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Bobby Doerr
Robert Pershing Doerr
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 7, 1918 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Fremont (Los Angeles, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1937
Final Game: September 7, 1951
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1986.
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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
1937 19 BOS AL 55 170 147 22 33 5 1 2 14 2 4 18 25 .224 .313 .313 .626 56 46 1 4 4
1938 20 BOS AL 145 590 509 70 147 26 7 5 80 5 10 59 39 .289 .363 .397 .760 86 202 0 22 *4
1939 21 BOS AL 127 574 525 75 167 28 2 12 73 1 10 38 32 .318 .365 .448 .813 103 235 17 1 10 *4
1940 22 BOS AL 151 658 595 87 173 37 10 22 105 10 5 57 53 .291 .353 .497 .850 114 296 16 0 6 *4
1941 23 BOS AL 132 549 500 74 141 28 4 16 93 1 3 43 43 .282 .339 .450 .789 105 225 6 0 6 *4 AS
1942 24 BOS AL 144 625 545 71 158 35 5 15 102 4 4 67 55 .290 .369 .455 .824 128 248 11 1 12 *4 AS,MVP-11
1943 25 BOS AL 155 676 604 78 163 32 3 16 75 8 8 62 59 .270 .339 .412 .751 117 249 11 1 9 *4 AS,MVP-14
1944 26 BOS AL 125 536 468 95 152 30 10 15 81 5 2 58 31 .325 .399 .528 .927 165 247 3 0 10 *4 AS,MVP-7
1946 28 BOS AL 151 659 583 95 158 34 9 18 116 5 6 66 67 .271 .346 .453 .799 116 264 18 1 9 *4 AS,MVP-3
1947 29 BOS AL 146 624 561 79 145 23 10 17 95 3 3 59 47 .258 .329 .426 .755 103 239 25 0 4 *4 AS,MVP-24
1948 30 BOS AL 140 618 527 94 150 23 6 27 111 3 2 83 49 .285 .386 .505 .891 131 266 13 4 4 *4 AS,MVP-19
1949 31 BOS AL 139 623 541 91 167 30 9 18 109 2 2 75 33 .309 .393 .497 .890 128 269 31 0 7 *4 MVP-16
1950 32 BOS AL 149 663 586 103 172 29 11 27 120 3 4 67 42 .294 .367 .519 .886 116 304 21 1 9 *4 AS,MVP-16
1951 33 BOS AL 106 463 402 60 116 21 2 13 73 2 1 57 33 .289 .378 .448 .826 115 180 10 1 3 *4 AS
14 Seasons 1865 8028 7093 1094 2042 381 89 223 1247 54 64 809 608 .288 .362 .461 .823 115 3270 182 11 115
162 Game Avg. 162 697 616 95 177 33 8 19 108 5 6 70 53 .288 .362 .461 .823 115 284 1 10

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
1946 28 BOS AL WS STL L 6 24 22 1 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 2 .409 .458 .591 1.049 13 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 6 24 22 1 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 2 .409 .458 .591 1.049 13 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1937 BOS AL 19 2B 47 224 94 124 6 29 .973 4.64 .972 5.28
1938 BOS AL 20 2B 145 818 372 420 26 118 .968 5.46 .967 5.32
1939 BOS AL 21 2B 126 786 336 431 19 95 .976 6.09 .965 5.14
1940 BOS AL 22 2B 151 902 401 480 21 118 .977 5.83 .969 5.22
1941 BOS AL 23 2B 132 699 290 389 20 85 .971 5.14 .967 5.18 AS
1942 BOS AL 24 2B 142 850 376 453 21 105 .975 5.84 .969 5.39 AS,MVP-11
1943 BOS AL 25 2B 155 914 415 490 9 132 .990 5.84 .968 5.44 AS,MVP-14
1944 BOS AL 26 2B 125 721 341 363 17 96 .976 5.63 .967 5.36 AS,MVP-7
1946 BOS AL 28 2B 151 916 420 483 13 129 .986 5.98 .970 5.23 AS,MVP-3
1947 BOS AL 29 2B 146 858 376 466 16 118 .981 5.77 .978 5.19 AS,MVP-24
1948 BOS AL 30 2B 138 802 366 430 6 119 .993 5.77 .976 5.39 AS,MVP-19
1949 BOS AL 31 2B 139 851 395 439 17 134 .980 6.00 .974 5.13 MVP-16
1950 BOS AL 32 2B 149 885 443 431 11 130 .988 5.87 .976 5.39 AS,MVP-16
1951 BOS AL 33 2B 106 626 303 311 12 99 .981 5.79 .978 5.35 AS
14 Seasons 2B 1852 10852 4928 5710 214 1507 .980 5.74 .971 5.29
14 Seasons TOT 1852 10852 4928 5710 214 1507 .980 5.74 .951 5.29

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1942-AL-11-7%
1943-AL-14-6%
1944-AL-7-22%
1946-AL-3-47%
1947-AL-24-2%
1948-AL-19-3%
1949-AL-16-2%
1950-AL-16-4%
0.93 Career Shares (256th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1944 AL--.325--2nd
1949 AL--.309--5th

On-Base% s c a p y
1944 AL--.399--3rd

Slugging % s c a p y
1942 AL--.455--7th
1943 AL--.412--9th
1944 AL--.528--1st
1947 AL--.426--10th
1948 AL--.505--7th
1949 AL--.497--4th
1950 AL--.519--8th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1942 AL--.824--9th
1944 AL--.927--2nd
1948 AL--.891--6th
1949 AL--.890--5th
1950 AL--.886--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1940 AL--151--9th
1943 AL--155--1st
1946 AL--151--5th

At Bats s c a p y
1940 AL--595--8th
1943 AL--604--5th
1946 AL--583--4th
1950 AL--586--10th
Career--7093--247th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1943 AL--676--3rd
1946 AL--659--6th
Career--8028--249th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1944 AL--95--4th
1946 AL--95--5th
1949 AL--91--10th
Career--1094--237th

Hits s c a p y
1943 AL--163--7th
1946 AL--158--10th
1950 AL--172--9th
Career--2042--238th

Total Bases s c a p y
1940 AL--296--7th
1943 AL--249--4th
1946 AL--264--7th
1947 AL--239--7th
1948 AL--266--10th
1949 AL--269--5th
1950 AL--304--6th
Career--3270--196th

Doubles s c a p y
1942 AL--35--5th
1943 AL--32--7th
1946 AL--34--5th
1949 AL--30--6th
Career--381--195th

Triples s c a p y
1940 AL--10--9th
1944 AL--10--4th
1946 AL--9--6th
1947 AL--10--4th
1949 AL--9--4th
1950 AL--11--1st
Career--89--213th

Home Runs s c a p y
1942 AL--15--8th
1943 AL--16--7th
1944 AL--15--8th
1946 AL--18--8th
1947 AL--17--9th
1948 AL--27--5th
1950 AL--27--9th
Career--223--241st

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1940 AL--105--7th
1942 AL--102--5th
1944 AL--81--9th
1946 AL--116--4th
1947 AL--95--5th
1948 AL--111--7th
1949 AL--109--4th
1950 AL--120--6th
Career--1247--118th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career--809--232nd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1946 AL--67--9th

Singles s c a p y
1939 AL--125--8th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1944 AL--165--2nd
1948 AL--131--9th
1949 AL--128--7th

Runs Created s c a p y
1943 AL--83--8th
1944 AL--99--7th
1946 AL--90--9th
1948 AL--101--9th
1949 AL--105--4th
Career--1169--194th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1944 AL--39--3rd
1948 AL--23--7th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1944 AL--4.1--3rd
1948 AL--2.2--7th
1949 AL--2.1--10th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1940 AL--69--6th
1942 AL--55--6th
1943 AL--51--6th
1944 AL--55--6th
1946 AL--61--6th
1947 AL--50--7th
1948 AL--56--10th
1949 AL--57--3rd
1950 AL--67--6th
Career--693--175th

Times On Base s c a p y
1943 AL--226--10th
Career--2862--230th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1944 AL--.781--2nd
1948 AL--.670--8th
1949 AL--.670--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1948 AL--4--10th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1938 AL--22--1st
1942 AL--12--6th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1939 AL--17--4th
1940 AL--16--9th
1946 AL--18--3rd
1947 AL--25--1st
1949 AL--31--1st
1950 AL--21--6th
Career--182--131st

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1938 AL--10--3rd
1939 AL--10--3rd
1943 AL--8--9th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1940 AL--13.8--5th
1943 AL--10.7--3rd
1944 AL--7.5--5th
1946 AL--7.8--7th

AB per HR s c a p y
1942 AL--36.3--9th
1943 AL--37.8--10th
1944 AL--31.2--5th
1946 AL--32.4--10th
1947 AL--33.0--10th
1948 AL--19.5--4th
1950 AL--21.7--10th

Outs Made s c a p y
1943 AL--469--4th
1946 AL--458--2nd
1947 AL--448--8th
1950 AL--448--8th
Career--5412--240th

Youngest s c a p y
1937 AL--born 1918-04-07--2nd
1938 AL--born 1918-04-07--3rd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 5 (372), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 128 (138), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 96 (164), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 40 (147), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

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

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