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Larry Doby played 13 major-league seasons (1947-1959) as a OF (1,440), 2B (4), 1B (3), SS (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 13 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 24 | CLE | 29 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .156 | .369 | 6 |
| 1948 | 25 | CLE | 121 | 439 | 83 | 132 | 14 | 66 | 9 | 54 | 77 | .301 | .873 | 138 |
| 1949 | 26 | CLE | 147 | 547 | 106 | 153 | 24 | 85 | 10 | 91 | 90 | .280 | .857 | 134 |
| 1950 | 27 | CLE | 142 | 503 | 110 | 164 | 25 | 102 | 8 | 98 | 71 | .326 | .986 | 159 |
| 1951 | 28 | CLE | 134 | 447 | 84 | 132 | 20 | 69 | 4 | 101 | 81 | .295 | .941 | 160 |
| 1952 | 29 | CLE | 140 | 519 | 104 | 143 | 32 | 104 | 5 | 90 | 111 | .276 | .924 | 164 |
| 1953 | 30 | CLE | 149 | 513 | 92 | 135 | 29 | 102 | 3 | 96 | 121 | .263 | .873 | 142 |
| 1954 | 31 | CLE | 153 | 577 | 94 | 157 | 32 | 126 | 3 | 85 | 94 | .272 | .847 | 138 |
| 1955 | 32 | CLE | 131 | 491 | 91 | 143 | 26 | 75 | 2 | 61 | 100 | .291 | .874 | 142 |
| 1956 | 33 | CHA | 140 | 504 | 89 | 135 | 24 | 102 | 0 | 102 | 105 | .268 | .858 | 133 |
| 1957 | 34 | CHA | 119 | 416 | 57 | 120 | 14 | 79 | 2 | 56 | 79 | .288 | .837 | 135 |
| 1958 | 35 | CLE | 89 | 247 | 41 | 70 | 13 | 45 | 0 | 26 | 49 | .283 | .838 | 135 |
| 1959 | 36 | DET|CHA | 39 | 113 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 22 | .230 | .591 | 68 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1947 | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | OF | 114 | 0 | 287 | 12 | 14 | 3 |
| 1949 | OF | 147 | 0 | 355 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| 1950 | OF | 140 | 0 | 367 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 1951 | OF | 132 | 0 | 321 | 12 | 8 | 3 |
| 1952 | OF | 136 | 0 | 398 | 11 | 6 | 3 |
| 1953 | OF | 146 | 0 | 354 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 1954 | OF | 153 | 153 | 411 | 14 | 2 | 6 |
| 1955 | OF | 129 | 129 | 313 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 1956 | OF | 137 | 136 | 371 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 1957 | OF | 110 | 109 | 255 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1958 | OF | 68 | 64 | 141 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | OF | 28 | 26 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 1959 | 1B | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Larry Doby won: TSN All-Star 1950 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1954, 1952, 1950, 1948.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 31 | 3 / 336 | 0 |
| 1950 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 8 | 57 / 336 | 0 |
| 1952 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 12 | 46 / 336 | 0 |
| 1954 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 210 / 336 | 5 |
Larry Doby ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #119 | center fielders | 1952 | 164 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.