Larry Doby

The second black player to break baseball's color barrier and the first black player in the American League.

Center fielder / Manager

Born: December 13, 1923

Camden, South Carolina, U.S.

Died: June 18, 2003 (aged 79)

Montclair, New Jersey, U.S.

Batted: Left

Threw: Right

Professional debut

NgL: 1942, for the Newark Eagles

MLB: July 5, 1947, for the Cleveland Indians

NPB: June 30, 1962, for the Chunichi Dragons

Last appearance

MLB: June 26, 1959, for the Chicago White Sox

NPB: October 9, 1962, for the Chunichi Dragons

MLB statistics

Batting average .288

Home runs 273

Runs batted in 1,099

Managerial record 37–50

Winning % .425

NPB statistics

Batting average .224

Home runs 10

Runs batted in 35

Teams

As player

Newark Eagles (1942–1944, 1946–1947)

Cleveland Indians (1947–1955)

Chicago White Sox (1956–1957)

Cleveland Indians (1958)

Detroit Tigers (1959)

Chicago White Sox (1959)

Chunichi Dragons (1962)

As manager

Chicago White Sox (1978)

Career highlights and awards

NgL All-Star (1946)

7× All-Star (1949–1955)

Negro World Series champion (1946)

World Series champion (1948)

2× AL home run leader (1952, 1954)

AL RBI leader (1954)

Cleveland Guardians No. 14 retired

Cleveland Guardians Hall of Fame

Member of the National

   Baseball Hall of Fame   

Induction 1998

Election method Veterans Committee