Monte Irvin : outstanding outfielder

Resource Information

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Label

Monte Irvin : outstanding outfielder

Title remainder

outstanding outfielder

Statement of responsibility

Hallie Murray

Creator

• Murray, Hallie

Author

• Murray, Hallie

Subject

• African Americans
• Baseball players
• Baseball players -- United States -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• Irvin, Monte, 1919-2016
• African American baseball players
• Negro leagues
• Negro leagues -- History -- Juvenile literature
• Irvin, Monte, 1919-2016 -- Juvenile literature
• African American baseball players -- Biography | Juvenile literature

Genre

• Juvenile literature
• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

"The exceptionally athletic Monte Irvin (1919-2016) was an outfielder who started in the Negro leagues and eventually became one of the earliest black Major League Baseball players after joining the New York Giants in 1949. He played in two World Series with the Giants and after retiring worked as a baseball scout and served in an administrative role in the MLB commissioner's office. A mentor to Willie Mays, Irvin helped pave the way for other black players in the major leagues despite encountering racism on and off the field, and he was honored greatly later in life for his achievements"--

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

LBSOR/DLC

Dewey number

• 796.357092
• B

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

GV865.I78

LC item number

M87 2020

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Stars of the Negro leagues

Target audience

juvenile