Doyle Alexander
Doyle Lafayette Alexander
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 4, 1950 in Cordova, AL
High School: Woodlawn (Birmingham, AL)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 9th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 26, 1971
Final Game: September 27, 1989
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1971 LAD NL 20 P 17 12 92.1 18 5 12 1 0 .944 1.66 1.00 .956 1.90 0.78
1972 BAL AL 21 P 35 9 106.1 39 14 23 2 1 .949 3.13 1.06 .951 1.86 0.75
1973 BAL AL 22 P 29 26 174.2 51 15 34 2 1 .961 2.52 1.69 .951 1.86 0.86
1974 BAL AL 23 P 30 12 114.1 45 13 30 2 5 .956 3.38 1.43 .947 1.81 0.83
1975 BAL AL 24 P 32 11 133.1 45 14 29 2 1 .956 2.90 1.34 .940 1.87 0.85
1976 TOT AL 25 P 30 25 201.0 41 11 30 0 1 1.000 1.84 1.37 .946 1.87 0.85
1976 BAL AL 25 P 11 6 64.1 22 6 16 0 1 1.000 3.08 2.00 .945 1.87 0.85
1976 NYY AL 25 P 19 19 136.2 19 5 14 0 0 1.000 1.25 1.00 .947 1.87 0.85
1977 TEX AL 26 P 34 34 237.0 67 17 46 4 4 .940 2.39 1.85 .948 1.95 0.84
1978 TEX AL 27 P 31 28 191.0 57 17 36 4 1 .930 2.50 1.71 .954 1.90 0.85
1979 TEX AL 28 P 23 18 113.1 35 12 23 0 1 1.000 2.78 1.52 .946 1.92 0.81
1980 ATL NL 29 P 35 35 231.2 69 16 49 4 4 .942 2.53 1.86 .952 1.91 0.69
1981 SFG NL 30 P 24 24 152.1 25 9 16 0 1 1.000 1.48 1.04 .956 1.97 0.68
1982 NYY AL 31 P 16 11 66.2 13 3 9 1 1 .923 1.62 0.75 .962 1.80 0.73
1983 TOT AL 32 P 25 20 145.0 33 13 19 1 1 .970 1.99 1.28 .958 1.80 0.73
1983 NYY AL 32 P 8 5 28.1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.27 0.50 .950 1.81 0.72
1983 TOR AL 32 P 17 15 116.2 29 11 17 1 1 .966 2.16 1.65 .959 1.80 0.73
1984 TOR AL 33 P 36 35 261.2 53 18 33 2 4 .962 1.75 1.42 .958 1.79 0.70 MVP-27
1985 TOR AL 34 P 36 36 260.2 61 28 32 1 4 .984 2.07 1.67 .951 1.86 0.70 CYA-6,MVP-21
1986 TOT MLB 35 P 34 34 228.1 42 14 25 3 2 .929 1.54 1.15 .957 1.89 0.67
1986 TOR AL 35 P 17 17 111.0 19 6 11 2 0 .895 1.38 1.00 .958 1.83 0.68
1986 ATL NL 35 P 17 17 117.1 23 8 14 1 2 .957 1.69 1.29 .957 1.94 0.66
1987 TOT MLB 36 P 27 27 206.0 34 10 24 0 2 1.000 1.49 1.26 .953 1.88 0.64 CYA-4,MVP-13
1987 ATL NL 36 P 16 16 117.2 16 6 10 0 1 1.000 1.22 1.00 .950 1.91 0.62
1987 DET AL 36 P 11 11 88.1 18 4 14 0 1 1.000 1.83 1.64 .956 1.84 0.67
1988 DET AL 37 P 34 34 229.0 33 12 19 2 1 .939 1.22 0.91 .961 1.78 0.67 AS
1989 DET AL 38 P 33 33 223.0 56 23 32 1 1 .982 2.22 1.67 .959 1.87 0.66
19 Seasons P 561 464 3367.2 817 264 521 32 36 .961 2.10 1.40 .952 1.87 0.75
19 Seasons TOT 561 464 3367.2 817 264 521 32 36 .961 2.10 1.40 .913 1.87 0.75
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1971 LAD NL 20 17 12 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 BAL AL 21 35 9 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 BAL AL 22 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 BAL AL 23 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 BAL AL 24 32 0 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 NYY AL 25 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 BAL AL 25 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 TEX AL 26 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 TEX AL 27 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 TEX AL 28 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 ATL NL 29 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 SFG NL 30 24 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 NYY AL 31 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 TOR AL 32 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 NYY AL 32 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 TOR AL 33 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 TOR AL 34 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 ATL NL 35 18 17 18 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1986 TOR AL 35 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 ATL NL 36 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 DET AL 36 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 DET AL 37 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 DET AL 38 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Seasons 562 113 146 561 561 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1971 LAD NL 20 401 88% 33% 15 80% 1 5 0 4 11 8 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 BAL AL 21 438 82% 34% 22 91% 0 14 1 10 21 16 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 4 50%
1973 BAL AL 22 741 84% 32% 39 95% 0 15 3 10 34 26 3 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 6 83%
1974 BAL AL 23 523 83% 29% 30 97% 0 14 2 7 30 21 5 2 0 1 1 1 5 3 5 0 6 100%
1975 BAL AL 24 588 84% 32% 30 100% 1 14 4 9 29 25 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 6 100%
1976 NYY AL 25 574 86% 27% 13 100% 0 5 2 3 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 BAL AL 25 285 85% 30% 15 100% 1 6 0 3 16 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1977 TEX AL 26 1021 84% 28% 51 92% 2 17 3 12 46 37 3 4 0 1 3 1 4 3 3 1 6 100%
1978 TEX AL 27 849 82% 27% 40 90% 0 17 3 13 37 31 2 4 0 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 8 75%
1979 TEX AL 28 532 77% 24% 24 96% 1 12 0 11 23 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 100%
1980 ATL NL 29 1027 81% 27% 56 89% 2 16 4 9 48 39 2 3 0 1 2 0 4 0 1 3 11 91%
1981 SFG NL 30 671 82% 24% 17 88% 0 7 0 6 16 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 75%
1982 NYY AL 31 307 87% 21% 11 91% 0 3 1 2 9 7 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1983 TOR AL 32 499 85% 24% 18 83% 0 11 0 9 16 13 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
1983 NYY AL 32 124 81% 27% 2 100% 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 TOR AL 33 1078 81% 25% 36 94% 3 17 0 12 33 24 3 2 0 0 2 0 4 3 4 0 3 100%
1985 TOR AL 34 1118 81% 23% 36 97% 3 29 4 22 30 20 2 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 2 2 3 100%
1986 ATL NL 35 511 82% 32% 17 88% 0 8 3 4 13 9 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 5 100%
1986 TOR AL 35 478 81% 24% 16 88% 0 6 1 1 10 8 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1987 ATL NL 36 500 81% 25% 12 83% 0 6 1 5 10 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 67%
1987 DET AL 36 347 80% 27% 14 100% 0 4 0 4 14 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 4 100%
1988 DET AL 37 1010 82% 26% 25 84% 0 10 2 7 20 17 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 6 83%
1989 DET AL 38 1005 82% 30% 39 95% 0 23 6 15 33 23 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 100%
19 Seasons 14627 82% 27% 578 92% 14 261 40 180 513 398 40 31 1 11 19 11 37 19 27 10 96 89%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 87%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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