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.

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	BOS		NYY	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
2	2	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
3	3	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
4	4	Apr 21	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 23	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 24	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	3	3	1	7	2
7	7	Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-6	GS	32	7.0	3	3	0	6	0
9	9	Apr 27	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	10	Apr 28	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
11	11	Apr 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	3	3	1	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	BOS		PHA	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
13	13	May 2	BOS		PHA	W,13-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
14	14	May 3	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	3	2	0	5	2
15	15	May 4	BOS		DET	L,1-4	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
16	16	May 5	BOS		DET	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	3
17	17	May 6	BOS		SLB	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
18	18	May 7	BOS		SLB	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
19	19	May 8	BOS		CLE	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	20	May 9	BOS		CLE	W,15-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
21	21	May 11	BOS		CHW	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
22	22	May 13	BOS		WSH	W,10-0	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
23	23	May 14	BOS		WSH	W,10-9	CG	49	11.0	1	2	1	4	1
24	24	May 15	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
25	25	May 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	31	7.0	1	4	0	5	1
26	26	May 20	BOS	@	SLB	W,16-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
27	27	May 21	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-5	GS	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	28	May 22	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
29	29	May 24	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
30	30	May 25	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
31	31	May 26	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
32	32	May 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	2	1	0	3	1
33	33	May 29	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
34	34	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	45	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
35	35	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	2	1	1	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	37 (1)	Jun 1	BOS		SLB	W,6-3	GF	14	3.0	1	2	0	3	0
37	38	Jun 2	BOS		SLB	W,6-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	40 (1)	Jun 5	BOS		DET	L,4-10	GF	21	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	41	Jun 6	BOS		DET	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
40	42	Jun 7	BOS		CLE	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
41	43	Jun 8	BOS		CLE	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	3
42	44	Jun 9	BOS		CLE	W,8-0	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
43	45	Jun 10	BOS		CHW	L,2-15	CG	49	9.0	6	5	0	11	1
44	46	Jun 12 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	47	Jun 12 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
46	48	Jun 14	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	52 (3)	Jun 18	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	1
48	53	Jun 19 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
49	54	Jun 19 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	55	Jun 21 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	56	Jun 21 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
52	57	Jun 22	BOS	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
53	58	Jun 23	BOS	@	DET	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	3	5	0	8	0
54	59	Jun 24	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	4	5	0	9	1
55	60	Jun 27	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	7	3	0	10	1
56	61	Jun 29	BOS		WSH	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
57	62	Jun 30	BOS		WSH	W,11-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	63	Jul 1	BOS	@	PHA	W,12-7	CG	40	9.0	4	1	1	6	1
59	64	Jul 2	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
60	65	Jul 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
61	66	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
62	67	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	3
63	68	Jul 8	BOS		NYY	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
64	69	Jul 9	BOS		NYY	L,6-11	CG	51	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
65	70	Jul 10	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	5	0	10	2
66	71	Jul 13 (1)	BOS		DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	5	3	1	9	2
67	72	Jul 13 (2)	BOS		DET	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
68	73	Jul 14	BOS		DET	W,12-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
69	74	Jul 15	BOS		SLB	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
70	75	Jul 16	BOS		SLB	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	3	6	0	9	3
71	76	Jul 17 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
72	77	Jul 17 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,14-4	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
73	78	Jul 22	BOS		CLE	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
74	79	Jul 25 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
75	80	Jul 25 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
76	81	Jul 26	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	2	3	2	7	1
77	82	Jul 28 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,13-8	CG	49	10.0	4	2	0	6	0
78	83	Jul 28 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
79	84	Jul 30	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	54	12.0	3	5	0	8	2
80	85	Jul 31 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	8.2	4	3	1	8	0
81	86	Jul 31 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-10	CG	0	6.1	3	1	1	5	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	87	Aug 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	3	4	1	8	1
83	88	Aug 3 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
84	89	Aug 3 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-8	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
85	90	Aug 5	BOS	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	47	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
86	91	Aug 6	BOS	@	DET	W,14-8	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
87	92	Aug 7	BOS	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
88	93	Aug 9	BOS	@	PHA	W,16-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
89	94	Aug 10	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
90	95	Aug 11	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
91	96	Aug 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-13	CG	47	8.0	1	8	0	9	1
92	97	Aug 13	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
93	98	Aug 14	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
94	99	Aug 16	BOS		PHA	L,11-14	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
95	100	Aug 17 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
96	101	Aug 17 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
97	102	Aug 18	BOS		PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
98	103	Aug 19	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	46	10.0	6	3	0	9	1
99	104	Aug 20	BOS		WSH	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	4	4	0	8	3
100	105	Aug 21 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	2
101	106	Aug 21 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
102	107	Aug 23 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
103	108	Aug 23 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,14-12	CG	45	9.0	0	7	0	7	1
104	109	Aug 24	BOS		CLE	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
105	110	Aug 25 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
106	111	Aug 25 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
107	112	Aug 26 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,2-12	CG	48	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
108	113	Aug 26 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,9-8	CG	45	10.0	3	5	0	8	3
109	114	Aug 27 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,19-6	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
110	115	Aug 27 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
111	116	Aug 28	BOS		DET	L,3-4	CG	0	10.0	1	4	0	5	3
112	117	Aug 29	BOS		DET	L,1-15	CG	53	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
113	118	Aug 30	BOS		SLB	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
114	119	Aug 31	BOS		SLB	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	120	Sep 1	BOS		SLB	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
116	121	Sep 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	122	Sep 3	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	3
118	123	Sep 4 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,11-12	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
119	124	Sep 4 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
120	125	Sep 5 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,14-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
121	126	Sep 5 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	127	Sep 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	3	6	0	9	1
123	128	Sep 7	BOS		NYY	W,11-4	CG	26	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
124	129	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
125	130	Sep 9	BOS		PHA	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
126	131	Sep 10	BOS		PHA	L,7-15	CG	49	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
127	132	Sep 11	BOS		PHA	W,12-7	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
128	133	Sep 13	BOS	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
129	134	Sep 14	BOS	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
130	135	Sep 15 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
131	136	Sep 15 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
132	137	Sep 16	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
133	138	Sep 17	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	1	4	2
134	139	Sep 20 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,12-8	CG	41	9.0	3	2	1	6	2
135	140	Sep 20 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	2
136	141	Sep 21	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
137	142	Sep 24	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
138	143	Sep 25 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	37	10.0	3	4	0	7	2
139	144	Sep 25 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	T,2-2	CG	26	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
140	145	Sep 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
141	146	Sep 27	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-1	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
142	147	Sep 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
143	148	Sep 29	BOS		WSH	W,13-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
144	149	Oct 1	BOS		NYY	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	3
145	150	Oct 2	BOS		NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	5	7	0	12	3
							145gm		1230.0	372	420	26	818	118