Larry Doby
1942–1959 · bats L / throws R · ALS, ASE, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Newark Eagles
1,674G
.288AVG
.389OBP
.499SLG
More career statistics
1,697H
273HR
1,093RBI
64SB
11Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 1,674 | 1,676 |
| Batting · At bats | 5,883 | 5,846 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 36 | 40 |
| Batting · Doubles | 277 | 272 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,697 | 1,693 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 40 | 39 |
| Batting · Home runs | 273 | 278 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 1,011 | 1,015 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 6,920 | 6,858 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,080 | 1,070 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,093 | 1,065 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 64 | 57 |
| Batting · Triples | 72 | 71 |
| Batting · Walks | 945 | 926 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,674 | 6,920 | 5,883 | 1,080 | 1,697 | 277 | 72 | 273 | 1,093 | 945 | 1,011 | 64 | 36 | 40 | 25 | 2,937 | .288 | .389 | .499 | .888 |
Streaks
21longest hitting streak · 1948-08-22 to 1948-09-16
34longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Seven Times On Base | 1952-07-01 | 1 in 2,761 games | box score ↗ |
| 71 | Five-Walk Game | 1951-09-19 | 1 in 1,833 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Three Intentional Walks | 1952-07-01 | 1 in 1,129 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 827 | 3273 | 798 | 137 | 500 | 482 | 470 | .290 | .391 | .506 |
| Away | 849 | 3585 | 895 | 141 | 565 | 444 | 545 | .289 | .374 | .501 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 111 | 467 | 112 | 15 | 68 | 54 | 91 | .277 | .355 | .436 |
| May | 303 | 1210 | 290 | 45 | 174 | 136 | 169 | .275 | .352 | .475 |
| June | 328 | 1334 | 354 | 55 | 231 | 210 | 173 | .321 | .423 | .549 |
| July | 329 | 1347 | 337 | 60 | 202 | 181 | 198 | .292 | .385 | .512 |
| August | 343 | 1422 | 346 | 52 | 232 | 187 | 215 | .284 | .375 | .498 |
| September | 255 | 1049 | 243 | 50 | 156 | 154 | 165 | .275 | .378 | .499 |
| October | 7 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .440 | .517 | .720 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 225 | 928 | 231 | 31 | 161 | 128 | 163 | .293 | .387 | .496 |
| new-york-yankees | 218 | 856 | 199 | 36 | 95 | 125 | 148 | .275 | .379 | .472 |
| detroit-tigers | 217 | 909 | 212 | 37 | 127 | 128 | 149 | .275 | .374 | .465 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 212 | 878 | 230 | 43 | 167 | 110 | 88 | .304 | .387 | .533 |
| chicago-white-sox | 177 | 714 | 175 | 31 | 110 | 90 | 137 | .285 | .371 | .514 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 142 | 612 | 129 | 20 | 89 | 97 | 95 | .256 | .369 | .443 |
| st-louis-browns | 123 | 515 | 123 | 21 | 78 | 82 | 76 | .288 | .398 | .518 |
| baltimore-orioles | 97 | 369 | 87 | 10 | 64 | 48 | 65 | .277 | .366 | .439 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | NENewark Eagles | 17 | 50 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .300 | – | – |
| 1943 | NENewark Eagles | 31 | 107 | 30 | 4 | 15 | 1 | .280 | – | – |
| 1946 | NENewark Eagles | 60 | 220 | 85 | 9 | 36 | 4 | .386 | – | – |
| 1947 | Cleveland Guardians, Newark Eagles | 64 | 154 | 53 | 11 | 41 | 4 | .344 | – | – |
| 1948 |  Cleveland Guardians | 121 | 438 | 132 | 14 | 65 | 9 | .301 | – | – |
| 1949 | Cleveland Guardians | 147 | 547 | 153 | 24 | 85 | 10 | .280 | – | – |
| 1950 | Cleveland Guardians | 142 | 503 | 164 | 25 | 102 | 8 | .326 | – | – |
| 1951 | Cleveland Guardians | 134 | 447 | 132 | 20 | 70 | 4 | .295 | – | – |
| 1952 | Cleveland Guardians | 140 | 519 | 143 | 32 | 104 | 5 | .276 | – | – |
| 1953 | Cleveland Guardians | 149 | 513 | 135 | 29 | 103 | 3 | .263 | – | – |
| 1954 | Cleveland Guardians | 153 | 577 | 157 | 32 | 126 | 3 | .272 | – | – |
| 1955 | Cleveland Guardians | 131 | 491 | 143 | 26 | 75 | 2 | .291 | – | – |
| 1956 |  Chicago White Sox | 140 | 504 | 135 | 24 | 102 | – | .268 | – | – |
| 1957 | Chicago White Sox | 119 | 416 | 120 | 14 | 79 | 2 | .288 | – | – |
| 1958 | Cleveland Guardians | 89 | 247 | 70 | 13 | 45 | – | .283 | – | – |
| 1959 | Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers | 39 | 113 | 26 | – | 13 | 1 | .230 | – | – |