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John Irwin
John Irwin

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 168 lb.

Debut May 31, 1882
Born July 21, 1861 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN
Died February 28, 1934 in Boston, MA

Brother of Arthur Irwin

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1882 20 WOR NL   1    4    0    0   0  0   0    0          0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0                    
 1884 22 BOS UA 105  432   81  101  22  6   1        0     15      .234  .260  .319   95  138                    
 1886 24 PHA AA   3   13    4    3   1  0   0    1   0      0      .231  .231  .308   68    4               0    
 1887 25 WHS NL   8   31    6   11   2  0   2    3   6      3   6  .355  .429  .613  192   19               1    
 1888 26 WHS NL  37  126   14   28   5  2   0    8  15      5  18  .222  .263  .294   82   37               2    
 1889 27 WHS NL  58  228   42   66  11  4   0   25  10     25  14  .289  .370  .373  113   85               4    
 1890 28 BUF PL  77  308   62   72  11  4   0   34  18     43  19  .234  .335  .295   75   91               4    
 1891 29 TOT AA  33  127   13   31   3  3   0   22   7     11  15  .244  .309  .315   78   40               1    
         BOS AA  19   72    6   16   2  2   0   15   6      6   9  .222  .282  .306   66   22               0    
         LOU AA  14   55    7   15   1  1   0    7   1      5   6  .273  .344  .327   94   18               1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      322 1269  222  312  55 19   3   93  56  0 102  74  .246  .308  .326   92  414   0   0   0  12   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        638  112  157  28 10   2   47  28  0  51  37  .246  .308  .326   92  208   0   0   0   6   0
 Career High    105  432   81  101  22  6   2   34  18  0  43  19  .289  .370  .373  113  138   0   0   0   4   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1882 20 WOR NL    4    4    0   0.0    72| .000  .256| .000  .284| .000  .348| .000  .632|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1     
 1884 22 BOS UA  447  331   36   2.8    62| .234  .247| .260  .274| .319  .320| .579  .594|  95  .434   1.9   0.2     
 1886 24 PHA AA   13   10    1   2.6    75| .231  .247| .231  .310| .308  .329| .539  .639|  68  .373  -0.5  -0.1     
 1887 25 WHS NL   35   20    8  10.5    93| .355  .269| .429  .326| .613  .382|1.042  .708| 192  .828   3.9   0.4     
 1888 26 WHS NL  133   98    9   2.4    67| .222  .239| .263  .286| .294  .328| .557  .614|  82  .368  -2.5  -0.3     
 1889 27 WHS NL  257  162   31   5.0    91| .289  .265| .370  .336| .373  .362| .743  .698| 113  .571   4.9   0.5     
 1890 28 BUF PL  355  236   30   3.3    98| .234  .271| .335  .348| .295  .377| .630  .725|  75  .337  -8.9  -0.8     
 1891 29 TOT AA  139   96   12   3.3    92| .244  .263| .309  .347| .315  .355| .624  .701|  78  .404  -4.1  -0.4     
         BOS AA   78   56    6   2.8    94| .222  .266| .282  .350| .306  .359| .588  .709|  66  .339  -3.7  -0.4     
         LOU AA   61   40    6   3.9    89| .273  .259| .344  .342| .327  .349| .671  .691|  94  .486  -0.4   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      1383  957  127   3.5    81| .246  .258| .308  .315| .326  .347| .634  .662|  92  .439  -6.1  -0.6     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1882 20 WOR NL 1B 1 7 0 4 1 .636 .959 7.00 10.30 1884 22 BOS UA 3B 105 117 191 87 7 .780 .777 2.93 2.94 1886 24 PHA AA SS 2 2 3 2 0 .714 .847 2.50 4.50 3B 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 .851 4.00 3.10 1887 25 WHS NL SS 5 9 12 3 1 .875 .890 4.20 4.94 3B 4 4 7 2 0 .846 .873 2.75 3.38 1888 26 WHS NL SS 27 54 87 23 5 .860 .881 5.22 4.45 3B 10 12 10 7 1 .759 .876 2.20 3.11 1889 27 WHS NL 3B 58 82 129 32 14 .868 .885 3.64 3.52 1890 28 BUF PL 3B 64 79 139 29 13 .883 .854 3.41 3.48 1B 12 103 11 1 13 .991 .973 9.50 10.27 2B 1 2 5 2 1 .778 .909 7.00 5.80 1891 29 TOT AA 3B 16 17 27 12 1 .786 .873 2.75 3.58 BOS AA OF 17 25 5 4 0 .882 .906 1.76 1.83 9 0 9 3B 2 4 5 3 0 .750 .874 4.50 3.60 SS 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .870 2.00 5.00 LOU AA 3B 14 13 22 9 1 .795 .873 2.50 3.58
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1882 20 WOR NL 1B 1 7 0 4 1 .636 .959 7.00 10.30 1890 28 BUF PL 1B 12 103 11 1 13 .991 .973 9.50 10.27 1890 28 BUF PL 2B 1 2 5 2 1 .778 .909 7.00 5.80 1884 22 BOS UA 3B 105 117 191 87 7 .780 .777 2.93 2.94 1886 24 PHA AA 3B 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 .851 4.00 3.10 1887 25 WHS NL 3B 4 4 7 2 0 .846 .873 2.75 3.38 1888 26 WHS NL 3B 10 12 10 7 1 .759 .876 2.20 3.11 1889 27 WHS NL 3B 58 82 129 32 14 .868 .885 3.64 3.52 1890 28 BUF PL 3B 64 79 139 29 13 .883 .854 3.41 3.48 1891 29 TOT AA 3B 16 17 27 12 1 .786 .873 2.75 3.58 BOS AA 3B 2 4 5 3 0 .750 .874 4.50 3.60 LOU AA 3B 14 13 22 9 1 .795 .873 2.50 3.58 1891 29 BOS AA OF 17 25 5 4 0 .882 .906 1.76 1.83 9 0 9 1886 24 PHA AA SS 2 2 3 2 0 .714 .847 2.50 4.50 1887 25 WHS NL SS 5 9 12 3 1 .875 .890 4.20 4.94 1888 26 WHS NL SS 27 54 87 23 5 .860 .881 5.22 4.45 1891 29 BOS AA SS 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .870 2.00 5.00
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 258 311 507 169 36 .829 .832 3.17 3.26 SS 35 66 103 29 6 .854 .881 4.83 4.54 OF 17 25 5 4 0 .882 .906 1.76 1.83 9 0 9 1B 13 110 11 5 14 .960 .972 9.31 10.27 2B 1 2 5 2 1 .778 .909 7.00 5.80 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 324 514 631 209 57 .846 .854 3.53 3.61
An Important note about our fielding stats

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
1884 UA-105-9

At Bats
1884 UA-432-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1884 UA-447-9

Runs
1884 UA-81-9

Extra-Base Hits
1884 UA-29-10

Outs
1884 UA-331-4

Youngest Player
1882 NL-20-3

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 5 (1714) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3105) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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