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Lawrence Eugene Doby (December 13, 1923 – June 18, 2003) was an American professional baseball player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball (MLB) who was the second black player to break baseball's color barrier and the first black player in the American League.
Dec 13, 2010 · Larry Doby Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com. Positions: Centerfielder and Second Baseman. Bats: Left • Throws: Right. 6-1 , 180lb (185cm, 81kg) Born: December 13, 1923 in Camden, SC. More bio, uniform, draft, salary info. Hall of Fame. 9x All-Star. 2x World Series. 14 37 14 6 14 14 25 32.
- December 13, 1923
1,670 1,670. Games. 1923 1923. Birth year. About Larry Doby. Perhaps no one is more remembered for being second than Larry Doby. He was the second African-American to play in the National League or American League – but the first in the AL – in the modern era after Jackie Robinson.
Larry Doby is best remembered for becoming the first black player in the American League and the second in modern history in major-league baseball.
Dec 13, 2023 · (Reuters) - Larry Doby, who in 1947 became the second Black player to break baseball's color barrier, leading the Cleveland Indians to a World Series championship the following year, was...
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Jun 20, 2003 · June 20, 2003. Larry Doby, who broke the color barrier in the American League in 1947, three months after Jackie Robinson became the first black in modern major league baseball, died Wednesday...
Jul 5, 2022 · July 5, 2022. Larry Doby got what shut-eye he could as the bus carrying him and his Negro League teammates made its trek from Wilmington, Del., to Newark, N.J., in the early morning hours of Thursday, July 3, 1947. As Doby slept that night 75 years ago, he did not know about the newspaper report bearing his name.
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