Larry Doby

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Baseball Player
gptkbp:battingStyle .283
gptkbp:birthDate 1923-12-13
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Petersburg,_Virginia
gptkbp:coachingCareer gptkb:Cleveland_Indians
gptkb:New_York_Mets
gptkb:Newark_Bears
gptkbp:college gptkb:Virginia_Union_University
gptkbp:deathDate 2003-06-18
gptkbp:debutYear 1947-07-05
gptkbp:gameplay 1959-09-30
gptkbp:hallOfFameInduction 1998
gptkbp:highSchool gptkb:J._S._Reynolds_High_School
gptkbp:homeRuns 273
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Larry Doby
gptkbp:influenced Future generations of players
gptkbp:legacy Pioneer_for_African_American_players_in_Major_League_Baseball
gptkbp:manager gptkb:Montreal_Expos
gptkb:Chicago_White_Sox
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:nickname Larry
gptkbp:notableEvent First_African_American_player_in_the_American_League
gptkbp:playsFor gptkb:Chicago_White_Sox
gptkb:Newark_Eagles
gptkbp:position Outfielder
Center fielder
gptkbp:posthumousRecognition Inducted_into_the_New_Jersey_Hall_of_Fame
Inducted_into_the_African_American_Sports_Hall_of_Fame
Inducted_into_the_Virginia_Sports_Hall_of_Fame
Inducted_into_the_National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame
Inducted_into_the_Baseball_Reliquary's_Shrine_of_the_Eternals
Cleveland_Indians_retired_his_number_14
Inducted_into_the_New_Jersey_Hall_of_Fame_for_Sports
Inducted_into_the_New_Jersey_Sports_Hall_of_Fame
Inducted_into_the_Newark_Athletic_Hall_of_Fame
Inducted_into_the_National_Black_Sports_Hall_of_Fame
gptkbp:runsThrough 1,200
gptkbp:team gptkb:Cleveland_Indians
1949
1950
1951
1952
1954
gptkbp:youth_tournaments 1948