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.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
2	2	Apr 18	CHW		KCA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
3	3	Apr 20	CHW		KCA	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
4	4	Apr 21	CHW		KCA	W,1-0	CG	35	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
5	5	Apr 23	CHW		CLE	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
6	6	Apr 25	CHW		DET	W,9-4	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
7	7	Apr 26	CHW	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
8	8	Apr 27	CHW	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
9	9	Apr 28	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
10	10	Apr 30	CHW		BAL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	CHW		BAL	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
12	12	May 2	CHW		WSH	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
13	13	May 3	CHW		WSH	W,11-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
14	14	May 4	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
15	15	May 5 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
16	16	May 5 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
17	17	May 7	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
18	18	May 8	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
19	19	May 9	CHW		BOS	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
20	20	May 10	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
21	21	May 12	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
22	22	May 15	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
23	23	May 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
24	24	May 17	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
25	25	May 18	CHW	@	BAL	T,4-4	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
26	26	May 19	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
27	27	May 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
28	28	May 22	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
29	29	May 24	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
30	30	May 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
31	31	May 26 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	34	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
32	32	May 26 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
33	33	May 27	CHW		KCA	L,1-7	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	40 (6)	Jun 2 (1)	CHW		DET	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
35	41	Jun 2 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-1	GS	22	5.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
36	49 (7)	Jun 11	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
37	50	Jun 12	CHW		NYY	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
38	51	Jun 13	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
39	52	Jun 14	CHW		WSH	W,10-4	GS	18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
40	56 (3)	Jun 18	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
41	61 (4)	Jun 23 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
42	62	Jun 23 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
43	63	Jun 25	CHW	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
44	64	Jun 26	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
45	65	Jun 27 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
46	66	Jun 27 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
47	67	Jun 28	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
48	68	Jun 29	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
49	69	Jun 30 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
50	70	Jun 30 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,9-11	CG	48	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	71	Jul 1	CHW	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
52	72	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
53	73	Jul 3	CHW	@	KCA	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
54	74	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
55	75	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	KCA	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
56	76	Jul 5	CHW		CLE	W,14-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
57	77	Jul 6	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
58	86 (8)	Jul 18	CHW		BAL	L,2-6	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
59	87	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
60	88	Jul 20	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
61	89	Jul 21	CHW		BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
62	90	Jul 23	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
63	91	Jul 24	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
64	92	Jul 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
65	93	Jul 26 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
66	94	Jul 26 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,1-0	GS	26	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
67	95	Jul 27	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
68	96	Jul 28	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
69	97	Jul 29	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
70	98	Jul 30	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
71	99	Jul 31	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	100	Aug 1	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
73	101	Aug 2	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	9.1	1	0	0	1	0	CF
74	102	Aug 3	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
75	103	Aug 4	CHW	@	BOS	W,11-6	GS	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
76	104	Aug 6	CHW		KCA	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
77	105	Aug 7	CHW		KCA	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
78	106	Aug 8	CHW		KCA	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
79	107	Aug 9	CHW		DET	W,5-4	CG	48	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
80	108	Aug 10	CHW		DET	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
81	109	Aug 11 (1)	CHW		DET	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
82	110	Aug 11 (2)	CHW		DET	W,11-2	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
83	111	Aug 13	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
84	112	Aug 14	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
85	113	Aug 15	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
86	114	Aug 16	CHW	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
87	115	Aug 17	CHW	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	52	9.2	3	0	0	3	0	CF
88	116	Aug 18 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
89	117	Aug 18 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
90	118	Aug 20 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
91	119	Aug 20 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
92	120	Aug 21	CHW		WSH	W,12-6	GS	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
93	121	Aug 23	CHW		BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
94	122	Aug 24	CHW		BOS	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
95	123	Aug 25 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
96	124	Aug 25 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
97	125	Aug 27	CHW		NYY	L,6-12	CG	50	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
98	126	Aug 28	CHW		NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
99	127	Aug 29	CHW		NYY	L,1-2	CG	46	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
100	128	Aug 30	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
101	129	Aug 31	CHW	@	KCA	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	130	Sep 1	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
103	131	Sep 2 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
104	132	Sep 2 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
105	133	Sep 3	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	CF
106	134	Sep 6	CHW		KCA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
107	135	Sep 7	CHW		KCA	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
108	136	Sep 8	CHW		KCA	L,2-3	CG	53	13.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
109	137	Sep 10	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
110	149 (11)	Sep 23	CHW	@	KCA	L,5-6	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
							110gm		948.0	253	3	4	260	0