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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
2	2	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
3	3	Apr 20	CLE		SLB	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
4	4	Apr 21	CLE		SLB	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
5	5	Apr 22 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
6	6	Apr 22 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
7	7	Apr 24	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
8	8	Apr 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
9	9	Apr 29 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
10	10	Apr 29 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,11-13	CG	47	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	CLE		BOS	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
12	12	May 2	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
13	13	May 4	CLE		PHA	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
14	14	May 5	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
15	15	May 6 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
16	16	May 6 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
17	17	May 7	CLE		WSH	L,10-11	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
18	18	May 9	CLE		NYY	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
19	19	May 11	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-12	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
20	20	May 12	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
21	21	May 13 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
22	22	May 13 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	T,4-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
23	23	May 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-11	CG	39	8.0	3	1	1	5	1	CF
24	24	May 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
25	25	May 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
26	26	May 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
27	27	May 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	46	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
28	28	May 20 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	0	0	2	2	0	CF
29	29	May 20 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
30	30	May 22	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
31	31	May 24	CLE	@	WSH	W,16-0	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
32	32	May 25	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
33	33	May 26	CLE		CHW	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
34	34	May 27 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
35	35	May 27 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
36	36	May 28	CLE	@	DET	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
37	37	May 29	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	28	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
38	38	May 30 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-1	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
39	39	May 30 (2)	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
41	41	Jun 2	CLE		WSH	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
42	42	Jun 3 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
43	43	Jun 3 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
44	44	Jun 4	CLE		NYY	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
45	45	Jun 5	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
46	46	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
47	50 (3)	Jun 10 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,6-9	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
48	51	Jun 10 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
49	54 (2)	Jun 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
50	55	Jun 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
51	56	Jun 17	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
52	57	Jun 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
53	58	Jun 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
54	59	Jun 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,14-8	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
55	60	Jun 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
56	61	Jun 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
57	62	Jun 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS	22	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
58	66 (3)	Jun 29	CLE		DET	W,4-1	GS	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
59	67	Jun 30	CLE		DET	W,3-1	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	68	Jul 1 (1)	CLE		DET	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
61	70 (1)	Jul 2	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
62	72 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-5	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
63	73	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	GF	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
64	74	Jul 6	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
65	75	Jul 7	CLE	@	DET	L,3-13	GS	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
66	76	Jul 8 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-3	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
67	77	Jul 8 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,10-2	GS	20	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
68	78	Jul 12	CLE		NYY	L,0-1	GS	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
69	82 (3)	Jul 15 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-2	GS	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
70	83	Jul 16	CLE		WSH	W,8-2	GS	21	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
71	84	Jul 17	CLE		BOS	W,8-6	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
72	85	Jul 18	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	CF
73	86	Jul 19	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
74	87	Jul 20	CLE		PHA	W,1-0	CG	34	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
75	88	Jul 21	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
76	89	Jul 22 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,6-4	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
77	90	Jul 22 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,3-1	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
78	91	Jul 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
79	92	Jul 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	CF
80	93	Jul 26	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
81	94	Jul 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	CF
82	95	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	70	15.2	6	0	0	6	0	CF
83	96	Jul 29	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
84	97	Jul 31	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	98	Aug 1 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
86	99	Aug 1 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
87	100	Aug 2	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
88	101	Aug 3	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
89	102	Aug 4	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
90	103	Aug 5 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
91	104	Aug 5 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
92	105	Aug 7	CLE		SLB	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
93	106	Aug 8	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
94	107	Aug 10	CLE		CHW	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
95	108	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
96	109	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
97	110	Aug 13	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
98	111	Aug 14	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
99	112	Aug 15	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
100	117 (4)	Aug 19 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-0	GS	17	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
101	119 (1)	Aug 20	CLE		WSH	W,5-3	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
102	120	Aug 21	CLE		WSH	W,6-0	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
103	121	Aug 22	CLE		WSH	W,6-5	CG	58	14.0	5	1	0	6	0	CF
104	122	Aug 23	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
105	123	Aug 24	CLE		NYY	L,0-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
106	124	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
107	125	Aug 26 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
108	129 (3)	Aug 30	CLE		PHA	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
109	130	Aug 31	CLE		SLB	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
110	131	Sep 1	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
111	132	Sep 2	CLE		SLB	W,5-1	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
112	137 (4)	Sep 7 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
113	138	Sep 7 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-0	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
114	139	Sep 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
115	140	Sep 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
116	141	Sep 11 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	52	11.0	4	1	1	6	1	CF
117	142	Sep 11 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-9	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
118	143	Sep 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
119	144	Sep 15 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
120	145	Sep 15 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
121	146	Sep 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
122	147	Sep 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	CF
123	148	Sep 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
124	149	Sep 19	CLE	@	BOS	W,15-2	GS	21	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
125	150	Sep 21	CLE	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
126	151	Sep 22	CLE	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
127	152	Sep 23	CLE	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
128	153	Sep 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
129	154	Sep 29	CLE		DET	W,7-6	CG	58	13.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
130	155	Sep 30	CLE		DET	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
							130gm		1065.2	319	11	8	338	3