Larry Doby Stats

Larry Doby was born on Thursday, December 13, 1923, in Camden, South Carolina. Doby was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 5, 1947, with the Cleveland Indians. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Larry Doby baseball stats page.

"Lawrence, you are going to be part of history." - Indians' owner Bill Veeck "Part of history? I have no notions about that. I just want to play baseball." - Larry Doby in Greatness in the Shadows: Larry Doby and the Integration of the American League (University of Nebraska Press, The Shadow Cast by Rickey and Robinson , April 1, 2016)

Birth Name:

Lawrence Eugene Doby

Nickname:

Larry

Born On:

12-13-1923 (Sagittarius)

Born In:

Camden, South Carolina

Died On:

06-18-2003 ( 500 Oldest Living )

Died In:

Montclair, New Jersey

Cemetery:

Cremated

High School:

Eastside High School (Paterson, NJ)

College:

None Attended

Bats:

Left

Throws:

Right

Height:

6-01

Weight:

182

First Game:

07-05-1947 (Age 23)

Last Game:

06-26-1959

Draft:

Not Applicable

Did Not Pitch

Larry Doby Larry Doby Hitting Stats
Yr	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1947	24	Indians	29	32	3	5	1	0	0	0	2	1	-	11	0	-	0	2	.156	.182	.188
1948	25	Indians	121	439	83	132	23	9	14	1	66	54	-	77	2	-	5	8	.301	.384	.490
1949	26	Indians	147	547	106	153	25	3	24	0	85	91	-	90	5	-	7	14	.280	.389	.468
1950	27	Indians	142	503	110	164	25	5	25	2	102	98	-	71	2	-	6	9	.326	.442	.545
1951	28	Indians	134	447	84	132	27	5	20	0	69	101	-	81	0	-	3	10	.295	.428	.512
1952	29	Indians	140	519	104	143	26	8	32	0	104	90	-	111	2	-	0	6	.276	.383	.541
1953	30	Indians	149	513	92	135	18	5	29	1	102	96	-	121	2	-	6	7	.263	.385	.487
1954	31	Indians	153	577	94	157	18	4	32	0	126	85	-	94	1	9	3	7	.272	.364	.484
1955	32	Indians	131	491	91	143	17	5	26	0	75	61	8	100	2	4	2	6	.291	.369	.505
1956	33	White Sox	140	504	89	135	22	3	24	0	102	102	6	105	4	5	4	7	.268	.392	.466
1957	34	White Sox	119	416	57	120	27	2	14	1	79	56	3	79	0	3	2	13	.288	.373	.464
1958	35	Indians	89	247	41	70	10	1	13	0	45	26	2	49	0	3	0	7	.283	.348	.490
1959	36	Tigers	18	55	5	12	3	1	0	0	4	8	0	9	0	1	0	0	.218	.313	.309
1959	36	White Sox	21	58	1	14	1	1	0	0	9	2	0	13	0	0	0	1	.241	.267	.293
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
13 Years			1,533	5,348	960	1,515	243	52	253	5	970	871	19	1,011	20	25	38	97	.283	.386	.490

Larry Doby Larry Doby Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1947 Indians	1B	1	1	27	8	8.0	8	8	0	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	8.00
1947 Indians	2B	4	0	42	4	1.0	4	1	3	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.57
1947 Indians	SS	1	0	15	3	3.0	3	2	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	5.40
1948 Indians	CF	70	68	1,728	2,197	31.4	2,192	2,188	4	5	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.998	34.25
1948 Indians	RF	48	42	1,176	307	6.4	307	299	8	-	9	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	7.05
1949 Indians	CF	117	112	2,997	2,292	19.6	2,285	2,280	5	7	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.997	20.59
1949 Indians	RF	41	34	921	79	1.9	77	75	2	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.975	2.26
1950 Indians	CF	140	136	3,570	374	2.7	369	367	2	5	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.987	2.79
1951 Indians	CF	132	128	3,195	341	2.6	333	321	12	8	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.977	2.81
1952 Indians	CF	136	136	3,669	415	3.1	409	398	11	6	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.986	3.01
1953 Indians	CF	146	139	3,696	370	2.5	364	354	10	6	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	2.66
1954 Indians	CF	153	153	4,062	427	2.8	425	411	14	2	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.995	2.82
1955 Indians	CF	129	129	3,354	320	2.5	318	313	5	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.994	2.56
1956 White Sox	CF	137	136	3,615	387	2.8	382	378	4	5	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.987	2.85
1957 White Sox	CF	110	109	2,844	260	2.4	256	253	3	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.985	2.43
1958 Indians	CF	60	57	1,398	134	2.2	134	129	5	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.59
1958 Indians	LF	9	7	153	12	1.3	12	12	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.12
1958 Indians	RF	1	0	0	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00
1959 White Sox	CF	2	0	6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1959 Tigers	LF	11	11	276	16	1.5	15	14	1	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.938	1.47
1959 White Sox	LF	2	0	30	5	2.5	5	5	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	4.50
1959 White Sox	RF	10	10	246	17	1.7	16	15	1	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.941	1.76
1959 Tigers	RF	5	5	99	6	1.2	6	6	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.64
1959 White Sox	1B	2	2	48	15	7.5	14	13	1	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.933	7.88
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
CF Totals		1,332	1,303	34,134	7,517	5.6	7,467	7,392	75	50	21	n/a	n/a	n/a	.993	5.91
RF Totals		105	91	2,442	410	3.9	407	396	11	3	11	n/a	n/a	n/a	.993	4.50
LF Totals		22	18	459	33	1.5	32	31	1	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.970	1.88
2B Totals		4	0	42	4	1.0	4	1	3	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.57
1B Totals		3	3	75	23	7.7	22	21	1	1	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.957	7.92
SS Totals		1	0	15	3	3.0	3	2	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	5.40
13 Years		1,467	1,415	37,167	7,990	5.4	7,935	7,843	92	55	37	n/a	n/a	n/a	.993	5.76

Larry Doby Larry Doby Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1947 Indians	0	0	.000	24	1	n/a	0.0	2.9	16.0	-	-	-
1948 Indians	9	9	.500	7	0	n/a	31.4	5.7	6.7	-	-	-
1949 Indians	10	9	.526	0	0	n/a	22.8	6.1	6.4	-	-	-
1950 Indians	8	6	.571	3	0	n/a	20.1	7.1	4.9	-	-	-
1951 Indians	4	1	.800	4	0	n/a	22.4	5.5	6.5	-	-	-
1952 Indians	5	2	.714	4	0	n/a	16.2	4.7	5.0	-	-	-
1953 Indians	3	2	.600	5	0	n/a	17.7	4.2	5.0	-	-	-
1954 Indians	3	1	.750	0	0	n/a	18.0	6.1	4.6	-	-	-
1955 Indians	2	0	1.000	2	0	n/a	18.9	4.9	6.5	-	-	-
1956 White Sox	0	1	.000	4	0	n/a	21.0	4.8	4.9	-	-	-
1957 White Sox	2	3	.400	10	0	n/a	29.7	5.3	5.3	-	-	-
1958 Indians	0	2	.000	23	1	n/a	19.0	5.0	5.5	-	-	-
1959 Tigers	0	0	.000	2	0	n/a	0.0	6.1	13.8	-	-	-
1959 White Sox	1	0	1.000	8	0	n/a	0.0	4.5	6.4	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
13 Years	47	36	.566	96	2	n/a	21.1	5.3	5.5	-	-	-

Larry Doby Larry Doby Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1947 Cleveland Indians	14	$5,000.00	-	-
1948 Cleveland Indians	14	$5,000.00	-	Stats
1949 Cleveland Indians	37 , 14	$5,500.00	Stats	-
1950 Cleveland Indians	14	$6,000.00	Stats	-
1951 Cleveland Indians	14	$9,000.00	Stats	-
1952 Cleveland Indians	14	$14,000.00	Stats	-
1953 Cleveland Indians	6 , 14	$12,000.00	Stats	-
1954 Cleveland Indians	14	$25,000.00	Stats	Stats
1955 Cleveland Indians	14	$30,000.00	Stats	-
1956 Chicago White Sox	14	$34,000.00	-	-
1957 Chicago White Sox	14	$36,000.00	-	-
1958 Cleveland Indians	14	$22,000.00	-	-
1959 Detroit Tigers	25	$36,000.00	-	-
1959 Chicago White Sox	32	" "	-	-
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Did you know that Larry Doby was named one of the 100 Greatest Cleveland Indians Players Top 100 Greatest Indians and Doby was named one of the twenty-three outfielders.

Larry Doby hit 253 regular season home runs, of 112 different pitchers, in 10 different ballparks. In that set, 98 of those homers put his team ahead, 27 tied of them tied the game, 3 were walk-off shots. However, Doby is often remembered for his first postseason home run (which are not part of regular season stats), a third inning shot off Johnny Sain , during Game 4 of the 1948 World Series , the first home run hit by an African American during a Fall Classic .
Larry Doby Hall of Fame Plaque
Larry Doby | National Baseball Hall of Fame Plaque | Class of 1998 ( HOF )

In 1952, Larry Doby hit an American League leading thirty-two home runs, becoming the first left-handed home run champion for the Cleveland Indians . Do you know what Indian righty came before Doby? [ Answer ] Doby led the AL again in 1954, and through today, remains the only two-time home run leading left-handed slugger from Cleveland .

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