Larry Doby
Lawrence Eugene Doby
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 182 lb.

Born: December 13, 1923 in Camden, SC
High School: Eastside (Paterson, NJ)
School: Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 5, 1947
Final Game: July 26, 1959
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1998.
Died: June 18, 2003 in Montclair, NJ
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1947 23 CLE AL 29 33 32 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .156 .182 .188 .369 4 6 2 0 0 /436
1948 24 CLE AL 121 500 439 83 132 23 9 14 66 9 9 54 77 .301 .384 .490 .873 133 215 8 5 2 *O MVP-29
1949 25 CLE AL 147 650 547 106 153 25 3 24 85 10 9 91 90 .280 .389 .468 .857 128 256 14 7 5 *O AS
1950 26 CLE AL 142 609 503 110 164 25 5 25 102 8 6 98 71 .326 .442 .545 .986 154 274 9 6 2 *O AS,MVP-8
1951 27 CLE AL 134 551 447 84 132 27 5 20 69 4 1 101 81 .295 .428 .512 .941 159 229 10 3 0 *O AS
1952 28 CLE AL 140 611 519 104 143 26 8 32 104 5 2 90 111 .276 .383 .541 .924 162 281 6 0 2 *O AS,MVP-12
1953 29 CLE AL 149 617 513 92 135 18 5 29 102 3 2 96 121 .263 .385 .487 .873 136 250 7 6 2 *O AS
1954 30 CLE AL 153 675 577 94 157 18 4 32 126 3 1 85 94 .272 .364 .484 .847 129 279 7 3 1 9 *8 AS,MVP-2
1955 31 CLE AL 131 560 491 91 143 17 5 26 75 2 0 61 100 .291 .369 .505 .874 130 248 6 2 2 4 8 *8 AS
1956 32 CHW AL 140 619 504 89 135 22 3 24 102 0 1 102 105 .268 .392 .466 .858 126 235 7 4 4 5 6 *8
1957 33 CHW AL 119 477 416 57 120 27 2 14 79 2 3 56 79 .288 .373 .464 .837 127 193 13 2 0 3 3 *8
1958 34 CLE AL 89 276 247 41 70 10 1 13 45 0 2 26 49 .283 .348 .490 .838 130 121 7 0 0 3 2 8/79
1959 35 TOT AL 39 124 113 6 26 4 2 0 13 1 0 10 22 .230 .290 .301 .591 62 34 1 0 0 1 0 97/38
1959 35 DET AL 18 64 55 5 12 3 1 0 4 0 0 8 9 .218 .313 .309 .622 68 17 0 0 0 1 0 7/9
1959 35 CHW AL 21 60 58 1 14 1 1 0 9 1 0 2 13 .241 .267 .293 .560 55 17 1 0 0 0 0 9/387
13 Seasons 1533 6302 5348 960 1515 243 52 253 970 47 36 871 1011 .283 .386 .490 .876 136 2621 97 38 20 25 19
162 Game Avg. 162 666 565 101 160 26 5 27 103 5 4 92 107 .283 .386 .490 .876 136 277 10 4 2
CLE (10 yrs) 1235 5082 4315 808 1234 190 45 215 776 44 32 703 805 .286 .389 .500 .889 140 2159 76 32 16 16 10
CHW (3 yrs) 280 1156 978 147 269 50 6 38 190 3 4 160 197 .275 .378 .455 .833 122 445 21 6 4 8 9
DET (1 yr) 18 64 55 5 12 3 1 0 4 0 0 8 9 .218 .313 .309 .622 68 17 0 0 0 1 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1947 23 CLE AL 33 29 1 0.9 94 .238 .156 .259 .182 .338 .188 .372 .369 .711 4 .059 -4.2 -0.4 .241 .063 .031
1948 24 CLE AL 500 326 79 6.4 104 .339 .301 .270 .384 .355 .490 .391 .873 .746 133 .649 19.9 1.9 .846 .312 .189 11.0
1949 25 CLE AL 650 422 96 6.0 105 .298 .280 .268 .389 .360 .468 .390 .857 .750 128 .625 23.0 2.2 .851 .356 .188 14.1
1950 26 CLE AL 609 356 119 8.9 111 .342 .326 .275 .442 .361 .545 .412 .986 .773 154 .743 45.2 4.2 1.073 .417 .219 12.1
1951 27 CLE AL 551 326 98 8.1 98 .324 .295 .261 .428 .342 .512 .383 .941 .725 159 .744 41.9 4.1 1.031 .450 .217 6.7
1952 28 CLE AL 611 386 108 7.6 91 .295 .276 .253 .383 .332 .541 .369 .924 .701 162 .749 42.8 4.4 .974 .445 .266 8.6
1953 29 CLE AL 617 389 95 6.6 101 .292 .263 .267 .385 .343 .487 .393 .873 .736 136 .669 28.0 2.8 .912 .413 .224 5.4
1954 30 CLE AL 675 438 102 6.2 100 .272 .272 .268 .364 .344 .484 .391 .847 .735 129 .669 23.4 2.4 .862 .362 .211 5.5
1955 31 CLE AL 560 360 95 7.1 106 .317 .291 .271 .369 .351 .505 .404 .874 .755 130 .688 19.5 1.9 .884 .342 .214 3.7
1956 32 CHW AL 619 386 100 6.9 107 .292 .268 .268 .392 .351 .466 .410 .858 .760 126 .662 22.0 2.1 .902 .399 .198 .0
1957 33 CHW AL 477 315 71 6.1 100 .325 .288 .264 .373 .336 .464 .399 .837 .735 127 .645 17.1 1.7 .801 .308 .175 3.5
1958 34 CLE AL 276 189 41 5.8 97 .303 .283 .260 .348 .329 .490 .396 .838 .725 130 .634 9.7 1.0 .780 .304 .206 .0
1959 35 TOT AL 124 89 11 3.3 101 .283 .230 .263 .290 .335 .301 .402 .591 .737 62 .374 -6.2 -0.6 .511 .168 .071 .0
1959 35 DET AL 64 44 6 3.7 103 .255 .218 .267 .313 .339 .309 .408 .622 .748 68 .418 -2.3 -0.2 .581 .236 .091
1959 35 CHW AL 60 45 5 3.0 98 .311 .241 .259 .267 .330 .293 .396 .560 .726 55 .330 -3.9 -0.4 .444 .103 .052 .0
13 Seasons 6302 4011 1016 6.8 102 .307 .283 .266 .386 .347 .490 .394 .876 .741 136 .678 282.0 27.7 .893 .372 .207 79.3
162 Game Avg. 666 424 107 6.8 102 .307 .283 .266 .386 .347 .490 .394 .876 .741 136 .678 30 3 .893 .372 .207 8
CLE (10 yrs) 5082 3221 834 6.9 102 .308 .286 .266 .389 .347 .500 .392 .889 .739 140 .688 249.1 24.5 .911 .380 .214 73.1
CHW (3 yrs) 1156 746 176 6.3 104 .308 .275 .266 .378 .344 .455 .404 .833 .748 122 .641 35.2 3.4 .831 .343 .180 5.6
DET (1 yr) 64 44 6 3.7 103 .255 .218 .267 .313 .339 .309 .408 .622 .748 68 .417 -2.3 -0.2 .581 .236 .091

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1948 24 CLE AL WS BSN W 6 24 22 1 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 .318 .375 .500 .875 11 0 0 0 0 0
1954 30 CLE AL WS NYG L 4 18 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .125 .222 .125 .347 2 0 0 0 0 1
2 Seasons (2 Series) 10 42 38 1 9 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 8 .237 .310 .342 .652 13 0 0 0 0 1
2 WS 10 42 38 1 9 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 8 .237 .310 .342 .652 13 0 0 0 0 1

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1949 CLE AL 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 CLE AL 26 as CF 6 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .500 .833 3 0 0 0 0 0
1951 CLE AL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CLE AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CLE AL 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CLE AL 30 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 4 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CLE AL 31 DNP
7 Seasons (6 Appearances) 10 10 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .300 .300 .700 1.000 7 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1947 23 CLE AL 33 0.0% 33.3% 3.0% 3.0% 20% 11.00 2.9 16.0 64%
1948 24 CLE AL 500 2.8% 15.4% 10.8% 9.2% 35% 1.43 5.7 31.4 6.7 70%
1949 25 CLE AL 650 3.7% 13.9% 14.0% 8.0% 34% 0.99 6.1 22.8 6.4 67%
1950 26 CLE AL 609 4.1% 11.7% 16.1% 9.0% 34% 0.72 7.1 20.1 4.9 67%
1951 27 CLE AL 551 3.6% 14.7% 18.3% 9.4% 39% 0.80 5.5 22.4 6.5 63%
1952 28 CLE AL 611 5.2% 18.2% 14.7% 10.8% 46% 1.23 4.7 16.2 5.0 62%
1953 29 CLE AL 617 4.7% 19.6% 15.6% 8.4% 39% 1.26 4.2 17.7 5.0 59%
1954 30 CLE AL 675 4.7% 13.9% 12.6% 8.0% 34% 1.11 6.1 18.0 4.6 0.77 68%
1955 31 CLE AL 560 4.6% 17.9% 10.9% 8.6% 34% 1.64 4.9 18.9 6.5 0.84 66%
1956 32 CHW AL 619 3.9% 17.0% 16.5% 7.9% 36% 1.03 4.8 21.0 4.9 1.03 61%
1957 33 CHW AL 477 2.9% 16.6% 11.7% 9.0% 36% 1.41 5.3 29.7 5.3 1.48 68%
1958 34 CLE AL 276 4.7% 17.8% 9.4% 8.7% 34% 1.88 5.0 19.0 5.5 1.33 68%
1959 35 TOT AL 124 0.0% 17.7% 8.1% 4.8% 23% 2.20 5.1 8.7 1.21 74%
1959 35 DET AL 64 0.0% 14.1% 12.5% 6.3% 33% 1.13 6.1 13.8 1.33 73%
1959 35 CHW AL 60 0.0% 21.7% 3.3% 3.3% 14% 6.50 4.5 6.4 1.07 75%
13 Seasons 6302 4.0% 16.0% 13.8% 8.7% 36% 1.16 5.3 21.1 5.5 1.01 65%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 30 CLE AL 7 0 29% 245 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 12 57% 37 18 18 11 7 4 22 4 18
1955 31 CLE AL 3 0 36% 223 2 0 100% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 14 46% 30 18 11 8 5 3 18 6 12
1956 32 CHW AL 10 0 30% 267 0 1 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 7 16 50% 44 27 17 11 5 5 15 1 13
1957 33 CHW AL 7 0 26% 216 2 3 40% 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 6 47% 31 23 7 3 2 1 26 6 20
1958 34 CLE AL 4 0 34% 99 0 2 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 64% 12 7 3 5 0 5 8 0 8
1959 35 TOT AL 3 0 17% 42 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 40% 6 4 2 0 0 0 4 2 2
1959 35 DET AL 0 0 25% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 29% 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 2
1959 35 CHW AL 3 0 6% 15 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 34 0 33% 1092 47 36 57% 6 8 2 2 0 0 6 0 37 59 51% 160 97 58 38 19 18 93 19 73
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 30 CLE AL 673 66% 157 0 0 0 0 32 0 18 26 6 16 16 0 2 1 50% 151 7 5% 70 25 36% 485 97 20% 59 34 58% 54 22 41% 0
1955 31 CLE AL 560 57% 143 3 0 0 0 1.39 26 0 19 17 9 16 10 0 2 2 100% 141 6 4% 52 12 23% 424 49 12% 28 14 50% 27 8 30% 0
1956 32 CHW AL 619 62% 135 3 1 0 1 2.06 24 0 16 16 8 15 9 0 4 4 100% 144 7 5% 60 23 38% 442 81 18% 51 27 53% 42 17 40% 0
1957 33 CHW AL 477 65% 120 9 1 0 1 2.72 14 1 21 9 5 3 11 0 0 0 102 13 13% 51 17 33% 384 67 17% 39 23 59% 38 13 34% 0
1958 34 CLE AL 276 92% 70 18 5 1 4 1.86 13 0 3 13 0 6 7 0 1 0 0% 59 7 12% 18 4 22% 179 33 18% 13 8 62% 13 6 46% 0
1959 35 TOT AL 124 85% 26 9 2 0 1 1.25 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 1 4% 10 6 60% 79 13 16% 7 6 86% 6 2 33% 0
1959 35 DET AL 64 92% 12 1 0 0 0 2.18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0% 6 3 50% 33 4 12% 3 2 67% 3 1 33% 0
1959 35 CHW AL 60 78% 14 8 2 0 1 1.13 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 7% 4 3 75% 46 9 20% 4 4 100% 3 1 33% 0
13 Seasons 2729 67% 1515 42 9 1 7 1.89 253 1 80 81 28 56 53 0 9 20 222% 620 97 16% 261 87 33% 1993 340 17% 197 112 57% 180 68 38% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1947 23 29 33 32 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .156 .182 .188 .369 4 6 2 0 0
1948 24 150 533 471 86 137 24 9 14 68 9 9 55 88 .291 .371 .469 .840 125 221 10 5 2
1949 25 297 1183 1018 192 290 49 12 38 153 19 18 146 178 .285 .381 .469 .850 127 477 24 12 7
1950 26 439 1792 1521 302 454 74 17 63 255 27 24 244 249 .298 .402 .494 .895 136 751 33 18 9
1951 27 573 2343 1968 386 586 101 22 83 324 31 25 345 330 .298 .408 .498 .906 141 980 43 21 9
1952 28 713 2954 2487 490 729 127 30 115 428 36 27 435 441 .293 .403 .507 .910 145 1261 49 21 11
1953 29 862 3571 3000 582 864 145 35 144 530 39 29 531 562 .288 .400 .504 .903 144 1511 56 27 13
1954 30 1015 4246 3577 676 1021 163 39 176 656 42 30 616 656 .285 .394 .500 .894 142 1790 63 30 14 9
1955 31 1146 4806 4068 767 1164 180 44 202 731 44 30 677 756 .286 .391 .501 .892 140 2038 69 32 16 13 8
1956 32 1286 5425 4572 856 1299 202 47 226 833 44 31 779 861 .284 .391 .497 .888 139 2273 76 36 20 18 14
1957 33 1405 5902 4988 913 1419 229 49 240 912 46 34 835 940 .284 .390 .494 .884 138 2466 89 38 20 21 17
1958 34 1494 6178 5235 954 1489 239 50 253 957 46 36 861 989 .284 .388 .494 .882 137 2587 96 38 20 24 19
1959 35 1533 6302 5348 960 1515 243 52 253 970 47 36 871 1011 .283 .386 .490 .876 136 2621 97 38 20 25 19

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1947 23 30 34 33 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 11 .152 .176 .182 .358 1 29
1948 24 126 511 452 82 131 23 9 14 66 9 54 80 .290 .372 .473 .845 78 121
1949 25 154 666 567 107 155 25 3 24 86 10 92 94 .273 .381 .455 .836 97 147
1950 26 148 616 514 104 160 24 5 24 96 8 96 74 .311 .425 .518 .943 112 142
1951 27 141 579 470 88 139 28 5 21 73 4 106 85 .296 .428 .511 .939 103 134
1952 28 146 655 554 122 161 29 9 36 122 6 101 116 .291 .400 .570 .970 126 140
1953 29 156 644 537 98 142 19 5 31 108 3 101 126 .264 .387 .492 .878 100 149
1954 30 160 710 607 102 168 19 4 34 137 3 91 98 .277 .369 .489 .858 111 153
1955 31 137 583 513 91 149 18 5 27 75 2 64 105 .290 .369 .503 .872 95 131
1956 32 146 646 529 87 143 23 3 25 100 0 108 110 .270 .395 .467 .862 98 140
1957 33 125 504 439 62 128 29 2 15 86 2 60 83 .292 .377 .469 .846 78 119
1958 34 93 289 259 45 74 11 1 14 50 0 27 51 .286 .349 .498 .848 45 89
1959 35 41 132 120 6 29 4 2 0 14 1 11 23 .242 .303 .308 .611 11 39
13 Seasons 1603 6569 5594 997 1584 253 53 265 1015 48 912 1056 .283 .386 .489 .875 1055 1533
162 Game Avg. 162 664 565 101 160 26 5 27 103 5 92 107 .283 .386 .489 .875 107 1533

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1949 *
1950 (CF)
1951 *
1952 *
1953 *
1954 *
1955

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1948-AL-29-1%
1950-AL-8-17%
1952-AL-12-14%
1954-AL-2-62%
0.94 Career Shares (253rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1950 AL--.326--4th

On-Base% s c a p y
1950 AL--.442--1st
1951 AL--.428--3rd
1952 AL--.383--8th
1953 AL--.385--10th
1955 AL--.369--9th
1957 AL--.373--9th
Career--.386--128th

Slugging % s c a p y
1948 AL--.490--9th
1949 AL--.468--7th
1950 AL--.545--4th
1951 AL--.512--2nd
1952 AL--.541--1st
1953 AL--.487--7th
1954 AL--.484--7th
1955 AL--.505--4th
Career--.490--131st

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1948 AL--.873--9th
1949 AL--.857--8th
1950 AL--.986--1st
1951 AL--.941--2nd
1952 AL--.924--2nd
1953 AL--.873--9th
1954 AL--.847--9th
1955 AL--.874--4th
1957 AL--.837--8th
Career--.876--104th

Games Played s c a p y
1954 AL--153--6th

At Bats s c a p y
1954 AL--577--8th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1954 AL--675--6th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1949 AL--106--7th
1950 AL--110--9th
1952 AL--104--1st
1953 AL--92--8th
1954 AL--94--8th
1955 AL--91--10th

Total Bases s c a p y
1949 AL--256--8th
1950 AL--274--10th
1952 AL--281--4th
1953 AL--250--10th
1954 AL--279--5th
1955 AL--248--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1952 AL--26--10th
1957 AL--27--9th

Triples s c a p y
1948 AL--9--9th
1952 AL--8--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1949 AL--24--3rd
1951 AL--20--9th
1952 AL--32--1st
1953 AL--29--3rd
1954 AL--32--1st
1955 AL--26--7th
1956 AL--24--10th
Career--253--185th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1949 AL--85--8th
1950 AL--102--10th
1952 AL--104--2nd
1953 AL--102--7th
1954 AL--126--1st
1956 AL--102--6th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1949 AL--91--10th
1950 AL--98--6th
1951 AL--101--4th
1952 AL--90--5th
1953 AL--96--3rd
1954 AL--85--5th
1956 AL--102--3rd
Career--871--175th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1948 AL--77--4th
1949 AL--90--2nd
1950 AL--71--10th
1951 AL--81--2nd
1952 AL--111--1st
1953 AL--121--1st
1954 AL--94--2nd
1955 AL--100--2nd
1956 AL--105--2nd
1957 AL--79--10th
Career--1011--222nd

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1949 AL--10--5th
1950 AL--8--6th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1948 AL--133--7th
1949 AL--128--6th
1950 AL--154--1st
1951 AL--159--2nd
1952 AL--162--2nd
1953 AL--136--8th
1955 AL--130--5th
1957 AL--127--8th
Career--136--105th

Runs Created s c a p y
1949 AL--96--10th
1950 AL--119--6th
1951 AL--98--7th
1952 AL--108--3rd
1953 AL--95--6th
1954 AL--102--7th
1955 AL--95--7th
1956 AL--100--10th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1948 AL--20--10th
1949 AL--23--9th
1950 AL--45--1st
1951 AL--42--2nd
1952 AL--43--3rd
1953 AL--28--8th
1954 AL--23--10th
1955 AL--19--9th
Career--282--134th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1948 AL--1.9--10th
1949 AL--2.2--9th
1950 AL--4.2--1st
1951 AL--4.1--2nd
1952 AL--4.4--3rd
1953 AL--2.8--6th
1954 AL--2.4--9th
1955 AL--1.9--9th
Career--27.7--137th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1949 AL--52--4th
1950 AL--55--10th
1951 AL--52--7th
1952 AL--66--2nd
1953 AL--52--8th
1954 AL--54--7th

Times On Base s c a p y
1950 AL--268--9th
1952 AL--233--10th
1953 AL--237--7th
1954 AL--245--8th
1956 AL--241--10th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1948 AL--.649--10th
1949 AL--.625--10th
1950 AL--.743--1st
1951 AL--.744--2nd
1952 AL--.749--2nd
1953 AL--.669--9th
1954 AL--.669--8th
1955 AL--.688--4th
1957 AL--.645--10th
Career--.678--116th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1948 AL--5--6th
1949 AL--7--1st
1950 AL--6--8th
1953 AL--6--5th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 AL--9--4th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 AL--8--5th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1948 AL--9--6th
1949 AL--9--4th
1950 AL--6--8th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1948 AL--11.0--2nd
1949 AL--14.1--1st
1950 AL--12.1--1st
1952 AL--8.6--7th

AB per HR s c a p y
1949 AL--22.792--7th
1950 AL--20.120--6th
1951 AL--22.350--8th
1952 AL--16.219--2nd
1953 AL--17.690--3rd
1954 AL--18.031--2nd
1955 AL--18.885--4th
Career--21.138--146th

Outs Made s c a p y
1954 AL--438--8th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 15 (117), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 96 (139), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 76 (234), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 29 (295), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  9. Tim Salmon (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Fred Lynn (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. David Justice (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Name and misspellings: Lawrence Eugene Larry lary Doby

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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