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  • 04/13/12 Irvin played big part in Mays' ascension Source: MLB - San Francisco Giants It's not too much of a reach to suggest that without Monte Irvin, there might have been no Willie Mays. When Mays was summoned to the New York Giants on May 25, 1951, manager Leo Durocher immediately ordered Irvin to serve as essentially the 20-year-old rookie's guardian.

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Monford Merrill "Monte" Irvin (born February 25, 1919 in Haleburg, Alabama) is a former left fielder and right-handed batter in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball who played with the Newark Eagles (1938–42, 46-48), New York Giants (1949–55) and Chicago Cubs (1956).

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