Monte Irvin, one of Major League Baseball’s first black players and the second-oldest living Hall of Famer, died Monday at his home in Houston. He was 96. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ...

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Monte Irvin will leave the pioneer status to Jackie Robinson, the first African-American major leaguer. Yet those who admired Irvin and played alongside him know how much he also ...

Baseball Hall of Famer Monte Irvin attends the dedication of Essex County Monte Irvin Park. He is the subject of a fond childhood memory for one reader. (2006 Star-Ledger File) Jerry Izenberg's column ...

HOUSTON -- Hall of Famer Monte Irvin, a power-hitting outfielder who starred for the New York Giants in the 1950s during a career abbreviated by major league baseball's exclusion of black players, has ...

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Baseball Hall of Famer Monte Irvin, a Negro League star who became one of the first black players in Major League Baseball and a mentor to Willie Mays, died on Monday at his ...

AGE: Turns 85 on Feb. 25. CLAIM TO FAME: A true baseball star, he is known in Citrus County more for his generosity than his legendary diamond skills. For years he has been a major contributor to the ...

With the first Thanksgiving Day game at Hinchliffe Stadium in 27 years behind us, and as Congress presents the Congressional Gold Medal to Larry Doby, thanks to the efforts of Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., ...

Former New York Giants and Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame outfielder Monte Irvin died Monday at his home in Houston. Irvin, who began his career in the Negro League in 1938, was one of the first ...

Hall of Famer Monte Irvin, a power-hitting outfielder who starred for the New York Giants in the 1950s in a career abbreviated by major-league baseball’s exclusion of black players, has died. He was ...