Hall-of-Famers as Seen Through Player Won-Lost Records: Bobby Doerr

• Bobby Doerr was named to nine All-Star teams. He was the starting second baseman for the American League five times.


• Doerr received MVP votes eight times with two top-10 finishes. His best finish in MVP voting was in 1946 when he finished third. That season. Doerr batted .271/.346/.453 with 34 doubles, 18 home runs, 95 runs scored, and 116 RBI.


• Doerr led the American League in triples and slugging percentage once each. He led AL second basemen in double plays five times, in putouts and fielding percentage four times each, and in assists three times. His 1,507 career double plays turned are the fifth-most by a second baseman in major-league history.


• Doerr hit for the cycle twice in his career - May 17, 1944 and May 13, 1947 - the only player in Boston Red Sox history with more than one cycle.


• Bobby Doerr was the second youngest player in the major leagues when he debuted in 1937 (at the age of 19 years, 13 days). He was the oldest living former player and the last surviving major-league player from the 1930s when he died 80 years later at the age of 99.