Trudie Engel

He Changed the Face of Baseball: the Larry Doby Story Trudie Engel

How could one home run be different from all other home runs ever hit in major league baseball? What sports photograph showed something that had never been seen before in the history of baseball? What American League power hitter who twice won the league's home run championship and played in seven All-Star Games was also a champion civil rights pioneer? Find the answers in this book that tells the story of Larry Doby, who broke the color barrier in the American League only eleven weeks after Jackie Robinson first played for Brooklyn. Facing the discrimination and prejudice of his time, Larry Doby went on to have a long, outstanding career in major league ball culminating in his election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. With an easy-to-read text and compelling photographs, He Changed the Face of Baseball will touch the minds and hearts of readers of all ages.