![Larry Doby's pioneering role with Tribe, American League](https://s1.nyt.com/timesmachine/pages/1/1995/04/20/491495_360W.png?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)
Sports of The Times; Larry Doby Understands Handshakes - The New York Times
![Larry Doby's pioneering role with Tribe, American League](https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/private/t_2x1/t_w1536/mlb/qd9sxwmtv9m0h2dig0bj.jpg)
How Larry Doby broke color barrier in American League
![Larry Doby's pioneering role with Tribe, American League](https://blackthen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/larry_doby.jpg)
Black ThenLarry Doby: Made History as the First Black Baseball Player in the American League - Black Then
![Larry Doby's pioneering role with Tribe, American League](https://s24526.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/128439923_web1_AP540929085.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Larry Doby and other important “Seconds”
![Larry Doby's pioneering role with Tribe, American League](https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3b29ac7/2147483647/strip/false/crop/2410x1845+0+0/resize/1486x1138!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.vox-cdn.com%2Fthumbor%2FHWq8hqV5LSMmYjpoJksSgFHmQRQ%3D%2F0x0%3A2410x1845%2F2410x1845%2Ffilters%3Afocal%281528x531%3A1529x532%29%2Fcdn.vox-cdn.com%2Fuploads%2Fchorus_asset%2Ffile%2F23663236%2FAP5703010123.jpg)
Baseball should honor Larry Doby, another pioneer in integrating the sport - Chicago Sun-Times
![Larry Doby's pioneering role with Tribe, American League](https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2022/10/07/1866621e-14e8-4193-8c78-739ad4b794a3/thumbnail/1280x720/5ad38a82c82cc1eeb30fdee7da164445/584a0b252ffe50db6614767a24697a54-3.jpg?v=4fae59acf57b6bb1efa9da07582ebc40)
Larry Doby: Second to none - Watch our special presentation - CBS New York
![Larry Doby's pioneering role with Tribe, American League](https://advancelocal-adapter-image-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/image.cleveland.com/home/cleve-media/width2048/img/tribe_impact/photo/larry-doby-22a818df34b76670.jpg)
70 years ago today Larry Doby broke the color barrier in the American League
![Larry Doby's pioneering role with Tribe, American League](https://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/styles/story_popup_thumb_540/public/Doby%20Larry%201440-73_HS_NBL.jpg.jpeg?itok=yhsxN-QP)
Doby's pioneering path earned Hall of Fame plaque
![Larry Doby's pioneering role with Tribe, American League](https://h2j7w4j4.stackpathcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Doby-Larry-square-500x423.png)
July 5, 1947: Larry Doby integrates American League with pinch-hitting appearance for Cleveland – Society for American Baseball Research
![Larry Doby's pioneering role with Tribe, American League](https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/private/t_2x1/t_w1536/mlb/qe6no1xkhjk3zmeb3g5p.jpg)
Larry Doby legacy as first Black player in American League
![Larry Doby's pioneering role with Tribe, American League](https://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/gcdn/presto/2018/09/25/PNJM/1331fa95-4d8d-45b3-a630-84a494029fa7-Larry_Doby.jpg?crop=1666,955,x0,y110&width=1600&height=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
U.S. Senate approves bill honoring Larry Doby for civil rights work
![Larry Doby's pioneering role with Tribe, American League](https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/private/ar_16:9,g_auto,q_auto:good,w_1024,c_fill,f_jpg,dpr_3.0/mlb/pww2vcpjxy4qrfpcxmyx)
How Larry Doby broke color barrier in American League