Larry Doby Trades and Transactions

The Larry Doby trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Larry Doby has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"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)
 

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Birth Name:   Lawrence Eugene Doby
Nickname:   Larry
Born On:   12-13-1923  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Camden, South Carolina
Year of Death Data Died On:   06-18-2003
Place of Death Data Died In:   Montclair, New Jersey
Cemetery:   Cremated
High School:   Eastside High School (Paterson, NJ)
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

Trades & Transactions

07-02-1947: Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Cleveland Indians.
10-25-1955: Traded by Cleveland Indians to Chicago White Sox for Jim Busby and Chico Carrasquel.
12-03-1957: Traded by Chicago White Sox (with Jim Marshall, Russ Heman and Jack Harshman) to Baltimore Orioles for Tito Francona, Ray Moore and Billy Goodman.
04-01-1958: Traded by Baltimore Orioles (with Don Ferrarese) to Cleveland Indians for Gene Woodling, Dick Williams and Bud Daley.
03-21-1959: Traded by Cleveland Indians to Detroit Tigers for Tito Francona.
05-13-1959: Sold by Detroit Tigers to Chicago White Sox for $30000.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

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Baseball trades & transactions, like the Larry Doby trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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