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Larry Doby League
4-1-2044
Floyd Rivers Center Field
Retired (1972, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .313 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .890 Status Deceased (2014) Option Years 0  
H 3197 Age at Death 82 Date of Birth 11-10-1932
HR 368 Drafted Round 2, Pick 28
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 18 years
(57 games)
RBI 1586
SB 581
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt C+ Control   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A- WS Rings 3
1B --- LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 6
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health B- LCS Appearances 11
3B --- RF A+ (97.0%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 2
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1954 KC
134
578
107
155
17
8
11
64
69
76 3 0
47
7 3
.732
.349
.382
.114
.268
1955 KC
148
639
112
185
26
8
10
67
60
101 0 6
40
12 3
.750
.348
.402
.113
.290
1956 KC
148
628
133
198
40
5
16
80
69
79 2 3
53
12 4
.855
.383
.471
.156
.315
1957 KC
148
624
143
226
41
9
28
112
82
77 5 7
44
10 6
1.027
.436
.591
.229
.362
1958 KC
148
612
129
197
32
13
22
83
76
63 1 1
45
11 9
.922
.397
.525
.203
.322
1959 KC
148
605
127
187
27
11
26
86
87
82 1 3
36
7 0
.914
.395
.519
.210
.309
1960 KC
149
563
109
157
25
4
24
98
82
100 6 12
34
6 7
.835
.370
.465
.187
.279
1961 KC
148
637
135
203
40
6
21
88
74
89 2 2
56
15 1
.889
.390
.499
.181
.319
1962 KC
148
634
140
212
39
13
25
97
75
80 2 3
41
13 4
.960
.405
.555
.221
.334
1963 BOS
150
584
132
199
30
6
40
134
70
77 4 5
41
3 6
1.030
.412
.618
.277
.341
1964 BOS
132
432
92
151
32
5
21
92
39
64 1 7
17
2 4
.991
.399
.593
.243
.350
1965 BOS
152
504
90
171
26
13
18
98
61
67 3 5
8
1 3
.960
.410
.550
.210
.339
1966 BOS
151
501
83
156
22
8
26
95
74
63 4 4
15
1 4
.944
.401
.543
.232
.311
1967 BOS-MIL
152
517
96
156
34
6
14
61
70
65 1 3
30
4 5
.856
.384
.472
.170
.302
1968 MIL-CLE
153
577
102
170
32
4
17
79
69
73 2 6
30
10 4
.821
.369
.452
.158
.295
1968 MIL
46
186
35
54
11
1
2
12
25
25 1 0
11
3 1
.770
.377
.392
.102
.290
1968 CLE
107
391
67
116
21
3
15
67
44
48 1 6
19
7 3
.845
.364
.481
.184
.297
1969 CLE
132
495
107
155
32
9
17
82
75
75 3 6
29
7 1
.920
.402
.517
.204
.313
1970 CLE
133
468
81
139
31
2
20
81
53
66 4 1
3
7 2
.873
.373
.500
.203
.297
1971 CLE
145
357
62
105
14
5
4
53
44
54 0 1
10
7 6
.766
.371
.395
.101
.294
1972 CLE
126
260
42
75
14
3
8
36
26
41 2 2
2
0 5
.813
.355
.458
.169
.288
Total
2745
10215
2022
3197
554
138
368
1586
1255
1392 46 77
581
135 77
.890
.388
.502
.189
.313
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1972-11-01Floyd Rivers has retired from the Cleveland Spiders
1968-05-29A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Spiders and the Milwaukee MillerTime. The Milwaukee MillerTime receive Lee Stein, Draft Pick - 1969 Round 1 (CLE) from the Cleveland Spiders in exchange for Floyd Rivers.
1967-05-15A trade has been completed between the Boston Cape Codders and the Milwaukee MillerTime. The Milwaukee MillerTime receive Floyd Rivers from the Boston Cape Codders in exchange for Chris Couchee, Draft Pick - 1968 Round 1 (MIL), Draft Pick - 1968 Round 2 (MIL), Draft Pick - 1968 Round 3 (MIL).
1965-03-05The Boston Fighting Irish have renamed Floyd to Floyd Rivers.
1965-03-05The Boston Fighting Irish have renamed Boots Lush to Floyd .
1954-07-03The Kansas City Zephyrs have promoted Boots Lush to the major league team. The Kansas City Zephyrs have sent Dale Jacobus to the minors.
1954-06-14The Kansas City Zephyrs have promoted Dale Jacobus to the major league team. The Kansas City Zephyrs have sent Boots Lush to the minors.
1953-10-03The Kansas City Zephyrs have promoted Boots Lush to the major league team. The Kansas City Zephyrs have promoted Luca Brasi to the major league team. The Kansas City Zephyrs have promoted Ray Anderson to the major league team. The Kansas City Zephyrs have sent Don Knowles to the minors. The Kansas City Zephyrs have sent Gary Rondon to the minors. The Kansas City Zephyrs have sent Marcellas Wiley to the minors.
1951-03-01The Kansas City Zephyrs have promoted Bill Franklin to the major league team. The Kansas City Zephyrs have promoted Jason Wallaesa to the major league team. The Kansas City Zephyrs have promoted Dale Jacobus to the major league team. The Kansas City Zephyrs have promoted Bob Borkowski to the major league team. The Kansas City Zephyrs have promoted Lenny Heitmann to the major league team. The Kansas City Zephyrs have sent Alex Davidson to the minors. The Kansas City Zephyrs have sent John Reach to the minors. The Kansas City Zephyrs have sent Billy King to the minors. The Kansas City Zephyrs have sent Steve Gramly to the minors. The Kansas City Zephyrs have sent Boots Lush to the minors.
1950-04-01The Kansas City TearDrops have promoted Brian Lesher to the major league team. The Kansas City TearDrops have sent Boots Lush to the minors.