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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. Positions: Centerfielder and Second Baseman. Bats: Left • Throws: Right. 6-1 , 180lb (185cm, 81kg) Born: December 13, 1923 in Camden, SC us. Inducted as Player in 1998. (Voted by Veteran's Committee) Larry Doby's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
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Doby's pioneering path earned Hall of Fame plaque. 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.
Jan 4, 2012 · Larry Doby is best remembered for becoming the first Black player in the American League and the second in modern history.
Jun 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 night at his...
Lawrence Eugene Doby was a Major League Baseball player with the Newark Eagles (1942–1944, 1946–1947), Cleveland Indians (1947–1955), Chicago White Sox (1956–1957), Cleveland Indians (1958), Detroit Tigers (1959), and Chicago White Sox (1959).
Larry Doby Bio. Fullname: Lawrence Eugene Doby; Born: 12/13/1923 in Camden, SC; College: Long Island; Debut: 7/05/1947; Hall of Fame: 1998; Died: 6/18/2003; Relationship(s): cousin of Ali Williams
Jul 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.
Jun 23, 2020 · Jun 23, 2020. Larry Doby was a reticent man, eager to chat about high school football, but reluctant to open up about his All-Star Game appearances or his...
Jun 18, 2003 · Larry Doby was the second African-American baseball player to break Major League Baseball' s color barrier and the first black player to play in the American League (AL), when he signed with the Cleveland Indians in 1948.
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