Larry Doby Jr. waited five years for the production of the Congressional Gold Medal that he specifically wanted. No — scratch that — the medal that he knows his father would've wanted. When Congress ...

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Larry Doby was one of the most impactful figures not just in Cleveland Guardians history, but in the history of professional baseball. In July of 1947, Doby became the first African American player to ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Guardians manager Terry Francona felt he needed to do something special to honor Larry Doby. On the 76th anniversary of Doby breaking the color barrier in the American ...

WASHINGTON-- Paterson, New Jersey, native Larry Doby Sr., the first Black man to play in the American League, was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on Wednesday. Larry Doby Jr. was at ...

Larry Doby, the second Black player to break the MLB's color barrier, was posthumously honored by Congress on what would have been his 100th birthday. Doby received the Congressional Gold Medal on ...

Exactly 76 years after he notched a critical place in baseball history, Larry Doby has now been honored with his own day in his home state of New Jersey. Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bipartisan ...