It was announced yesterday that Hall of Fame Baseball player, Monte Irvin, passed away at the age of 96.
The Alabama native played in the Negro, Mexican, and Puerto Rican Leagues before he finally got an opportunity to play in the Majors in 1949, where at the age of 30, he joined the New York Giants and would help them win two National League Pennants and the World Series in 1954.
Irvin would win the National League RBI title in 1951, and finished third in MVP voting that season. Overall, he would have a respectable Slash Line of .293/.383/.475 over a 764 Game career, which would certainly have been much higher had he not suffered a severe ankle injury in 1952 and had been in the Major in the 1940’s, when he was at his prime.
Following his playing career, he would become the first African-American to reach an executive position in MLB when he was made the Assistant Director of Public Relations in 1968. He would later serve as a Special Assistant to Commissioner, Bowie Kuhn.
Irvin entered the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973 by the Negro League Committee.
We here at Notinhalloffame would like to extend our condolences to the friends and family of Monte Irvin at this time.
RIP: Monte Irvin
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13 Jan
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