Bobby Doerr (Robert Pershing Doerr) was born on April 7, 1918 in Los Angeles, California. He made his Major League debut on April 20, 1937 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1937, his rookie year, he hit .224 with 2 home runs and 14 RBI. Doerr played for the Boston Red Sox for his entire 14 year career.
There is some disagreement on what was Bobby Doerr's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1950, when he slugged 27 home runs, hit for a .294 average and knocked in 120 runs. However, others believe that it was 1940, when he slugged 22 home runs, hit for a .291 average and knocked in 105 runs.
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1937
BOS
A
55
147
22
33
2
14
.224
.313
.313
5
1
18
25
1
4
2
0
0
1938
BOS
A
145
509
70
147
5
80
.289
.363
.397
26
7
59
39
0
22
5
0
0
1939
BOS
A
127
525
75
167
12
73
.318
.365
.448
28
2
38
32
1
10
1
0
17
1940
BOS
A
151
595
87
173
22
105
.291
.353
.497
37
10
57
53
0
6
10
0
16
1941
BOS
A
132
500
74
141
16
93
.282
.339
.450
28
4
43
43
0
6
1
0
6
1942
BOS
A
144
545
71
158
15
102
.290
.369
.455
35
5
67
55
1
12
4
0
11
1943
BOS
A
155
604
78
163
16
75
.270
.339
.412
32
3
62
59
1
9
8
0
11
1944
BOS
A
125
468
95
152
15
81
.325
.399
.528
30
10
58
31
0
10
5
0
3
1946
BOS
A
151
583
95
158
18
116
.271
.346
.453
34
9
66
67
1
9
5
0
18
1947
BOS
A
146
561
79
145
17
95
.258
.329
.426
23
10
59
47
0
4
3
0
25
1948
BOS
A
140
527
94
150
27
111
.285
.386
.505
23
6
83
49
4
4
3
0
13
1949
BOS
A
139
541
91
167
18
109
.309
.393
.497
30
9
75
33
0
7
2
0
31
1950
BOS
A
149
586
103
172
27
120
.294
.367
.519
29
11
67
42
1
9
3
0
21
1951
BOS
A
106
402
60
116
13
73
.289
.378
.448
21
2
57
33
1
3
2
0
10
Total
1865
7093
1094
2042
223
1247
.288
.362
.461
381
89
809
608
11
115
54
0
182
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1937
BOS
A
2B
47
0
0
94
124
6
29
0
0
0
0
0
.973
1938
BOS
A
2B
145
0
0
372
420
26
118
0
0
0
0
0
.968
1939
BOS
A
2B
126
0
0
336
431
19
95
0
0
0
0
0
.976
1940
BOS
A
2B
151
0
0
401
480
21
118
0
0
0
0
0
.977
1941
BOS
A
2B
132
0
0
290
389
20
85
0
0
0
0
0
.971
1942
BOS
A
2B
142
0
0
376
453
21
105
0
0
0
0
0
.975
1943
BOS
A
2B
155
0
0
415
490
9
132
0
0
0
0
0
.990
1944
BOS
A
2B
125
0
0
341
363
17
96
0
0
0
0
0
.976
1946
BOS
A
2B
151
0
0
420
483
13
129
0
0
0
0
0
.986
1947
BOS
A
2B
146
0
0
376
466
16
118
0
0
0
0
0
.981
1948
BOS
A
2B
138
0
0
366
430
6
119
0
0
0
0
0
.993
1949
BOS
A
2B
139
0
0
395
439
17
134
0
0
0
0
0
.980
1950
BOS
A
2B
149
0
0
443
431
11
130
0
0
0
0
0
.988
1951
BOS
A
2B
106
0
0
303
311
12
99
0
0
0
0
0
.981
Total
2B
1852
0
0
4928
5710
214
1507
0
0
0
0
0
.980
Transactions[]
Sold by Hollywood (PCL) to Boston Red Sox with George Myatt for $75000 (November 22, 1935).
Career Highlights[]
All-Star Games: 9 times (1941-1944, 1946-1948, 1950, [[1951)
Finished third in the MVP voting in 1946 and finished seventh in 1944
Finished top ten in the league in HR 7 times and finished in the top ten in XBH 9 times
