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Doby was born in Camden, South Carolina, to David Doby and Etta Brooks on December 13, 1923. [1]: p.7 Doby's father served in World War I. David worked as a horse groomer and played semi-professional baseball, but drowned in an accident at age 37 in New York state.
Larry Doby † St. Louis Browns: AL July 17, 1947: Hank Thompson: New York Giants: NL July 8, 1949 ‡ Hank Thompson: Monte Irvin † Boston Braves: NL April 18, 1950: Sam Jethroe: Chicago White Sox: AL May 1, 1951: Minnie Miñoso † Philadelphia Athletics: AL September 13, 1953: Bob Trice: Chicago Cubs: NL September 17, 1953: Ernie Banks ...
[24] [25] Eleven Hall of Famers have managed the White Sox: Griffith, Hugh Duffy, Collins, Evers, Ed Walsh, Ray Schalk, Ted Lyons, Lopez, Bob Lemon Larry Doby and Tony La Russa. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] Lopez and La Russa were elected as manager; the others were elected as players.
The 1947 Cleveland Indians season was the 47th in franchise history. On July 5, Larry Doby broke the American League color barrier.Doby was signed by the Indians by owner and team president Bill Veeck in July, 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson appeared with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League.
The 1946 Newark Eagles were a baseball team that competed in Negro National League during the 1946 baseball season.The team compiled a 56–24–3 record and won the 1946 Negro World Series, defeating the Kansas City Monarchs four games to three.
Larry Doby Johnson (August 17, 1950 – May 26, 2013) [1] was an American professional baseball player. A catcher, he appeared in 12 games over five Major League seasons for the Cleveland Indians (1972; 1974), Montreal Expos (1975–76), and Chicago White Sox (1978). Johnson was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He batted and threw right-handed, stood 6 ...
In 2003, the award name was changed from Futures Game Most Valuable Player Award to the Larry Doby Award, named after National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Larry Doby (1923–2003). [5] Note that the similarly named Larry Doby Legacy Award is an unrelated award presented by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
The Larry Doby Legacy Award is given annually to the "Rookies of the Year" in the National and American leagues. [2] 2001: 2002: Jason Jennings (Rockies; NL) ...