
				SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.0
Career Totals					2085	1939	17329.6	8769	556	95	583	.990	4.84	40.4
Career Highs					156	147	1313.3	1600	134	20	149	.995	12.21

Post-Season Batting Stats Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1949	30	MON	NL	9	35	11	7	0	0	1	7	4	0	7	3	.200	.341	.286	.627
1950	31	MON	NL	7	31	6	10	0	0	2	4	3	0	0	3	.323	.323	.516	.839
1952	33	MON	NL	5	23	3	7	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	2	.304	.304	.478	.783
1953	34	MON	NL	12	52	7	12	2	1	1	11	1	0	7	7	.231	.322	.365	.687
Career Post-Season Batting				33	141	27	36	3	1	5	28	8	0	14	15	.255	.325	.397	.722

Batting Leaderboards Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.

Batting Average 1946-5-.323 1948-7-.312 1952-10-.301 1954-10-.306 1956-9-.286	On-Base Pct 1946-9-.400 1948-10-.403 1949-9-.401 1953-9-.385 1954-5-.405 1956-10-.370	Slugging Pct 1946-2-.557 1947-10-.463 1949-5-.513 1952-8-.517 1954-9-.483	OPS 1946-3-.957 1947-8-.845 1949-6-.914 1952-8-.900 1953-10-.881 1954-9-.888	XR 1946-3-117.2 1947-9-91.6 1948-10-101.8 1949-9-103.9 1952-9-104.2 1953-5-109.0 1954-9-107.9 1956-9-98.1 CAR-37-1364.0	Games 1944-8-156 1946-6-155 1950-7-155 1952-8-155 1953-5-155 1956-4-156
At-Bats 1952-7-578 1956-7-587	Runs 1946-9-109 1948-4-110 1949-3-113 1950-5-111 1952-4-115 1953-5-114 1954-9-115 1956-9-97 CAR-34-1404	Hits 1946-7-182 1948-8-173 1952-6-174 1956-7-168	Total Bases 1946-3-314 1949-10-269 1952-3-299 1956-9-276	Doubles 1948-9-31 1952-9-32	Triples 1946-9-7 1948-1-10 1952-4-6 1953-3-7 1954-8-5 1956-1-8
Homeruns 1946-3-33 1949-8-25 1950-10-23 1951-9-26	RBIs 1946-7-108 1947-10-91 1949-8-98 1950-7-108 1951-4-116 1952-2-144 1953-9-108 1954-9-104 1956-6-106 CAR-39-1407	Stolen Bases 1944-7-15 1946-3-38 1947-8-17 1948-2-29 1949-5-21 1950-3-31 1951-8-19 1953-4-19 1954-3-40 1955-3-28 1956-5-19 1957-7-10 CAR-43-314	Caught Stealing 1946-3-11 1947-9-6 1948-5-6 1949-6-8 1951-9-5 1955-9-6 1956-9-4	Walks 1950-7-107 1953-10-90 1955-10-78 CAR-45-1143

   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 171    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 55    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1944

Had first career hit (double) on 4/6/1944, off Johnny Vander meer (OAK)

Hit first career homerun on 4/7/1944, off Mort Cooper (OAK)

Injured on 7/28/1945 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week

Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game

2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,742,857 through salary arbitration

Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 4/25/1947

Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game

2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,742,857 through salary arbitration

Traded from Boston (A) to Montreal on 2/1/1948 (Going to BOS: 2B Jimmy Bloodworth. Going to MON: LF Monte Irvin)

Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1948, hitting .458 with 3 HR, 6 RBI

Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game

2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,742,857 through salary arbitration

Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1949, hitting .522 with 1 HR, 6 RBI

Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game

Injured on 8/8/1949 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks

Won World Series with Montreal in 1949

2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,742,857 through salary arbitration

6/1/1950: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $8,300,000 per year, for 4 years

Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game

Injured on 9/18/1951 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 7 weeks

Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game

Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1953, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 13 RBI

Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game

Won World Series with Montreal in 1953

Traded from Montreal to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1954 (Going to MON: CF Pete Reiser. Going to TAM: LF Monte Irvin, 2B Pee wee Reese, P Bobby Shantz)

Hit 3 homeruns against Boston (N), driving in 4 runs on 6/5/1954

Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1954, hitting .565 with 4 HR, 8 RBI

Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against St. Louis on 7/21/1954

7/31/1954: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $11,000,000 per year, for 4 years

Injured on 5/31/1955 with a Broken Nose, out for one week

Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Pittsburgh on 8/20/1955

Traded from Tampa Bay to Detroit on 3/3/1956 (Going to DET: 1B Monte Irvin. Going to TAM: LF Irv Noren, 3B Al Rosen, P Walt Masterson)

Drove in 7 runs against Brooklyn on 6/20/1956

Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1956, hitting .391 with 3 HR, 6 RBI

Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game

Had 2000th career hit on 8/29/1956, off Chuck Stobbs (SDP)

Traded from Detroit to Cleveland on 7/1/1957 (Going to CLE: LF Monte Irvin. Going to DET: C Vic Janowicz)

Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1957

7/31/1958: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $2,820,000 per year, for 1 years