Word: doerr
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pitcher, but if the lineup he used against Boston College yesterday is any indication, both the hurler and the rest of the club should be pretty much the outfit which will represent the those all season. PROBABLE LINEUP Forts, 2b ss, Lake Clark, rf rf, Fox Heath, lf 2b, Doerr Fitzgibbons, c lf, Simmons Flynn, of lb, Lupien Gallagher, 3b of, Garrison Slattery, 1b 3b, Taber or Newsome Gleason, ss 'c, Peacock Berg...
Thus, Johnny Peacock, veteran receiver, will be behind the plate, along with the talented infield of Tony Lupien '39, a figure well known to College students, Bobby Doerr, often rated as the best second baseman in all of major league baseball, shortstop Eddie Lake, a Boston newcomer who had been enslaved in the Cardinal farm system most of his adult life, and Jim Tabor or Skeeter Newsome at third...
...pals, is the Phil Rizzuto of 1942. Only 22 and in his third year of organized baseball, he is already considered the best shortstop in the American League. Jack-rabbit-quick and strong of arm, he has practically remade the Red Sox infield. With Second Baseman Bobby Doerr, he chalked up 27 double plays in his first 20 games. Pesky can hit, too. A batter who can drag, punch or pull the ball equally well, he has averaged .325 so far this season-only one point under the batting of his terrific teammate, Ted Williams...
...stuff between the ears. Valedictorian of his high-school class at Portland, Ore., he is now the Red Sox's No. 1 public speaker, having delivered some 40 speeches at banquets, luncheons, club meetings. But little Pesky is still awed by his big-league teammates, especially Bobby Doerr and Lou Finney, whose shoes he used to shine when he was a "clubhouse punk" for the Portland Beavers...
...batting average of .414-second highest in all the 41 minor leagues. Snapped up by Cleveland (for $12,500) to replace Hal Trosky this year, Fleming has not cooled off. Last week he was batting .343 to trail only two American Leaguers: Yankee Joe Gordon and Red Sox Bobby Doerr...