only long trips were baseball-related, when he would scout players in other cities. Before he left New York for the final time, he told May that he was going to say goodbye to friends in Boston and that he would return to New York. Though neither woman knew of the other, Irwin's New York son Harold learned about an unknown brother while he was visiting his father in the hospital just before Irwin's death. In 1989, Irwin was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. See also List of Major League Baseball player–managers List of Major League Baseball umpires References External links 1858 births 1921 suicides 19th-century baseball players Baseball players from Toronto Boston Reds (PL) players Boston Reds (AA) players Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Canadian expatriate baseball players in the United States Major League Baseball players from Canada Major League Baseball player-managers Major League Baseball shortstops New York Giants (NL) managers New York Yankees scouts Kansas City Blues (baseball) managers Penn Quakers baseball coaches People who died at sea Philadelphia Phillies managers Philadelphia Quakers players Providence Grays players Suicides by jumping Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) managers Washington Senators (NL) managers Worcester Grays players Worcester Ruby Legs players Major League Baseball umpires Washington Nationals (1886–1889) players Washington Nationals (1886–1889) managers Washington Senators (1891–1899) managers