Bobby Doerr
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| Second baseman | |||
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Born: April 7, 1918 Los Angeles, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 20, 1937, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 7, 1951, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .288 | ||
| Home runs | 223 | ||
| Runs batted in | 1,247 | ||
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| Member of the National | |||
 Baseball Hall of Fame
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| Inducted | 1986 | ||
| Election Method | Veterans Committee | ||
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 (1937–51). A nine-time all star, Doerr batted over .300 three times, drove in more than 100 runs six times, and set Red Sox team records in several statistical categories despite missing one season due to military service during World War II. Doerr is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
After he retired as a player, Doerr served as a scout and a coach, including work with Carl Yastrzemski before his Triple Crown season. As of November 4, 2016, Doerr is the oldest living former major league player. He is also the last living person who played in the major leagues in the 1930s, and the oldest of only three living people who made their MLB debut before U.S. involvement in World War II, the other two being Chuck Stevens and Fred Caligiuri.
Doerr was born the son of Harold Doerr, a telephone company supervisor, and his wife, the former Frances Herrnberger; his middle name was a tribute to General John J. Pershing, then the commander of U.S. military forces in World War I. He graduated from Los Angeles' Fremont High School in 1936. He had already begun his professional career with the 1934 and 1935 Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League (PCL).
While playing for the San Diego Padres of the PCL in 1936, Doerr met Ted Williams. The future Red Sox teammates became close friends for many years. Doerr played in 175 games for San Diego that year, batting .342. He recorded 238 hits, including 37 doubles and 12 triples.
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