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.

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-5	CG	43	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
2	2	Apr 24	BOS		NYY	L,5-6	CG	44	10.0	4	4	1	9	1
3	3	Apr 25	BOS		NYY	L,3-9	CG	50	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 26	BOS		WSH	W,12-5	GS	23	5.0	1	2	1	4	0
5	5	Apr 30	BOS		PHA	W,15-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	6	May 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
7	7	May 2	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
8	8	May 4	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-6	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
9	9	May 6	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
10	10	May 7	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
11	11	May 8	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	7	0	8	1
12	12	May 9	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
13	13	May 10	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	51	10.2	4	4	0	8	1
14	14	May 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
15	15	May 13	BOS	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
16	16	May 15	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
17	17	May 16	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-5	GS	48	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	May 17	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	3	4	0	7	3
19	19	May 18	BOS		CLE	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	6	6	0	12	1
20	29 (9)	May 30	BOS		WSH	L,4-11	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	63 (33)	Jul 5 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-15	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	79 (15)	Jul 22	BOS	@	DET	L,4-17	GF	27	6.0	1	1	0	2	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	98 (18)	Aug 11 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,5-8	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
24	118 (19)	Aug 31	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-7	GF	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	121 (2)	Sep 2 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,8-10	GF	17	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
26	122	Sep 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	123	Sep 4 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,4-10	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
28	126 (2)	Sep 7 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,5-11	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	130 (3)	Sep 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,13-7	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
30	131	Sep 10	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
31	132	Sep 11	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-4	GF	22	5.0	2	3	0	5	2
32	133	Sep 12	BOS	@	PHA	W,13-6	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	1
33	138 (4)	Sep 20 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
34	141 (2)	Sep 22	BOS		DET	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
35	142	Sep 23	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	143	Sep 24	BOS		NYY	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	144	Sep 25	BOS		NYY	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	4	8	1	13	3
38	145	Sep 26	BOS		NYY	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
39	146	Sep 27 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
40	147	Sep 27 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,0-6	CG	36	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
41	148	Sep 29 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	1	7	2
42	149	Sep 29 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
43	150	Sep 30 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
44	151	Sep 30 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	3	9	0	12	1
45	152	Oct 1	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	32	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
46	153	Oct 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	46	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
47	154	Oct 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	4	2	1	7	0
							47gm		345.0	94	124	6	224	29