Larry Doby
- Resource Type
- Biography
- Authors
- PETERSON, ROBERT W.
- Source
- The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives Thematic Series: Sport Figures. 2002 January 1.
- Subject
- United States
- Language
- English
(b. 13 December 1924 in Camden, South Carolina), baseball player who became the first African American to play in the American League when he joined the Cleveland Indians in 1947. [...]