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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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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

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

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1966 BBWAA ( 2.3%)
1967 BBWAA ( 3.4%)
1967 Run Off ( 0.3%)
1998 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1998 by Veteran's Committee

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 (256th)

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  2.3 (9th)
1950 AL  4.2 (1st)
1951 AL  4.1 (2nd)
1952 AL  4.4 (3rd)
1953 AL  2.8 (8th)
1954 AL  2.4 (10th)
1955 AL  1.9 (9th)
Career  27.6 (140th)

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  22.8 (7th)
1950 AL  20.1 (6th)
1951 AL  22.4 (8th)
1952 AL  16.2 (2nd)
1953 AL  17.7 (3rd)
1954 AL  18.0 (2nd)
1955 AL  18.9 (4th)
Career  21.1 (146th)

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 18 (124), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 124 (148), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 73 (249), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 29 (322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

July 2, 1947: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

October 25, 1955: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Chicago White Sox for Jim Busby and Chico Carrasquel.

December 3, 1957: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Jack Harshman, Russ Heman and Jim Marshall to the Baltimore Orioles for Tito Francona, Billy Goodman and Ray Moore.

April 1, 1958: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Don Ferrarese to the Cleveland Indians for Bud Daley, Dick Williams and Gene Woodling.

March 21, 1959: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Detroit Tigers for Tito Francona.

May 13, 1959: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Detroit Tigers for $30,000.

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