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Larry
Doby		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 202
 
Born: December 13, 1923 in Usa, SC, CAMDEN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1948    1949    1951    1952    1962   
All-Star Selections 1948    1950    1951    1952    1953    1954    1959    1960   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 23 SDP NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 7 8 8 5 7 6 7 9 9 5 6 6
1948 24 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 7 8 7 5 7 6 8 10 9 5 7 6
1949 25 SDP NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 8 8 6 7 7 8 10 9 5 7 6
1950 26 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 8 9 8 6 7 7 8 10 9 5 7 6
1951 27 SDP NL $ 4,642,857   8 8 7 8 9 9 6 7 7 8 10 9 5 7 6
1952 28 BSN NL $ 4,642,857   8 8 7 9 10 9 6 7 7 8 10 9 5 6 6
1953 29 OAK AL $ 5,564,286   9 9 8 9 10 9 6 7 7 8 10 9 5 6 6
1954 30 OAK AL $ 15,100,000   8 8 7 9 10 9 5 7 6 7 9 8 4 6 5
1955 31 OAK AL $ 15,100,000   7 7 7 9 10 9 5 7 6 7 9 8 4 5 5
1956 32 OAK AL $ 15,100,000   8 8 7 8 9 9 6 7 6 7 9 8 4 6 5
1957 33 OAK AL $ 15,100,000   8 8 7 8 9 9 5 7 6 6 8 8 5 6 6
1958 34 DET AL $ 13,000,000   7 7 7 8 9 9 5 6 6 6 8 7 4 6 5
1959 35 DET AL $ 13,000,000   7 7 7 8 9 9 5 6 6 6 8 7 4 5 5
1960 36 DET AL $ 13,000,000   7 7 7 8 9 9 5 6 6 6 8 7 4 5 5
1961 37 MON NL $ 13,000,000   6 6 6 7 8 8 3 4 4 5 7 6 4 5 4
1962 38 WOR AL $ 1,000,002   5 5 5 7 8 8 3 4 4 5 7 6 3 5 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 8 7 3 4 4 5 7 6 3 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 15,100,000   9 9 8 9 10 9 6 7 7 8 10 9 5 7 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1947 23 SDP NL 75 237 48 63 13 0 12 53 2 0 52 35 .266 .397 .473 .870 46.6 11.3
    AAA   81 295 64 86 12 2 24 84 6 6 70 69 .292 .427 .590 1.017 72.2  
1948 24 SDP NL 146 522 93 149 30 4 24 113 0 0 112 92 .285 .408 .496 .904 106.9 23.6
1949 25 SDP NL 142 520 89 129 15 5 32 108 0 1 87 91 .248 .352 .481 .833 90.3 15.6
1950 26 SDP NL 150 492 103 145 22 3 30 102 0 0 112 91 .295 .422 .535 .957 109.3 22.0
1951 27 SDP NL 158 529 110 151 29 6 27 109 0 0 106 92 .285 .405 .516 .921 104.0 20.6
1952 28 BSN NL 154 540 100 154 30 1 37 115 2 2 92 121 .285 .389 .550 .939 109.6 22.2
1953 29 OAK AL 157 572 80 169 29 1 29 95 1 0 86 118 .295 .387 .502 .889 106.9 20.7
1954 30 OAK AL 157 559 99 139 29 3 31 100 2 0 94 124 .249 .354 .478 .831 95.3 18.2
1955 31 OAK AL 154 536 100 149 25 2 45 111 3 0 80 121 .278 .368 .584 .952 111.7 23.4
1956 32 OAK AL 156 569 106 145 36 4 39 110 1 0 80 132 .255 .344 .538 .882 104.8 18.7
1957 33 OAK AL 119 390 74 112 23 1 20 76 4 0 63 92 .287 .380 .505 .885 76.3 15.7
1958 34 DET AL 148 490 92 128 18 3 37 114 1 0 66 128 .261 .349 .537 .886 89.1 17.5
1959 35 DET AL 154 570 88 158 33 2 34 107 0 0 70 138 .277 .360 .521 .881 99.8 22.1
1960 36 DET AL 152 545 81 142 22 1 37 109 0 0 64 145 .261 .338 .508 .846 91.5 16.4
1961 37 MON NL 94 195 35 44 5 2 9 25 0 0 24 60 .226 .311 .410 .721 25.2 4.0
1962 38 WOR AL 154 491 44 99 6 2 18 71 0 0 57 131 .202 .285 .332 .617 49.4 5.4
16 Years Sim 2270 7757 1342 2076 365 40 461 1518 16 3 1245 1711 .268 .367 .503 .871 1416.7 277.5
1 Years AAA 81 295 64 86 12 2 24 84 6 6 70 69 .292 .430 .590 1.020 72.2  
162 Game Average 553 95 148 26 2 32 108 1 0 88 122 .268 .367 .503 .871 101.1  
Career Highs 158 572 110 169 36 6 45 115 4 2 112 145 .295 .422 .584 .957 111.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5118 961 1473 237 30 316 1085 13 3 881 1005 .288 .390 .531 .921 1052.9
vs LH   2639 381 603 128 10 145 433 3 0 364 706 .228 .321 .449 .771 400.2
Home 1139 3811 652 1004 186 16 222 760 9 0 627 842 .263 .366 .495 .861 705.6
Away 1131 3946 690 1072 179 24 239 758 7 3 618 869 .272 .369 .511 .880 747.5
RISP   2113 0 588 98 10 131 1028 0 0 444 456 .278 .394 .520 .914 448.7
Pinch Hitting   200 35 38 5 0 9 37 2 0 33 51 .190 .305 .350 .655 24.6
Close/Late   914 149 240 33 2 51 164 0 0 208 208 .263 .398 .470 .868 182.3
Mar/Apr 348 1252 198 333 52 8 70 248 2 1 179 274 .266 .357 .488 .845 220.7
May 391 1341 236 366 68 6 91 297 2 1 210 293 .273 .370 .536 .906 264.6
June 368 1249 200 336 56 4 68 240 4 0 196 266 .269 .365 .484 .849 226.1
July 374 1271 225 333 66 8 68 225 5 0 219 292 .262 .369 .487 .856 234.6
August 409 1353 245 341 60 7 85 253 1 1 234 285 .252 .362 .495 .857 249.6
Sep/Oct 380 1291 238 367 63 7 79 255 2 0 207 301 .284 .381 .527 .908 257.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1947 23 SDP NL RF 69 67 592.3 149 8 1 1 .994 2.39 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    CF 6 1 17.3 3 1 1 1 .800 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
1948 24 SDP NL RF 141 135 1231.3 306 14 6 6 .982 2.34 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    CF 4 3 27.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.67 0 0 .000 0  
1949 25 SDP NL RF 137 135 1209.3 268 10 3 4 .989 2.07 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    CF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1950 26 SDP NL RF 142 137 1206.3 289 9 2 2 .993 2.22 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    CF 5 0 9.3 2 0 1 0 .667 1.93 0 0 .000 0  
1951 27 SDP NL RF 148 144 1297.3 329 15 5 1 .986 2.39 0 0 .000 0 4.7
    CF 7 0 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0  
1952 28 BSN NL RF 124 121 1043.0 254 8 4 4 .985 2.26 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    CF 28 26 221.3 59 2 3 1 .953 2.48 0 0 .000 0  
1953 29 OAK AL RF 150 145 1291.0 263 9 3 2 .989 1.90 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    CF 4 3 26.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.76 0 0 .000 0  
1954 30 OAK AL RF 150 148 1306.7 247 15 2 3 .992 1.80 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    CF 3 0 6.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0  
1955 31 OAK AL RF 148 144 1250.3 204 13 4 0 .982 1.56 0 0 .000 0 4.2
    CF 4 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
1956 32 OAK AL RF 150 147 1304.3 253 8 3 1 .989 1.80 0 0 .000 0 4.9
    CF 5 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0  
1957 33 OAK AL RF 104 95 879.7 154 4 1 1 .994 1.62 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    CF 7 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0  
1958 34 DET AL CF 123 99 932.0 239 10 6 2 .976 2.40 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    3B 5 4 44.0 3 8 1 1 .917 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 5 5 43.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.26 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 4 4 33.0 50 2 1 1 .981 14.18 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 3 3 27.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
1959 35 DET AL RF 99 99 882.7 189 4 1 0 .995 1.97 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    CF 51 48 419.3 113 3 2 1 .983 2.49 0 0 .000 0  
1960 36 DET AL RF 135 135 1240.3 219 8 3 0 .987 1.65 0 0 .000 0 6.4
    CF 11 1 34.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.30 0 0 .000 0  
1961 37 MON NL RF 38 33 307.7 44 1 0 1 1.000 1.32 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    CF 9 4 57.0 13 0 1 0 .929 2.05 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 38 WOR AL RF 145 131 1157.0 241 6 3 2 .988 1.92 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    CF 3 3 28.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 1885 1821 16242.3 3415 132 41 28 .989 1.97 0 0 .000 0 48.9
  CF 273 188 1828.0 469 17 14 5 .972 2.39 0 0 .000 0 2.0
  3B 5 4 44.0 3 8 1 1 .917 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  1B 4 4 33.0 50 2 1 1 .981 14.18 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  LF 3 3 27.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   2171 2020 18178.3 3940 159 58 35 .986 2.03 0 0 .000 0 51.0
Career Highs   155 148 1317.3 332 20 9 6 .994 2.68 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1950 26 SDP NL 13 44 3 8 2 0 0 6 0 0 8 9 .182 .302 .227 .529
1951 27 SDP NL 6 20 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 .050 .174 .100 .274
1955 31 OAK AL 6 22 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 .182 .250 .318 .568
1961 37 MON NL 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000 .286 .000 .286
Career Post-Season Batting 32 90 6 13 3 0 1 10 0 0 13 22 .144 .262 .211 .473
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1948-8-.408
1950-3-.422
1953-8-.387
 Slugging Pct
1950-7-.535
1951-7-.516
1952-3-.550
1953-9-.502
1955-4-.584
1956-5-.538
1958-6-.537
1959-6-.521
1960-7-.508
CAR-39-.503
 OPS
1948-9-.904
1950-2-.957
1951-7-.921
1952-5-.939
1953-8-.889
1955-5-.952
1956-6-.882
1958-8-.886
1959-6-.881
1960-7-.846
CAR-44-.871
 XR
1948-7-106.9
1950-5-109.3
1952-6-109.6
1953-8-106.9
1955-4-111.7
1956-6-104.8
1959-7-99.8
1960-9-91.5
CAR-33-1416.7
 Games
1951-1-158
1953-7-157
1954-4-157
1956-4-156
CAR-50-2270
 At-Bats
1959-9-570
Runs
1950-9-103
1951-8-110
1955-8-100
1956-5-106
CAR-46-1342
 Total Bases
1950-10-263
1952-4-297
1953-9-287
1955-4-313
1956-5-306
1959-5-297
1960-9-277
CAR-46-3904
 Doubles
1951-10-29
1956-9-36
1959-8-33
 Triples
1949-9-5
1951-5-6
 Homeruns
1949-3-32
1950-7-30
1951-8-27
1952-4-37
1953-9-29
1954-9-31
1955-4-45
1956-3-39
1958-5-37
1959-5-34
1960-3-37
CAR-15-461
 RBIs
1948-4-113
1949-6-108
1950-8-102
1951-7-109
1952-3-115
1954-10-100
1955-6-111
1956-3-110
1958-5-114
1959-5-107
1960-2-109
CAR-21-1518
Walks
1948-5-112
1950-5-112
1951-8-106
1954-10-94
1955-8-80
CAR-32-1245
 Strikeouts
1948-4-92
1949-3-91
1950-7-91
1951-10-92
1952-3-121
1953-3-118
1954-3-124
1955-5-121
1956-4-132
1958-7-128
1959-8-138
1960-4-145
1962-4-131
CAR-17-1711
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 150    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 50    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by San Diego in 1947
Had first career hit on 7/4/1947, off Howie Krist (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 7/10/1947, off Joe Krakauskas (DET)
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1948, hitting .365 with 6 HR, 27 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 6/26/1948
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1948, hitting .429 with 5 HR, 14 RBI
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Injured on 9/19/1948 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1948
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1949, hitting .421 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Injured on 7/21/1949 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1949, hitting .291 with 8 HR, 22 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1949
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Cleveland on 5/13/1950
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Won World Series with San Diego in 1950
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,642,857 through salary arbitration
Drove in 9 runs against Cleveland on 5/13/1951
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1951, hitting .478 with 5 HR, 18 RBI
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1951
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,642,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from San Diego to Boston (N) on 2/1/1952 (Going to SDP: P Vern Law. Going to BSN: RF Larry Doby, P Stubby Overmire, P Dick Conger, 3B Bob Dillinger, 2B Ray Boone)
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Seattle on 5/2/1952
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1952
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,564,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Boston (N) to Oakland on 3/3/1953 (Going to BSN: 1B Pete Runnels, P Joe Coleman, 2B Eddie Stanky. Going to OAK: RF Larry Doby)
Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 5/2/1953
Hit 3 homeruns against Boston (N), driving in 5 runs on 5/7/1953
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Cleveland on 6/9/1953
7/1/1953: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $15,100,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1954, hitting .435 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1955, hitting .429 with 5 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1955, hitting .550 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1955, hitting .323 with 11 HR, 28 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1955, hitting .526 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1955, hitting .345 with 10 HR, 23 RBI
Injured on 3/19/1957 with a Fractured Cheekbone, out for 7-8 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 9/2/1957
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1957, hitting .435 with 3 HR, 13 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/12/1958 to a 4-year deal worth $13,000,000 per year
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1958, hitting .292 with 9 HR, 25 RBI
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 5/3/1960
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Traded from Detroit to Montreal on 3/3/1961 (Going to MON: RF Larry Doby, P Chris Short, 2B Rocky Bridges, 3B Dick Williams. Going to DET: 1B Joe Adcock, SS Felix Mantilla, LF Chuck Tanner)
Signed as a free agent by Worcester on 2/14/1962 to a 4-year deal worth $1,000,002 per year
Had 2000th career hit on 5/10/1962, off Dick Marlowe (NYA)
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1962
 
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