Current Status Bill Number:687 Type of Legislation:Concurrent Resolution CR Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19970423 Primary Sponsor:Jackson All Sponsors:Jackson, Passailaigue and Holland Drafted Document Number:res1389.dj Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19970424 Subject:Mr. Larry Doby, Resolutions
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ Senate 19970520 Co-Sponsor added by Senator Holland Senate 19970424 Received from House House 19970424 Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence Senate 19970423 Introduced, adopted, sent to HouseView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
TO CONGRATULATE MR. LARRY DOBY, A NATIVE SOUTH CAROLINIAN, ON THE OCCASION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS INTEGRATION OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL'S AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Whereas, July 5, 1997, will mark the 50th Anniversary of Larry Doby's baseball debut with the Cleveland Indians, an event which also served as the integration of the Major League Baseball's American League; and
Whereas, Mr. Doby is a "native son" of South Carolina, having been born in Camden on December 13, 1924, and having resided in Camden until his teen years; and
Whereas, Mr. Doby's accomplishments on the field include being the first African-American to hit a home run in the World Series, to play for a World Series champion, and to win a home run title; and
Whereas, Mr. Doby was also among the first African-Americans to appear in a Baseball All-Star Game and was selected for six consecutive All-Star teams; and
Whereas, Mr. Doby hit more than two hundred-fifty home runs and drove in almost one thousand runs in a productive thirteen-year career; and
Whereas, Mr. Doby also became the second African-American to manage a Major League Baseball team, serving as the manager of the Chicago White Sox for part of the 1978 season; and
Whereas, Mr. Doby has continued to influence the game as an executive, first working with Major League Baseball Properties under former baseball commissioner Bart Giamatti and then, beginning in 1995, as Special Assistant to American League president Gene Budig; and
Whereas, the Cleveland Indians have retired Mr. Doby's uniform number, 14, and Mr. Doby is a member of the Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame; and
Whereas, the Cleveland Indians will further recognize Mr. Doby's accomplishments on the anniversary date of his debut, July 5, 1997, as well as on July 8,1997, at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Cleveland's Jacobs Field; and
Whereas, Mr. Doby was accorded the opportunity to break the American League "color line" as a player and also to manage a baseball team by the late Mr. Bill Veeck who is the father of Mr. Mike Veeck, one of the present owners of the Charleston River Dogs minor league baseball team; and
Whereas, the Charleston River Dogs have a ceremony planned for May 19, 1997, in which the team will honor Mr. Doby with the dedication of the picnic area at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park as "Doby's Deck," an area where people can congregate in unity; and
Whereas, it is fitting that the General Assembly recognize the accomplishments of this great native South Carolinian. Now therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly congratulate Mr. Larry Doby, a native South Carolinian, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his integration of Major League Baseball's American League.