 robert pershing "bobby" doerr (born april 7, 1918) is a former major league baseball second baseman and coach. he played his entire 14-year baseball career for the boston red sox (1937â1951). doerr achieved a batting average over .300 in several seasons. he set red sox team records in several statistical categories. he was inducted into the baseball hall of fame in 1986. ==early life== doerr was born the son of harold doerr, a telephone company supervisor, and his wife, the former frances herrnberger; his middle name was a tribute to general john j. pershing, then the commander of u.s. military forces in world war i. he graduated from los angeles' fremont high school in 1936, after having already begun his professional career with the hollywood stars of the pacific coast league in 1934. ==major league playing career== doerr broke into the majors in  at the age of 19 and went 3 for 5 in his first game. in  he became a regular in a powerful red sox lineup that included jimmie foxx, joe cronin, and dom dimaggio. early in his career doerr was often called upon to bunt and was so proficient at it that he led the league with 22 sacrifice hits in 1938. in , ted williams' rookie season with the sox, doerr began a string of 12 consecutive seasons with 10 or more home runs and 73 or more runs batted in; in 1940 the red sox became the 12th team in major league history to have four players with 100 rbi, with foxx, williams, cronin and doerr each collecting at least 105. in 1944 doerr led 
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