The subject of Larry Doby came up. Doby was the first Black player in the American League. Veeck signed Doby in the middle of ...

Larry Doby broke the color barrier in the American League. But as Terry Pluto explains, his rushed debut with the Cleveland ...

Larry Doby broke the American League's color barrier 78 years ago today, on July 5, 1947. It was just a few months after ...

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On July 5, 1947, eleven weeks after Jackie Robinson integrated major league baseball, two-time Negro League All-Star Larry ...

1901 Cy Young of the Boston Red Sox won his 300th game with a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia A's. 1945 Tommy Holmes of the Boston Braves went hitless to end his consecutive-game hitting streak at ...

View full size Plain Dealer Historical Collection Larry Doby (greeted at third base by coach Tony Cuccinello in 1955) hit 215 of his 253 big-league home runs for the Indians -- most between 1947 ...

Larry Doby never reacted or swore. Me, I would lose my cool, get angry, curse. If somebody hit me like they shouldn’t have, I’d jump up ready to kill the guy. ...

Larry Doby, who debuted as the first Black player in American League history 75 years ago Tuesday, could have wound up in D.C. if Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith hadn’t whiffed on an ...

Larry Doby, a pioneering force for Black baseball players, was honored with the Congressional Gold Medal in a Wednesday ceremony in Washington, D.C.

Larry Doby broke the American League color barrier with the Cleveland Indians in July 1947, just 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson, but his journey was quieter, rougher, and often overlooked ...