Bobby Doerr Baseball player

Robert Pershing "Bobby" Doerr (born April 7, 1918) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman and coach. He played his entire 14-year baseball career for the Boston Red Sox (1937–1951). Doerr achieved a batting average over .300 in several seasons. He set Red Sox team records in several statistical categories. Doerr missed one season due to military service during World War II. He is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.Doerr served as a scout and a coach in professional baseball after he retired as a player. He worked with Carl Yastrzemski before the Red Sox player's Triple Crown season. As of early 2015, Doerr is the oldest living member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and the oldest living former Red Sox player.

Personal facts

Bobby Doerr
Birth dateApril 07, 1918
Birth place
California , Los Angeles

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Baseball player

Career startApril 20, 1937
Career endSeptember 07, 1951
batting sideRight
former teams
Boston Red Sox
position
Second baseman
teams
Boston Red Sox
throwing sideRight

Bobby Doerr on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Bobby_Doerr_1918
  2. http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/sabr/tbi/D/Doerr_Bobby.tbi.stm
  3. http://www.garybed.co.uk/player_biographies/doerr_bobby.htm