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Monford Merrill "Monte" Irvin (February 25, 1919 – January 11, 2016) was an American left fielder and right-handed batter in the Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball who played with the Newark Eagles (1938-42, 46-48), New York Giants (1949-55) and Chicago Cubs (1956). Although born in Haleburg, Alabama, Irvin grew up in Orange, New Jersey, one of five players who grew up in the Garden ...
Montford Merrill Irvin was born in Haleburg, Alabama, on February 25, 1919. He was the eighth of 13 children of Cupid Alexander Irvin and Mary Eliza Henderson Irvin. His father, like so many blacks in the American South of the early 20th century, earned a living, if it could be rightly called that, as a sharecropper.
30 de nov. de 2010 · One of the finest African-American players in the years preceding integration, Monte Irvin fashioned a career of dual excellence in both the Negro leagues an...
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11 de ene. de 2016 · Irvin stepped down from his role with the commissioner when Kuhn announced his retirement in 1984. Monte retired to Homosassa, Florida, but he accepted an MLB role involving special projects and appearances. On May 16, 2006, Orange Park in the city of Orange, New Jersey was renamed Monte Irvin Park, in his honor.
9 de ago. de 2023 · In 1949, another highly touted Negro League outfielder, 30-year-old Monte Irvin, was signed by the New York Giants and called up as their first Black player, beating out Thompson by just a few weeks. Born in Alabama but raised in New Jersey, Irvin’s family was close-knit and supported him every step up the baseball ladder.
12 de ene. de 2016 · Hall of Famer Monte Irvin, a power-hitting outfielder who starred for the New York Giants in the 1950s in a career abbreviated by major league baseball's exclusion of black players, has died.
24 de ene. de 2018 · Monte Irvin of East Orange High School, Orange, NJ. - BL-13.2008.26 (Larry Hogan / National Baseball Hall of Fame Library) By 1951, Irvin’s offensive numbers were among the best in the game – 174 hits, .312 batting average, 24 home runs and a league-best 121 RBI – helping him finish third in the senior circuit’s MVP voting.
