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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 Drive to honor Doby being the first African American to hit a home run in World Series history, and Monte Irvin Way due to his professional demeanor in the game. Brian LoPinto is co ...
Watch live as Major League Baseball player, civil rights activist, and World War II veteran Lawrence Eugene “Larry” Doby is posthumously awarded a Congressional Gold Medal on Wednesday, 13 ...
Jul. 10—The Guardians did a first-class job honoring Larry Doby during the four-game series with the Kansas City Royals this past weekend. But anyone not living in Northeast Ohio is probably ...
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.
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 ...
The baseball star's son, Larry Doby Jr., accepted the medal on his father. Larry Doby, who in 1947 became the second Black player to break baseball's color barrier, leading the Cleveland Indians ...
The game's two runs came on Larry Doby's groundout in the third after a double and walk and Jim Hegan's RBI single after a single and walk in the fourth, both off Vern Bickford. Gene Bearden pitched a complete shutout, allowing five hits while striking out four, as the Indians took a 2–1 series lead.