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Arthur Irwin
Arthur Albert Irwin (Doc or Sandy)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 158 lb.

Debut May 1, 1880
Final Game June 22, 1894
Born February 14, 1858 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN
Died July 16, 1921 in Atlantic Ocean from N.Y. to Boston

Brother of John Irwin

Signed as a Free Agent with the Worcester Ruby Legs in 1880. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1880 22 WOR NL  85  352   53   91  19  4   1   35         11  27  .259  .281  .344  103  121                    
 1881 23 WOR NL  50  206   27   55   8  2   0   24          7   4  .267  .291  .325   88   67                    
 1882 24 WOR NL  84  333   30   73  12  4   0   30         14  34  .219  .251  .279   68   93                    
 1883 25 PRO NL  98  406   67  116  22  7   0   44         12  38  .286  .306  .374  102  152                    
 1884 26 PRO NL 102  404   73   97  14  3   2   44         28  52  .240  .289  .304   89  123                    
 1885 27 PRO NL  59  218   16   39   2  1   0   14         14  29  .179  .228  .197   41   43                    
 1886 28 PHI NL 101  373   51   87   6  6   0   34  24     35  39  .233  .299  .282   77  105                    
 1887 29 PHI NL 100  374   65   95  14  8   2   56  19     48  26  .254  .344  .350   88  131               3    
 1888 30 PHI NL 125  448   51   98  12  4   0   28  19     33  56  .219  .277  .263   69  118               3    
 1889 31 TOT NL 103  386   58   89  15  5   0   42  15     48  43  .231  .317  .295   74  114               1    
         PHI NL  18   73    9   16   5  0   0   10   6      6   6  .219  .278  .288   53   21               0    
         WHS NL  85  313   49   73  10  5   0   32   9     42  37  .233  .326  .297   79   93               1    
 1890 32 BOS PL  96  354   60   92  17  1   0   45  16     57  29  .260  .364  .314   79  111               1    
 1891 33 BOS AA   6   17    1    2   0  0   0    0   0      2   1  .118  .286  .118   14    2               2    
 1894 36 PHI NL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0                           0               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1010 3871  552  934 141 45   5  396  93  0 309 378  .241  .299  .305   81 1180   0   0   0  10   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        621   89  150  23  7   1   64  15  0  50  61  .241  .299  .305   81  189   0   0   0   2   0
 Career High    125  448   73  116  22  8   2   56  24  0  57  56  .286  .364  .374  103  152   0   0   0   3   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1880 22 WOR NL  363  261   34   3.5    67| .259  .255| .281  .278| .344  .336| .625  .614| 103  .541   1.6   0.2     
 1881 23 WOR NL  213  151   20   3.5    78| .267  .270| .291  .301| .325  .354| .616  .655|  88  .482  -2.8  -0.3     
 1882 24 WOR NL  347  260   23   2.4    72| .219  .256| .251  .284| .279  .348| .530  .632|  68  .312 -11.5  -1.3     
 1883 25 PRO NL  418  290   47   4.3    83| .286  .271| .306  .299| .374  .374| .680  .673| 102  .534   0.9   0.1     
 1884 26 PRO NL  432  307   36   3.1    72| .240  .248| .289  .288| .304  .344| .593  .632|  89  .425  -4.3  -0.5     
 1885 27 PRO NL  232  179   10   1.5    66| .179  .242| .228  .285| .197  .324| .425  .610|  41  .181 -13.8  -1.6     
 1886 28 PHI NL  408  286   31   2.8    80| .233  .258| .299  .307| .282  .353| .581  .660|  77  .376  -9.7  -1.1     
 1887 29 PHI NL  425  279   44   4.1   102| .254  .282| .344  .341| .350  .401| .694  .741|  88  .467  -4.9  -0.5     
 1888 30 PHI NL  484  350   32   2.4    75| .219  .251| .277  .300| .263  .344| .540  .643|  69  .367 -15.0  -1.8     
 1889 31 TOT NL  435  297   36   3.2    93| .231  .269| .317  .339| .295  .367| .612  .706|  74  .367 -12.2  -1.3     
         PHI NL   79   57    6   2.8   103| .219  .283| .278  .356| .288  .387| .566  .742|  53  .309  -4.8  -0.5     
         WHS NL  356  240   30   3.3    91| .233  .265| .326  .336| .297  .362| .623  .698|  79  .380  -7.4  -0.8     
 1890 32 BOS PL  412  262   40   4.0   108| .260  .285| .364  .364| .314  .396| .678  .760|  79  .415  -7.9  -0.8     
 1891 33 BOS AA   21   15    0   0.0    94| .118  .266| .286  .350| .118  .359| .404  .709|  14  .000  -1.8  -0.2     
 1894 36 PHI NL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     4190 2937  353   3.2    82| .241  .263| .299  .310| .305  .360| .604  .670|  81  .412 -81.4  -9.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1884 26 PRO NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    3.0    5    2    1   0    1    0   0   0    15       0  3.00  2.83   94 2.000
 1889 31 WHS NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    1.0    1    1    0   0    0    0   0   0     5       0  0.00  3.94  inf 1.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL undef   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    4.0    6    3    1   0    1    0   0   0    20       0  2.25  3.10  138 1.750
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  34  0  136.0  204  102   34   0   34    0   0   0   680   0   0  2.25  3.10  138 1.750

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1880 22 WOR NL SS 82 95 339 51 27 .895 .882 5.29 4.31 3B 3 3 6 2 0 .818 .857 3.00 3.30 C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 6.40 0 1881 23 WOR NL SS 50 50 155 36 11 .851 .873 4.10 4.55 1882 24 WOR NL 3B 51 84 147 45 8 .837 .843 4.53 3.50 SS 33 41 123 33 16 .832 .852 4.97 4.36 1883 25 PRO NL SS 94 93 293 65 29 .856 .853 4.11 4.54 2B 4 7 8 1 0 .938 .888 3.75 6.00 1884 26 PRO NL SS 102 99 307 55 20 .881 .864 3.98 4.25 P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.10 3.00 2.40 0 3.0 1885 27 PRO NL SS 58 70 209 40 17 .875 .872 4.81 4.54 2B 1 0 1 2 0 .333 .909 1.00 5.70 3B 1 0 2 1 0 .667 .870 2.00 3.20 1886 28 PHI NL SS 100 137 322 56 21 .891 .878 4.59 4.24 3B 1 0 1 2 0 .333 .833 1.00 3.30 1887 29 PHI NL SS 100 178 301 58 30 .892 .890 4.79 4.94 1888 30 PHI NL SS 122 204 374 64 31 .900 .881 4.74 4.45 2B 3 5 9 0 2 1.000 .921 4.67 5.67 1889 31 TOT NL SS 103 190 325 65 42 .888 .888 5.00 4.87 PHI NL SS 18 25 46 13 6 .845 .888 3.94 4.87 WHS NL SS 85 165 279 52 36 .895 .888 5.22 4.87 2B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 6.10 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1890 32 BOS PL SS 96 137 331 65 44 .878 .868 4.88 5.05 1891 33 BOS AA SS 6 7 14 6 5 .778 .879 3.50 5.03 1894 36 PHI NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1883 25 PRO NL 2B 4 7 8 1 0 .938 .888 3.75 6.00 1885 27 PRO NL 2B 1 0 1 2 0 .333 .909 1.00 5.70 1888 30 PHI NL 2B 3 5 9 0 2 1.000 .921 4.67 5.67 1889 31 WHS NL 2B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 6.10 1880 22 WOR NL 3B 3 3 6 2 0 .818 .857 3.00 3.30 1882 24 WOR NL 3B 51 84 147 45 8 .837 .843 4.53 3.50 1885 27 PRO NL 3B 1 0 2 1 0 .667 .870 2.00 3.20 1886 28 PHI NL 3B 1 0 1 2 0 .333 .833 1.00 3.30 1880 22 WOR NL C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 6.40 0 1884 26 PRO NL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.10 3.00 2.40 0 3.0 1889 31 WHS NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1880 22 WOR NL SS 82 95 339 51 27 .895 .882 5.29 4.31 1881 23 WOR NL SS 50 50 155 36 11 .851 .873 4.10 4.55 1882 24 WOR NL SS 33 41 123 33 16 .832 .852 4.97 4.36 1883 25 PRO NL SS 94 93 293 65 29 .856 .853 4.11 4.54 1884 26 PRO NL SS 102 99 307 55 20 .881 .864 3.98 4.25 1885 27 PRO NL SS 58 70 209 40 17 .875 .872 4.81 4.54 1886 28 PHI NL SS 100 137 322 56 21 .891 .878 4.59 4.24 1887 29 PHI NL SS 100 178 301 58 30 .892 .890 4.79 4.94 1888 30 PHI NL SS 122 204 374 64 31 .900 .881 4.74 4.45 1889 31 TOT NL SS 103 190 325 65 42 .888 .888 5.00 4.87 PHI NL SS 18 25 46 13 6 .845 .888 3.94 4.87 WHS NL SS 85 165 279 52 36 .895 .888 5.22 4.87 1890 32 BOS PL SS 96 137 331 65 44 .878 .868 4.88 5.05 1891 33 BOS AA SS 6 7 14 6 5 .778 .879 3.50 5.03 1894 36 PHI NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total SS 947 1301 3093 594 293 .881 .875 4.64 4.57 3B 56 87 156 50 8 .829 .844 4.34 3.48 2B 9 14 18 3 2 .914 .904 3.56 5.87 P* 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.00 0 4.0 C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 6.40 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1015 1402 3268 647 303 .878 .873 4.60 4.52
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1884   WS    PRO NYP     W   3   9   3   2  0  1  0   2   0   2  .222  .222  .444   0                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1880 NL-85-9
1882 NL-84-4
1883 NL-98-9

Strikeouts
1882 NL-34-8

At Bats per Strikeout
1881 NL-51.5-3

Outs
1880 NL-261-9

Oldest Player
1894 NL-36-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1990) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.9 (1556) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1328) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1880 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Worcester Ruby Legs.

September 21, 1882: Signed as a Free Agent with the Providence Grays.

September, 1885: Released by the Providence Grays. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

October, 1886: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Quakers. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

June 8, 1889: Purchased by the Washington Nationals from the Philadelphia Quakers for $3,000.

Before 1890 Season: Jumped from the Washington Nationals to the Boston Reds.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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Name and misspellings: Arthur Albert Arthur Doc,Sandy Irwin

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