Charlie Irwin
1897–1902 · bats L / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds
989G
.267AVG
.330OBP
.344SLG
More career statistics
981H
16HR
488RBI
180SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 989 | 710 |
| Batting · At bats | 3,679 | 2,611 |
| Batting · Doubles | 144 | 99 |
| Batting · Hits | 981 | 669 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 61 | 48 |
| Batting · Home runs | 16 | 7 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 42 | 103 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,099 | 2,913 |
| Batting · Runs | 555 | 376 |
| Batting · RBI | 488 | 315 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 180 | 110 |
| Batting · Triples | 46 | 29 |
| Batting · Walks | 286 | 193 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 989 | 4,099 | 3,679 | 555 | 981 | 144 | 46 | 16 | 488 | 286 | 42 | 180 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 1,265 | .267 | .330 | .344 | .674 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1897-07-17 to 1897-08-01
14longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 4 walks | 1902-05-31 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1898-08-15 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1900-04-27 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 350 | 1432 | 330 | 2 | 166 | 119 | 34 | .263 | .314 | .329 |
| Away | 360 | 1481 | 339 | 5 | 149 | 74 | 69 | .250 | .279 | .320 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 51 | 218 | 57 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 10 | .289 | .330 | .360 |
| May | 117 | 485 | 109 | 0 | 44 | 40 | 17 | .253 | .307 | .320 |
| June | 128 | 530 | 115 | 3 | 52 | 32 | 19 | .241 | .277 | .320 |
| July | 126 | 527 | 130 | 2 | 73 | 43 | 19 | .278 | .328 | .349 |
| August | 100 | 389 | 87 | 0 | 36 | 21 | 9 | .249 | .278 | .291 |
| September | 149 | 607 | 134 | 2 | 59 | 38 | 25 | .246 | .283 | .323 |
| October | 39 | 157 | 37 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 4 | .259 | .261 | .308 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 88 | 356 | 87 | 0 | 35 | 17 | 14 | .266 | .292 | .333 |
| new-york-giants | 83 | 337 | 72 | 0 | 23 | 26 | 16 | .238 | .291 | .275 |
| boston-braves | 83 | 336 | 81 | 1 | 34 | 24 | 12 | .266 | .312 | .332 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 82 | 341 | 71 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 16 | .230 | .240 | .317 |
| chicago-cubs | 80 | 335 | 79 | 0 | 42 | 23 | 12 | .262 | .304 | .332 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 78 | 313 | 76 | 1 | 31 | 16 | 12 | .269 | .294 | .329 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 46 | 187 | 43 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 6 | .259 | .321 | .386 |
| cleveland-spiders | 39 | 162 | 42 | 0 | 25 | 14 | 3 | .304 | .346 | .377 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Cincinnati Reds | 134 | 506 | 146 | – | 74 | 26 | .289 | – | – |
| 1898 | Cincinnati Reds | 136 | 500 | 120 | 3 | 55 | 20 | .240 | – | – |
| 1899 | Cincinnati Reds | 90 | 315 | 73 | 1 | 54 | 25 | .232 | – | – |
| 1900 | Cincinnati Reds | 87 | 333 | 91 | 1 | 44 | 9 | .273 | – | – |
| 1901 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds | 132 | 501 | 114 | – | 45 | 17 | .228 | – | – |
| 1902 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 131 | 456 | 125 | 2 | 43 | 13 | .274 | – | – |