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|name=Larry Doby
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|position=[[Outfielder]]
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|bats=Left
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|throws=Right
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|birthdate=December 13, 1923<br/>{{city-state|Camden|South Carolina}}
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|deathdate={{death date and age|2003|6|18|1923|12|13}}<br/>{{city-state|Montclair|New Jersey}}
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|debutdate=July 5
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|debutyear={{by|1947}}
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|debutteam=[[Cleveland Indians]]
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|finaldate=June 26
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|finalyear={{by|1959}}
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|finalteam=[[Chicago White Sox]]
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|stat2value=253
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'''As Player'''
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* [[Newark Eagles]] ({{by|1942}}-{{by|1943}}, {{by|1946}})
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* [[Cleveland Indians]] ({{by|1947}}-{{by|1955}}, {{by|1958}})
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* [[Chicago White Sox]] ({{by|1956}}-{{by|1957}}, {{by|1959}})
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* [[Detroit Tigers]] ({{by|1959}})
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* [[Chunichi Dragons]] ({{by|1962}})
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'''As Manager'''
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* [[Chicago White Sox]] ({{by|1978}})
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* 7x [[MLB All-Star Game|All-Star]] selection (1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955)
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* [[World Series]] champion ([[1948 World Series|1948]])
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* [[Cleveland Indians#Retired Numbers|Cleveland Indians #14]] retired
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* First [[African American]] to play a game in the [[American League]]
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|hofdate={{by|1998}}
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'''Lawrence Eugene "Larry" Doby''' (December 13, 1923 – June 18, 2003) was an [[United States|American]] professional [[baseball]] player in the [[Negro league baseball|Negro Leagues]] and [[Major League Baseball]].
 
'''Lawrence Eugene "Larry" Doby''' (December 13, 1923 – June 18, 2003) was an [[United States|American]] professional [[baseball]] player in the [[Negro league baseball|Negro Leagues]] and [[Major League Baseball]].
  
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He was the first [[African-American]] to play in the [[American League]], joining the [[Cleveland Indians]] on July 5, 1947, just 11 weeks after [[Jackie Robinson]] broke the [[color barrier]] in the [[National League]]. As the second black player to play in the modern major leagues, he also became the second African-American to lead a Major League club when he became manager of the [[Chicago White Sox]] in 1978.
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He was signed by [[Bill Veeck]] as the first [[African-American]] to play in the [[American League]], joining the [[Cleveland Indians]] on July 5, 1947, just 11 weeks after [[Jackie Robinson]] broke the [[color barrier]] in the [[National League]]. As the second black player to play in the modern major leagues, he also became the second African-American to lead a Major League club when he became manager of the [[Chicago White Sox]] in 1978.
  
 
Doby was the first black player to hit a homerun in a [[World Series]] for Cleveland in 1948 and the first to play on a winning World Series team; the first Black player from the AL to participate in the MLB All-Star game in 1949; the first black to win a league homerun title, leading the AL with 32 homeruns in 1952.<ref>[http://www.funtrivia.com/en/Sports/Baseball-Firsts-8262.html Baseball Firsts] ''Funtrivia.com.'' Retrieved June 24, 2008.</ref> In 1954, he also led the league with 126 runs batted in (RBI). That made him the first black to win the RBI title in the American League.<ref>[http://www.talkingproud.us/Culture062003.html Larry Doby, part of history, “courage, dignity, caring and family”] ''Talkingproud.us.'' Retrieved June 24, 2008.</ref>
 
Doby was the first black player to hit a homerun in a [[World Series]] for Cleveland in 1948 and the first to play on a winning World Series team; the first Black player from the AL to participate in the MLB All-Star game in 1949; the first black to win a league homerun title, leading the AL with 32 homeruns in 1952.<ref>[http://www.funtrivia.com/en/Sports/Baseball-Firsts-8262.html Baseball Firsts] ''Funtrivia.com.'' Retrieved June 24, 2008.</ref> In 1954, he also led the league with 126 runs batted in (RBI). That made him the first black to win the RBI title in the American League.<ref>[http://www.talkingproud.us/Culture062003.html Larry Doby, part of history, “courage, dignity, caring and family”] ''Talkingproud.us.'' Retrieved June 24, 2008.</ref>
 
        
 
        
 
A [[center fielder]], Doby appeared in seven [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] games and finished second in the 1954 American League [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award]] voting. He was selected to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1998 by the Hall's [[Veterans Committee]].
 
A [[center fielder]], Doby appeared in seven [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] games and finished second in the 1954 American League [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award]] voting. He was selected to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1998 by the Hall's [[Veterans Committee]].
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When Doby integrated the American League in the summer of 1947, he faced the same racial hurdles and had to play the same pioneer's role as Jackie Robinson, but Doby did so with none of the same fanfare.
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When Doby integrated the American League in the summer of 1947, he faced the same difficult racial hurdles and had to play the same pioneer's role as Jackie Robinson, but Doby did so without the accompanying fanfare accorded Robinson.
  
 
==Early life==
 
==Early life==
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His mother had also moved north to Paterson, [[New Jersey]] in search of work. His maternal grandmother raised him with strict discipline, regular church attendance, and reading and writing lessons before his formal education began. When she began having mental problems his mother returned to move Larry into the home of her sister-in-law.<ref>[http://www.usca.edu/aasc/doby.htm Larry Doby] ''Usca.edu.'' Retrieved June 23, 2008.</ref>
 
His mother had also moved north to Paterson, [[New Jersey]] in search of work. His maternal grandmother raised him with strict discipline, regular church attendance, and reading and writing lessons before his formal education began. When she began having mental problems his mother returned to move Larry into the home of her sister-in-law.<ref>[http://www.usca.edu/aasc/doby.htm Larry Doby] ''Usca.edu.'' Retrieved June 23, 2008.</ref>
  
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He learned baseball from [[Richard DuBose]], one of the best known figures in [[African-American]] baseball in South Carolina for more than half a century. DuBose had also coached Larry's father.<ref>Vincent, Fay. 2006. ''The Only Game in Town: baseball stars of the 1930s and 1940s talk about the game they loved.'' The baseball oral history project, v. 1, p. 172. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0743273176</ref>
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He learned baseball from [[Richard DuBose]], one of the best known figures in [[African-American]] baseball in South Carolina for more than half a century. DuBose had also coached Larry's father.<ref>Fay Vincent, 2006. ''The Only Game in Town: baseball stars of the 1930s and 1940s talk about the game they loved.'' ''The baseball oral history project, v. 1.'' (New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 07432731760), 172.</ref>
  
 
In 1938 Larry graduated from the 8th grade and his mother insisted that he move to Paterson to attend [[high school]], where educational and economic opportunities were relatively greater for African-Americans. Living with a friend of his mother in Paterson he only saw his mother on her one day off a week from domestic service.<ref>[http://www.usca.edu/aasc/doby.htm Larry Doby] ''Usca.edu.'' Retrieved June 23, 2008.</ref>
 
In 1938 Larry graduated from the 8th grade and his mother insisted that he move to Paterson to attend [[high school]], where educational and economic opportunities were relatively greater for African-Americans. Living with a friend of his mother in Paterson he only saw his mother on her one day off a week from domestic service.<ref>[http://www.usca.edu/aasc/doby.htm Larry Doby] ''Usca.edu.'' Retrieved June 23, 2008.</ref>
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He attended Eastside High School where he lettered in just about every sport they offered.
 
He attended Eastside High School where he lettered in just about every sport they offered.
  
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While in high school began playing with the semi-professional and professional teams in both [[basketball]] and baseball. Doby joined the [[Newark Eagles]] in the [[Negro National League (the second)|Negro baseball leagues]] at the age of 17. At that time he played under the name ''Larry Walker'' to protect his [[amateur]] status.  
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While in high school he began playing with the semi-professional and professional teams in both [[basketball]] and baseball. Doby joined the [[Newark Eagles]] in the [[Negro National League (the second)|Negro baseball leagues]] at the age of 17. At that time he played under the name ''Larry Walker'' to protect his [[amateur]] status.  
  
 
His career in Newark was interrupted for two years for service in the [[United States Navy|Navy]]. He was stationed at Camp Smalls in the [[Great Lakes]] Naval Station in [[Illinois]], named after a fellow South Carolinian, [[Robert Smalls]], a hero of the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. There his physical conditioning earned him an assignment as physical education instructor that included playing time with sports teams representing the camp.<ref>[http://www.usca.edu/aasc/doby.htm Larry Doby] ''Usca.edu.'' Retrieved June 23, 2008.</ref>
 
His career in Newark was interrupted for two years for service in the [[United States Navy|Navy]]. He was stationed at Camp Smalls in the [[Great Lakes]] Naval Station in [[Illinois]], named after a fellow South Carolinian, [[Robert Smalls]], a hero of the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. There his physical conditioning earned him an assignment as physical education instructor that included playing time with sports teams representing the camp.<ref>[http://www.usca.edu/aasc/doby.htm Larry Doby] ''Usca.edu.'' Retrieved June 23, 2008.</ref>
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Doby joined the Indians eleven weeks after [[Jackie Robinson]] broke the [[color barrier]] with the [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Brooklyn Dodgers]] in the [[National League]]. He became the first player to go directly from the Negro Leagues straight to the majors. In his rookie season he received limited playing time and was 5-for-32 in 29 games. Only two weeks later the [[St. Louis Browns]]' signed [[Hank Thompson]]. On August 19th, Doby and Thompson became the first African-American players to line up against one another when their teams met for a doubleheader.<ref>[http://www.baseballfan.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=261&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 And Second is Nowhere] ''Baseballfan.co.uk.'' Retrieved June 23, 2008.</ref>
 
Doby joined the Indians eleven weeks after [[Jackie Robinson]] broke the [[color barrier]] with the [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Brooklyn Dodgers]] in the [[National League]]. He became the first player to go directly from the Negro Leagues straight to the majors. In his rookie season he received limited playing time and was 5-for-32 in 29 games. Only two weeks later the [[St. Louis Browns]]' signed [[Hank Thompson]]. On August 19th, Doby and Thompson became the first African-American players to line up against one another when their teams met for a doubleheader.<ref>[http://www.baseballfan.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=261&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 And Second is Nowhere] ''Baseballfan.co.uk.'' Retrieved June 23, 2008.</ref>
  
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In his first full year in the majors Doby helped the Cleveland Indians to win only their second World Series and the first in 26 years. Against the Boston Braves in 1948, his home run off [[Johnny Sain]] decided a 2-1 victory in Game 4 as the Indians won in six games. It was the last time the Indians won the Series. He batted .301, hit 14 homeruns and drove in 66 runs that year. With Doby and [[Satchel Paige]] ( who joined the team late in the season}, the Indians set a major league attendance record of 2.7 million paid customers in 1948.<ref>Henry, Patrick. 1997. [http://www.vqronline.org/articles/1997/spring/henry-jackie-robinson-athlete/ Jackie Robinson: Athlete and American Par Excellence] ''Vqronline.org.'' Retrieved June 24, 2008.</ref>
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In his first full year in the majors Doby helped the Cleveland Indians to win only their second World Series and the first in 26 years. Against the Boston Braves in 1948, his home run off [[Johnny Sain]] decided a 2-1 victory in Game 4 as the Indians won in six games. It was the last time the Indians won the Series. He batted .301, hit 14 homeruns and drove in 66 runs that year. With Doby and [[Satchel Paige]] ( who joined the team late in the season}, the Indians set a major league attendance record of 2.7 million paid customers in 1948.<ref>Patrick Henry, 1997. [http://www.vqronline.org/articles/1997/spring/henry-jackie-robinson-athlete/ Jackie Robinson: Athlete and American Par Excellence] ''Vqronline.org.'' Retrieved June 24, 2008.</ref>
  
 
He is one of only four players, along with [[Monte Irvin]], [[Willie Mays]], and Satchel Paige, to play in both a Negro World Series and a major league World Series.<ref>[http://www.coe.ksu.edu/nlbemuseum/history/players/doby.html Negro Leagues Baseball Museum] ''Coe.ksu.edu.'' Retrieved June 24, 2008.</ref>
 
He is one of only four players, along with [[Monte Irvin]], [[Willie Mays]], and Satchel Paige, to play in both a Negro World Series and a major league World Series.<ref>[http://www.coe.ksu.edu/nlbemuseum/history/players/doby.html Negro Leagues Baseball Museum] ''Coe.ksu.edu.'' Retrieved June 24, 2008.</ref>
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At the end of the 1955 season, Doby was traded to the [[Chicago White Sox]]  for [[Chico Carrasquel]] and [[Jim Busby]]. He returned to Cleveland in 1958 for a short period of time before finishing his majors' career in 1959 with the White Sox (after a brief stint with the [[Detroit Tigers]]).
 
At the end of the 1955 season, Doby was traded to the [[Chicago White Sox]]  for [[Chico Carrasquel]] and [[Jim Busby]]. He returned to Cleveland in 1958 for a short period of time before finishing his majors' career in 1959 with the White Sox (after a brief stint with the [[Detroit Tigers]]).
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===Endured segregation===
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Doby related years later how he was advised by Bill Veeck to handle himself, "When Mr. Veeck signed me, he sat me down and told me some of the do's and don'ts…. 'No arguing with umpires, don't even turn around at a bad call at the plate, and no dissertations with opposing players; either of those might start a race riot. No associating with female Caucasians'—not that I was going to. And he said remember to act in a way that you know people are watching you. And this was something that both Jack Robinson and I took seriously. We knew that if we didn't succeed, it might hinder opportunities for the other Afro-Americans."
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When player-manager [[Lou Boudreau]] took him into the visiting team locker room, some of the players shook his hand, but most did not. For ten years he endured segregated training facilities even during spring training; had to eat in separate restaurants and sleep in a separate hotels; had to suffer every racial [[epithet]] imaginable; and once he was spit on when he slid into second base.
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Doby did not get the recognition that Jackie Robinson received over the years, yet he never became bitter, preferring to keep a low profile. When he shared his history with students in Northfield, [[Minnesota]], during a [[Carleton College]] program founded by former baseball commissioner [[Fay Vincent]], Doby stated, "If we all look back, we can see that baseball helped make this a better country for us all, a more comfortable country for us all, especially for those of us who have grands and great-grands. Kids are our future and we hope baseball has given them some idea of what it is to live together and how we can get along, whether you be black or white."<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/larry-doby Larry Doby] ''Answers.com.''</ref>
  
 
==Second career==
 
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Thus began his second career. He proved to be a very effective coach with his ability to communicate with players and adapt instruction to their styles and abilities. His ambition was to be a manager, but no African-American had ever managed a major league team before. Ironically his old team, the Cleveland Indians, hired the first black manager but it wasn't Doby, it was [[Frank Robinson]] in 1975.
 
Thus began his second career. He proved to be a very effective coach with his ability to communicate with players and adapt instruction to their styles and abilities. His ambition was to be a manager, but no African-American had ever managed a major league team before. Ironically his old team, the Cleveland Indians, hired the first black manager but it wasn't Doby, it was [[Frank Robinson]] in 1975.
  
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In 1978, Doby was named manager of the White Sox, taking over for [[Bob Lemon]] midway through the year. He held the position for just 87 games, posting a record of 37-50. Once again, it was Veeck who hired Doby. Later in interviews Doby would say, "Funny thing, I followed another Robinson."<ref>Berkow, Ira. 1997. [http://www.nytimes.com/specials/baseball/robinson-dolby-0223.html Larry Doby: He Crossed Color Barrier, Only, He Was the Second] ''Nytimes.com.'' Retrieved June 24, 2008.</ref> One of his catchers while coaching in 1978 was his namesake, Cleveland native Larry Doby Johnson.<ref>[http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Larry_Doby_1923 Larry Doby] ''Baseballlibrary.com.'' Retrieved June 24, 2008.</ref>
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In 1978, Doby was named manager of the White Sox, taking over for [[Bob Lemon]] midway through the year. He held the position for just 87 games, posting a record of 37-50. Once again, it was Veeck who hired Doby. Later in interviews Doby would say, "Funny thing, I followed another Robinson."<ref>Ira Berkow, 1997. [http://www.nytimes.com/specials/baseball/robinson-dolby-0223.html Larry Doby: He Crossed Color Barrier, Only, He Was the Second] ''Nytimes.com.'' Retrieved June 24, 2008.</ref> One of his catchers while coaching in 1978 was his namesake, Cleveland native Larry Doby Johnson.<ref>[http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Larry_Doby_1923 Larry Doby] ''Baseballlibrary.com.'' Retrieved June 24, 2008.</ref>
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After leaving professional baseball Doby served as the Director of Community Relations for the New Jersey Nets of the [[National Basketball Association]] in 1977.<ref>[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1828 Larry Doby] ''Ohiohistorycentral.org.'' Retrieved June 24, 2008.</ref>
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The late Baseball Commissioner [[Bart Giamatti]] insisted it was wrong that such a pioneer could only find work in the front office of the Nets. Doby was then offered a position with the Major League Baseball Properties in 1979, handling the licensing of former players and advising [[Gene Budig]], the American League president.<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/larry-doby Larry Doby] ''Answers.com.'' Retrieved June 24, 2008.</ref>
  
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After leaving professional baseball Doby served as the Director of Community Relations for the New Jersey Nets of the [[National Basketball Association]].<ref>[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1828 Larry Doby] ''Ohiohistorycentral.org.'' Retrieved June 24, 2008.</ref>
 
 
===Honored after retirement===
 
===Honored after retirement===
 
Some recognition for Doby finally came with the creation of a National Black Sports Hall of Fame in 1973. He was one of 38 athletes chosen that year by the editors of ''[[Black Sports]]'' magazine.  
 
Some recognition for Doby finally came with the creation of a National Black Sports Hall of Fame in 1973. He was one of 38 athletes chosen that year by the editors of ''[[Black Sports]]'' magazine.  
  
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In 1994 the Cleveland Indians retired the number 14 he had worn in the ten seasons playing there. that same year he was elected to the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame.
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In 1994 the Cleveland Indians retired the number 14 he had worn in the ten seasons playing there. That same year he was elected to the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame.
  
 
The year 1997 would prove to be a banner year for Larry Doby. While [[Jackie Robinson]]'s number was  being retired with league-wide celebrations of the Fiftieth year since the color barrier had been broken, ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' ran an editorial asking why the still-living Doby was being overlooked.<ref>[http://www.baseballfan.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=261&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 And Second is Nowhere] ''Baseballfan.co.uk.'' Retrieved June 24, 2008.</ref> The article apparently struck a chord as all of the following events occurred in 1997:
 
The year 1997 would prove to be a banner year for Larry Doby. While [[Jackie Robinson]]'s number was  being retired with league-wide celebrations of the Fiftieth year since the color barrier had been broken, ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' ran an editorial asking why the still-living Doby was being overlooked.<ref>[http://www.baseballfan.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=261&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 And Second is Nowhere] ''Baseballfan.co.uk.'' Retrieved June 24, 2008.</ref> The article apparently struck a chord as all of the following events occurred in 1997:
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*Doby threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the 1997 [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game]], played at [[Jacobs Field]] and was the honorary American League captain. The All Star game was played 50 years and three days after Doby became the first black player in the American League.
 
*Doby threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the 1997 [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game]], played at [[Jacobs Field]] and was the honorary American League captain. The All Star game was played 50 years and three days after Doby became the first black player in the American League.
  
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*He opened the sixth Larry Doby All-Star Playground, this one in Cleveland's King-Kennedy neighborhood, part of a community rebirth campaign. [[Bud Selig]], the acting commissioner of [[Major League Baseball]], American League President [[Gene Budig]], and Cleveland [[Mayor]] White all showed up for this one. Cleveland's All-Star catcher, [[Sandy Alomar]], took the first pitch from Doby to get the ceremonies started.
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*The Cleveland Indians had a week of tributes to him, culminating in Cleveland Mayor [[Michael R. White]] announcing that five playgrounds were going to be dedicated as Larry Doby All-Star Playgrounds, the first of which was to be at the King-Kennedy Boys and Girls Club in Cleveland's Central neighborhood. [[Bud Selig]], the acting commissioner of [[Major League Baseball]], American League President [[Gene Budig]], and Cleveland [[Mayor]] White all showed up for the dedication of the first playground. Cleveland's All-Star catcher, [[Sandy Alomar]], took the first pitch from Doby to get the ceremonies started.
  
 
*The South Carolina General Assembly passed a congratulatory resolution in recognition of Larry Doby's many pioneering achievements, baseball records, and contributions.<ref>[http://www.usca.edu/aasc/doby.htm Larry Doby] ''Usca.edu.'' Retrieved June 24, 2008.</ref>
 
*The South Carolina General Assembly passed a congratulatory resolution in recognition of Larry Doby's many pioneering achievements, baseball records, and contributions.<ref>[http://www.usca.edu/aasc/doby.htm Larry Doby] ''Usca.edu.'' Retrieved June 24, 2008.</ref>
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In addition Major League Baseball announced in 2002 that it would officially name the ''RadioShack All-Star Futures Game'' [[Most Valuable Player Award]] in honor of Doby.<ref>[http://www.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20020628&content_id=66887&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb MVP Award to be named after Larry Doby]'' Mlb.com.'' Retrieved June 24, 2008.</ref>
 
In addition Major League Baseball announced in 2002 that it would officially name the ''RadioShack All-Star Futures Game'' [[Most Valuable Player Award]] in honor of Doby.<ref>[http://www.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20020628&content_id=66887&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb MVP Award to be named after Larry Doby]'' Mlb.com.'' Retrieved June 24, 2008.</ref>
  
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In 2002 a ceremony held at Eastside Park in Paterson, N.J. unveiled a life-size [[bronze]] [[statue]] of Doby near a sandlot field named after him. Speaking after the unveiling he said, "If you don't take good care of this field I'm taking my name off it."<ref>Anderson, Dave. 2003. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E6DC1F38F933A15755C0A9659C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all A Serious Statesman Of the Game] ''Query.nytimes.com.'' Retrieved June 24, 2008.</ref>
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In 2002 a ceremony held at Eastside Park in Paterson, N.J. unveiled a life-size [[bronze]] [[statue]] of Doby near a sandlot field named after him. Speaking after the unveiling he said, "If you don't take good care of this field I'm taking my name off it."<ref>Dave Anderson, 2003. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E6DC1F38F933A15755C0A9659C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all A Serious Statesman Of the Game] ''Query.nytimes.com.'' Retrieved June 24, 2008.</ref>
  
 
==Legacy==
 
==Legacy==
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On August 10, [[2007 in baseball|2007]], the Indians paid tribute to Doby on ''Larry Doby Day'' by collectively using his number (14) on their uniforms.
 
On August 10, [[2007 in baseball|2007]], the Indians paid tribute to Doby on ''Larry Doby Day'' by collectively using his number (14) on their uniforms.
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"Pride Against Prejudice: The Larry Doby Story," narrated by [[Louis Gossett Jr.]], premiered on the Showtime Cable TV network in 2007. Filmed by sports [[documentary]] filmmaker [[Bud Greenspan]], who has 50 sports films to his credit, the film profiles Doby's life story as documented by baseball historian Jerry Izenberg and Doby's biographer Joseph Thomas Moore.
  
 
A Larry Doby Rookie of the Year Award is presented each year by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum to players in both the National and American Leagues.<ref>[http://www.blackathlete.net/artman2/publish/Baseball_20/Negro_League_Museum_Announces_2007_Legacy_Award_Winners.shtml Negro League Museum Announces 2007 Legacy Award Winners] ''Blackathlete.net.'' Retrieved June 24, 2008.</ref>
 
A Larry Doby Rookie of the Year Award is presented each year by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum to players in both the National and American Leagues.<ref>[http://www.blackathlete.net/artman2/publish/Baseball_20/Negro_League_Museum_Announces_2007_Legacy_Award_Winners.shtml Negro League Museum Announces 2007 Legacy Award Winners] ''Blackathlete.net.'' Retrieved June 24, 2008.</ref>
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==References==
 
==References==
 
*Bloomfield, Gary L. 2003. ''Duty, honor, victory: America's athletes in World War II.'' Guilford, Conn: Lyons Press. ISBN 1592280676
 
*Bloomfield, Gary L. 2003. ''Duty, honor, victory: America's athletes in World War II.'' Guilford, Conn: Lyons Press. ISBN 1592280676
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*Freedman, Lew. 2007. ''African American pioneers of baseball: a biographical encyclopedia''. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313338519
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*Freedman, Lew. 2007. ''African American pioneers of baseball: a biographical encyclopedia.'' Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313338519
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*Jacobson, Steve. 2007. ''Carrying Jackie's torch: the players who integrated baseball— and America.'' Chicago, Ill: Lawrence Hill Books. ISBN 9781556526398
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*Jacobson, Steve. 2007. ''Carrying Jackie's torch: the players who integrated baseball—and America.'' Chicago, Ill: Lawrence Hill Books. ISBN 9781556526398
 
*Moore, Joseph Thomas. 1988. ''Pride against prejudice: the biography of Larry Doby.'' Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, no. 113. New York: Greenwood Press. ISBN 031325995X
 
*Moore, Joseph Thomas. 1988. ''Pride against prejudice: the biography of Larry Doby.'' Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, no. 113. New York: Greenwood Press. ISBN 031325995X
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*Vincent, Fay. 2006. ''The only game in town: baseball stars of the 1930s and 1940s talk about the game they loved.'' The baseball oral history project, v. 1. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0743273176
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*Vincent, Fay. 2006. ''The only game in town: baseball stars of the 1930s and 1940s talk about the game they loved.'' The baseball oral history project, v. 1. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN0743273176
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==External links==
 
==External links==
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All links retrieved June 24, 2008.
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All links retrieved October 25, 2022.
 
*[http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dobyla01.shtml Larry Doby Stats] ''Baseball-reference.com.''
 
*[http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dobyla01.shtml Larry Doby Stats] ''Baseball-reference.com.''
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Larry Doby
Outfielder
Born: December 13, 1923
Camden, South Carolina
Died: June 18 2003 (aged 79)
Montclair, New Jersey
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 5, 1947
for the Cleveland Indians
Final game
June 26, 1959
for the Chicago White Sox
Career statistics
Batting average     .283
Home runs     253
Runs batted in     970
Teams

As Player

  • Newark Eagles (1942-1943, 1946)
  • Cleveland Indians (1947-1955, 1958)
  • Chicago White Sox (1956-1957, 1959)
  • Detroit Tigers (1959)
  • Chunichi Dragons (1962)

As Manager

  • Chicago White Sox (1978)
Career highlights and awards
  • 7x All-Star selection (1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955)
  • World Series champion (1948)
  • Cleveland Indians #14 retired
  • First African American to play a game in the American League
Member of the National
Empty Star.svg Baseball Hall of Fame Empty Star.svg
Elected    1998
Election Method    Veteran's Committee

Lawrence Eugene "Larry" Doby (December 13, 1923 – June 18, 2003) was an American professional baseball player in the Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball.

He was signed by Bill Veeck as the first African-American to play in the American League, joining the Cleveland Indians on July 5, 1947, just 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in the National League. As the second black player to play in the modern major leagues, he also became the second African-American to lead a Major League club when he became manager of the Chicago White Sox in 1978.

Doby was the first black player to hit a homerun in a World Series for Cleveland in 1948 and the first to play on a winning World Series team; the first Black player from the AL to participate in the MLB All-Star game in 1949; the first black to win a league homerun title, leading the AL with 32 homeruns in 1952.[1] In 1954, he also led the league with 126 runs batted in (RBI). That made him the first black to win the RBI title in the American League.[2]

A center fielder, Doby appeared in seven All-Star games and finished second in the 1954 American League Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award voting. He was selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998 by the Hall's Veterans Committee.

When Doby integrated the American League in the summer of 1947, he faced the same difficult racial hurdles and had to play the same pioneer's role as Jackie Robinson, but Doby did so without the accompanying fanfare accorded Robinson.

Early life

Larry Doby was born on December 13, 1924 in Camden, South Carolina to David and Etta Doby. David, a World War I veteran who worked in the horse industry as a groom, played baseball in his spare time and was known as a great hitter. David was away from home most of the time working in the North. Doby's father died when he was about eight years old.

His mother had also moved north to Paterson, New Jersey in search of work. His maternal grandmother raised him with strict discipline, regular church attendance, and reading and writing lessons before his formal education began. When she began having mental problems his mother returned to move Larry into the home of her sister-in-law.[3]

He learned baseball from Richard DuBose, one of the best known figures in African-American baseball in South Carolina for more than half a century. DuBose had also coached Larry's father.[4]

In 1938 Larry graduated from the 8th grade and his mother insisted that he move to Paterson to attend high school, where educational and economic opportunities were relatively greater for African-Americans. Living with a friend of his mother in Paterson he only saw his mother on her one day off a week from domestic service.[5]

He attended Eastside High School where he lettered in just about every sport they offered.

While in high school he began playing with the semi-professional and professional teams in both basketball and baseball. Doby joined the Newark Eagles in the Negro baseball leagues at the age of 17. At that time he played under the name Larry Walker to protect his amateur status.

His career in Newark was interrupted for two years for service in the Navy. He was stationed at Camp Smalls in the Great Lakes Naval Station in Illinois, named after a fellow South Carolinian, Robert Smalls, a hero of the Civil War. There his physical conditioning earned him an assignment as physical education instructor that included playing time with sports teams representing the camp.[6]

Professional career

Discharged from the Navy in early 1946, Doby returned to professional baseball. He spent a winter season playing in Puerto Rico and then rejoined the Newark Eagles. There he played with some of the all-time greats: Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige (who would later be his roommate in Cleveland), Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe. He was not the top player in the league, but he was among the elite with a .348 batting average for the 1946 season. He helped lead his team to the Negro World Series title.

The first half of the 1947 season Doby was leading the league with a .458 average, but on July 3, 1947, after weeks of rumors, Doby was told that he had been purchased by Bill Veeck's Cleveland Indians.

Doby joined the Indians eleven weeks after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League. He became the first player to go directly from the Negro Leagues straight to the majors. In his rookie season he received limited playing time and was 5-for-32 in 29 games. Only two weeks later the St. Louis Browns' signed Hank Thompson. On August 19th, Doby and Thompson became the first African-American players to line up against one another when their teams met for a doubleheader.[7]

In his first full year in the majors Doby helped the Cleveland Indians to win only their second World Series and the first in 26 years. Against the Boston Braves in 1948, his home run off Johnny Sain decided a 2-1 victory in Game 4 as the Indians won in six games. It was the last time the Indians won the Series. He batted .301, hit 14 homeruns and drove in 66 runs that year. With Doby and Satchel Paige ( who joined the team late in the season}, the Indians set a major league attendance record of 2.7 million paid customers in 1948.[8]

He is one of only four players, along with Monte Irvin, Willie Mays, and Satchel Paige, to play in both a Negro World Series and a major league World Series.[9]

In a pitchers' era, he led the A.L. twice in home runs, with 32 in both 1952 and 1954. He hit at least 20 home runs in eight consecutive seasons and drove in more than 100 runs five times, including a league-leading 126 in 1954, when the Indians won 111 games before being swept by the New York Giants in the World Series. Doby played in six consecutive All-Star games from 1949-1954. In 1949, he became the only African-American All Star to play for the American League. In that same game, Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe played for the National League.

He was also one of the best defensive center fielders in the game at the time, with a 164 game streak of no errors in 1954 and 1955 - a record that stood for 17 years. Also On July 31, 1954, Doby made a catch that snatched a home run away by vaulting himself up the fence with his left hand while making the catch with his right hand, then falling back onto the field while hanging onto the ball. Dizzy Dean, who was broadcasting the game, declared it the greatest catch he had ever seen.[10]

At the end of the 1955 season, Doby was traded to the Chicago White Sox for Chico Carrasquel and Jim Busby. He returned to Cleveland in 1958 for a short period of time before finishing his majors' career in 1959 with the White Sox (after a brief stint with the Detroit Tigers).

Endured segregation

Doby related years later how he was advised by Bill Veeck to handle himself, "When Mr. Veeck signed me, he sat me down and told me some of the do's and don'ts…. 'No arguing with umpires, don't even turn around at a bad call at the plate, and no dissertations with opposing players; either of those might start a race riot. No associating with female Caucasians'—not that I was going to. And he said remember to act in a way that you know people are watching you. And this was something that both Jack Robinson and I took seriously. We knew that if we didn't succeed, it might hinder opportunities for the other Afro-Americans."

When player-manager Lou Boudreau took him into the visiting team locker room, some of the players shook his hand, but most did not. For ten years he endured segregated training facilities even during spring training; had to eat in separate restaurants and sleep in a separate hotels; had to suffer every racial epithet imaginable; and once he was spit on when he slid into second base.

Doby did not get the recognition that Jackie Robinson received over the years, yet he never became bitter, preferring to keep a low profile. When he shared his history with students in Northfield, Minnesota, during a Carleton College program founded by former baseball commissioner Fay Vincent, Doby stated, "If we all look back, we can see that baseball helped make this a better country for us all, a more comfortable country for us all, especially for those of us who have grands and great-grands. Kids are our future and we hope baseball has given them some idea of what it is to live together and how we can get along, whether you be black or white."[11]

Second career

After breaking an ankle while sliding into third base in 1959, Doby retired from baseball as a player. After an interlude of nearly ten years, which included briefly playing ball in Japan in 1962, running a business in Newark, and campaigning for Hubert Humphrey in the 1968 Presidential Campaign, Doby reentered professional baseball as hitting coach for the Montreal Expos in 1969.

Thus began his second career. He proved to be a very effective coach with his ability to communicate with players and adapt instruction to their styles and abilities. His ambition was to be a manager, but no African-American had ever managed a major league team before. Ironically his old team, the Cleveland Indians, hired the first black manager but it wasn't Doby, it was Frank Robinson in 1975.

In 1978, Doby was named manager of the White Sox, taking over for Bob Lemon midway through the year. He held the position for just 87 games, posting a record of 37-50. Once again, it was Veeck who hired Doby. Later in interviews Doby would say, "Funny thing, I followed another Robinson."[12] One of his catchers while coaching in 1978 was his namesake, Cleveland native Larry Doby Johnson.[13]

After leaving professional baseball Doby served as the Director of Community Relations for the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association in 1977.[14]

The late Baseball Commissioner Bart Giamatti insisted it was wrong that such a pioneer could only find work in the front office of the Nets. Doby was then offered a position with the Major League Baseball Properties in 1979, handling the licensing of former players and advising Gene Budig, the American League president.[15]

Honored after retirement

Some recognition for Doby finally came with the creation of a National Black Sports Hall of Fame in 1973. He was one of 38 athletes chosen that year by the editors of Black Sports magazine.

In 1994 the Cleveland Indians retired the number 14 he had worn in the ten seasons playing there. That same year he was elected to the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame.

The year 1997 would prove to be a banner year for Larry Doby. While Jackie Robinson's number was being retired with league-wide celebrations of the Fiftieth year since the color barrier had been broken, Sports Illustrated ran an editorial asking why the still-living Doby was being overlooked.[16] The article apparently struck a chord as all of the following events occurred in 1997:

  • Doby threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, played at Jacobs Field and was the honorary American League captain. The All Star game was played 50 years and three days after Doby became the first black player in the American League.
  • The Cleveland Indians had a week of tributes to him, culminating in Cleveland Mayor Michael R. White announcing that five playgrounds were going to be dedicated as Larry Doby All-Star Playgrounds, the first of which was to be at the King-Kennedy Boys and Girls Club in Cleveland's Central neighborhood. Bud Selig, the acting commissioner of Major League Baseball, American League President Gene Budig, and Cleveland Mayor White all showed up for the dedication of the first playground. Cleveland's All-Star catcher, Sandy Alomar, took the first pitch from Doby to get the ceremonies started.
  • The South Carolina General Assembly passed a congratulatory resolution in recognition of Larry Doby's many pioneering achievements, baseball records, and contributions.[17]
  • New Jersey Representative William Pascrell suggested naming the main post office in Paterson after Doby. That same year, Princeton and Fairfield Universities bestowed honorary doctorates on Doby. And when [Montclair State University]], a short distance from Doby's home, decided the new baseball stadium would be christened Yogi Berra Stadium, New York Times reporter Harvey Araton submitted that the name, Berra-Doby Field, would better represent the community.[18]After Doby died the Yogi Berra Museum, in Little Falls, N.J., created a Larry Doby Wing honoring Negro Leagues players.

After all that took place in 1997 it seemed a foregone conclusion that Doby should be elected to the Hall of Fame. The Veteran's Committee did just that in 1998.

In addition Major League Baseball announced in 2002 that it would officially name the RadioShack All-Star Futures Game Most Valuable Player Award in honor of Doby.[19]

In 2002 a ceremony held at Eastside Park in Paterson, N.J. unveiled a life-size bronze statue of Doby near a sandlot field named after him. Speaking after the unveiling he said, "If you don't take good care of this field I'm taking my name off it."[20]

Legacy

Larry Doby died on June 18, 2003, in Montclair, New Jersey, at age 79. When Doby died, President George W. Bush made the following statement:

"Larry Doby was a good and honorable man, and a tremendous athlete and manager. He had a profound influence on the game of baseball, and he will be missed. As the first African American player in the American League, he helped lead the Cleveland Indians to their last World Series title in 1948, became a nine-time All-Star and was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998. Laura joins me in sending our condolences to Larry's family during this difficult time."[21]

On August 10, 2007, the Indians paid tribute to Doby on Larry Doby Day by collectively using his number (14) on their uniforms.

"Pride Against Prejudice: The Larry Doby Story," narrated by Louis Gossett Jr., premiered on the Showtime Cable TV network in 2007. Filmed by sports documentary filmmaker Bud Greenspan, who has 50 sports films to his credit, the film profiles Doby's life story as documented by baseball historian Jerry Izenberg and Doby's biographer Joseph Thomas Moore.

A Larry Doby Rookie of the Year Award is presented each year by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum to players in both the National and American Leagues.[22]

Notes

  1. ↑ Baseball Firsts Funtrivia.com. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
  2. ↑ Larry Doby, part of history, “courage, dignity, caring and family” Talkingproud.us. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
  3. ↑ Larry Doby Usca.edu. Retrieved June 23, 2008.
  4. ↑ Fay Vincent, 2006. The Only Game in Town: baseball stars of the 1930s and 1940s talk about the game they loved. The baseball oral history project, v. 1. (New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 07432731760), 172.
  5. ↑ Larry Doby Usca.edu. Retrieved June 23, 2008.
  6. ↑ Larry Doby Usca.edu. Retrieved June 23, 2008.
  7. ↑ And Second is Nowhere Baseballfan.co.uk. Retrieved June 23, 2008.
  8. ↑ Patrick Henry, 1997. Jackie Robinson: Athlete and American Par Excellence Vqronline.org. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
  9. ↑ Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Coe.ksu.edu. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
  10. ↑ Larry Doby Usca.edu. Retrieved June 23, 2008.
  11. ↑ Larry Doby Answers.com.
  12. ↑ Ira Berkow, 1997. Larry Doby: He Crossed Color Barrier, Only, He Was the Second Nytimes.com. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
  13. ↑ Larry Doby Baseballlibrary.com. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
  14. ↑ Larry Doby Ohiohistorycentral.org. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
  15. ↑ Larry Doby Answers.com. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
  16. ↑ And Second is Nowhere Baseballfan.co.uk. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
  17. ↑ Larry Doby Usca.edu. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
  18. ↑ There's Room for More Than One Local Hero Query.Nytimes.com. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
  19. ↑ MVP Award to be named after Larry Doby Mlb.com. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
  20. ↑ Dave Anderson, 2003. A Serious Statesman Of the Game Query.nytimes.com. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
  21. ↑ Statement on Larry Doby Whitehouse.gov. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
  22. ↑ Negro League Museum Announces 2007 Legacy Award Winners Blackathlete.net. Retrieved June 24, 2008.

References
ISBN links support NWE through referral fees

  • Bloomfield, Gary L. 2003. Duty, honor, victory: America's athletes in World War II. Guilford, Conn: Lyons Press. ISBN 1592280676
  • Freedman, Lew. 2007. African American pioneers of baseball: a biographical encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313338519
  • Jacobson, Steve. 2007. Carrying Jackie's torch: the players who integrated baseball—and America. Chicago, Ill: Lawrence Hill Books. ISBN 9781556526398
  • Moore, Joseph Thomas. 1988. Pride against prejudice: the biography of Larry Doby. Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, no. 113. New York: Greenwood Press. ISBN 031325995X
  • Vincent, Fay. 2006. The only game in town: baseball stars of the 1930s and 1940s talk about the game they loved. The baseball oral history project, v. 1. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN0743273176


External links

All links retrieved October 25, 2022.


Cleveland Indians 1948 World Series roster
3 Eddie Robinson | 4 Joe Gordon | 5 Lou Boudreau | 6 Ken Keltner | 7 Al Rosen | 10 Jim Hegan | 11 Ray Boone | 12 Joe Tipton | 14 Larry Doby | 16 Ed Klieman | 18 Russ Christopher | 19 Bob Feller | 21 Bob Lemon | 24 Bob Kennedy | 25 Bob Muncrief | 27 Steve Gromek | 29 Satchel Paige | 30 Gene Bearden | 31 Allie Clark | 34 Dale Mitchell | 35 Wally Judnich | 36 Hal Peck | 38 Thurman Tucker
Manager 5 Lou Boudreau
Chicago White Sox managers
Griffith • Callahan • Jones • Sullivan • Duffy • Callahan • Rowland • Gleason • Evers • Walsh • Collins • Schalk • Blackburne • Bush • Fonseca • Dykes • Lyons • Onslow • Corriden • Richards • Marion • Lopez • Stanky • Moss • Lopez • Gutteridge • Adair • Tanner • Richards • Lemon • Doby • Kessinger • La Russa • Rader • Fregosi • Torborg • Lamont • Bevington • Manuel • Guillén
Cleveland Indians Retired Numbers
#3 Earl Averill • #5 Lou Boudreau • #14 Larry Doby • #18 Mel Harder • #19 Bob Feller • #21 Bob Lemon
Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1998
BBWAA Vote
Don Sutton (81.6%)
Veterans Committee
George Davis • Larry Doby • Lee MacPhail • Bullet Rogan
J. G. Taylor Spink Award
Sam Lacy
Ford C. Frick Award
Jaime Jarrin

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