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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.
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. As Doby slept that night 75 years ago, he did not know about the newspaper report bearing his name.
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 · 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.
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...
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.
Feb 24, 2021 · Larry Doby, centerfield for the Cleveland Indians, 1953. Baseball card by Bowman Gum. Lawrence Eugene “Larry” Doby was born in Camden, South Carolina, on December 13, 1923, and moved to Paterson, New Jersey, in 1938, where he became a standout four-sport athlete during high school.
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