Larry Doby
date: label: date made
content: 1949
name: label: referenced
content: Cleveland Indians
label: depicted (sitter)
content: Doby, Larry
label: maker
content: Bowman Gum Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: On July 5, 1947, outfielder Larry Doby (1923 – 2003) became the first African-American to play in the American League. Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck signed Doby a mere eleven weeks after Jackie Robinson first broke baseball’s color barrier. As the second black athlete to play in the Major Leagues, Doby faced the same prejudices as Robinson, yet never received much recognition for his achievement in his lifetime.
label: Description
content: A star in the Negro Leagues for the Newark Eagles before joining the Indians, the soft spoken Doby made the most of his 12 year Major League career, making the All-Star team seven times and winning a World Series Championship with Cleveland in 1948. Doby’s final stats include a sturdy .283 batting average, 253 home runs and 970 runs batted in. In 1962, Doby left the United States to play for the Chuchini Dragons, becoming one of the first Americans to play professionally in Japan.
label: Description
content: In 1978, in an interesting historical coincidence, Doby became the second African-American to manage in the Majors when he was hired by the Chicago White Sox.
label: Description
content: Although he played for a handful of clubs over the years, Doby’s best days were spent in Cleveland. The Indians have retired his number 14, and in 1998 the Veterans Committee elected him into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: Subject
content: African American
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0213.160
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.160
objectType: label: Object Name
content: card, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.5 cm x 6.8 cm; 2 5/32 in x 2 11/16 in