CLEVELAND -- Larry Doby was never booed in Cleveland.
Pitchers threw at his head. Some teammates refused to play catch with him. Visiting fans yelled racial slurs from the stands.
But in Cleveland, he was welcomed with open arms.
"He always remembered that," Doby's son, Larry Jr., said at his father's statue unveiling at Progressive Field on Saturday.
Doby broke the American League color barrier when he made his Major League debut with the Indians on July 5, 1947. Sixty-eight years later, four of Doby's children -- son Larry and daughters Susan, Christina and Kimberly -- as well as granddaughter Nicole were present for the event in his honor.