Larry Doby

Jackie Robinson is famous as the first African-American baseball player in the major leagues.

Do you know who was the second? Larry Doby. Unlike Robinson, Doby went right from the Negro Leagues to the major leagues. He was a great player and is in the Hall of Fame.

On July 10th, the House voted to award Doby the Congressional Gold Medal.

The late great Larry Doby is a deserving recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal. He’s a WWII veteran, civil rights pioneer & Hall of Famer who joined Jackie Robinson to break baseball’s color barrier. Let’s celebrate his legacy! pic.twitter.com/x2AzJ50cLb
— Kay Coles James (@KayColesJames) July 10, 2018

Larry Doby won a Negro League World Series with the Newark Eagles in ‘46 & then won a @MLB World Series with the @indians in ‘48! @JayHarrisESPN @MLB_PLAYERS @Sut_ESPN @FOXSports @MLBONFOX @MLBNetwork @MLBNetworkRadio @sportingnews @JPosnanski @mellinger @MzCSmith @Buster_ESPN RT pic.twitter.com/wfsMByQRdo
— negroleaguesmuseum (@nlbmprez) October 29, 2018

ICYMI: Here's my latest thread on aspects of my book research, this one on the great Larry Doby. https://t.co/Gq4rBP0lOX
— Luke Epplin (@LukeEpplin) April 14, 2021

I was born in Paterson.

Doby’s turnaround in 1948, from benchwarmer to catalyst of Cleveland’s last World Series championship club, became one of the most meaningful stories of baseball’s postwar era, @LukeEpplin writes. https://t.co/M8zdwWaR8H
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) July 5, 2021

Larry Doby debuted for Cleveland on this day in 1947, becoming the first Black player in the AL. Doby suffered the same indignities as Jackie Robinson, but his struggles have not received the same attention from MLB and the media.

Today should be #DobyDay across @MLB. pic.twitter.com/ORrFeSlo53
— Cleveland Guardians (@OurCLEGuardians) July 5, 2021

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