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

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Larry Doby

Larry Doby Autograph on a 1990 Pacific Trading (#20)

Larry Doby Autograph on a 1990 Pacific Trading (#20)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Lawrence Eugene Doby
Nickname:   Larry
Born On:   12-13-1923
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Camden, South Carolina
Zodiac:   Sagittarius
Year of Death Data Died On:   06-18-2003
Place of Death Data Died In:   Montclair, New Jersey
Cemetery:   Cremated
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01
Player Weight Chart Weight:   182
First Game:   07-05-1947 (Age 23)
Last Game:   06-26-1959
Draft:   Not Applicable
Larry Doby

Larry Doby Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Larry Doby

Larry Doby Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1947 Indians 29 32 3 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 - 11 0 - 0 2 .156 .182 .188
1948 Indians 121 439 83 132 23 9 14 1 66 54 - 77 2 - 5 8 .301 .384 .490
1949 Indians 147 547 106 153 25 3 24 0 85 91 - 90 5 - 7 14 .280 .389 .468
1950 Indians 142 503 110 164 25 5 25 2 102 98 - 71 2 - 6 9 .326 .442 .545
1951 Indians 134 447 84 132 27 5 20 0 69 101 - 81 0 - 3 10 .295 .428 .512
1952 Indians 140 519 104 143 26 8 32 0 104 90 - 111 2 - 0 6 .276 .383 .541
1953 Indians 149 513 92 135 18 5 29 1 102 96 - 121 2 - 6 7 .263 .385 .487
1954 Indians 153 577 94 157 18 4 32 0 126 85 - 94 1 9 3 7 .272 .364 .484
1955 Indians 131 491 91 143 17 5 26 0 75 61 8 100 2 4 2 6 .291 .369 .505
1956 White Sox 140 504 89 135 22 3 24 0 102 102 6 105 4 5 4 7 .268 .392 .466
1957 White Sox 119 416 57 120 27 2 14 1 79 56 3 79 0 3 2 13 .288 .373 .464
1958 Indians 89 247 41 70 10 1 13 0 45 26 2 49 0 3 0 7 .283 .348 .490
1959 Tigers 18 55 5 12 3 1 0 0 4 8 0 9 0 1 0 0 .218 .313 .309
1959 White Sox 21 58 1 14 1 1 0 0 9 2 0 13 0 0 0 1 .241 .267 .293
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS 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
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1947 Indians 1B 1 - - 8 8.0 8 8 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1947 Indians 2B 4 - - 4 1.0 4 1 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1947 Indians SS 1 - - 3 3.0 3 2 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1948 Indians OF 114 - - 313 2.7 299 287 12 14 3 n/a n/a n/a .955 0.00 -
1949 Indians OF 147 - - 371 2.5 362 355 7 9 2 n/a n/a n/a .976 0.00 -
1950 Indians CF 140 - - 374 2.7 369 367 2 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .987 0.00 -
1951 Indians CF 132 - - 341 2.6 333 321 12 8 3 n/a n/a n/a .977 0.00 -
1952 Indians CF 136 - - 415 3.1 409 398 11 6 3 n/a n/a n/a .986 0.00 -
1953 Indians CF 146 - - 370 2.5 364 354 10 6 3 n/a n/a n/a .984 0.00 -
1954 Indians CF 153 - - 427 2.8 425 411 14 2 6 n/a n/a n/a .995 0.00 -
1955 Indians CF 129 - - 321 2.5 319 313 6 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .994 0.00 -
1956 White Sox CF 137 - - 380 2.8 375 371 4 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .987 0.00 -
1957 White Sox CF 110 - - 262 2.4 258 255 3 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .985 0.00 -
1958 Indians OF 68 - - 146 2.1 146 141 5 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1959 Tigers OF 16 - - 25 1.6 24 23 1 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .960 0.00 -
1959 White Sox 1B 2 - - 15 7.5 14 13 1 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .933 0.00 -
1959 White Sox OF 12 - - 22 1.8 21 20 1 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .955 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
CF Totals 1,083 0 0 2,890 2.7 2,852 2,790 62 38 19 n/a n/a n/a .987 0.00 --
OF Totals 357 0 0 877 2.5 852 826 26 25 7 n/a n/a n/a .971 0.00 --
2B Totals 4 0 0 4 1.0 4 1 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
1B Totals 3 0 0 23 7.7 22 21 1 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .957 0.00 --
SS Totals 1 0 0 3 3.0 3 2 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
13 Years 1,448 - - 3,797 2.6 3,733 3,640 93 64 30 n/a n/a n/a .983 0.00 --
Larry Doby

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

Larry Doby Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1947 Cleveland Indians 14 Undetermined - -
1948 Cleveland Indians 14 Undetermined - Stats
1949 Cleveland Indians 37, 14 Undetermined Stats -
1950 Cleveland Indians 14 Undetermined Stats -
1951 Cleveland Indians 14 Undetermined Stats -
1952 Cleveland Indians 14 Undetermined Stats -
1953 Cleveland Indians 6, 14 Undetermined Stats -
1954 Cleveland Indians 14 Undetermined Stats Stats
1955 Cleveland Indians 14 Undetermined Stats -
1956 Chicago White Sox 14 Undetermined - -
1957 Chicago White Sox 14 Undetermined - -
1958 Cleveland Indians 14 Undetermined - -
1959 Detroit Tigers 25 Undetermined - -
1959 Chicago White Sox 32 Undetermined - -


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