Bobby Doerr

Hall of Fame

Second Base

1937—1951

bobby-doerr-boston-red-sox-370x250
Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Second Base RANK
#28

Player Detail

Robert Pershing
GIVEN NAME
Doerr
SURNAME
April 7, 1918, in Los Angeles, CA
BORN
November 13, 2017, in Junction City, OR, USA
DIED
1937—1951
Playing Career
Played from 19-33
PLAYING AGE
Boston Red Sox
Teams Played For
Second Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Boston Red Sox
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
The Silent Captain
NICKNAME
1
UNIFORM NUMBER
#5 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-11 / 175
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 20, 1937
Major League Debut
September 7, 1951
FINAL GAME
— MEMBER OF THE Hall of Fame —
— Top 50 Second Baseman —
— Red Sox ALL-TIME TEAM —

Related Content

  • DOWNLOAD FILES
Sporting News Clipping File

WHO IS Bobby Doerr?

Quiet, humble leader of the Red Sox. Best friend and fishing buddy to Ted Williams.
Bobby Doerr’s best friend in baseball was teammate Ted Williams. Every winter for close to 50 years, the two men went fly fishing together.
  • Bobby Doerr Scouting Report

60

HITTING

60

POWER

50

RUNNING

70

FIELDING

70

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1865
2042
223
1247
.288
9 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
43.8
58.2

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.823
.704
116.9

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.288
.362
.461

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Joe Gordon
Don Gutteridge
Eddie Mayo
Ray Mack

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.315
.396
.533

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Birdie Tebbetts
Jimmie Foxx
Eric McNair
Joe Cronin
Johnny Pesky
Ted Williams
Dom DiMaggio
Ben Chapman
Lefty Grove
Mel Parnell
Joe Cronin

Bobby Doerr Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Doerr
530
153
82
28
7
17
93
60
45
4
244
214
.288
.362
.461
823
AVG 2B
532
140
69
24
5
7
57
51
7
196
199
.263
.336
.368
.704

Bobby Doerr Rankings

AT Second Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
28
22
26
22
19
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Second Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
22
23
22
33
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Bobby Doerr PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
51.1
36.5
27.5
17.0
4.43
70.8
45.6
33.2
22.8
5.19
BLUE = Bobby Doerr
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 2B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
283.9
178.2
121.7
81.7
24.6
352.5
203.1
147.5
97.5
26.2
BLUE = Bobby Doerr
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 2B