Larry Doby

**Lawrence Eugene Doby** (December 13, 1923 – June 18, 2003) was an American professional baseball player.  He played in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball (MLB). Doby was the second black player to break baseball's color barrier and the first black player in the American League. He was from Camden, South Carolina. He was a three-sport all-state athlete while in high school in Paterson, New Jersey. Doby accepted a basketball scholarship from Long Island University. At 17 years of age, he began his professional'']</sup> The Eagles won the Negro World Series championship in 1946.  They beat Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Monarchs in seven games. In the Series, Doby hit .372 with one home run, five RBIs, and three stolen bases. Many in the Negro leagues believed Doby or Irvin would be first to break the MLB color barrier. They did not think Jackie Robinson would do it first. On considering a career in Major League Baseball, Doby said, "I never dreamed that far ahead. Growing up in a segregated society, you couldn't have thought that that was the way it was going to be. There was no bright spot as far as looking at baseball until Mr. Robinson got the opportunity to play in Montreal in '46."

## Infobox (baseball biography)

- **name**: Larry Doby
- **image**: Larry Doby 1953.jpg
- **caption**: Doby with the Cleveland Indians in 1953
- **position**: Center fielder / Manager (baseball), Manager
- **bats**: Left
- **throws**: Right
- **birth place**: Camden, South Carolina, U.S.
- **death place**: Montclair, New Jersey, U.S.
- **debutleague**: NgL
- **debutyear**: 1942
- **debutteam**: Newark Eagles
- **debut2league**: MLB
- **debut2date**: July 5
- **debut2year**: 1947
- **debut2team**: Cleveland Indians
- **debut3league**: NPB
- **debut3date**: June 30
- **debut3year**: 1962
- **debut3team**: Chunichi Dragons
- **finalleague**: MLB
- **finaldate**: June 26
- **finalyear**: 1959
- **finalteam**: Chicago White Sox
- **final3league**: NPB
- **final3date**: October 9
- **final3year**: 1962
- **final3team**: Chunichi Dragons
- **statleague**: MLB
- **stat1label**: Batting average (baseball), Batting average
- **stat1value**: .288
- **stat2label**: Home runs
- **stat2value**: 273
- **stat3label**: Run batted in, Runs batted in
- **stat3value**: 1,099
- **stat4label**: Managerial record
- **stat4value**: 37–50
- **stat5label**: Winning %
- **stat5value**: .425
- **stat2league**: NPB
- **stat21label**: Batting average
- **stat21value**: .224
- **stat22label**: Home runs
- **stat22value**: 10
- **stat23label**: Runs batted in
- **stat23value**: 35
- **teams**: ;Negro leagues
* Newark Eagles (–, –)
;Major League Baseball
* Cleveland Indians (–)
* Chicago White Sox (–)
* Cleveland Indians ()
* Detroit Tigers ()
* Chicago White Sox ()
;Nippon Professional Baseball
* Chunichi Dragons ()
;As manager
* Chicago White Sox ()
- **highlights**: * East–West All-Star Game, NgL All-Star (1946)
* 7× Major League Baseball All-Star Game, All-Star (1949 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, 1949–1955 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, 1955)
*Negro World Series champion (1946 Negro World Series, 1946)
* World Series champion ()
* 2× List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders, AL home run leader (1952, 1954)
* List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders, AL RBI leader (1954)
* Cleveland Guardians#Retired numbers, Cleveland Guardians No. 14 retired
* Cleveland Guardians Hall of Fame
- **hoflink**: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
- **hoftype**: National
- **hofdate**: 1998 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1998
- **hofmethod**: Veterans Committee