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Irv
Noren		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: November 29, 1924 in Usa, NY, JAMESTOWN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1954   
All-Star Selections 1954    1955    1957    1959   
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
1950 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 7 8 8 6 7 7 7 8 8
1951 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 7 8 8 6 7 7 7 8 8
1952 27 DET AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 7 8 8 6 7 7 7 8 8
1953 28 DET AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 7 9 8 6 7 6 7 8 8
1954 29 DET AL $ 3,000,000   8 8 8 5 6 5 7 9 8 6 7 6 7 8 8
1955 30 DET AL $ 3,000,000   9 9 8 5 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 6 7 8 7
1956 31 TAM AL $ 3,000,000   9 9 8 5 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 6 7 8 7
1957 32 TAM AL $ 3,650,000   9 9 8 5 6 6 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 8
1958 33 TAM AL $ 3,650,000   9 9 8 5 6 6 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 8
1959 34 TAM AL $ 3,650,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 7 8 8 4 6 5 7 7 7
1960 35 PIT NL $ 3,650,000   7 7 6 3 4 3 5 6 6 4 5 5 6 7 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 4 3 5 6 6 4 5 5 6 7 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,650,000   9 9 8 5 6 6 7 9 8 6 7 7 7 8 8
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
1950 25 OAK AL 99 308 63 88 12 2 11 44 0 1 43 23 .286 .373 .445 .818 49.0 7.3
    AAA   26 94 17 27 6 0 6 20 1 2 23 7 .287 .427 .543 .970 21.4  
1951 26 OAK AL 145 489 73 145 21 6 17 85 0 0 65 55 .297 .379 .468 .848 80.3 14.8
1952 27 OAK AL 95 327 54 89 19 7 7 43 1 1 44 34 .272 .358 .437 .795 48.3 6.9
  DET AL 38 138 23 42 10 2 4 21 1 1 16 12 .304 .374 .493 .867 23.4 4.2
  TOT   133 465 77 131 29 9 11 64 2 2 60 46 .282 .362 .454 .816 71.8 11.1
1953 28 DET AL 156 602 104 182 50 7 11 77 5 2 73 66 .302 .374 .463 .837 98.5 16.6
1954 29 DET AL 155 596 100 188 41 6 12 96 3 2 92 68 .315 .408 .465 .873 104.9 22.6
1955 30 DET AL 152 617 96 183 36 7 17 97 3 0 61 74 .297 .358 .460 .818 94.1 16.1
1956 31 TAM AL 152 654 108 191 34 5 13 67 0 0 70 85 .292 .361 .419 .780 97.9 17.0
1957 32 TAM AL 151 612 94 182 34 9 19 112 0 0 49 93 .297 .347 .475 .823 92.5 17.3
1958 33 TAM AL 154 615 90 170 31 6 19 72 0 0 54 93 .276 .332 .439 .771 86.5 15.6
1959 34 TAM AL 145 534 80 162 29 6 15 75 0 0 44 81 .303 .359 .464 .823 84.0 18.1
1960 35 BSN NL 91 298 38 88 15 2 6 38 1 1 33 47 .295 .362 .419 .782 43.1 9.3
  PIT NL 39 102 7 26 2 1 1 12 1 0 4 18 .255 .280 .324 .604 8.6 0.4
  TOT   130 400 45 114 17 3 7 50 2 1 37 65 .285 .342 .395 .737 51.7 9.7
11 Years Sim 1572 5892 930 1736 334 66 152 839 15 8 648 749 .295 .364 .451 .815 911.2 166.2
1 Years AAA 26 94 17 27 6 0 6 20 1 2 23 7 .287 .429 .543 .971 21.4  
162 Game Average 607 95 178 34 6 15 86 1 0 66 77 .295 .364 .451 .815 93.9  
Career Highs 156 654 108 191 50 9 19 112 5 2 92 93 .315 .408 .475 .873 104.9  
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   4028 688 1260 231 46 110 592 12 5 465 445 .313 .383 .475 .858 702.0
vs LH   1864 242 476 103 20 42 247 3 3 183 304 .255 .322 .400 .722 239.5
Home 775 2794 474 850 163 29 67 392 4 4 357 326 .304 .382 .455 .837 473.7
Away 797 3098 456 886 171 37 85 447 11 4 291 423 .286 .346 .447 .794 467.8
RISP   1512 0 450 87 19 37 625 0 0 189 198 .298 .368 .454 .821 251.5
Pinch Hitting   112 19 39 9 1 0 19 1 0 16 16 .348 .430 .446 .876 20.6
Close/Late   778 107 242 41 11 16 110 0 0 84 114 .311 .377 .454 .831 128.1
Mar/Apr 242 912 149 300 59 12 23 151 2 1 105 96 .329 .395 .496 .891 168.1
May 279 1033 162 296 59 9 26 142 2 2 124 145 .287 .363 .437 .799 161.4
June 260 959 156 280 44 13 28 131 1 0 105 140 .292 .360 .453 .813 153.7
July 267 1023 161 297 61 11 30 145 1 3 121 133 .290 .366 .459 .825 166.7
August 268 1007 142 285 50 13 24 143 3 1 102 132 .283 .348 .430 .778 148.7
Sep/Oct 256 958 160 278 61 8 21 127 6 1 91 103 .290 .352 .436 .788 142.9
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
1950 25 OAK AL LF 75 69 599.7 125 3 3 2 .977 1.92   1.2
    CF 9 0 23.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.17    
    RF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1951 26 OAK AL LF 124 121 1058.7 228 4 8 2 .967 1.97   2.9
    RF 7 0 16.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    CF 5 1 14.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1952 27 OAK AL LF 86 84 723.3 162 2 6 1 .965 2.04   1.6
    RF 4 2 26.5 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.04   0.0
    CF 1 1 5.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.61   0.0
    SS 1 0 0.7 0 1 0 1 1.000 12.86   0.0
  DET AL LF 35 33 302.5 68 1 3 0 .958 2.05   1.0
    RF 2 1 11.1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.62   0.0
    CF 0 0 2.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 121 117 1025.8 230 3 9 1 .963 2.04   2.7
      RF 6 3 37.6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.91   0.0
      CF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
      SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1953 28 DET AL LF 151 147 1306.7 267 7 7 4 .975 1.89   5.6
    CF 3 1 13.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77    
1954 29 DET AL LF 153 149 1339.7 300 6 4 3 .987 2.06   4.8
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1955 30 DET AL LF 148 147 1330.0 266 5 7 1 .975 1.83   3.4
    RF 3 2 18.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
    CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1956 31 TAM AL LF 150 148 1351.3 251 5 5 2 .981 1.70   3.5
    1B 1 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00   0.0
1957 32 TAM AL LF 151 150 1365.7 262 4 2 0 .993 1.75   3.3
1958 33 TAM AL LF 153 149 1335.0 263 6 12 3 .957 1.81   2.7
1959 34 TAM AL LF 141 135 1205.0 247 2 2 2 .992 1.86   3.3
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1960 35 BSN NL LF 66 56 561.9 105 0 4 0 .963 1.68   1.3
    RF 8 5 58.6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.92   0.0
    CF 8 2 32.3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.56   0.0
  PIT NL LF 28 24 179.5 33 0 1 0 .971 1.65   0.5
    RF 3 2 18.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.96   0.0
    CF 4 1 10.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.87   0.0
  LF 1461 1412 12658.8 2577 45 64 20 .976 1.86   35.0
  RF 33 12 158.9 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.25   0.0
  CF 33 6 104.6 13 0 1 0 .929 1.12   0.0
  1B 1 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00   0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1529 1430 12926.3 2616 46 65 21 .976 1.85   35.1
Career Highs   155 150 1365.7 300 7 12 4 .993 2.05    
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
1952 27 DET AL 12 49 8 15 3 1 2 12 0 1 6 7 .306 .375 .531 .906
1954 29 DET AL 7 29 6 12 4 0 2 6 0 0 2 3 .414 .438 .759 1.196
1956 31 TAM AL 13 55 7 10 2 1 0 2 1 0 4 14 .182 .233 .255 .488
1957 32 TAM AL 10 40 7 9 2 0 1 5 0 0 4 4 .225 .289 .350 .639
1958 33 TAM AL 7 28 4 10 3 0 1 7 0 0 2 5 .357 .400 .571 .971
1959 34 TAM AL 10 35 6 13 1 1 2 8 0 0 2 5 .371 .405 .629 1.034
Career Post-Season Batting 59 236 38 69 15 3 8 40 1 1 20 38 .292 .342 .483 .825
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
1953-9-.302
1954-6-.315
1956-7-.292
1957-5-.297
1959-7-.303
 On-Base Pct
1954-4-.408
 XR
1953-10-98.5
1956-10-97.9
 At-Bats
1953-4-602
1954-8-596
1955-4-617
1956-1-654
1957-2-612
1958-2-615
 Runs
1953-8-104
1956-3-108
 Hits
1953-5-182
1954-3-188
1955-3-183
1956-2-191
1957-2-182
1958-9-170
1959-8-162
Total Bases
1953-10-279
1954-10-277
1956-10-274
1957-8-291
 Singles
1953-10-114
1954-9-129
1955-6-123
1956-2-139
1957-4-120
1959-9-112
 Doubles
1953-2-50
1954-4-41
1955-6-36
1957-9-34
 Triples
1951-7-6
1952-1-9
1953-6-7
1954-3-6
1955-2-7
1956-8-5
1957-1-9
1958-5-6
1959-7-6
 RBIs
1955-9-97
1957-7-112
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 78    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 18th overall pick, by Oakland in 1950
Had first career hit on 5/1/1950, off Jack Kramer (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 5/4/1950, off Warren Hacker (SEM)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1951, hitting .444 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Injured on 6/24/1952 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Oakland to Detroit on 7/31/1952 (Going to DET: C Joe Garagiola, P Bobby Shantz, LF Irv Noren. Going to OAK: P Gene Conley, 2B Eddie Stanky, P Marius Russo)
Traded from Detroit to St. Louis on 2/1/1953 (Going to STL: C Joe Garagiola, P Walt Masterson, C Butch Nieman, LF Irv Noren, LF Johnny Wyrostek. Going to DET: P Warren Spahn)
Traded from St. Louis to Detroit on 3/3/1953 (Going to STL: P Howie Pollet. Going to DET: C Joe Garagiola, P Walt Masterson, C Butch Nieman, LF Irv Noren, LF Johnny Wyrostek)
7/1/1953: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $3,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1954
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 5/9/1955
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 7/8/1955
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1955, hitting .481 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1955, hitting .517 with 0 HR, 6 RBI
Traded from Detroit to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1956 (Going to DET: 1B Monte Irvin. Going to TAM: LF Irv Noren, 3B Al Rosen, P Walt Masterson)
6/1/1956: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $3,650,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (N) on 6/7/1956
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1956, hitting .429 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1957, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1957, hitting .410 with 4 HR, 32 RBI
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
Won World Series with Tampa Bay in 1957
Won Player of the Week award on 7/7/1958, hitting .294 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1959, hitting .522 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Traded from Tampa Bay to Boston (N) on 3/3/1960 (Going to TAM: LF Dick Kokos, 2B Hank Thompson, 1B Bill Skowron. Going to BSN: LF Irv Noren, RF Gus Bell, 2B Bobby Avila)
Traded from Boston (N) to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1960 (Going to PIT: LF Irv Noren. Going to BSN: SS Chico Carrasquel)
 
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