Editing Bobby Doerr

{{short description|American baseball player (1918–2017)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
| name=Bobby Doerr
| image=Bob Doerr 1947.jpg
| image_size=220px
| caption=Doerr, circa 1947
| position=[[Second baseman]]
| bats=Right
| throws=Right
| birth_date={{Birth date|1918|4|7}}
| birth_place=[[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| death_date={{Death date and age|2017|11|13|1918|4|7}}
| death_place=[[Junction City, Oregon]], U.S.
| debutleague = MLB
| debutdate=April 20
| debutyear=1937
| debutteam=Boston Red Sox
| finalleague = MLB
| finaldate=September 7
| finalyear=1951
| finalteam=Boston Red Sox
| statleague = MLB
| stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
| stat1value=.288
| stat2label=[[Hit (baseball)|Hits]]
| stat2value=2,042
| stat3label=[[Home run]]s
| stat3value=223
| stat4label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
| stat4value=1,247
| teams=
* [[Boston Red Sox]] ({{mlby|1937}}–{{mlby|1944}}, {{mlby|1946}}–{{mlby|1951}})
| highlights=
* 9× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1941 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1941]]–[[1944 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1944]], [[1946 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1946]]–[[1948 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1948]], [[1950 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1950]], [[1951 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1951]])
* [[Boston Red Sox#Retired numbers|Boston Red Sox No. 1]] retired
* [[Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame]]
| hoflink = National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
| hoftype = National
| hofdate=[[1986 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1986]]
| hofmethod=Veterans Committee
}}

'''Robert Pershing Doerr''' (April 7, 1918 – November 13, 2017) was an American professional [[baseball]] [[second baseman]] and [[coach (baseball)|coach]]. He played his entire 14-year [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) career for the [[Boston Red Sox]] (1937–1951). A nine-time [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|MLB All-Star]], Doerr batted over .300 three times, drove in more than 100 runs six times, and set Red Sox team records in several statistical categories despite missing one season due to military service during World War II. He was inducted into the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1986.

After he retired as a player, Doerr served as a [[scout (sport)|scout]] and a coach; he worked with [[Carl Yastrzemski]] before his [[Major League Baseball Triple Crown|Triple Crown]] season. From April 25, 2017, until his death on November 13 of that year, Doerr was the oldest living former major league player. He was the last living person who played in the major leagues in the 1930s, and was the oldest of only three living people who made their MLB debut before [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|U.S. involvement]] in [[World War II]] (the other two being [[Chuck Stevens]] and [[Fred Caligiuri]]).<ref>[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/Oldest_Living_Baseball_Players.php Baseball Almanac].  Retrieved March 5, 2015.</ref>

==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>

==MLB playing career==
===Early career===
Doerr broke into the majors in 1937 at the age of 19 and went 3-for-5 in his first game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1937/B04200PHA1937.htm|title=Boston Red Sox 11, Philadelphia Athletics 5|date=April 20, 1937|work=Retrosheet.org}}</ref> In 1938, he became a regular in the Red Sox lineup.<ref name="NYTobit" /> Doerr led the league with 22 sacrifice hits in 1938.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1938-batting-leaders.shtml |title=1938 American League Batting Leaders |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |date=January 1, 1970 |access-date=November 14, 2017}}</ref> In 1939, Doerr began a string of 12 consecutive seasons with 10 or more home runs and 73 or more [[run batted in|runs batted in]] (RBIs); in 1940 the Red Sox became the 12th team in major league history to have four players with 100 RBIs, with Foxx, Williams, Cronin and Doerr each collecting at least 105.<ref>{{cite web|author=Daniel Cassese/FanSided via BoSox Injection |url=https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/boston-red-sox-top-5-second-baseman-in-franchise-history-010417 |title=Boston Red Sox: Top 5 second baseman in franchise history |work=Fox Sports |date=June 30, 2017 |access-date=November 15, 2017}}</ref>

===All-Star seasons and the World Series===
In 1941, Doerr was an All-Star, the first of nine times he was selected for the AL All-Star team.<ref name="wapo" /> In 1944, Doerr led the league in [[slugging percentage]]. The same year, his .325 batting average was good enough to allow him to finish second in the league, two percentage points behind [[Lou Boudreau]] of the [[Cleveland Indians]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1944-batting-leaders.shtml |title=1944 American League Batting Leaders |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |date=January 1, 1970 |access-date=November 15, 2017}}</ref> ''[[The Sporting News]]'' named him [[The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award|Most Valuable Player]] for the [[American League]] (AL),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/news/red-sox-bobby-doerr-stats-boston-retired-numbers/1irrj62vll4jx12j7cxohwtseo |title=Red Sox legend Bobby Doerr dies at 99 &#124; MLB |publisher=Sporting News |access-date=November 15, 2017 |archive-date=November 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115083157/http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/news/red-sox-bobby-doerr-stats-boston-retired-numbers/1irrj62vll4jx12j7cxohwtseo |url-status=dead }}</ref> although he finished only seventh in [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award]] voting for the AL.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1944.shtml#all_AL_MVP_voting |title=1944 Awards Voting |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |date=January 1, 1970 |access-date=November 15, 2017}}</ref> Doerr [[Hitting for the cycle|hit for the cycle]] twice in his career;<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.masslive.com/redsox/index.ssf/2015/06/list_of_the_20_boston_red_sox.html |title=List of the 20 Boston Red Sox players who have hit for the cycle starting with Brock Holt |first=Christopher |last=Smith |website=masslive.com |date=June 17, 2015 |access-date=October 19, 2017}}</ref> on May 17, 1944, in a 12–8 loss to the [[St. Louis Browns]] in the second game of a doubleheader,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1944/B05172BOS1944.htm|title=St. Louis Browns 12, Boston Red Sox 8 (2)|date=May 17, 1944|work=Retrosheet.org}}</ref> and again on May 13, 1947, in a 19–6 win over the [[Chicago White Sox]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1947/B05130BOS1947.htm|title=Boston Red Sox 19, Chicago White Sox 6|date=May 13, 1947|work=Retrosheet.org}}</ref>

Doerr missed the 1945 season while serving in the [[United States Army|Army]] during World War II,<ref name="wapo" /> being stationed at [[Camp Roberts, California]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/red_sox/clubhouse_insider/2017/11/bobby_doerr_red_sox_hall_of_fame_second_baseman_dies_at_99 |title=Bobby Doerr, Red Sox' Hall of Fame second baseman, dies at 99 |publisher=Boston Herald |access-date=November 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117114758/http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/red_sox/clubhouse_insider/2017/11/bobby_doerr_red_sox_hall_of_fame_second_baseman_dies_at_99 |archive-date=November 17, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1946, Doerr finished third in MVP voting for the AL (won by Williams, his teammate).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1946.shtml#all_AL_MVP_voting |title=1946 Awards Voting |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |date=January 1, 1970 |access-date=November 15, 2017}}</ref> Doerr drove in 116 runs despite a .271 average.<ref name="BR" /> He hit .409 in the [[1946 World Series]] loss to the [[St. Louis Cardinals]], with a home run and three RBIs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1946_WS.shtml |title=1946 World Series - St. Louis Cardinals over Boston Red Sox (4–3) |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |date=January 1, 1970 |access-date=November 15, 2017}}</ref> Doerr's average dropped to .258 in 1947 as he grounded into a league-high 25 [[double play]]s, but he had 95 RBIs. He hit .285 with 27 home runs and 111 RBIs in 1948.<ref name="BR" /> Doerr had set an AL record in that year by handling 414 chances in a row over 73 games without an [[error (baseball)|error]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-bobby-doerr-20171114-story.html |title=Bobby Doerr dies at 99, second baseman for and 'silent captain' of Boston Red Sox in 1940s |newspaper=LA Times |date=November 14, 2017 |access-date=November 14, 2017}}</ref>

===Final years as a player===
In 1949, Doerr hit .309 with 18 home runs and 109 RBIs.<ref name="BR" /> At the start of the 1950 season, Doerr was in a slump; he was only batting .232 as of June 2.<ref name="Star">{{cite news|title=Many stars suffer from bad slumps|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19500602&id=qm1gAAAAIBAJ&pg=6341,703732|access-date=January 2, 2015|work=[[Star-News]]|date=June 2, 1950}}</ref> However, he finished the year with a league-leading 11 triples, and batted .294. On June 8 of that year, he hit three home runs in a 29–4 romp over the Browns.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1950/B06080BOS1950.htm|title=Boston Red Sox 29, St. Louis Browns 4|date=June 8, 1950|work=Retrosheet.org}}</ref> He set career highs that year in triples, [[run (baseball)|runs]] (103) and RBIs (120); he tied his career high in home runs (27).<ref name="BR">{{cite web|title=Bobby Doerr Statistics and History|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/doerrbo01.shtml|publisher=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=January 2, 2015}}</ref> Doerr appeared in only 106 games in 1951 and he retired that September after suffering from a spinal problem for two years.<ref name="ERG">{{cite news|title=Doerr to come back to Oregon|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19510921&id=h5IxAAAAIBAJ&pg=4065,3505070|access-date=January 2, 2015|work=[[Eugene Register-Guard]]|date=September 21, 1951}}</ref>

===Career totals===
[[File:Bobby Doerr 1939.jpg|thumb|200px|Doerr, circa 1939]]
Doerr retired with 8,028 plate appearances, 1,094 [[run (baseball)|runs]], 89 triples, 809 [[base on balls|walks]], 1,349 [[single (baseball)|singles]], 1,184 [[runs created]], 693 [[extra base hit]]s, 2,862 times on base, 115 [[sacrifice hit]]s and nine [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] selections. At [[Fenway Park]], he hit .315 with 145 home runs, compared to a .261 average and 78 HR on the road. Doerr batted over .300 three times, with six seasons of at least 100 RBIs. He never played a game at a position other than second base.<ref name="BR" />

Regarded as one of the top defensive second basemen of his era, Doerr led AL second basemen in double plays five times, tying a league record, in [[putout]]s and [[fielding percentage]] four times each, and in [[assist (baseball)|assists]] three times.<ref name="BR" /> Doerr held the major league record for career double plays at second base (1,507) until 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/167787-boston-red-sox-the-old-time-townes-all-time-team |title=Boston Red Sox All-Stars: The Old Time Towne's All-Time Team |publisher=Bleacher Report |date=May 4, 2009 |access-date=November 15, 2017}}</ref><!-- and his career fielding percentage (.980) was a major league record until 1953. Doerr also ended his career ranking fifth in career games (1,852), putouts (4,928) and [[total chances]] (10,852) at second base, and sixth in assists (5,710).{{cn|date=November 2017}}-->

He set Red Sox records for career games (1,865), [[at bat]]s (7,093), [[hit (baseball)|hits]] (2,042), [[double (baseball)|doubles]] (381), [[total bases]] (3,270) and RBIs (1,247),<ref>Doerr ended his career with 1,247 RBIs, but Williams had passed that RBI total earlier in the year.</ref> All of Doerr's offensive Red Sox records were later broken by Williams, who referred to Doerr as "the silent captain of the Red Sox." His 223 [[home run]]s were then the third most by a major league second baseman.<ref>[http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/doerr_bobby.htm "The National Baseball Hall of Fame"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040409103536/http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/doerr_bobby.htm |date=April 9, 2004 }}. Retrieved February 3, 2007.</ref>

==Later MLB career==
After spending a few years as a cattle rancher in Oregon, Doerr returned to baseball.<ref name="Scoggins" /> He became a [[scout (sport)|scout]] for the Red Sox from 1957 to 1966, also serving as a minor league hitting instructor for the team for the last six seasons of that span. He was hired as the first base [[coach (baseball)|coach]] for the Red Sox in 1967 under new manager [[Dick Williams]].<ref name="Day">{{cite news|title=Red Sox hire Bobby Doerr|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=19660929&id=gu4gAAAAIBAJ&pg=2448,4379031|access-date=January 2, 2015|work=[[The Day (New London)|The Day]]|date=September 29, 1966}}</ref> The Red Sox won their first pennant in 20 years and played in the [[1967 World Series]].

<!--As Boston's unofficial batting instructor that year, Doerr worked with [[Carl Yastrzemski]] to convert the seven-year veteran from an opposite-field [[double (baseball)|"doubles"]] hitter who had never before hit more than 20 homers in a season to a pull-hitting slugger who belted 44 home runs and won the [[Major League Baseball Triple Crown|Triple Crown]] and AL Most Valuable Player award that season.
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Doerr resigned from the Red Sox when Williams was fired as [[manager (baseball)|manager]] in September 1969. He was the hitting coach for the expansion [[Toronto Blue Jays]] from 1977 to 1981.<ref name="wapo">{{cite news|last=Crossman |first=Matt |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/bobby-doerr-red-sox-hall-of-famer-and-teammate-of-ted-williams-dies-at-99/2017/11/14/f434ba52-c93a-11e7-b0cf-7689a9f2d84e_story.html |title=Bobby Doerr, Red Sox Hall of Famer and teammate of Ted Williams, dies at 99 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=November 14, 2017}}</ref>

==Later life==
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Doerr lived in Oregon from the late 1930s until his death, residing in the vicinity of [[Agness, Oregon|Agness]] for much of his career before relocating to [[Junction City, Oregon|Junction City]] in the 1950s. Doerr was married to Monica Terpin from October 1938 until her death in 2003; she had lived with [[multiple sclerosis]] since the 1940s. They had one son.<ref name="Scoggins" />

He was inducted into the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in [[1986 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1986]]. His jersey number 1 was retired by the Red Sox on May 21, 1988. He made annual trips to the Hall of Fame induction at [[Cooperstown, New York]] until 2008, after which he stopped attending.  On July 29, 2007, the Hall of Fame honored Doerr after the induction of [[Cal Ripken Jr.]] and [[Tony Gwynn]]. Reflecting on being inducted into the Hall of Fame and having his number retired by the Red Sox, Doerr said, "If I had played on a world champion, that would have made my life complete."<ref name="Scoggins">{{cite book|last1=Scoggins|first1=Chaz|title=Game of My Life: Boston Red Sox|date=2006|publisher=Sports Publishing, LLC|isbn=978-1-58261-992-7|page=10|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-hlN3_bVavUC&pg=PA10|access-date=January 2, 2015}}</ref>

On August 2, 2007, the Red Sox held "Bobby Doerr Day" at Fenway Park where he rode along the warning track in a car, threw out the [[ceremonial first pitch|first pitch]], and gave a speech. Doerr had what was characterized as a minor stroke on August 11, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huliq.com/10282/fenway-park-hits-100-years-red-sox%E2%80%99s-legend-bobby-doerr-returns-home |title=Fenway Park hits 100 years as Red Sox's legend Bobby Doerr returns home |publisher=HULIQ |access-date=January 26, 2014}}</ref> He attended the [[Fenway Park]] 100th anniversary celebration on April 20, 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Old-timers return for Fenway's 100th birthday|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al/redsox/story/2012-04-20/old-timers-fenway-park/54439844/1|access-date=October 20, 2014|agency=Associated Press|work=USA Today|date=April 21, 2012}}</ref>

Alongside teammates [[Ted Williams]], [[Dom DiMaggio]], and [[Johnny Pesky]], Doerr was honored with ''[[The Teammates (statue)|The Teammates]]'' statue outside [[Fenway Park]]. It was unveiled in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title='Teammates' unveiled |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/boston/red-sox/print/_/id/3534 |work=[[ESPN]] |date=June 9, 2010}}</ref>

===Longevity and records===
[[File:Bobby Doerr at Fenway's 100th Anniversary Game (cropped).jpg|thumb|175px|Doerr at Fenway Park's 100th anniversary in 2012]]
Upon the death of former New York Yankees executive and American League president [[Lee MacPhail]] in November 2012, Doerr became the oldest living member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. He became the oldest living former Red Sox player upon the death of [[Lou Lucier]] in October 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lou Lucier dies at 96|url=https://www.espn.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/11734797/oldest-former-boston-red-sox-player-lou-lucier-dies-96|access-date=October 20, 2014|agency=Associated Press|work=ESPN.com|date=October 20, 2014}}</ref> On November 4, 2016, Doerr became the oldest living former major leaguer upon the death of [[Eddie Carnett]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Adler |first=David |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/eddie-carnett-dies-at-100-c208122898 |title=Eddie Carnett dies at 100 &#124; MLB.com |publisher=MLB.com |access-date=November 14, 2017}}</ref>

Doerr was the last surviving member of the [[1946 Boston Red Sox season|1946 Boston Red Sox]] team that won the AL pennant and lost the World Series in seven games to the St. Louis Cardinals. He was also the last living person who played in the major leagues during the 1930s, and the last living person who played against [[Lou Gehrig]].<ref>{{cite web|title=New York Yankees 2, Boston Red Sox 0 | url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1939/B04200NYA1939.htm | website=Retrosheet | date=April 20, 1939}}</ref>

===Death===
Doerr died on November 13, 2017, in [[Junction City, Oregon]], at the age of 99.<ref name="NYTobit">{{cite news |url=https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/obituaries/bobby-doerr-dead-red-sox.html |title=Bobby Doerr, 99, Hall of Fame Red Sox Second Baseman, Is Dead |first=Richard |last=Goldstein |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 14, 2017 |access-date=November 14, 2017}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award|''The Sporting News'' Most Valuable Player]] for the American League (1944)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111003174826/http://www.baseballchronology.com/Baseball/Awards/TSN-AllStars.asp ''The Sporting News'' Major League All-Star Team] (1944, 1946)
* Uniform number retired by the Boston Red Sox (1988)<ref name="Scoggins" />
* In 2013, the [[Bob Feller Act of Valor Award]] honored Doerr as one of 37 Baseball Hall of Fame members for his service in the United States Army during World War II.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://actofvaloraward.org/hof-players/|title=WWII HOF Players – Act of Valor Award|access-date=August 11, 2021|archive-date=October 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008204152/https://actofvaloraward.org/hof-players/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball annual triples leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball players to hit for the cycle]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=Halberstam|first=David|year=1989|title=Summer of '49 |url=https://archive.org/details/summerof400halb|url-access=registration|location=New York|publisher=William Morrow & Co. |isbn=978-0-688-06678-9}}
* {{cite book |last=Halberstam|first=David|year=2003|title=The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship |url=https://archive.org/details/teammates00halb|url-access=registration|location=New York|publisher=Hyperion |isbn=978-1-4013-0057-9}}
* {{cite web|author=MLB|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OltX39B2-Hc|title=Bobby Doerr joins the Hall of Fame|date=December 12, 2013|access-date=November 28, 2016|via=YouTube}}
* {{cite magazine|first=William|last=Taaffe|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1986/10/13/114141/come-along-with-bobby-doerr-for-a-very-special-visit-to-cooperstown|title=Come Along with Bobby Doerr for a Very Special Visit to Cooperstown|date=October 13, 1986|magazine=Sports Illustrated|access-date=November 26, 2016}}

==External links==
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{{Baseballstats |mlb=113419 |espn=21005 |br=d/doerrbo01 |fangraphs=1003355|brm=doerr-001rob}}, or [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/D/Pdoerb101.htm Retrosheet]
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*[http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fenwaypark100/halloffame.jsp?player=3 Bobby Doerr] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127084717/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fenwaypark100/halloffame.jsp?player=3 |date=November 27, 2016 }} at the [[Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame]]
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*[https://collection.baseballhall.org/PASTIME/bobby-doerr-oral-history-interview-1990-august-08-0 Bobby Doerr Oral History Interview - National Baseball Hall of Fame Digital Collection] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702203137/https://collection.baseballhall.org/PASTIME/bobby-doerr-oral-history-interview-1990-august-08-0 |date=July 2, 2019 }}

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