On this day in 1947, #LarryDoby became the 2nd black player in baseball, and the first black man to play in the American League when he was signed by the #ClevelandIndians. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1998.

Larry Doby's MLB debut was on this day in 1947. Doby was the second black player to break baseball's color barrier and the first black player in the American League.
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On this date in 1947, Larry Doby became the American League’s first African American player.

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Sports is meant to be entertainment, an escape from daily toils, our common love of the game binding us. Yet how can we be entertained when we look on the playing field and are so easily reminded about the lack of opportunity, the systems that create racial and gender bias? #Baseball #JackieRobinson #JackieRobinsonDay #LarryDoby #inclusion

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Larry Doby, born 99 years ago today

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