Where does Larry Doby rank among baseball greats?
Larry Doby ranks #10 among the Top 50 all-time at CF. Rankings ⇒ Larry Doby Teammates Jim Hegan Mickey Vernon Nellie Fox Al Rosen Lou Boudreau Minnie Minoso Jim Rivera Al Kaline Bob Feller Bob Lemon Early Wynn Billy Pierce Jim Bunning Satchel Paige Al Lopez Best Season: 1950 It’s difficult to choose between these two seasons. Doby led the AL in OBP (.442) and OPS in 1950, batting a career-high .326 with a career-high .545 SLG mark and 110 runs scored. In ’54 he helped lead the Tribe to 111 season victories and the World Series, leading the loop in both homers (32), and RBI (126). Doby finished second to Yogi Berra in MVP voting in ’54, and a distant eighth in 1950 to Yankee Phil Rizzuto. It paid to be white and a Yankee in the 1950’s if you wanted to win an MVP trophy. Factoids Larry Doby was the first black player to play for a World Series champion in the major leagues. Where He Played Like Jackie Robinson and many other Negro league stars, Doby was asked to change positions in the m
