View market values for books, store your collection, and meet fellow comic fans. The city of paterson, new jersey, renamed the eastside park baseball field larry doby field on june 1, 2002 p. The biography of larry doby 9780275929848 by moore, joseph and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Dobys first appearance occurred less than three months after jackie robinson had become the first african american major leaguer in the 20th century when he debuted with the. Larry doby field new jersey amateur baseball league. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Doby has fond memories of bill mckechnie, then a coach with the indians after having managed the cincinnati reds. Larry doby broke color barrier in al historic baseball. Get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day. Larry johnson was born on thursday, august 17, 1950, in cleveland, ohio. After taking time out from professional sports to serve in the united states navy during wwii, doby returned to the nnl and led the eagles to the negro leagues championship in 1946. Dominican ozzie virgil became the tigers first player of color and first player from a spanishspeaking. The struggle of the american leagues first black player dover baseball.
Doby was a star for the hometown cleveland indians the year of johnsons birth. Outfielders, height, weight, throws, bats, date of birth. Larry dobys the catch society for american baseball. Doby joined the cleveland indians on 5 july 1947 eleven weeks after jackie robinson integrated the brooklyn dodgers. July 5 tony cuccinello of the dodgers and al cuccinello of the giants become the first brothers on opposing teams to hit home runs in the same game 1935. Lawrence e larry doby was born in camden, south carolina on december, 1924. Click on the images or listings to shop for cards on ebay. The street that you have to drive up if youre coming from rt 20 is overlook ave. Steve gromek society for american baseball research. One of the greatest members of the cleveland indians in recent years on april 15th, the world of major league baseball has been honoring the anniversary of jackie robinsons debut with the brooklyn dodgers by having every player on every major league team wear robinsons number 42 that day.
Larry doby trades and transactions by baseball almanac. Shop comc s extensive selection of larry doby baseball cards. Not admiring a mistake is a bigger is a bigger mistake. In 1944, with the draft in full force, doby transferred to virginia union college to play basketball and enter their rotc program. Larry doby was born on thursday, december, 1923, in camden, south carolina. Of berra, doby said, yogi was one of the first opposing players to talk to me. He was the second africanamerican to play major league baseball in the modern era after jackie robinson. You know you are in for a great group when dobys 1954 topps card kicks things off. Rescued from baseball purgatory, he would have been satisfied. They each played for the cleveland indians and they each had a golden. Stats awards fabulous feats famous firsts hall of fame hitting charts legendary lists pitching charts record books rules scoring. Doby, lawrence larry eugene december 192418 june 2003 was the second african american player in major league baseball, the first in the american league. The first hitter in the eighth, larry doby, was nursing a sore shoulder. Larry doby may not be household name, but should be fox.
Lost to the memory of all but a few, and perhaps overshadowed by mayss feat in the world series only two months later, is a catch the indians own center fielder, larry doby, made at municipal stadium in a game against the washington senators. While doby stood out because of his color he and satchel paige were the only black players in the series gromek was nearly invisible on the 1948 indians. Even today, 50plus years after he broke into the majors, doby hasnt let the euphoria of that historic event chill the warm feelings he had for his negro league experience. Weve been selling comics since 1961 our first sale. Larry doby, a member of baseballs hall of fame and the first black player in the american league, died on june 18, 2003 in montclair, n. Doby immediately delivered with chicago, hitting 24 home runs and knocking in 102 runs. Did you know that in the larry doby miscellaneous allstar items of interest section seen above you can click the stats link under the allstar label and a truly comprehensive history of that allstar game will appear on your screen. Lawrence eugene doby view player bio from the sabr bioproject. Larry doby breaks the color barrier in the american league when he makes his major league debut 1947. Win expectancy, run expectancy, and leverage index calculations provided by tom tango of, and coauthor of the book. His biographical data, yearbyyear hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats where applicable, career totals, uniform numbers. Doby was inducted into baseballs hall of fame in 1998. Every major league baseball player who has appeared on a baseball card, has a cards tab on their respective page.
I hope in the future i can learn from my mistakes so i can become better. Larry doby, the 7time allstar and 2time american league home run leader, became the first african american to play in the a. Lary doby retired with 1,515 hits, 970 rbi 253 home runs and 960 runs scored while posting a career. The veterans committee elected lawrence eugene doby to. Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season full name. During a ninegame winning streak in june 1956, doby hit five home runs, leading white sox owner charles comiskey to remark, larry doby, hes our guy. You will see the field as you start driving down that hill. Larry doby was a seventime allstar during a hall of fame career. During his major league career, larry doby batted in 100 runs five times. At age 23, doby would become the second black player in baseballs major leagues, and the first to play for an american league team.
View larry doby baseball card values based on real selling prices. Larry doby source starting in 2004, mlb declared april 15th to be jackie robinson day to commemorate robinsons breaking of baseballs. Former cleveland indians outfielder and first africanamerican to play in the american league, larry doby. The struggle of the american leagues first black player dover baseball moore, joseph thomas, dickson, paul on.
Get the latest updated stats for chicago white sox larry doby on. Charlton sport library professional football 1969 001 2. The allstar futures game is an annual exhibition game hosted by major league baseball. Baseball almanac is pleased to present all the larry doby books currently listed on the leading providing of online larry doby books. He was the second african american to serve as a manager. Espn classic doby was als first africanamerican player. Knowing what larry doby has accomplished helps me to know everything i can accomplish. Find the value of the fawcett publications comic larry doby, baseball hero oneshot. Johnson was named for larry doby, the first africanamerican to play in the american league, a seventime allstar outfielder, and member of the baseball hall of fame. Its also available for football, basketball and hockey. Lawrence eugene doby december, 1923 june 18, 2003 was an american professional baseball player in the negro leagues and major league baseball mlb who was the second black player to break baseballs color barrier and the first black player in the american league.
Total zone rating and initial framework for wins above replacement calculations provided by sean smith. Top 10 larry doby baseball cards, rookies, autographs. When lou boudreau was at shortstop, mckechnie was the manager in. Stats awards fabulous feats famous firsts hall of fame hitting charts legendary lists pitching charts record books. His family moved to new jersey and doby lettered in baseball, basketball, football and track at east side high school in patterson. View larry dobys page at the baseball hall of fame plaque, photos, videos. 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. Larry doby field east side park the field is on route 20 in paterson. Product successfully added to your shopping cart quantity. He was the second africanamerican manager of a major league club after frank robinson.
The larry doby award is presented annually to the most valuable player in the annual futures game. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. You know, when we dealt for doby, we werent worried about larry. Larry doby, american baseball player, the second african american player in the major leagues and the first in the american league when he joined the cleveland indians in 1947.
And the us postal service is dedicating a stamp in his honor. Larry doby 19232003 was a hall of fame baseball player and the first african american to play in the american league. He also played in the negro leagues before being signed by the indians, and was twice an allstar for the newark eagles, which must be considered a team between triplea minor league ball and the major leagues, just as the pacific coast league was before expansion. I played against great talent in the major leagues and i played against great talent in the negro leagues, said doby, who was inducted into the baseball hall of fame in 1998. Hulton archivegetty images when we think of the integration of baseball, the name that comes to mind for most is that of jackie.
In 1947, jackie robinson became the first africanamerican to break baseballs color line, with the. Larry doby trading card values sportlots price guide. Johnson was selected by the indians in the ninth round of the 1968 major league baseball draft. Doby was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on july 5, 1947, with the cleveland indians. Johnson was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on october 3, 1972, with the cleveland indians. What is your larry doby, baseball hero comic book worth. He may have been second in those two regards, but larry doby was so much more. At the top of that hill you will make a right, then your next right and drive down a steep hill. Baseball the national pastime in the national archives 49 pages 10. Sport comic books, books, and radio internet archive. On july 5, 2012, which was the 65th anniversary of his breaking the american league color barrier, the cleveland indians, along with the city of cleveland, commemorated doby by renaming eagle avenue, which runs near its major league baseball stadium, larry doby way. Larry doby world series stats the larry doby world series stats seen below include his world series yearbyyear hitting stats, world series fielding stats, and world series pitching stats where applicable. Young scientist and sports baseball, football, basketball 1962 171 pages d.
Larry doby began his baseball career as a star infielder for the newark eagles of the negro national league and was also the first africanamerican player to play professional basketball in the abl, the precursor to the nba. Larry doby admired all of his mistakes and worked hard to improve his mistakes. From 1999 through 2002, the award was originally called the futures game most valuable player award. Long before they ever heard of robinson or larry doby, baseball fans from brooklyn to enid. Perhaps no one is more remembered for being second than larry doby. Hall of fame baseball player larry doby was born lawrence eugene doby on dec. He managed the chicago white sox in 1978, becoming the second african american ever to manage a major league baseball team.
July 6 frank robinson hits his last home run, number 586, before retiring 1976. Buy from many sellers and get your cards all in one shipment. The son of a semipro baseball player, doby excelled at baseball, basketball, and football, earning an athletic scholarship. Larry doby made his major league debut on 07051947 with the cleveland indians. The outfielder went on to have a hall of fame career that included seven allstar selections and the runner. The incredible baseball ny giants 1955 280 pages 8.
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