Bobby Doerr

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: April 7, 1918 in Los Angeles, CA us

Died: November 13, 2017 in Junction City, OR

Buried: Rest Lawn Memorial Park, Junction City, OR

High School: Fremont HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 20, 1937 (Age 19-013d, 8,226th in major league history)
vs. PHA 5 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 7, 1951 (Age 33-153d)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1986. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Bobby Doerr's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: Robert Pershing Doerr

Pronunciation: \DOUGH-er\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

51.4

7093

2042

223

.288

1094

RBI

1247

OBP

.362

SLG

.461

OPS

.823

OPS+

115

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

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	4	3	0	7	2
2	2	Apr 21	BOS		PHA	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
3	3	Apr 22	BOS		PHA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
4	4	Apr 23	BOS		PHA	L,8-12	CG	49	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 24	BOS		WSH	L,9-10	CG	53	10.0	6	4	0	10	1
6	6	Apr 25	BOS		WSH	W,6-5	CG	52	11.0	1	2	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
8	8	Apr 30	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	9	May 3	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
10	10	May 4	BOS	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
11	11	May 5	BOS	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
12	12	May 6	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
13	13	May 7	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	14	May 9	BOS	@	SLB	W,10-8	CG	0	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
15	15	May 11	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
16	16	May 14	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	12.0	1	7	0	8	1
17	17	May 15	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
18	18	May 16	BOS		CHW	W,18-4	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
19	19	May 17	BOS		CHW	L,3-6	CG	39	10.0	4	4	0	8	2
20	20	May 18	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
21	21	May 19	BOS		SLB	W,15-7	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
22	22	May 20	BOS		SLB	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
23	23	May 21	BOS		DET	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
24	24	May 23	BOS		DET	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
25	25	May 24	BOS		CLE	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
26	26	May 25	BOS		CLE	L,0-11	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
27	27	May 26	BOS		WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	5	0	10	4
28	28	May 27 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
29	29	May 27 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
30	30	May 28	BOS		WSH	W,12-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
31	31	May 29	BOS		NYY	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
32	32	May 30 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
33	33	May 30 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,9-17	CG	54	9.0	3	4	2	9	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	34	Jun 1	BOS	@	DET	W,14-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	35	Jun 2	BOS	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
36	36	Jun 4 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-10	CG	44	8.0	5	3	1	9	2
37	37	Jun 4 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-1	GS	24	5.1	2	4	0	6	0
38	40 (2)	Jun 8	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-7	GS	17	4.0	2	2	0	4	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	58 (17)	Jul 1	BOS		NYY	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
40	59	Jul 2 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,7-3	GS	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	61 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,17-7	GS	36	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
42	62	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,18-12	CG	47	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
43	63	Jul 5	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	6	1	11	2
44	64	Jul 7	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
45	65	Jul 8 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
46	66	Jul 8 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
47	67	Jul 9 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
48	68	Jul 9 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	4	6	0	10	3
49	69	Jul 13	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	2	3	0	5	1
50	70	Jul 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	2	7	1	10	1
51	71	Jul 16 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
52	72	Jul 16 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
53	73	Jul 17	BOS	@	DET	L,6-13	GS	37	6.0	5	3	0	8	0
54	74	Jul 18 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,13-10	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
55	75	Jul 18 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-8	CG	44	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
56	76	Jul 19 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
57	77	Jul 19 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-8	CG	44	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
58	78	Jul 20	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
59	79	Jul 21	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	49	11.0	3	5	1	9	0
60	80	Jul 22	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
61	81	Jul 23 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,13-5	CG	0	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
62	82	Jul 23 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
63	83	Jul 25 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
64	84	Jul 25 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	3	4	1	8	1
65	85	Jul 26 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	86	Jul 26 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
67	87	Jul 27	BOS		CHW	L,7-12	CG	46	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
68	88	Jul 28	BOS		SLB	L,6-11	CG	46	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
69	89	Jul 29	BOS		SLB	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
70	90	Jul 30	BOS		SLB	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	91	Aug 1	BOS		CLE	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
72	92	Aug 2 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
73	93	Aug 2 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
74	94	Aug 3	BOS		CLE	W,17-6	CG	43	9.0	5	4	0	9	4
75	95	Aug 5	BOS		DET	L,4-16	GS	45	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	96	Aug 6 (1)	BOS		DET	L,1-10	GS	0		6	6	0	12	2
77	97	Aug 6 (2)	BOS		DET	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
78	98	Aug 8	BOS		PHA	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
79	99	Aug 9 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
80	100	Aug 9 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
81	101	Aug 10	BOS		PHA	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
82	102	Aug 12	BOS		WSH	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
83	103	Aug 13 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
84	104	Aug 13 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
85	105	Aug 15	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
86	106	Aug 17	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
87	107	Aug 18	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	108	Aug 19 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	5	7	0	12	2
89	109	Aug 19 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
90	110	Aug 20 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	111	Aug 20 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
92	112	Aug 22	BOS	@	SLB	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
93	113	Aug 23	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
94	114	Aug 24	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	5	2	10	1
95	115	Aug 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
96	116	Aug 26	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
97	117	Aug 27 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
98	118	Aug 27 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
99	119	Aug 28	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
100	120	Aug 29	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
101	121	Aug 30	BOS	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
102	122	Aug 31	BOS	@	DET	L,4-11	CG	44	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	123	Sep 1	BOS	@	DET	L,10-14	GF	0		1	1	0	2	0
104	129 (5)	Sep 6	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
105	130	Sep 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	4	1	1	6	1
106	131	Sep 8	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	30	6.0	4	2	0	6	0
107	132	Sep 9	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	37	8.2	5	4	1	10	0
108	133	Sep 10 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
109	134	Sep 10 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
110	135	Sep 11	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-9	CG	46	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
111	136	Sep 12	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
112	137	Sep 13	BOS		DET	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
113	138	Sep 14	BOS		CLE	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
114	139	Sep 15	BOS		CLE	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
115	140	Sep 16	BOS		CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
116	141	Sep 17 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
117	142	Sep 17 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,11-7	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
118	143	Sep 19	BOS		SLB	W,6-2	GS	34	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
119	144	Sep 20	BOS		SLB	L,8-11	CG	0	16.0	6	5	0	11	4
120	145	Sep 21	BOS		SLB	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
121	146	Sep 22	BOS		PHA	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
122	147	Sep 23	BOS		PHA	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
123	148	Sep 24	BOS		PHA	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
124	149	Sep 28 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
125	151 (1)	Sep 30 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	0	6	0	6	1
126	152	Sep 30 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	28	7.0	3	2	0	5	1
							126gm		1095.0	336	431	19	786	95