Doerr, "Bobby" (Robert P.)
Baseball
b. April 7, 1918, Los Angeles, CA
A nine-time AL All-Star at second base, Doerr spent his entire major league career with the Boston Red Sox. The 5-foot-11, 175-pound Doerr was a good hitter with surprising power, as well as an outstanding defensive player who led the league's second basemen in fielding percentage four times.
Doerr joined the Red Sox in 1937 and became a full-time starter the following year. He had 22 home runs and 105 RBI in 1940 and 102 RBI in 1942. The Red Sox had a good chance at the 1944 pennant, but Doerr was drafted into the Army in August and they ended up in fourth place. He led the league in slugging percentage that season at .528, with a .325 batting average.
He re-joined the team in 1946, when the Red Sox did win a pennant. Doerr hit 18 home runs and had 116 RBI during the regular season and he batted .409 in the World Series, but Boston lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games.
Doerr had 111 RBI in 1948, 109 in 1949, and 120 in 1950, when he led the league with 11 triples. An injury limited him to just 106 games and 402 at-bats in 1951 and he retired after that season.