Robert Pershing Doerr (April 7, 1918 – November 13, 2017) was an American professional baseball second baseman and coach.

After he retired as a player, Doerr served as a scout and a coach; he worked with Carl Yastrzemski before his Triple Crown season.

From April 25, 2017, until his death on November 13 of that year, Doerr was the oldest living former major league player.

[2] He graduated from Los Angeles' Fremont High School in 1936, and by then, had already begun his professional career with the 1934 and 1935 Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League (PCL).

The same year, his .325 batting average was good enough to allow him to finish second in the league, two percentage points behind Lou Boudreau of the Cleveland Indians.

[10] The Sporting News named him Most Valuable Player for the American League (AL),[11] although he finished only seventh in Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award voting for the AL.[12] Doerr hit for the cycle twice in his career;[13] on May 17, 1944, in a 12–8 loss to the St. Louis Browns in the second game of a doubleheader,[14] and again on May 13, 1947, in a 19–6 win over the Chicago White Sox.

[15] Doerr missed the 1945 season while serving in the Army during World War II,[9] being stationed at Camp Roberts, California.

[27] He became a scout for the Red Sox from 1957 to 1966, also serving as a minor league hitting instructor for the team for the last six seasons of that span.

[9] Doerr lived in Oregon from the late 1930s till his death, residing in the vicinity of Agness for much of his career before relocating to Junction City in the 1950s.

Reflecting on being inducted into the Hall of Fame and having his number retired by the Red Sox, Doerr said, "If I had played on a world champion, that would have made my life complete.

"[27] On August 2, 2007, the Red Sox held "Bobby Doerr Day" at Fenway Park where he rode along the warning track in a car, threw out the first pitch, and gave a speech.

[31] Upon the death of former New York Yankees executive and American League president Lee MacPhail in November 2012, Doerr became the oldest living member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

[33] Doerr was the last surviving member of the 1946 Boston Red Sox team that won the AL pennant and lost the World Series in seven games to the St. Louis Cardinals.