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Doby was born in Camden, South Carolina, to David Doby and Etta Brooks on December 13, 1923. [1]: p.7 Doby's father served in World War I. David worked as a horse groomer and played semi-professional baseball, but drowned in an accident at age 37 in New York state.
[24] [25] Eleven Hall of Famers have managed the White Sox: Griffith, Hugh Duffy, Collins, Evers, Ed Walsh, Ray Schalk, Ted Lyons, Lopez, Bob Lemon Larry Doby and Tony La Russa. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] Lopez and La Russa were elected as manager; the others were elected as players.
The 1947 Cleveland Indians season was the 47th in franchise history. On July 5, Larry Doby broke the American League color barrier.Doby was signed by the Indians by owner and team president Bill Veeck in July, 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson appeared with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League.
In 2003, the award name was changed from Futures Game Most Valuable Player Award to the Larry Doby Award, named after National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Larry Doby (1923–2003). [5] Note that the similarly named Larry Doby Legacy Award is an unrelated award presented by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
Larry Doby † St. Louis Browns: AL July 17, 1947: Hank Thompson: New York Giants: NL July 8, 1949 ‡ Hank Thompson: Monte Irvin † Boston Braves: NL April 18, 1950: Sam Jethroe: Chicago White Sox: AL May 1, 1951: Minnie Miñoso † Philadelphia Athletics: AL September 13, 1953: Bob Trice: Chicago Cubs: NL September 17, 1953: Ernie Banks ...
Larry Doby Drive to honor Doby being the first African American to hit a home run in World Series history, and Monte Irvin Way due to his professional demeanor in the game. Brian LoPinto is co ...
Cleveland Guardians manager Terry Francona felt he needed to do something special to honor Larry Doby. On the 76th anniversary of Doby breaking the color barrier in the American League, Francona ...
The Larry Doby Legacy Award is given annually to the "Rookies of the Year" in the National and American leagues. [2] 2001: 2002: Jason Jennings (Rockies; NL) ...
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