Irv Noren
1950–1960 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Athletics, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Senators (1901-60)
1,093G
.275AVG
.348OBP
.410SLG
More career statistics
857H
65HR
453RBI
34SB
1Rare feat
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 · Caught stealing | 24 | 28 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,507 | 3,506 |
| Batting · Runs | 443 | 444 |
| Batting · Walks | 335 | 334 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,093 | 3,507 | 3,119 | 443 | 857 | 157 | 35 | 65 | 453 | 335 | 350 | 34 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 1,279 | .275 | .348 | .410 | .758 |
Streaks
21longest hitting streak · 1950-08-18 to 1950-09-08
28longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Triple Play | 1953-05-22 | 1 in 498 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1954-07-07 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1955-08-31 | 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 | 558 | 1793 | 450 | 33 | 240 | 172 | 166 | .283 | .347 | .421 |
| Away | 535 | 1713 | 407 | 32 | 213 | 162 | 184 | .266 | .332 | .399 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 74 | 211 | 45 | 1 | 34 | 29 | 18 | .259 | .351 | .385 |
| May | 171 | 553 | 126 | 12 | 76 | 48 | 64 | .253 | .315 | .394 |
| June | 217 | 674 | 176 | 12 | 80 | 69 | 60 | .293 | .364 | .425 |
| July | 229 | 780 | 203 | 15 | 115 | 71 | 69 | .291 | .351 | .442 |
| August | 204 | 648 | 171 | 8 | 73 | 59 | 61 | .297 | .355 | .417 |
| September | 196 | 634 | 136 | 17 | 74 | 57 | 77 | .239 | .304 | .374 |
| October | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .167 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 131 | 489 | 115 | 6 | 51 | 52 | 43 | .268 | .342 | .373 |
| chicago-white-sox | 121 | 444 | 97 | 2 | 53 | 41 | 40 | .244 | .311 | .322 |
| boston-red-sox | 118 | 366 | 88 | 4 | 46 | 26 | 37 | .266 | .311 | .405 |
| detroit-tigers | 111 | 402 | 103 | 10 | 61 | 48 | 37 | .296 | .376 | .457 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 87 | 369 | 99 | 11 | 53 | 34 | 37 | .297 | .360 | .477 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 73 | 222 | 55 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 26 | .275 | .342 | .435 |
| st-louis-browns | 68 | 294 | 79 | 7 | 47 | 23 | 25 | .295 | .347 | .451 |
| baltimore-orioles | 60 | 186 | 45 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 17 | .273 | .333 | .388 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 138 | 542 | 160 | 14 | 98 | 5 | .295 | – | – |
| 1951 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 129 | 509 | 142 | 8 | 86 | 10 | .279 | – | – |
| 1952 | New York Yankees, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 105 | 321 | 76 | 5 | 23 | 5 | .237 | – | – |
| 1953 |  New York Yankees | 109 | 345 | 92 | 6 | 46 | 3 | .267 | – | – |
| 1954 | New York Yankees | 125 | 426 | 136 | 12 | 66 | 4 | .319 | – | – |
| 1955 | New York Yankees | 132 | 371 | 94 | 8 | 59 | 5 | .253 | – | – |
| 1956 | New York Yankees | 29 | 37 | 8 | – | 6 | – | .216 | – | – |
| 1957 | Kansas City Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals | 98 | 190 | 45 | 3 | 26 | – | .237 | – | – |
| 1958 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 117 | 178 | 47 | 4 | 22 | – | .264 | – | – |
| 1959 | Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals | 73 | 164 | 51 | 4 | 19 | 2 | .311 | – | – |
| 1960 | Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers | 38 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 2 | – | .167 | – | – |