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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	11-28 / in Starts: 9-19
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	38 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 124 PAs	13
Actual Runners on Base	79 (41-24-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 124 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	76 (40-24-12)

Most Driven In
N Fox	3
L Aparicio	2
B Phillips	2
A Kaline	1
B Osborne	1
C Maxwell	1
J Landis	1
E Yost	1

Most Driven In By
F Bolling	2
E Torgeson	1
C Maxwell	1
N Chrisley	1
R Wilson	1
B Goodman	0

1959 Batting Game Log

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1959 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1636	1	Apr 10	DET		CHW	L,7-9	GS-9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	6	.63	-0.042	1.60	-0.06%	-0.45	LF
2	1637	2	Apr 11	DET		CHW	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	5	.80	-0.085	1.81	-0.12%	-0.62	LF
3	1638	3	Apr 12	DET		CHW	L,3-5	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.222	.000	.222	9	4.12	0.120	9.12	0.16%	0.66	PH
4	1639	5 (1)	Apr 15	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG(10)	5	5	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.417	.702	3	1.40	0.245	2.40	0.25%	0.84	LF
5	1640	6	Apr 17	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.313	.535	3	1.29	-0.149	2.00	-0.14%	-1.11	LF
6	1641	9 (2)	Apr 22	DET		CLE	L,1-10	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.227	.263	.490	3	.92	-0.044	1.35	-0.04%	-0.58	LF
7	1642	10	Apr 23	DET		CLE	L,4-10	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.217	.250	.467	9	.20	-0.005	.24	0.00%	-0.30	PH
8	1643	12 (1)	Apr 25	DET	@	KCA	L,7-8	GS-9	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.296	.318	.614	6	.55	0.001	.46	0.00%	0.33	LF
9	1644	13	Apr 26	DET	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS-9	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.344	.370	.714	6	1.57	-0.024	1.12	-0.01%	-0.17	LF
10	1645	14	Apr 29	DET		BAL	W,7-1	CG(5)	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.371	.414	.785	5	.39	0.002	.27	0.00%	0.60	LF
11	1646	15	Apr 30	DET		WSH	L,1-9	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.410	.455	.865	5	.47	0.009	.36	0.00%	0.60	LF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	1647	16	May 1	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG(10)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.364	.395	.758	4	1.42	-0.144	.84	-0.05%	-1.04	LF
13	1648	17	May 2	DET		WSH	L,3-15	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.268	.354	.390	.744	5	.68	0.074	.33	0.02%	0.52	LF
14	1649	18	May 3 (1)	DET		NYY	W,4-2	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.346	.364	.710	5	.87	-0.052	.36	-0.01%	-0.56	RF
15	1650	19	May 3 (2)	DET		NYY	W,8-2	GS-8	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.339	.340	.680	5	.19	0.003	.09	0.00%	-0.33	RF
16	1651	20	May 5	DET		BOS	W,8-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.322	.320	.642	5	.98	-0.078	.53	-0.03%	-0.93	RF
17	1652	21	May 6	DET		BOS	L,6-17	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.311	.308	.619	5	.31	-0.016	.18	-0.01%	-0.35	RF
18	1653	22	May 7	DET		BOS	W,3-1	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.313	.309	.622	5	1.38	0.128	.75	0.04%	0.79	RF
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Chicago White Sox
19	1654	30	May 16	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.308	.304	.611	1	2.04	-0.050	7.46	-0.11%	-0.15	PH
20	1655	31	May 17 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.303	.298	.601	9	.52	-0.013	2.29	-0.03%	-0.16	PH CF
21	1656	34 (2)	May 19	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	9-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.313	.328	.641	8	1.37	0.075	6.67	0.22%	0.21	PH
22	1657	37 (2)	May 23	CHW	@	KCA	L,0-16	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.300	.311	.611	6	.30	-0.023	1.34	-0.06%	-0.37	1B
23	1658	38	May 24	CHW	@	KCA	L,6-8	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.197	.280	.288	.568	5	.82	-0.050	3.67	-0.13%	-0.46	1B
24	1659	39	May 26	CHW		CLE	L,0-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.276	.284	.560	9	1.05	-0.030	5.87	-0.10%	-0.32	PH
25	1660	40	May 27	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.275	.282	.557	5	1.07	0.109	5.55	0.34%	0.30	RF
26	1661	42 (1)	May 30 (1)	CHW		DET	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.286	.293	.579	5	1.16	-0.006	4.99	-0.01%	-0.15	RF
27	1662	43	May 30 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.228	.295	.304	.599	5	.97	0.018	3.63	0.04%	0.37	RF CF
28	1663	44	May 31	CHW		KCA	L,1-9	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.286	.293	.578	5	.36	-0.027	1.52	-0.07%	-0.56	RF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	1664	45	Jun 1	CHW		KCA	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.287	.294	.581	6	1.17	-0.031	4.73	-0.08%	-0.20	RF
30	1665	46	Jun 2	CHW		BAL	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.225	.286	.292	.578	5	1.63	-0.040	6.62	-0.10%	-0.68	RF
31	1666	47	Jun 3	CHW		BAL	W,6-1	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.284	.312	.596	6	.74	-0.020	2.85	-0.05%	0.41	RF
32	1667	48	Jun 4	CHW		BAL	W,6-5	GS-11	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.235	.290	.316	.606	6	2.82	0.518	12.07	1.33%	2.64	RF LF
33	1668	57 (8)	Jun 14 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,9-6	1-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.288	.314	.602	3	1.53	-0.043	7.45	-0.13%	0.31	LF
34	1669	59 (1)	Jun 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.278	.302	.580	5	1.09	-0.118	5.29	-0.34%	-1.10	RF
35	1670	60	Jun 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.292	.303	.594	5	.88	0.046	3.76	0.12%	0.79	RF
36	1671	62 (1)	Jun 20 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-8	5-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.298	.309	.607	9	.77	0.040	3.00	0.09%	0.76	PH
37	1672	63	Jun 20 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-9	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.295	.306	.601	8	.66	-0.018	2.41	-0.04%	-0.78	PH
38	1673	66 (2)	Jun 24	CHW		WSH	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.293	.304	.596	8	1.52	-0.043	5.80	-0.10%	-0.22	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
39	1674	96 (29)	Jul 26 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,0-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.290	.301	.591	9	.33	-0.008	2.08	-0.03%	-0.16	PH
							11-28		124	113	6	26	4	2	0	13	10	0	22	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	.230	.290	.301	.591		1.05	0.229	2.99	0.78%	-1.56

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