Arthur Irwin

Full Name: Arthur Albert Irwin

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-8, 158lb

Team: Pittsburgh Alleghenys

Born: February 14, 1858 in Toronto, ON, CAN

Died: July 16, 1921 in Atlantic Ocean, At Sea

League Debut: April 28, 1885 (PIT @ PHI, box score) • Age 27

Real-life MLB career: 1880–1894 • Baseball-Reference page ↗

1886

Career

WAR

0.4

0.1

220

236

.214

.199

RBI

OBP

.282

.270

SLG

.268

.250

OPS

.550

.520

OPS+

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1885	27	PHI	NL	40	18	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	-65	0		0				SS-2B-3B
1886	28	PIT	NL	67	249	220	30	47	6	3	24	15	4	21	27	.214	.282	.268	.550	63	59	5	1	4	3	2	SS
2 Yrs				107	267	236	30	47	6	3	25	15	4	23	27	.199	.270	.250	.520	54	59	5	1	4	3	2

Bold = led the league. OPS+ compares OBP and SLG with the league average (100 = average; no park adjustment). Blank GIDP/SH/SF/IBB cells: that season's source data didn't track them (PA there = AB+BB+HBP).

Value Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oWAR	dWAR	Pos
1885	27	PHI	NL	18	-3.4	-0.1	0.4	-3.1	-0.3	0.6	-2.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	SS-2B-3B
1886	28	PIT	NL	249	-10.0	2.5	3.3	-4.1	-0.4	8.3	4.1	0.4	0.4	0.3	SS
2 Yrs				267	-13.4	2.4	3.7	-7.2	-0.6	8.9	1.7	0.1	0.1	0.3

Runs above average from batting (Rbat), baserunning (Rbaser) and position (Rpos); RAA/WAA = runs/wins above average, Rrep = replacement runs, RAR = runs above replacement (see how WAR is calculated).

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	BAbip	ISO	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GB%	SB%	P/PA	RC	eBA	Clutch	WIS WAR
1885	27	PHI	NL	18	.000	.000	0.0	11.1	0.0	0.0
1886	28	PIT	NL	249	.240	.055	10.8	8.4	3.6	19.1	1.08	52.0	78.9	3.11	18.2	.280	16.8	0.3
2 Yrs				267	.222	.051	10.1	8.6	3.4	19.1	1.08	52.0	78.9	2.90	18.2			0.3

BAbip = batting average on balls in play; ISO = SLG − BA; HR%, SO%, BB%, XBH% are per plate appearance; X/H% = extra-base hits per hit; GB/FB and P/PA come from the sim's batted-ball and pitch counts; RC = runs created. eBA, Clutch and WIS WAR are WhatIfSports' own metrics (1886 onward).

Batting Splits

Year	Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip
1886	Home	32	116	98	12	22	2	0	16	5	2	13	12	.224	.310	.245	.555	.250
1886	Away	35	133	122	18	25	4	3	8	10	2	8	15	.205	.258	.287	.544	.231
1886	vs LH Starter	16	46	42	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	4	5	.119	.196	.190	.386	.135
1886	vs RH Starter	55	195	178	0	42	5	2	0	0	0	17	22	.236	.303	.287	.589	.269

Splits come from the WhatIfSports season export (available from 1886). Traded players' splits combine all of their teams that season.

Appearances

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS
1885	27	PHI	NL	40	0	40	40	14	3	23
1886	28	PIT	NL	67	67	67	67			67
2 Yrs				107	67	107	107	14	3	90

Games by position come from the fielding data; GS = games started; PH/PR = games entered as a pinch hitter or pinch runner (counted from the box scores).

Standard Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	+Plays
1885	27	PHI	NL	2B	14	0	25.0	17	7	9	1	2	.941	.934	5.76	5.79	1.14	0
1885	27	PHI	NL	3B	3	0	4.7	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.919	0.00	4.14	0.00	0
1885	27	PHI	NL	SS	23	0	56.7	36	11	21	4	2	.889	.870	5.08	5.37	1.39	0
1886	28	PIT	NL	SS	67	67	550.3	405	126	239	40	35	.901	.895	5.97	5.63	5.45	7
Career				2B	14	0	25.0	17	7	9	1	2	.941		5.76		1.14	0
Career				3B	3	0	4.7	0	0	0	0	0	.000		0.00		0.00	0
Career				SS	90	67	607.0	441	137	260	44	37	.900		5.89		4.41	7

Positions listed in scorebook order (P, C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, CF, RF). Ch = chances (PO+A+E); RF/9 = 9×(PO+A)/Inn; RF/G = (PO+A)/G; lgFld% and lgRF9 = league average at that position. +Plays/−Plays are the sim's good and poor defensive plays. For pitchers, SB/CS are runners stealing while he pitched.

Leaderboards, Awards, & Honors

Stolen Bases

1886 NL 15 (10th)

Top-10 finishes in each league. Rate stats require 3.1 plate appearances (batters) or 1 inning pitched (pitchers) per team game.

Transactions

1885: Drafted 10.07 by Philadelphia Quakers in the 1885 Draft.
Pittsburgh Alleghenys trade Fred Dunlap, Pick 3.01 and 3.11 in 1886 and the Boston Beaneaters 1st Round Pick in 1887 to the Philadelphia Quakers for Deacon McGuire, Arthur Irwin, and the Quakers 2nd and 3rd Round Picks in 1888.