Bobby Doerr

Robert Pershing Doerr (April 7, 1918 – November 13, 2017) was an American professional baseball second baseman and coach who played his entire 14-year Major League Baseball career with the Boston Red Sox from 1937 to 1951. A nine-time MLB All-Star, Doerr batted over .300 three times and drove in more than 100 runs six times, setting Red Sox team records in several statistical categories despite missing one season to military service during World War II. After retiring as a player, he worked as a scout and a coach, including with Carl Yastrzemski before Yastrzemski's Triple Crown season. Doerr was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1986. From April 25, 2017, until his death on November 13 of that year, he was the oldest living former major league player. He was the last living person who played in the major leagues in the 1930s, and was the oldest of only three living people who made their MLB debut before U.S. involvement in World War II, the others being Chuck Stevens and Fred Caligiuri. Doerr was the son of Harold Doerr, a telephone company supervisor, and his wife, the former Frances Herrnberger; his middle name was a tribute to General of the Armies John Pershing.