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Bobby Doerr
Major League Baseball player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Pershing "Bobby" Doerr (April 7, 1918 – November 13, 2017) was a former Major League Baseball second baseman and coach. He played his entire 14-year baseball career for the Boston Red Sox (1937–1951).
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Second baseman | |||
Born: (1918-04-07)April 7, 1918 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |||
Died: November 13, 2017(2017-11-13) (aged 99) Junction City, Oregon, U.S. | |||
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April 20, 1937, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
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September 7, 1951, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
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Batting average | .288 | ||
Home runs | 223 | ||
Runs batted in | 1,247 | ||
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Induction | 1986 | ||
Election Method | Veterans Committee | ||
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Doerr achieved a batting average over .300 in several seasons. He set Red Sox team records in several statistical categories. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1986.[1]
Doerr died at his home in Junction City, Oregon on November 13, 2017 of natural causes at the age of 99, five months short of his 100th birthday.[2]