Larry Doby

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Larry Doby
Larry Doby 1953.jpg
Center fielder / manager
Born: December 13, 1923
Camden , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Died on: June 18, 2003
Montclair , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Suggested: Left Threw: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
July 5,  1947  with the  Cleveland Indians
Last MLB assignment
June 26,  1959  with the  Chicago White Sox
MLB statistics
(until end of career)
Batting average    , 283
Home runs    253
Runs Batted In    970
Teams

Negro Leagues

Major League Baseball

Nippon Professional Baseball

As a manager

Awards

  • 7 × All-Star (1949–1955)
  • World Series Winner (1948)
  • Negro Leagues Winner (1946)
  • 2 × batsman with the most home runs in the AL (1952, 1954)
  • Batsman with the most RBIs in the AL (1954)
  • In his honor, the # 14 is no longer awarded by the Cleveland Indians
member of
☆☆☆Baseball Hall of Fame☆☆☆
Recorded     1998
Special selection    Veteran's Committee

Lawrence "Larry" Eugene Doby (born December 13, 1923 in Camden , South Carolina , † June 18, 2003 in Montclair , New Jersey ) was an American baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball .

biography

Larry Doby played his first game in the American League on July 5, 1947 for the Cleveland Indians . Four months after Jackie Robinson broke the black player barrier in the Major Leagues, Doby became the second African American in the Major Leagues and the first in the American League. Doby began his baseball career in 1942 with the Newark Eagles in the Negro Leagues . He played there as a second baseman in the team of Abe and Effa Manley . In 1946 he won the Negro League Championship with his team, in which Monte Irvin also played. Bill Veeck then signed him for the Indians, for whom he played in the outfield.

As early as 1948 he was able to win his first World Series with the Indians , the Boston Braves were defeated 4-2. Doby shone with a batting average of 31.8% and led his team in this category in the World Series. From 1949 to 1954 he was elected an All Star annually . In 1954 the Indians clearly won the championship in the American League with 111 wins, but were defeated by the New York Giants 4-0. In 1952 and 1954 he led the American League in home runs scored . After the 1955 season, he moved to the Chicago White Sox for two years before returning to the Indians for a year in 1958. He ended his career in the Major League in 1959 with brief stints with the White Sox and the Detroit Tigers .

1962 hired Doby in the Japanese baseball league and was there the third American player after Wally Kaname Yonamine and Don Newcombe . After returning from Japan, he took on coaching roles with the Montreal Expos , Indians and the White Sox. In 1978 he became a manager at the White Sox. Here, too, he was the second African American after Frank Robinson took over the managerial post of the Indians in 1975. He was hired again by Bill Veeck . In 1998, Larry Doby was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame . He died on June 18, 2003 in Montclair, New Jersey at the age of 79.

His stations as a player

His stations as a manager

  • 1978: Chicago White Sox

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Doby, Larry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Doby, Lawrence Eugen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Camden , South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 2003
Place of death Montclair , New Jersey