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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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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

Hall of Fame
1953 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1956 BBWAA ( 2.6%)
1958 BBWAA ( 9.4%)
1960 BBWAA ( 5.6%)
1962 BBWAA ( 6.2%)
1964 BBWAA (11.9%)
1964 Run Off ( 2.5%)
1966 BBWAA ( 9.9%)
1967 BBWAA (12.0%)
1967 Run Off ( 4.9%)
1968 BBWAA (17.0%)
1969 BBWAA (18.2%)
1970 BBWAA (25.0%)
1971 BBWAA (21.7%)
1986 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1986 by Veteran's Committee

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 (259th)

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

Player rank in (·)

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 - 41 (146), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  9. Ryne Sandberg (922) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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

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