Bobby Doerr

Bobby Doerr
Doerr, circa 1947
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.
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 20, 1937, for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
September 7, 1951, for the Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics
Batting average	.288
Hits	2,042
Home runs	223
Runs batted in	1,247
Teams
Boston Red Sox (1937–1944, 1946–1951)
Career highlights and awards
9× All-Star (1941–1944, 1946–1948, 1950, 1951) Boston Red Sox No. 1 retired Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	1986
Election method	Veterans Committee

Robert Pershing Doerr (April 7, 1918 – November 13, 2017) was an American professional baseball second baseman and coach. He played his entire 14-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career for the Boston Red Sox (1937–1951). A nine-time 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 and a coach; he worked with Carl Yastrzemski before his 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 U.S. involvement in World War II (the other two being Chuck Stevens and Fred Caligiuri).^[1]