Career
A shortstop in minor league baseball, he made one appearance as a pinch hitter in the Major Leagues for the Detroit Tigers in 1951. In it, he struck out against Billy Pierce of the Chicago White Sox on April 22. 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.
