Brian Doyle

Brian Reed Doyle

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: January 26, 1955 in Glasgow, KY
High School: Caverna HS (Cave City, KY)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 4th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1978
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Athletics 1978-1981

Final Game: May 24, 1981
Relatives: Brother of Denny Doyle
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1972	17	TEX-min	A-	62	215	215		55	5	3	4						.256	.256	.363	.619		78							GEN · NYPL
1973	18	TEX-min	A	95	329	329		74	6	2	1						.225	.225	.264	.489		87							GST · WCRS
1974	19	TEX-min	AA	65	131	115	11	29	4	0	0	8	2	1	15	10	.252	.338	.287	.625		33		0	1	0			PFD · EL
1975	20	TEX-min	A	107	419	369	41	88	4	3	1	37	6	2	42	20	.238	.315	.274	.589		101	5	1	3	4	4		LBG · CARL
1976	21	TEX-min	AAA,AA	121	514	479	80	144	17	5	4	39	16	7	27	35	.301	.339	.382	.721		183		1	6	1			SAC,SAN · PCL,TL
1977	22	NYY-min	AAA	107	389	358	35	88	19	2	3	37	5	6	20	24	.246	.283	.335	.618		120		0	7	4			SYR · IL
1978	23	NYY-min	AAA	35	151	133	22	38	7	2	2	16	0	2	15	5	.286	.360	.414	.774		55		1	1	1			TAC · PCL
1978	23	NYY	AL	39	54	52	6	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	.192	.192	.192	.385	10	10	2	0	2	0	0	4/65
1979	24	NYY-min	AAA	39	143	126	15	32	6	2	2	9	1	0	14	9	.254	.326	.381	.707		48		0	2	1			CLB · IL
1979	24	NYY	AL	20	36	32	2	4	2	0	0	5	0	0	3	1	.125	.200	.188	.388	7	6	1	0	1	0	0	4/5D
1980	25	NYY-min	AAA	47	172	160	11	36	10	1	0	5	0	1	8	4	.225	.262	.300	.562		48		0	4	0			CLB · IL
1980	25	NYY	AL	34	81	75	8	13	1	0	1	5	1	1	6	7	.173	.235	.227	.461	29	17	1	0	0	0	0	46/5
1981	26	OAK-min	AAA	21	65	52	10	9	2	0	0	3	0	3	9	4	.173	.306	.212	.518		11		1	3	0	0		TAC · PCL
1981	26	OAK	AL	17	43	40	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	.125	.146	.125	.271	-19	5	1	0	2	0	0	4
1982	27	TOR-CLE-min	AAA	61	233	211	21	54	4	1	0	23	5	3	16	9	.256	.307	.284	.591		60		0	5	1	1		SYR,CHL · IL
4 Yrs				110	214	199	18	32	3	0	1	13	1	5	10	13	.161	.201	.191	.392	11	38	5	0	5	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	315	293	27	47	4	0	1	19	1	7	15	19	.161	.201	.191	.392	11	56	7	0	7	0	0

NYY (3 yrs)				93	171	159	16	27	3	0	1	10	1	4	9	11	.170	.214	.208	.422	18	33	4	0	3	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				17	43	40	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	.125	.146	.125	.271	-19	5	1	0	2	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1978	23	NYY	AL	39	54	-5	-2	0	4	1	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.495	.499	-0.4	0.5	-4	$	4/65
1979	24	NYY	AL	20	36	-3	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.490	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	4/5D
1980	25	NYY	AL	34	81	-8	-0	0	-3	1	-9	-0.9	2	-7	-0.7	.471	.494	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$	46/5
1981	26	OAK	AL	17	43	-5	-0	-0	-0	0	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.4	.467	.497	-0.4	0.0	-3	$	4
4 Seasons				110	214	-20	-2	0	1	3	-18	-1.9	7	-11	-1.2	.482	.497	-1.3	0.5	-12	$

NYY (3 yrs)				93	171	-16	-2	0	1	3	-13	-1.3	6	-8	-0.8	.485	.497	-0.9	0.5	-9	$
OAK (1 yr)				17	43	-5	-0	-0	-0	0	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.4	.467	.497	-0.4	0.0	-3	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1978	23	NYY	AL	54	49	1	0.6	91	.204	.192	.258	.192	.322	.192	.380	.385	.702	10	.022	-6.3	-0.6	.149	-.058	.000
1979	24	NYY	AL	36	30	1	0.9	100	.129	.125	.267	.200	.332	.188	.405	.388	.736	7	.045	-4.2	-0.4	.310	.156	.063
1980	25	NYY	AL	81	64	4	1.7	97	.179	.173	.267	.235	.329	.227	.396	.461	.724	29	.137	-7.5	-0.8	.359	.133	.053	1.0
1981	26	OAK	AL	43	39	1	0.7	84	.132	.125	.249	.146	.313	.125	.362	.271	.675	-19	.037	-6.0	-0.6	.135	.000	.000
4 Yrs				214	182	7	1.0	93	.168	.161	.261	.201	.324	.191	.386	.392	.711	11	.064	-24.0	-2.5	.249	.060	.030	1.0
162 Game Avg.				315	268	10	1.0	93	.168	.161	.261	.201	.324	.191	.386	.392	.711	11	.064	-24.0	-2.5	.249	.060	.030	1

NYY (3 yrs)				171	143	6	1.1	96	.177	.170	.264	.214	.327	.208	.392	.422	.720	18	.072	-18.0	-1.8	.279	.075	.038	1.0
OAK (1 yr)				43	39	1	0.7	84	.132	.125	.249	.146	.313	.125	.362	.271	.675	-19	.037	-6.0	-0.6	.135	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1978	23	NYY	AL	ALCS	KCR	W	3	8	7	0	2	0	1	1	1	.286	.375	.286	.661	2
1978	23	NYY	AL	WS	LAD	W	6	16	16	4	7	1	2	0	0	.438	.438	.500	.938	8
1 Yr (2 Series)							9	24	23	4	9	1	3	1	1	.391	.417	.435	.851	10
1 ALCS							3	8	7	0	2	0	1	1	1	.286	.375	.286	.661	2
1 WS							6	16	16	4	7	1	2	0	0	.438	.438	.500	.938	8

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1978	23	NYY	AL	54	0.0%	5.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		17.3			1.80	91%
1979	24	NYY	AL	36	0.0%	2.8%	8.3%	5.6%	50%	0.33	32.0		6.4	0.80	86%
1980	25	NYY	AL	81	1.2%	8.6%	7.4%	2.5%	15%	1.17	10.7	75.0	15.0	0.40	83%
1981	26	OAK	AL	43	0.0%	4.7%	2.3%	0.0%	0%	2.00	20.0		13.3	1.62	88%
4 Yrs				214	0.5%	6.1%	4.7%	1.9%	13%	1.30	15.3	199.0	15.3	0.92	86%
MLB Averages					1.9%	12.5%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	1.49	7.1	46.5	8.6	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1978	23	NYY	AL	-6.3	-0.6	57	-0.6	0.3	-0.9	.75	-0.7	-0.2	-8.7	-0.9	0.92	-7.8	0.92	1
1979	24	NYY	AL	-4.2	-0.4	36	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.92	-0.3	-0.1	-3.0	-0.3	1.08	-4.2		0
1980	25	NYY	AL	-7.5	-0.8	84	-0.4	0.8	-1.2	.76	-0.6	0.1	-5.3	-0.5	0.93	-7.0	0.04	1
1981	26	OAK	AL	-6.1	-0.6	44	-0.7	0.2	-0.9	1.00	-0.6	-0.1	-5.8	-0.6	0.88	-6.1		0
4 Yrs				-24.1	-2.5	221	-2.2	1.5	-3.7	.83	-2.2	-0.4	-22.8	-2.4	0.94	-25.1	0.48	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1978	23	NYY	AL	2	60%	14	0	3	0%	0	3	1	1	0	0	60%	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	2
1979	24	NYY	AL	2	29%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0
1980	25	NYY	AL	0	39%	28	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	1	1	50%	4	3	1	1	1	3	0	2
1981	26	OAK	AL	2	33%	12	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	75%	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	2
4 Yrs				6	42%	63	1	5	17%	1	5	1	1	1	1	57%	11	6	5	1	1	9	2	6

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1978	23	NYY	AL	54	78%	10			1	0	0	0	0.92	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	14	2	14%	7	5	71%	24	1	4%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
1979	24	NYY	AL	36	89%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	9	1	11%	7	1	14%	31	5	16%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1980	25	NYY	AL	81	80%	13			1	0	0	0	0.04	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0%	11	1	9%	2	0	0%	43	5	12%	0	0		0	0		0
1981	26	OAK	AL	43	95%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	4	1	25%	4	3	75%	17	3	18%	3	3	100%	1	1	100%	0
4 Yrs				214	84%	32			2	0	0	0	0.48	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	8	5	63%	38	5	13%	20	9	45%	115	14	12%	7	5	71%	3	2	67%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			36%			15%			51%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1978	23	39	54	52	6	10	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	.192	.192	.192	.385	10	10	2	2
1979	24	59	90	84	8	14	2	0	5	0	3	3	4	.167	.195	.190	.386	9	16	3	3
1980	25	93	171	159	16	27	3	1	10	1	4	9	11	.170	.214	.208	.422	18	33	4	3
1981	26	110	214	199	18	32	3	1	13	1	5	10	13	.161	.201	.191	.392	11	38	5	5

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1978	23	39	54	52	6	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	.192	.192	.192	.385	2	39
1979	24	20	36	32	2	4	2	0	4	0	3	1	.125	.200	.188	.388	1	20
1980	25	34	81	75	8	13	1	1	5	1	6	7	.173	.235	.227	.461	4	34
1981	26	26	67	62	4	9	0	0	6	0	2	3	.145	.172	.145	.317	2	17
4 Yrs		119	238	221	20	36	3	1	15	1	11	14	.163	.203	.190	.393	9	110
162 Game Avg.		162	324	301	27	49	4	1	20	1	15	19	.163	.203	.190	.393	12	110

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