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Jan 4, 2012 · 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 12, 2021 · Larry Doby legacy as first Black player in American League. Doby's legacy, too often forgotten, lives on. Hall of Famer integrated AL shortly after Robinson's arrival in NL. December 12th, 2021. Anthony Castrovince. @ castrovince.
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...
Jul 5, 2022 · By Anthony Castrovince @ castrovince. 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 ...
Dec 13, 2023 · Doby, the oft-overlooked baseball pioneer who integrated the American League with the 1947 Cleveland Indians and served his country during World War II, was posthumously honored with the Congressional Gold Medal in a ceremony Wednesday at the National Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol.
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...
Feb 24, 2021 · Larry Doby: A Life of Firsts and Seconds. February 24, 2021 by ncurrie, posted in Civil Rights, Military, Personal Experience, World War II Era. Today’s post was written by Dr. Greg Bradsher, senior archivist at the National Archives in College Park, MD.
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