Mlb bobby doerr biography

Doerr was born to Harold and Frances Doerr. His father worked for the telephone company, rising to become a foreman in the cable department, a position he held through the Depression. The Doerrs had three children — Hal, the eldest by five years, Bobby, and a younger sister Dorothy, who was three years younger than Bobby.

She was a good athlete. Baseball came early. That was quite a group of year-olds. Doerr helped out in other ways, too. Things were tough. Wintertime play was important— unlike Legion ball, the games included people of all ages, including some players who had played minor league ball but wanted to pick up a little extra money playing semipro on the playgrounds.

It also got him noticed. Doerr told author Cynthia Wilber that his fondest memory as a child was winning the American Legion state tournament on Catalina Island, winning a regional tournament in Ogden, Utah, then coming within a game in Omaha, Nebraska of playing for the national title in Manchester, New Hampshire. Hal was playing for the Portland Beavers at the time.

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The Sheiks offered an ironclad two-year contract guaranteeing they would not send Bobby out. Bobby understands that more professional ballplayers came out of Fremont High than any other high school in the country. Doerr played 67 games for Hollywood in , batting.