#22 Larry Doby, Rightfield, 33 yrs, New York (A) Yankees Tuesday, 10/3/1957 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Larry Doby
12/13/1923 33 USA,SC,CAMDEN 6"1 182
Rightfield L R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Strong Loyal None at all 4 / 6 (Popular) 3 / 6 (Well Known) Good Normal Normal 4.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 10,450,000 1961 11 Year(s), 21 Days (1913 total Days) 172 Day(s) 10 Year(s), 117 Days (1837 total Days) 12 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 6 |
Versus LHP | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
Versus RHP | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 6 |
Talent | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 5 4 4 3 1 Pull Hitter
| Fielding Ratings LF : 8 (Range), .989 (Fielding Pct.) CF : 8 (Range), .981 (Fielding Pct.) RF : 8 (Range), .993 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 4 Outfield Arm : 6
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/20 | BOS | L 3-13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/21 | BOS | L 2-9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | #2 | | |
9/22 | KC | W 5-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #8 | | |
9/23 | KC | W 2-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #8 | | |
9/24 | KC | W 5-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/27 | CIN | W 11-4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | #2 | | |
9/28 | CIN | L 6-8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | #2 | | |
9/30 | @CIN | L 5-6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
10/1 | @CIN | L 2-5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #2 | | |
10/2 | @CIN | L 2-11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | #2 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 148 | 523 | 139 | 25 | 3 | 32 | 103 | 99 | 96 | 85 | .266 | .380 | .509 | .888 | .928 | .243 |
Projected | 156 | 550 | 146 | 26 | 3 | 34 | 108 | 104 | 101 | 89 | .266 | .380 | .509 | .888 | .928 | .243 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 138 | 627 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 266 | 60 | 12 | 2 | 85.7 | 103.9 | 6.8 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 132 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 24 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .212 | .327 | .371 | .698 |
vs. RHP | 391 | 111 | 19 | 3 | 27 | 76 | 81 | 72 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .284 | .397 | .555 | .952 |
Close/Late | 50 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .320 | .417 | .660 | 1.077 |
Scoring Position | 130 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 70 | 0 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .405 | .654 | 1.059 |
Pinch Hitting | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .333 | 1.000 | 1.333 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 73 | 239 | 66 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 50 | 40 | 49 | 31 | .276 | .397 | .544 | .941 |
Road | 75 | 284 | 73 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 53 | 59 | 47 | 54 | .257 | .361 | .479 | .840 |
This Week | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Last Week | 4 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .278 | .350 | .556 | .906 |
March/April | 24 | 86 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 12 | .221 | .337 | .302 | .639 |
May | 26 | 91 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | .264 | .374 | .527 | .901 |
June | 25 | 87 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 16 | .287 | .402 | .506 | .908 |
July | 24 | 93 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 21 | .247 | .357 | .484 | .841 |
August | 29 | 92 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 21 | 8 | .293 | .421 | .620 | 1.041 |
Sept/Oct | 20 | 74 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 14 | .284 | .372 | .622 | .994 |
Postseason | 5 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | .227 | .292 | .455 | .746 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1947 | 141 | 500 | 126 | 20 | 4 | 21 | 84 | 83 | 72 | 3 | 4 | 107 | 4 | 3 | .252 | .347 | .434 | .781 | CLE |
1948 | 141 | 500 | 148 | 24 | 5 | 25 | 99 | 98 | 85 | 3 | 4 | 93 | 4 | 3 | .296 | .399 | .514 | .913 | CLE |
1949 | 141 | 500 | 148 | 24 | 5 | 25 | 99 | 98 | 85 | 3 | 4 | 93 | 4 | 3 | .296 | .399 | .514 | .913 | CLE |
1950 | 147 | 532 | 141 | 23 | 5 | 28 | 100 | 103 | 105 | 2 | 6 | 110 | 4 | 5 | .265 | .384 | .485 | .869 | CLE |
1951 | 140 | 535 | 173 | 23 | 1 | 42 | 118 | 113 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 8 | 3 | .323 | .415 | .606 | 1.020 | CLE,AL |
1952 | 59 | 216 | 73 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 64 | 56 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 1 | .338 | .455 | .644 | 1.098 | CLE |
1953 | 138 | 458 | 132 | 21 | 3 | 26 | 86 | 100 | 98 | 1 | 3 | 102 | 0 | 5 | .288 | .412 | .517 | .930 | CLE |
1954 | 148 | 513 | 167 | 32 | 3 | 35 | 128 | 117 | 121 | 2 | 5 | 76 | 11 | 3 | .326 | .452 | .604 | 1.057 | CLE,AL |
1955 | 142 | 499 | 153 | 26 | 2 | 26 | 108 | 116 | 112 | 0 | 7 | 82 | 9 | 7 | .307 | .429 | .523 | .952 | CLE NYY,AL |
1956 | 112 | 392 | 111 | 18 | 3 | 32 | 93 | 82 | 66 | 5 | 6 | 65 | 6 | 1 | .283 | .388 | .589 | .977 | NYY |
1957 | 148 | 523 | 139 | 25 | 3 | 32 | 103 | 99 | 96 | 2 | 3 | 85 | 12 | 2 | .266 | .380 | .509 | .888 | NYY |
Total | 1457 | 5168 | 1511 | 246 | 35 | 310 | 1082 | 1065 | 971 | 21 | 44 | 935 | 64 | 36 | .292 | .403 | .533 | .937 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1955 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .316 | .435 | .737 | 1.172 |
1957 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .227 | .292 | .455 | .746 |
Total | 10 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | .268 | .362 | .585 | .947 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Leftfield | 96 | 94 | 171 | 2 | 0 | 175 | 2 | .989 | 839.2 | 1.88 | | | | |
Centerfield | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 9.00 | | | | |
Rightfield | 48 | 44 | 89 | 3 | 2 | 92 | 0 | 1.000 | 402.1 | 2.06 | | | | |
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All Star Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game... Awards Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1951, hitting .407 with 10 HR, 25 RBI... Won Platinum Glove Award at Centerfield in 1951... Won Player of the Week award on 5/8/1952, hitting .440 with 5 HR, 9 RBI... Achievements Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Washington on 7/1/1950... Had 29-game hitting streak snapped on 5/14/1951... Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 8/6/1951... Injuries Injured on 6/11/1952 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season... Hit for the cycle against Detroit on 7/28/1953... Won Player of the Week award on 9/25/1953, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 6 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Baltimore on 5/1/1954... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1954, hitting .360 with 8 HR, 31 RBI... Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game... 9/25/1954: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $10,450,000 per year, for 7 years. Traded from Cleveland to New York (A) on 4/12/1955 (Going to CLE: CF Pete Whisenant, C Red Wilson, LF Faye Throneberry. Going to NYY: CF Larry Doby, 3B Al Rosen)... Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game... Won World Championship with New York (A) in 1955... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1956, hitting .337 with 8 HR, 22 RBI... Hit 3 homeruns against Baltimore, driving in 5 runs on 9/3/1956... Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 9/6/1956... Won Player of the Week award on 5/15/1957, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 9 RBI... Hit 3 homeruns against Kansas City, driving in 9 runs on 8/8/1957... Won Player of the Week award on 8/14/1957, hitting .455 with 5 HR, 14 RBI...
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Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG 1951 - .323 - 10th
| OBP 1951 - .415 - 9th 1954 - .452 - 3rd 1955 - .429 - 4th
| SLG 1951 - .606 - 3rd 1954 - .604 - 5th 1955 - .523 - 10th
| OPS 1951 - 1.020 - 3rd 1953 - .930 - 9th 1954 - 1.057 - 3rd 1955 - .952 - 9th
| Hits 1951 - 173 - 10th
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Homeruns 1951 - 42 - 2nd 1953 - 26 - 10th 1954 - 35 - 5th 1955 - 26 - 6th 1956 - 32 - 3rd
| RBI 1951 - 118 - 5th 1954 - 128 - 1st 1955 - 108 - 9th 1956 - 93 - 6th
| Runs 1950 - 103 - 9th 1951 - 113 - 2nd 1954 - 117 - 5th 1955 - 116 - 3rd
| BB 1950 - 105 - 6th 1953 - 98 - 8th 1954 - 121 - 3rd 1955 - 112 - 4th
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