Bobby Doerr
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Robert Pershing Doerr (born April 7, 1918 in Los Angeles, California) is a former Major League Baseball player. A second baseman, Doerr played his entire fourteen-year career with the Boston Red Sox.
Doerr broke into the majors in 1937 at the age of 19 and, in the following year, became a regular in a powerful Red Sox lineup that included Jimmie Foxx. In 1939, Ted Williams' rookie season with the Sox, Doerr began a string of 12 consecutive seasons with 10 or more home runs and 73 or more RBI. He batted over .300 three times, with 6 100-RBI seasons. Never playing a game at a position other than 2B, he retired after the 1951 season with a .288 lifetime batting average, 223 home runs, 1247 RBI and nine All-Star Game selections. He was also a well-respected fielder.
Doerr was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1986.
See also
External links
- Baseball Hall of Fame (http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/doerr_bobby.htm)
- Template:Baseball-referenceja:ボビー・ドーア
Categories: Baseball Hall of Fame | Major league second basemen | Boston Red Sox players | 1941 American League All-Stars | 1942 American League All-Stars | 1943 American League All-Stars | 1944 American League All-Stars | 1946 American League All-Stars | 1947 American League All-Stars | 1948 American League All-Stars | 1950 American League All-Stars | 1951 American League All-Stars | 1918 births
