Editing Bobby Doerr (section)

==Early life==
Doerr was the son of Harold Doerr, a telephone company supervisor, and his wife, the former Frances Herrnberger; his middle name was a tribute to General of the Armies [[John J. Pershing]], then the commander of U.S. military forces in World War I.<ref>{{cite book |last=Halberstam |first=David |author-link=David Halberstam |title=The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship |year=2003 |publisher=Hyperion |location=New York |isbn=978-1-4013-0057-9 |page=[https://archive.org/details/teammates00halb/page/3 3] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/teammates00halb }}</ref>

He graduated from Los Angeles' [[John C. Fremont High School|Fremont High School]] in 1936, and by then, had already begun his professional career with the 1934 and 1935 [[Hollywood Stars]] of the [[Pacific Coast League]] (PCL).<ref name="BRMinors" />

While playing for the [[San Diego Padres (PCL)|San Diego Padres]] of the PCL in 1936, Doerr met [[Ted Williams]]. The future Red Sox teammates became close friends for many years.<ref name="Remember">{{cite book|last1=Cataneo|first1=David|title=I Remember Ted Williams: Anecdotes and Memories of Baseball's Splendid Splinter by the Players and People Who Knew Him|year=2002|publisher=Cumberland House Publishing|isbn=978-1-58182-249-6|page=11|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-NmK2-zuzGgC&pg=PA11|access-date=January 2, 2015}}</ref> Doerr played in 175 games for San Diego that year, batting .342. He led the league with 238 hits, including 37 [[double (baseball)|doubles]] and 12 [[triple (baseball)|triples]].<ref name="BRMinors">{{cite web|title=Bobby Doerr Minor League Statistics & History|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=doerr-001rob|publisher=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=January 2, 2015}}</ref>