The best known fact about Larry Doby is that he is the person who followed Jackie into the Major Leagues, but he doesn't get the credit. He was almost as good all-around as Robinson, and he was the first African-American to win the World Series. In my opinion, Jackie wouldn't have had such a career if he had spent a lot of time as the only African-American in baseball. Larry Doby also played baseball thirteen years, making the All-Star team seven times. He played for the Cleveland Indians, breaking the American League color barrier. Doby was more of a shadow though. He didn't get the publicity because he was number two. In fact he said, "Why should I get more publicity than Mr. Robinson? Mr. Robinson was first, so why should I get more? I've never known of the second person to get more than the first person". To this day, Doby does not get the attention he deserves for accomplishing such a huge task, even if he was second. But he experienced everything, as he says "When I was growing up, my parents used to always tell me, "sticks and stones may break your bones, but names will never hurt you. I found that to be different in real life."

"The things I was called did hurt me. They hurt me a lot. The things people did to me, spitting tobacco juice on me, sliding into me, throwing baseballs at my head. The words they called me, they do hurt. I always was taught to treat people the way you want to be treated. I was raised to respect people. I found out that all people are not raised that way."