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Originally Posted by Exhibitman
Underrated: Larry Doby. The Buzz Aldrin of integration had just as rough a road as 42 but none of the accolades, yet was just as important to ending racial bias in baseball; if he fails, who knows when the AL tries again given that it took over a decade to break the last color line. The fact that you can buy nice copies of his 1950s cards for about the same as Billy Martin is a crime.
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Agree completely on Doby. He might be the single most underappreciated player in the entire hobby. He may not have been as good as Jackie on the field (though it's closer than people may realize), but he belongs on the same pedestal. None of the players he faced in his first year had ever faced a black player before, so Jackie's arrival a few months earlier hadn't softened anything for Doby.