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.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CLE		CHW	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
2	2	Apr 16	CLE	@	DET	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
3	3	Apr 17	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	38	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
4	4	Apr 18	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
5	5	Apr 21	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
6	6	Apr 24	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
7	7	Apr 25	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
8	8	Apr 26 (1)	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
9	9	Apr 26 (2)	CLE		DET	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
10	10	Apr 28	CLE		PHA	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
11	11	Apr 29	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	CLE		BOS	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
13	13	May 2	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
14	14	May 3 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,7-0	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
15	15	May 3 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
16	16	May 5	CLE		NYY	L,1-11	GS	26	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
17	17	May 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
18	18	May 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	45	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
19	19	May 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
20	20	May 11	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
21	21	May 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
22	22	May 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
23	23	May 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	46	10.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
24	24	May 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
25	25	May 17 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
26	26	May 17 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	40	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
27	27	May 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-8	CG	44	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
28	28	May 23	CLE		SLB	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
29	29	May 24 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
30	30	May 24 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
31	31	May 26	CLE		DET	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
32	32	May 27	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	CF
33	33	May 28	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	CF
34	34	May 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
35	35	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-2	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
36	36	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
37	37	May 31	CLE	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 2	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
39	39	Jun 3	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
40	40	Jun 4	CLE		BOS	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
41	41	Jun 5	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	44	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
42	42	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
43	43	Jun 7 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
44	44	Jun 7 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
45	45	Jun 9	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
46	46	Jun 10	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
47	47	Jun 11	CLE		WSH	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
48	48	Jun 12	CLE		NYY	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
49	49	Jun 13	CLE		NYY	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
50	50	Jun 14 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
51	51	Jun 14 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
52	52	Jun 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
53	53	Jun 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
54	54	Jun 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	48	12.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
55	55	Jun 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
56	56	Jun 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
57	57	Jun 21	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
58	58	Jun 22 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
59	59	Jun 22 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
60	60	Jun 23 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
61	61	Jun 23 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	35	9.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
62	62	Jun 24	CLE	@	BOS	W,13-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
63	63	Jun 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,15-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
64	64	Jun 26	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
65	65	Jun 27	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
66	66	Jun 28	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
67	67	Jun 30	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	68	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
69	71 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
70	72	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
71	73	Jul 5 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
72	74	Jul 5 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
73	75	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
74	76	Jul 7	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
75	77	Jul 8	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
76	78	Jul 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
77	79	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	38	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
78	80	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-16	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
79	81	Jul 11	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
80	82	Jul 12 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-14	CG	47	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
81	83	Jul 12 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
82	84	Jul 16	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
83	85	Jul 17	CLE		PHA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
84	86	Jul 18	CLE		PHA	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
85	87	Jul 19 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
86	88	Jul 19 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
87	89	Jul 21	CLE		NYY	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
88	90	Jul 22	CLE		NYY	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
89	91	Jul 23	CLE		NYY	W,10-2	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
90	92	Jul 24	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
91	95 (2)	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
92	96	Jul 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
93	97	Jul 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
94	98	Jul 30	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
95	99	Jul 31	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	100	Aug 1	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
97	101	Aug 2 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
98	102	Aug 2 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
99	103	Aug 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
100	104	Aug 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-11	CG	45	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	CF
101	105	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
102	106	Aug 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS	18	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
103	107	Aug 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	GF	7	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH CF
104	109 (1)	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
105	110	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
106	111	Aug 13	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	CG	49	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
107	112	Aug 14	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
108	113	Aug 16 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
109	114	Aug 16 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
110	115	Aug 18	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
111	117 (1)	Aug 20	CLE	@	DET	W,13-7	GF	26	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
112	119 (1)	Aug 21 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
113	120	Aug 22	CLE		SLB	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
114	121	Aug 23 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
115	122	Aug 23 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
116	123	Aug 25	CLE		WSH	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	CF
117	124	Aug 26	CLE		WSH	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
118	125	Aug 27	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
119	126	Aug 28	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
120	127	Aug 29	CLE		NYY	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
121	128	Aug 30 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
122	129	Aug 30 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
123	130	Aug 31	CLE		BOS	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	131	Sep 1	CLE		BOS	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
125	132	Sep 2	CLE		PHA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
126	133	Sep 3	CLE		PHA	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
127	136 (2)	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,4-1	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
128	137	Sep 6	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
129	138	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
130	139	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
131	140	Sep 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
132	141	Sep 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-14	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
133	142	Sep 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
134	143	Sep 12	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
135	144	Sep 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
136	145	Sep 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
137	146	Sep 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
138	147	Sep 16	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
139	148	Sep 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
140	149	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
141	150	Sep 20 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
142	151	Sep 22	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
143	152	Sep 23	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
144	153	Sep 25	CLE		DET	W,12-3	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
145	154	Sep 26	CLE		DET	W,12-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
146	155	Sep 27	CLE		DET	L,3-7	GS	29	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
							146gm		1232.0	355	10	6	371	3