Monte Irvin
1938–1956 · bats R / throws R · ASE, ASP, Chicago Cubs, NLS, NNS, Newark Eagles, New York Giants
1,077G
.305AVG
.392OBP
.493SLG
More career statistics
1,092H
140HR
693RBI
54SB
8Rare 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 | 1,077 | 1,050 |
| Batting · At bats | 3,576 | 3,526 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 7 | 13 |
| Batting · Doubles | 159 | 148 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,092 | 1,093 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 31 | 27 |
| Batting · Home runs | 140 | 144 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 220 | 226 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,125 | 4,051 |
| Batting · Runs | 596 | 581 |
| Batting · RBI | 693 | 633 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 54 | 52 |
| Batting · Sacrifice flies | 11 | 14 |
| Batting · Walks | 487 | 467 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,077 | 4,125 | 3,576 | 596 | 1,092 | 159 | 46 | 140 | 693 | 487 | 220 | 54 | 7 | 31 | 11 | 1,763 | .305 | .392 | .493 | .885 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1947-06-17 to 1947-08-03
28longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Three Double Plays Grounded Into | 1953-07-30 | 1 in 1,620 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Three Intentional Walks | 1954-06-09 | 1 in 1,129 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1953-07-08 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 556 | 2084 | 582 | 71 | 312 | 227 | 106 | .319 | .388 | .505 |
| Away | 494 | 1967 | 511 | 73 | 321 | 240 | 120 | .301 | .382 | .496 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 68 | 278 | 54 | 10 | 36 | 32 | 22 | .223 | .309 | .401 |
| May | 185 | 733 | 192 | 29 | 128 | 89 | 49 | .303 | .383 | .507 |
| June | 199 | 793 | 217 | 30 | 136 | 88 | 51 | .313 | .385 | .509 |
| July | 204 | 822 | 240 | 24 | 116 | 98 | 38 | .337 | .411 | .508 |
| August | 209 | 764 | 204 | 25 | 111 | 100 | 34 | .313 | .398 | .498 |
| September | 180 | 646 | 182 | 25 | 103 | 60 | 32 | .314 | .375 | .514 |
| October | 5 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .267 | .643 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 112 | 415 | 92 | 19 | 59 | 56 | 39 | .260 | .357 | .475 |
| cincinnati-reds | 111 | 444 | 120 | 19 | 70 | 46 | 30 | .309 | .374 | .521 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 108 | 405 | 104 | 13 | 64 | 55 | 19 | .301 | .393 | .464 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 103 | 398 | 91 | 10 | 51 | 47 | 42 | .262 | .347 | .429 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 102 | 382 | 100 | 6 | 52 | 47 | 26 | .302 | .385 | .426 |
| chicago-cubs | 95 | 350 | 101 | 17 | 73 | 39 | 27 | .334 | .400 | .593 |
| philadelphia-stars | 68 | 269 | 75 | 11 | 45 | 28 | 3 | .315 | .383 | .529 |
| homestead-grays | 68 | 273 | 83 | 9 | 39 | 36 | 0 | .355 | .436 | .560 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | NENewark Eagles | 3 | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | .125 | – | – |
| 1939 | NENewark Eagles | 34 | 123 | 42 | 3 | 17 | – | .341 | – | – |
| 1940 | NENewark Eagles | 42 | 156 | 54 | 5 | 25 | 3 | .346 | – | – |
| 1941 | NENewark Eagles | 42 | 154 | 68 | 11 | 39 | 3 | .442 | – | – |
| 1942 | NENewark Eagles | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | – | .714 | – | – |
| 1945 | NENewark Eagles | 4 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | – | .538 | – | – |
| 1946 | NENewark Eagles | 57 | 213 | 79 | 8 | 35 | 3 | .371 | – | – |
| 1947 | NENewark Eagles | 60 | 210 | 67 | 11 | 42 | 6 | .319 | – | – |
| 1948 | NENewark Eagles | 42 | 143 | 39 | 5 | 18 | 8 | .273 | – | – |
| 1949 |  New York Giants | 36 | 76 | 17 | – | 7 | – | .224 | – | – |
| 1950 | New York Giants | 110 | 374 | 112 | 15 | 66 | 4 | .299 | – | – |
| 1951 | New York Giants | 151 | 558 | 174 | 24 | 122 | 12 | .312 | – | – |
| 1952 | New York Giants | 46 | 126 | 39 | 4 | 21 | – | .310 | – | – |
| 1953 | New York Giants | 124 | 444 | 146 | 21 | 97 | 2 | .329 | – | – |
| 1954 | New York Giants | 135 | 432 | 113 | 19 | 66 | 7 | .262 | – | – |
| 1955 | New York Giants | 51 | 150 | 38 | 1 | 17 | 3 | .253 | – | – |
| 1956 |  Chicago Cubs | 111 | 339 | 92 | 15 | 50 | 1 | .271 | – | – |