Monford (Monte) Irvin was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 1973 along with Roberto Clemente, William Evans, George Kelly, Warren Spahn and Mickey Welch. Irvin was an OF\1B with an 8 season MLB career playing with the New York Giants (1949-1955) and Chicago Cubs (1956). For his MLB career he hit .293/.383/.475 with 99 HR, 443 RBI, 366 R, 28 SB in 764 games. His best season was 1951 when he hit .312/.415/.514 with 24 HR, 121 RBI, 94 R, 12 SB in 151 games and was third in NL MVP voting. He was selected to the All Star game in 1952. Irvin won the World Series Championship with the Giants in 1954.
Irvin was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Negro League Committee. He played with the Newark Eagles (1938-1942, 1945-1948). He missed the 1943-1944 seasons serving in the United States Army during World War II. While the stats are incomplete they show him as hitting .358/.415/.564 with 23 HR, 146 RBI, 125 R, 15 SB. He won the Negro League World Series with the Eagles in 1946.
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