Doc Daugherty

{{Short description|American baseball player (1927–2015)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Doc Daugherty

|image=Doc Daugherty.jpg

|position=Pinch hitter

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1927|10|12}}

|birth_place=Paris, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|2015|8|15|1927|10|12}}

|death_place=Downingtown, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 22

|debutyear=1951

|debutteam=Detroit Tigers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=April 22

|finalyear=1951

|finalteam=Detroit Tigers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Games played

|stat1value=1

|stat2label=At bats

|stat2value=1

|stat3label=Hits

|stat3value=0

|teams=

}}

Harold Ray "Doc" Daugherty (October 12, 1927 – August 15, 2015) was an American professional baseball player and manager, and high school football head coach. A shortstop in minor league baseball, he made one appearance as a pinch hitter in the Major Leagues for the Detroit Tigers in 1951.{{cite web|title=Doc Daugherty Statistics and History|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/daughdo01.shtml|website=baseball-reference.com|publisher=sports-reference.com|accessdate=December 3, 2010}}

A native of Weirton, West Virginia, Daugherty attended Ohio State University, where he played football. After his baseball playing career ended, he became a teacher and coach in West Virginia and Ohio, and also managed the Short Season-Class A Duluth–Superior Dukes for the 1965 season.

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