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Denny Doyle
Robert Dennis Doyle

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 175 lb.
School Morehead State University

Debut April 7, 1970
  vs. CHC 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 30, 1977
Born January 17, 1944 in Glasgow, KY

Brother of Brian Doyle

Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1970 26 PHI NL 112  413   43   86  10  7   2   16   6  5  33  64  .208  .266  .281   48  116   1   2   3   0   6
 1971 27 PHI NL  95  342   34   79  12  1   3   24   4  2  19  31  .231  .280  .298   64  102   0   2   0   5   6
 1972 28 PHI NL 123  442   33  110  14  2   1   26   6  7  31  33  .249  .295  .296   68  131   6   5   2   0   9
 1973 29 PHI NL 116  370   45  101   9  3   3   26   1  3  31  32  .273  .327  .338   84  125   5   3   8   0   4
 1974 30 CAL AL 147  511   47  133  19  2   1   34   6  7  25  49  .260  .295  .311   80  159   9   2   2   1   7
 1975 31 TOT AL  97  325   50   97  21  2   4   36   5  7  15  12  .298  .329  .412  102  134  10   2   0   1   5 MVP-23
         CAL AL   8   15    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .067  .125  .067  -42    1   0   0   0   0   0
         BOS AL  89  310   50   96  21  2   4   36   5  7  14  11  .310  .339  .429  108  133  10   2   0   1   5
 1976 32 BOS AL 117  432   51  108  15  5   0   26   8  5  22  39  .250  .285  .308   66  133   5   2   0   0   9
 1977 33 BOS AL 137  455   54  109  13  6   2   49   2  4  29  50  .240  .289  .308   55  140   8   4   3   4   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      944 3290  357  823 113 28  16  237  38 40 205 310  .250  .295  .316   70 1040  44  22  18  11  54
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        565   61  141  19  5   3   41   7  7  35  53  .250  .295  .316   70  178   8   4   3   2   9
 Career High    147  511   54  133  21  7   4   49   8  7  33  64  .298  .329  .412  102  159  10   5   8   5   9
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1970 26 PHI NL  449  341   31   2.4   102| .208  .265| .266  .337| .281  .404| .547  .741|  48  .235 -31.4  -3.1  54%
 1971 27 PHI NL  368  273   29   2.9    92| .231  .260| .280  .326| .298  .380| .578  .706|  64  .343 -16.4  -1.7  66%
 1972 28 PHI NL  484  359   38   2.9    93| .249  .259| .295  .327| .296  .382| .591  .710|  68  .345 -19.0  -2.0  46%
 1973 29 PHI NL  409  284   41   3.9    98| .273  .265| .327  .334| .338  .394| .665  .728|  84  .457  -8.6  -0.9  25%
 1974 30 CAL AL  548  403   46   3.1    84| .260  .251| .295  .315| .311  .361| .606  .676|  80  .368 -13.4  -1.4  46%
 1975 31 TOT AL  353  252   43   4.6   100| .298  .268| .329  .339| .412  .394| .741  .734| 102  .529  -0.2   0.0  41%
         CAL AL   16   14    0   0.0    86| .067  .249| .125  .317| .067  .365| .192  .682| -42  .000  -2.8  -0.3   0%
         BOS AL  337  238   43   4.9   101| .310  .269| .339  .341| .429  .395| .768  .736| 108  .555   2.6   0.3  41%
 1976 32 BOS AL  461  345   37   2.9    96| .250  .270| .285  .336| .308  .381| .593  .717|  66  .358 -21.0  -2.3  61%
 1977 33 BOS AL  500  370   40   2.9   110| .240  .281| .289  .347| .308  .427| .597  .774|  55  .297 -31.0  -3.1  33%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      3572 2627  305   3.1    97| .250  .265| .295  .332| .316  .390| .611  .722|  70  .362 -141.0 -14.5  48%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1970 26 PHI NL 2B 103 251 228 11 55 .978 .979 4.65 4.67 4.89 5.32 98 881.7 1971 27 PHI NL 2B 91 241 264 17 62 .967 .978 5.55 4.86 6.03 5.47 83 754.0 1972 28 PHI NL 2B 119 265 288 10 66 .982 .978 4.65 4.88 4.93 5.36 114 1010.0 1973 29 PHI NL 2B 114 231 296 14 71 .974 .980 4.62 4.91 5.42 5.52 94 875.3 1974 30 CAL AL 2B 146 311 404 12 99 .983 .975 4.90 4.56 5.28 5.37 144 1219.7 SS 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.25 4.50 4.95 0 2.0 1975 31 TOT AL 2B 90 153 206 11 37 .970 .975 3.99 4.73 4.67 5.40 81 692.3 TOT AL 3B 7 2 9 1 0 .917 .957 1.57 2.81 3.19 3.16 3 31.0 CAL AL 2B 6 12 13 2 2 .926 .977 4.17 4.73 6.25 5.40 2 36.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 0.00 3.60 0 1.0 BOS AL 2B 84 141 193 9 35 .974 .975 3.98 4.73 4.58 5.40 79 656.3 3B 6 2 9 1 0 .917 .957 1.83 2.82 3.30 3.15 3 30.0 SS 2 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 4.10 4.64 4.82 0 9.7 1976 32 BOS AL 2B 112 209 311 12 67 .977 .975 4.64 4.64 5.04 5.40 103 928.0 1977 33 BOS AL 2B 137 230 412 14 90 .979 .978 4.69 4.76 5.14 5.42 127 1124.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1970 26 PHI NL 2B 103 251 228 11 55 .978 .979 4.65 4.67 4.89 5.32 98 881.7 1971 27 PHI NL 2B 91 241 264 17 62 .967 .978 5.55 4.86 6.03 5.47 83 754.0 1972 28 PHI NL 2B 119 265 288 10 66 .982 .978 4.65 4.88 4.93 5.36 114 1010.0 1973 29 PHI NL 2B 114 231 296 14 71 .974 .980 4.62 4.91 5.42 5.52 94 875.3 1974 30 CAL AL 2B 146 311 404 12 99 .983 .975 4.90 4.56 5.28 5.37 144 1219.7 1975 31 TOT AL 2B 90 153 206 11 37 .970 .975 3.99 4.73 4.67 5.40 81 692.3 CAL AL 2B 6 12 13 2 2 .926 .977 4.17 4.73 6.25 5.40 2 36.0 BOS AL 2B 84 141 193 9 35 .974 .975 3.98 4.73 4.58 5.40 79 656.3 1976 32 BOS AL 2B 112 209 311 12 67 .977 .975 4.64 4.64 5.04 5.40 103 928.0 1977 33 BOS AL 2B 137 230 412 14 90 .979 .978 4.69 4.76 5.14 5.42 127 1124.0 1975 31 TOT AL 3B 7 2 9 1 0 .917 .957 1.57 2.81 3.19 3.16 3 31.0 CAL AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 0.00 3.60 0 1.0 BOS AL 3B 6 2 9 1 0 .917 .957 1.83 2.82 3.30 3.15 3 30.0 1974 30 CAL AL SS 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.25 4.50 4.95 0 2.0 1975 31 BOS AL SS 2 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 4.10 4.64 4.82 0 9.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 912 1891 2409 101 547 .977 .977 4.71 4.74 5.17 5.40 844 7485.0 3B* 7 2 9 1 0 .917 .957 1.57 2.81 3.19 3.16 3 31.0 SS* 4 0 6 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 4.17 4.62 4.85 0 11.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 923 1893 2424 102 547 .977 .977 4.68 4.73 5.16 5.39 847 7528
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1975   ALCS  BOS OAK     W   3  11   3   3  0  0  0   2   0   1  .273  .250  .273   0  0   1   1   0 
        WS    BOS CIN     L   7  30   3   8  1  1  0   0   2   1  .267  .313  .367   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1  10  41   6  11  1  1  0   2   2   2  .268  .295  .341   0  0   2   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1975-AL-23-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Hit By Pitch
1971 NL-5-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1972 NL-13.4-9

HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1674) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

July 12, 1965: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

December 6, 1973: Sent by the Philadelphia Phillies to the California Angels to complete an earlier deal made on August 14, 1973. The Philadelphia Phillies sent a player to be named later to the California Angels for players to be named later and Billy Grabarkewitz. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Denny Doyle (December 6, 1973) to the California Angels to complete the trade. The California Angels sent Aurelio Monteagudo (December 6, 1973) and Chris Coletta (December 6, 1973) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

June 14, 1975: Traded by the California Angels to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later and cash. The Boston Red Sox sent Chuck Ross (minors) (March 5, 1976) to the California Angels to complete the trade.

March 28, 1978: Released by the Boston Red Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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