I is for Irvin
Monte Irvin (HOF)
1919 -2016
1919 -2016
Giants, Cubs
The first paragraph of Monte Irvin's page at the baseball hall of fame website reads as follows
Monte Irvin was not the first African-American player in the modern major leagues, but of all the talented players who made the perilous trip from the Negro leagues to the big leagues in the late 1940s, Irvin may have been the best.
Irvin played with the Newark Eagles of the Negro League and came to the major leagues with the New York Giants in 1949 and played seven season there. In 1956 he finished his career with the Cubs and hit 15 of his 99 major league homers in his farewell season. Irving was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1973.
Irvin passed a way in January of this year 6 week prior to his 97th birthday.
Monte Irvin was not the first African-American player in the modern major leagues, but of all the talented players who made the perilous trip from the Negro leagues to the big leagues in the late 1940s, Irvin may have been the best.
Irvin played with the Newark Eagles of the Negro League and came to the major leagues with the New York Giants in 1949 and played seven season there. In 1956 he finished his career with the Cubs and hit 15 of his 99 major league homers in his farewell season. Irving was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1973.
Irvin passed a way in January of this year 6 week prior to his 97th birthday.
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