Larry Doby

Positions: Centerfielder and Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: December 13, 1923 in Camden, SC us

Died: June 18, 2003 in Montclair, NJ

Buried: Cremated

High School: Eastside HS (Paterson, NJ)

School: Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus (Brooklyn, NY)

Debut: 1942 (9,145th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: July 5, 1947 (Age 23-204d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 26, 1959 (Age 35-225d)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1998. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Larry Doby's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1948 season)

Full Name: Lawrence Eugene Doby

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

56.8

5883

1697

273

.289

1080

RBI

1099

OBP

.389

SLG

.499

OPS

.888

OPS+

140

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	CLE		SLB	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 23	CLE	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 24	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 25	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,12-11	CG	62	14.0	6	0	0	6	0
6	6	Apr 29	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	7	May 1	CLE		DET	L,3-10	CG	49	9.0	2	0	3	5	0
8	8	May 2	CLE		DET	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
9	9	May 4	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	46	9.2	6	1	1	8	1
10	12 (2)	May 8	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	13	May 9 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	14	May 9 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
13	15	May 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,12-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	16	May 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	17	May 15	CLE		CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
16	18	May 16 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	19	May 16 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	21 (1)	May 19	CLE		PHA	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	23 (1)	May 21	CLE		BOS	L,5-11	CG	51	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
20	24	May 22	CLE		BOS	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	25	May 23 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	28 (2)	May 26	CLE		WSH	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	29	May 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	30	May 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	31	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	32	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,13-8	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	33	May 31 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	34	May 31 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	35	Jun 2	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	36	Jun 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	48 (11)	Jun 17	CLE		BOS	L,6-8	GS	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	49	Jun 18	CLE		PHA	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	50	Jun 19	CLE		PHA	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	51	Jun 20 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	52	Jun 20 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	53	Jun 21	CLE		NYY	L,2-13	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	54	Jun 22	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	57 (2)	Jun 25	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	58	Jun 26	CLE		WSH	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
40	59	Jun 27 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,2-5	GS	26	6.0	4	1	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	74 (14)	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	75	Jul 15 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	76	Jul 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-10	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	77	Jul 17	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
45	80 (2)	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	81	Jul 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	82	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	83	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,12-8	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
49	84	Jul 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	85	Jul 24 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	86	Jul 24 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	87	Jul 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
53	88	Jul 27	CLE		PHA	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	89	Jul 28	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
55	90	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	91	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,10-9	GS	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	92	Aug 1 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	93	Aug 1 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
59	94	Aug 3	CLE		WSH	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	95	Aug 5	CLE		WSH	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	96	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	W,9-7	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
62	97	Aug 7	CLE		NYY	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	98	Aug 8 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,8-6	GS	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
64	99	Aug 8 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
65	100	Aug 9	CLE	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	101	Aug 10	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
67	102	Aug 11 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	103	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-12	CG	44	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
69	104	Aug 12 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	105	Aug 12 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,26-3	GS	19	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
71	106	Aug 13	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	107	Aug 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
73	108	Aug 15 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	109	Aug 15 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-0	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	110	Aug 17	CLE		SLB	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	111	Aug 18	CLE		SLB	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
77	112	Aug 20	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
78	113	Aug 21	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	114	Aug 22 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
80	115	Aug 22 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
81	116	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	40	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
82	117	Aug 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
83	118	Aug 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	119	Aug 27 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
85	120	Aug 27 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
86	121	Aug 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
87	122	Aug 29 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	123	Aug 29 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
89	124	Aug 30	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
90	125	Aug 31	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	126	Sep 1	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
92	127	Sep 3 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	128	Sep 3 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	129	Sep 4	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	45	9.2	4	0	0	4	0
95	130	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
96	131	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	132	Sep 8	CLE		DET	W,8-7	CG	54	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	133	Sep 9	CLE		DET	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	141 (7)	Sep 16	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
100	142	Sep 17	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
101	143	Sep 18	CLE		WSH	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
102	144	Sep 19 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	145	Sep 19 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	146	Sep 20	CLE		PHA	W,6-3	GS	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	147	Sep 22	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	148	Sep 24	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	149	Sep 25	CLE	@	DET	W,9-3	GS	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	150	Sep 26	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
109	151	Sep 28	CLE		CHW	W,11-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
110	152	Sep 29	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
111	153	Oct 1	CLE		DET	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	154	Oct 2	CLE		DET	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
113	155	Oct 3	CLE		DET	L,1-7	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	156	Oct 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
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