Tommy Irwin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 20-Dec-1912
Place of Birth: Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 25-Apr-1996
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Tommy Irwin
- Thomas Andrew Irwin (December 20, 1912 – April 25, 1996) was a Major League Baseball player. Born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Irwin attended the University of North Carolina, where he played on the school's baseball team.
- After graduating from college, he signed with the Cleveland Indians, and began playing professionally with the New Orleans Pelicans of the Southern Association.
- He won the starting shortstop job to begin the 1936 season despite not having any professional baseball experience beforehand.
- Irwin played in 151 games for the Pelicans both in 1937 and 1938, and finished his second season with a .322 batting average.Entering the 1938 Cleveland Indians season, Irwin was invited to spring training, and was noted as someone who could win the starting second baseman job.
- He did not win the job, and was optioned to the Milwaukee Brewers.
- He played in 125 games on the season, where he had a .296 batting average.
- At the end of the season, he was promoted to the major league club.
- He played in the final three games of the season as the team's starting shortstop, and had one hit in nine at-bats.On December 15, 1938, he was traded to the Boston Red Sox with Denny Galehouse for Ben Chapman.
- As the Red Sox had Hall of Famer Joe Cronin at the shortstop position, the plan was to keep Irwin in Louisville for a season and go from there.
- He played in 53 games for the Louisville Colonels, then spent part of 1939 and all of 1940 with the Little Rock Travelers, where he had a .256 batting average in 137 games in 1940.
- After taking the 1941 season off, he spent part of 1942 with Little Rock.
- Irwin then the Binghamton Triplets, a team in the New York Yankees organization, and played in 45 games for them before retiring.
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