LAWRENCE EUGENE DOBY 
CLEVELAND, A.L. 1947-55, 1958 
CHICAGO, A.L. 1956-57, 1959 
DETROIT, A.L. 1959 
EXCEPTIONAL ATHLETIC PROWESS AND A STAUNCH CONSTITUTION LED 
TO A SUCCESSFUL PLAYING CAREER AFTER INTEGRATING THE 
AMERICAN LEAGUE IN 1947. A SEVEN-TIME ALL-STAR WHO BATTED .283 
WITH 253 HOME RUNS AND 970 RBI IN 13 MAJOR LEAGUE SEASONS. THE 
POWER-HITTING CENTER FIELDER PACED THE A.L. IN HOME RUNS 
TWICE AND COLLECTED 100 RBI FIVE TIMES, WHILE LEADING THE 
INDIANS TO PENNANTS IN 1948 AND 1954. APPOINTED MANAGER OF THE 
WHITE SOX IN 1978, THE SECOND AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO LEAD A 
MAJOR LEAGUE CLUB. PLAYED FOUR SEASONS WITH NEWARK IN THE 
NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE. FOLLOWING PLAYER CAREER WORKED AS A 
SCOUT AND MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL EXECUTIVE.

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