Branch Rickey brought Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers in April 1947 , breaking the major league color barrier , and three months later , Veeck broke the color barrier in the American League by acquiring a 23-year-old outfielder named Larry Doby for Cleveland .
Larry Doby /people/person/place_lived Cleveland
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Larry Doby
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Cleveland
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