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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 · Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Larry Doby. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com.
Doby began his baseball career as a star infielder for the Newark Eagles of the Negro National League and was also the first African-American player to play professional basketball in the ABL, a precursor to the NBA.
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).
Jan 4, 2012 · Larry Doby is best remembered for becoming the first Black player in the American League and the second in modern history.
Dec 12, 2021 · A seven-time American League All-Star who finished second in the 1954 AL MVP Award voting, Doby hit 253 home runs with 243 doubles and 970 RBIs in 13 seasons with Cleveland, the White Sox and the Tigers. Doby finally received his Hall of Fame call in 1998 before he died in 2003 at the age of 79.
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.
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
Just six weeks later, Larry Doby, a 23-year-old from Paterson, NJ, left the Newark Eagles in the Negro National League to join the Cleveland Indians and become the first ever Black player in...
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.
