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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1947 CLE AL 23 2B 4 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 .975 5.20
1947 CLE AL 23 1B 1 8 8 0 0 1 1.000 8.00 .988 9.30
1947 CLE AL 23 SS 1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 4.90
1948 CLE AL 24 OF 114 313 287 12 14 3 .955 2.62 .975 2.36 0-68-46 MVP-29
1949 CLE AL 25 OF 147 371 355 7 9 2 .976 2.46 .980 2.27 0-117-39 AS
1950 CLE AL 26 OF 140 374 367 2 5 1 .987 2.64 .979 2.34 0-140-0 AS,MVP-8
1951 CLE AL 27 OF 132 341 321 12 8 3 .977 2.52 .977 2.23 0-132-0 AS
1952 CLE AL 28 OF 136 415 398 11 6 3 .986 3.01 .980 2.18 0-136-0 AS,MVP-12
1953 CLE AL 29 OF 146 370 354 10 6 3 .984 2.49 .981 2.18 0-146-0 AS
1954 CLE AL 30 CF 153 153 1354.1 427 411 14 2 6 .995 9.6 8.5 8.6 5.8 2.8 1 2.82 2.78 .983 2.85 2.64 AS,MVP-2
1954 CLE AL 30 OF 153 153 1354.1 427 411 14 2 6 .995 9.6 8.5 8.6 5.8 2.8 1 2.82 2.78 .979 2.39 2.17 AS,MVP-2
1955 CLE AL 31 CF 129 129 1118.1 320 313 5 2 1 .994 0.0 0.0 -3.0 -1.3 -1.8 3 2.56 2.47 .985 2.87 2.55 AS
1955 CLE AL 31 OF 129 129 1118.1 321 313 6 2 1 .994 0.0 0.0 -3.0 -1.3 -1.8 3 2.57 2.47 .982 2.40 2.08 AS
1956 CHW AL 32 CF 137 136 1205.1 387 378 4 5 2 .987 5.0 5.0 7.0 2.3 4.8 -2 2.85 2.79 .984 2.79 2.50
1956 CHW AL 32 OF 137 136 1205.1 380 371 4 5 2 .987 5.0 5.0 7.0 2.3 4.8 -2 2.80 2.74 .979 2.34 2.04
1957 CHW AL 33 CF 110 109 948.0 260 253 3 4 0 .985 -9.4 -11.9 -2.4 -0.3 -2.1 -7 2.43 2.33 .983 2.72 2.40
1957 CHW AL 33 OF 110 109 948.0 262 255 3 4 0 .985 -9.4 -11.9 -2.4 -0.3 -2.1 -7 2.45 2.35 .980 2.24 1.97
1958 CLE AL 34 OF 68 64 518.2 146 141 5 0 0 1.000 -3.4 -7.9 -1.4 -2.0 0.6 -2 2.53 2.15 .982 2.27 1.94
1958 CLE AL 34 CF 60 57 466.2 134 129 5 0 0 1.000 -4.1 -10.5 -2.1 -1.8 -0.3 -2 2.58 2.23 .985 2.68 2.29
1958 CLE AL 34 LF 9 7 51.2 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 16.3 0.7 -0.2 0.9 0 2.09 1.33 .975 2.09 1.62
1958 CLE AL 34 RF 1 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 27.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 1.70
1959 TOT AL 35 OF 28 26 219.2 47 43 2 2 2 .957 -5.6 -30.6 -4.6 -1.1 -3.5 -1 1.84 1.61 .981 2.22 1.96
1959 TOT AL 35 RF 15 15 115.0 23 21 1 1 1 .957 -3.0 -31.3 -2.0 -1.5 -0.5 -1 1.72 1.47 .978 1.89 1.64
1959 TOT AL 35 LF 13 11 102.2 21 19 1 1 1 .952 -2.5 -29.2 -2.5 0.5 -3.0 0 1.75 1.54 .981 2.06 1.68
1959 DET AL 35 OF 16 16 125.2 25 23 1 1 1 .960 -3.5 -33.4 -3.5 -0.9 -2.6 0 1.72 1.50 .980 2.22 1.96
1959 DET AL 35 LF 11 11 92.2 16 14 1 1 1 .938 -3.8 -49.2 -3.8 -0.9 -2.9 0 1.46 1.36 .981 2.06 1.68
1959 DET AL 35 RF 5 5 33.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 10.9 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 1.64 1.20 .983 1.88 1.64
1959 CHW AL 35 OF 12 10 94.0 22 20 1 1 1 .955 -2.1 -26.8 -1.1 -0.2 -0.9 -1 2.01 1.75 .982 2.22 1.96
1959 CHW AL 35 RF 10 10 82.0 17 15 1 1 1 .941 -3.3 -48.3 -2.3 -1.5 -0.8 -1 1.76 1.60 .976 1.89 1.64
1959 CHW AL 35 1B 2 2 16.0 15 13 1 1 3 .933 -0.8 -60.0 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 7.88 7.00 .993 9.84 8.25
1959 CHW AL 35 CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.45
1959 CHW AL 35 LF 2 0 10.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.3 156.0 1.3 1.4 -0.1 0 4.50 2.50 .980 2.07 1.70
12 Seasons OF 1440 617 5364.1 3767 3616 88 63 26 .983 -3.8 -0.9 4.2 3.4 0.8 -8 6.21 2.57 .979 2.34 2.17 22-1330-101
6 Seasons (incomplete) CF 591 584 5094.2 1528 1484 31 13 9 .991 1.0 0.2 8.0 4.6 3.4 -7 2.68 2.56 .984 2.80 2.51
2 Seasons LF 22 18 154.1 33 31 1 1 1 .970 -1.8 -14.0 -1.8 0.3 -2.1 0 1.87 1.45 .979 2.07 1.66
2 Seasons (incomplete) RF 16 15 115.1 24 22 1 1 1 .958 -3.0 -31.2 -2.0 -1.5 -0.5 -1 1.79 1.44 .979 1.89 1.64
1 Season 2B 4 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 .975 5.20
2 Seasons 1B 3 2 16.0 23 21 1 1 4 .957 -0.8 -60.0 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 12.38 7.33 .991 9.84 8.60
1 Season SS 1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 4.90
13 Seasons TOT 1448 619 5380.1 3797 3640 93 64 30 .983 -4.6 -1.0 3.4 2.6 0.8 -8 0 6.24 2.58 .963 2.36 2.19 22-1330-101
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1947 CLE AL 23 29 29 29 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
1948 CLE AL 24 121 121 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 46 114
1949 CLE AL 25 147 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 39 147
1950 CLE AL 26 142 142 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 140
1951 CLE AL 27 134 134 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 132
1952 CLE AL 28 140 140 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 136
1953 CLE AL 29 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 146
1954 CLE AL 30 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 153 0 0
1955 CLE AL 31 131 129 131 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 129 2 0
1956 CHW AL 32 140 136 140 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 137 4 0
1957 CHW AL 33 119 109 119 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 0 110 10 0
1958 CLE AL 34 89 64 89 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 60 1 68 23 1
1959 CHW AL 35 21 12 21 21 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 10 12 8 0
1959 DET AL 35 18 16 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 5 16 2 0
13 Seasons 1533 619 1533 1533 0 0 3 4 0 1 22 1330 101 1440 49 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 CLE AL 30 2 0 1 1 0 14 0 6 3 1 61 42 0 41 6 0 10 7 0 16 0 1 27 20 3 155 75 48.4% 76 4 2.6% 10 5709 60% 80% 31% 741 56%
1955 CLE AL 31 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 1 2 2 50 32 1 49 8 0 8 6 0 9 4 1 28 25 0 144 75 52.1% 67 2 1.4% 3 4830 61% 76% 30% 586 54%
1956 CHW AL 32 5 0 4 1 0 4 0 3 1 0 71 44 0 55 3 0 14 7 0 17 5 0 31 24 2 188 83 44.1% 102 2 1.1% 2 5225 66% 79% 29% 720 53%
1957 CHW AL 33 4 0 3 1 1 3 0 2 1 0 54 21 1 35 2 0 6 2 0 7 1 0 22 18 0 124 44 35.5% 79 1 0.8% 2 4031 72% 81% 28% 513 50%
1958 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 3 1 18 6 3 17 0 0 5 3 0 7 0 0 7 6 0 54 15 27.8% 36 3 5.6% 2 2037 69% 78% 29% 244 55%
1959 CHW AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 71% 71% 29% 1 0%
6 Seasons 13 0 10 3 1 31 0 13 10 4 254 145 5 197 19 0 43 25 0 56 10 2 115 93 5 665 292 43.9% 360 12 1.8% 19 21839 65% 79% 30% 2805 54%
MLB Averages 43.5% 2.2% 62% 79% 29% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1958 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 213 62% 79% 35% 17 71%
1959 DET AL 35 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 8 6 75.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 437 76% 77% 24% 29 48%
1959 CHW AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 41 39% 76% 37% 7 71%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 12 8 66.7% 4 0 0.0% 1 691 70% 78% 28% 53 58%
MLB Averages 56.5% 2.4% 62% 79% 29% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1958 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 1 100% 100% 100% 1 100%
1959 CHW AL 35 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 13 4 30.8% 9 0 0.0% 1 366 62% 82% 28% 34 44%
1959 DET AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 64% 83% 31% 8 75%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 14 4 28.6% 10 0 0.0% 1 500 63% 82% 29% 43 51%
MLB Averages 43.3% 3.2% 62% 79% 29% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1959 CHW AL 35 91 63% 81% 23% 3 100% 0 14 0 15 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1 Season 91 63% 81% 23% 3 100% 0 14 0 15 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 94% 87%

* 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.

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