Virginia Union University alumni Larry Doby, who is a member of the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, will be featured on a new postage stamp by the United States Postage Service.

The Doby Stamp, which features the Hall of Famer in his Cleveland Indians uniform, will become available in July..

Doby played basketball on the 1942 CIAA Champion Virginia Union basketball team, made his major league baseball debut on July 5, 1947, 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier.  Doby became the first African-American player in the American League, playing 12 major league seasons for the Indians, Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers.

During his careeer, Doby was named to seven Major League Baseball All-Star teams, led the Indians to the 1948 World Series Championship, and became the second black manager in Major League history when he was named manager of the Chicago White Sox in 1978.

Doby was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.  His number 14 was retired by the Indians in 2007.

Doby died on June 18, 2003.  He will be the first VUU alumnus to be featured on a postage stamp.