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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
Schools: 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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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 .858 125 235 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

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--126th

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--130th

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--102nd

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--181st

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--173rd

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--215th

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--7th
1954 AL--23--10th
1955 AL--19--9th
Career--281--133rd

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--27.6--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--117th

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--145th

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 - 76 (235), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 29 (288), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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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