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Bobby Doerr
Robert Pershing Doerr

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 20, 1937
Final Game September 7, 1951
Born April 7, 1918 in Los Angeles, CA

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1986.

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1937 19 BOS AL  55  147   22   33   5  1   2   14   2  4  18  25  .224  .313  .313   56   46   4           1    
 1938 20 BOS AL 145  509   70  147  26  7   5   80   5 10  59  39  .289  .363  .397   86  202  22           0    
 1939 21 BOS AL 127  525   75  167  28  2  12   73   1 10  38  32  .318  .365  .448  103  235  10           1  17
 1940 22 BOS AL 151  595   87  173  37 10  22  105  10  5  57  53  .291  .353  .497  114  296   6           0  16
 1941 23 BOS AL 132  500   74  141  28  4  16   93   1  3  43  43  .282  .339  .450  105  225   6           0   6 AS
 1942 24 BOS AL 144  545   71  158  35  5  15  102   4  4  67  55  .290  .369  .455  128  248  12           1  11 MVP-11,AS
 1943 25 BOS AL 155  604   78  163  32  3  16   75   8  8  62  59  .270  .339  .412  117  249   9           1  11 MVP-14,AS
 1944 26 BOS AL 125  468   95  152  30 10  15   81   5  2  58  31  .325  .399  .528  165  247  10           0   3 MVP-7,AS
 1946 28 BOS AL 151  583   95  158  34  9  18  116   5  6  66  67  .271  .346  .453  116  264   9           1  18 MVP-3,AS
 1947 29 BOS AL 146  561   79  145  23 10  17   95   3  3  59  47  .258  .329  .426  103  239   4           0  25 MVP-24,AS
 1948 30 BOS AL 140  527   94  150  23  6  27  111   3  2  83  49  .285  .386  .505  131  266   4           4  13 MVP-19,AS
 1949 31 BOS AL 139  541   91  167  30  9  18  109   2  2  75  33  .309  .393  .497  128  269   7           0  31 MVP-16
 1950 32 BOS AL 149  586  103  172  29 11  27  120   3  4  67  42  .294  .367  .519  116  304   9           1  21 MVP-16,AS
 1951 33 BOS AL 106  402   60  116  21  2  13   73   2  1  57  33  .289  .378  .448  115  180   3           1  10 AS
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons         7093      2042     89     1247     64     608  .288  .362  .461  115      115   0   0  11 182
               1865      1094      381    223       54    809                            3270
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        616   95  177  33  8  19  108   5  6  70  53  .288  .362  .461  115  284  10   0   0   1  16
 Career High    155  604  103  173  37 11  27  120  10 10  83  67  .325  .399  .528  165  304  22   0   0   4  31
Special Batting  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1937 19 BOS AL  170  122   13   2.8   120| .224  .295| .313  .371| .313  .439| .626  .810|  56  .242 -10.5  -1.0  33%
 1938 20 BOS AL  590  394   71   4.7   123| .289  .296| .363  .376| .397  .442| .760  .818|  86  .452 -11.4  -1.0  33%
 1939 21 BOS AL  574  395   82   5.5   117| .318  .291| .365  .367| .448  .431| .813  .798| 103  .538   1.6   0.2   9%
 1940 22 BOS AL  658  449  104   6.2   114| .291  .284| .353  .358| .497  .431| .850  .788| 114  .597  10.5   1.0  66%
 1941 23 BOS AL  549  374   75   5.4   108| .282  .278| .339  .355| .450  .410| .789  .765| 105  .557   2.0   0.2  25%
 1942 24 BOS AL  625  414   90   5.8    97| .290  .269| .369  .344| .455  .377| .824  .721| 128  .654  20.7   2.1  50%
 1943 25 BOS AL  676  469   83   4.8    89| .270  .258| .339  .333| .412  .356| .751  .690| 117  .608  12.4   1.3  50%
 1944 26 BOS AL  536  331   99   8.1    91| .325  .267| .399  .333| .528  .364| .927  .698| 165  .781  39.2   4.1  71%
 1946 28 BOS AL  659  458   90   5.2   101| .271  .271| .346  .346| .453  .389| .799  .735| 116  .605  11.8   1.2  45%
 1947 29 BOS AL  624  448   78   4.6   102| .258  .271| .329  .352| .426  .389| .755  .741| 103  .549  -0.4   0.0  50%
 1948 30 BOS AL  618  396  101   6.8   110| .285  .279| .386  .365| .505  .403| .891  .768| 131  .670  22.8   2.2  60%
 1949 31 BOS AL  623  414  105   6.7   112| .309  .279| .393  .372| .497  .405| .890  .778| 128  .670  21.1   2.1  50%
 1950 32 BOS AL  663  448  110   6.5   122| .294  .290| .367  .379| .519  .435| .886  .814| 116  .622  10.5   1.0  42%
 1951 33 BOS AL  463  300   68   6.1   109| .289  .278| .378  .361| .448  .407| .826  .768| 115  .634   9.1   0.9  66%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     8028 5412 1169   5.8   108| .288  .278| .362  .357| .461  .404| .823  .761| 115  .607 139.6  14.3  45%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1937 19 BOS AL  2B   47     94  124    6   29  .973  .972  4.64  5.28            
 1938 20 BOS AL  2B  145    372  420   26  118  .968  .967  5.46  5.32            
 1939 21 BOS AL  2B  126    336  431   19   95  .976  .965  6.09  5.14            
 1940 22 BOS AL  2B  151    401  480   21  118  .977  .969  5.83  5.22            
 1941 23 BOS AL  2B  132    290  389   20   85  .971  .967  5.14  5.18             AS
 1942 24 BOS AL  2B  142    376  453   21  105  .975  .969  5.84  5.39             AS
 1943 25 BOS AL  2B  155    415  490    9  132  .990  .969  5.84  5.44             AS
 1944 26 BOS AL  2B  125    341  363   17   96  .976  .967  5.63  5.36             AS
 1946 28 BOS AL  2B  151    420  483   13  129  .986  .970  5.98  5.23             AS
 1947 29 BOS AL  2B  146    376  466   16  118  .981  .978  5.77  5.19             AS
 1948 30 BOS AL  2B  138    366  430    6  119  .993  .976  5.77  5.39             AS
 1949 31 BOS AL  2B  139    395  439   17  134  .980  .974  6.00  5.13            
 1950 32 BOS AL  2B  149    443  431   11  130  .988  .976  5.87  5.39             AS
 1951 33 BOS AL  2B  106    303  311   12   99  .981  .978  5.79  5.35             AS

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1937 19 BOS AL  2B   47     94  124    6   29  .973  .972  4.64  5.28            
 1938 20 BOS AL  2B  145    372  420   26  118  .968  .967  5.46  5.32            
 1939 21 BOS AL  2B  126    336  431   19   95  .976  .965  6.09  5.14            
 1940 22 BOS AL  2B  151    401  480   21  118  .977  .969  5.83  5.22            
 1941 23 BOS AL  2B  132    290  389   20   85  .971  .967  5.14  5.18            
 1942 24 BOS AL  2B  142    376  453   21  105  .975  .969  5.84  5.39            
 1943 25 BOS AL  2B  155    415  490    9  132  .990  .969  5.84  5.44            
 1944 26 BOS AL  2B  125    341  363   17   96  .976  .967  5.63  5.36            
 1946 28 BOS AL  2B  151    420  483   13  129  .986  .970  5.98  5.23            
 1947 29 BOS AL  2B  146    376  466   16  118  .981  .978  5.77  5.19            
 1948 30 BOS AL  2B  138    366  430    6  119  .993  .976  5.77  5.39            
 1949 31 BOS AL  2B  139    395  439   17  134  .980  .974  6.00  5.13            
 1950 32 BOS AL  2B  149    443  431   11  130  .988  .976  5.87  5.39            
 1951 33 BOS AL  2B  106    303  311   12   99  .981  .978  5.79  5.35            

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  2B 1852   4928 5710  214 1507  .980  .971  5.74  5.29            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total      1852   4928 5710  214 1507  .980  .971  5.74  5.29
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1946   WS    BOS STL     L   6  22   1   9  1  0  1   3   2   2  .409  .458  .591   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1941   BOS AL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
 1942   BOS AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1943   BOS AL   *   4   1   2  0  0  1   3   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
 1944   BOS AL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
 1946   BOS AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
 1947   BOS AL       2   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   1  0   0   0   0           
 1948   BOS AL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1950   BOS AL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
 1951   BOS AL       1   0   1  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 8/9      5  20   2   4  0  0  1   3   1   3   1  0   0   0   0  .200  .238  .350 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1941 (2B)
1942
1943 (2B)
1944 (2B)
1946 (2B)
1947 *
1948 *
1950 (2B)
1951 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1942-AL-11-0.07
1943-AL-14-0.06
1944-AL-7-0.22
1946-AL-3-0.47
1947-AL-24-0.02
1948-AL-19-0.03
1949-AL-16-0.02
1950-AL-16-0.04
Car-255-0.93 shares

Batting Average
1944 AL-.325-2
1949 AL-.309-5

On-base %
1944 AL-.399-3

Slugging %
1942 AL-.455-7
1943 AL-.412-9
1944 AL-.528-1
1947 AL-.426-10
1948 AL-.505-7
1949 AL-.497-4
1950 AL-.519-8

OPS
1942 AL-.824-9
1944 AL-.927-2
1948 AL-.891-6
1949 AL-.890-5
1950 AL-.886-10

Games
1940 AL-151-9
1943 AL-155-1
1946 AL-151-5

At Bats
1940 AL-595-8
1943 AL-604-5
1946 AL-583-4
1950 AL-586-10

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1943 AL-676-3
1946 AL-659-6

Runs
1944 AL-95-4
1946 AL-95-5
1949 AL-91-10

Hits
1943 AL-163-7
1946 AL-158-10
1950 AL-172-9

Total Bases
1940 AL-296-7
1943 AL-249-4
1946 AL-264-7
1947 AL-239-7
1948 AL-266-10
1949 AL-269-5
1950 AL-304-6

Doubles
1942 AL-35-5
1943 AL-32-7
1946 AL-34-5
1949 AL-30-6

Triples
1940 AL-10-9
1944 AL-10-4
1946 AL-9-6
1947 AL-10-4
1949 AL-9-4
1950 AL-11-1

Home Runs
1942 AL-15-8
1943 AL-16-7
1944 AL-15-8
1946 AL-18-8
1947 AL-17-9
1948 AL-27-5
1950 AL-27-9

RBI
1940 AL-105-7
1942 AL-102-5
1944 AL-81-9
1946 AL-116-4
1947 AL-95-5
1948 AL-111-7
1949 AL-109-4
1950 AL-120-6

Strikeouts
1946 AL-67-9

Singles
1939 AL-125-8

Adjusted OPS+
1944 AL-165-2
1948 AL-131-9
1949 AL-128-7

Runs Created
1943 AL-83-8
1944 AL-99-7
1946 AL-90-9
1948 AL-101-9
1949 AL-105-4

Adjusted Batting Runs
1944 AL-39-3
1948 AL-23-7

Batting Wins
1944 AL-4.1-3
1948 AL-2.2-7
1949 AL-2.1-10

Extra-Base Hits
1940 AL-69-6
1942 AL-55-6
1943 AL-51-6
1944 AL-55-6
1946 AL-61-6
1947 AL-50-7
1948 AL-56-10
1949 AL-57-3
1950 AL-67-6

Times on Base
1943 AL-226-10

Offensive Win%
1944 AL-.781-2
1948 AL-.670-8
1949 AL-.670-6

Hit By Pitch
1948 AL-4-10

Sac. Hits
1938 AL-22-1
1942 AL-12-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1939 AL-17-4
1940 AL-16-9
1946 AL-18-3
1947 AL-25-1
1949 AL-31-1
1950 AL-21-6

Caught Stealing
1938 AL-10-3
1939 AL-10-3
1943 AL-8-9

Power/Speed Number
1940 AL-13.8-5
1943 AL-10.7-3
1944 AL-7.5-5
1946 AL-7.8-7

At Bats per Home Run
1942 AL-36.3-9
1943 AL-37.8-10
1944 AL-31.2-5
1946 AL-32.4-10
1947 AL-33.0-10
1948 AL-19.5-4
1950 AL-21.7-10

Outs
1943 AL-469-4
1946 AL-458-2
1947 AL-448-8
1950 AL-448-8

Youngest Player
1937 AL-19-2
1938 AL-20-3

      

Black Ink: Batting - 5 (369) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 128 (137) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 39.9 (145) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 95.5 (160) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

November 22, 1935: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Hollywood (PCL) for $75,000.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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