Brian Doyle
Brian Reed Doyle
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: January 26, 1955 in Glasgow, KY
High School: Caverna (Cave City, KY)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 4th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1978
Final Game: May 24, 1981
Relatives: Brother of Denny Doyle
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1978 NYY AL 23 2B 29 12 132.2 88 36 51 1 12 .989 2.8 25.3 2.8 0.5 2.3 0 5.90 3.00 .980 5.47 4.74
1978 NYY AL 23 SS 7 0 15.0 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 0.5 40.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 3.60 0.86 .967 4.92 4.19
1978 NYY AL 23 3B 5 2 25.1 11 1 10 0 1 1.000 0.3 14.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 3.91 2.20 .955 2.98 2.60
1979 NYY AL 24 2B 13 6 60.0 36 11 23 2 5 .944 1.2 24.0 1.2 -0.5 1.7 0 5.10 2.62 .978 5.51 4.80
1979 NYY AL 24 3B 6 3 32.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -30.0 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 1.41 0.83 .960 3.07 2.67
1980 NYY AL 25 2B 20 12 106.0 64 28 33 3 5 .953 -2.5 -28.3 -2.5 -1.3 -1.3 0 5.18 3.05 .981 5.60 4.91
1980 NYY AL 25 SS 12 11 100.0 57 12 43 2 9 .965 -0.4 -4.8 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 4.95 4.58 .963 4.99 4.26
1980 NYY AL 25 3B 2 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 4.50 0.50 .900 3.15 2.60
1981 OAK AL 26 2B 17 15 119.0 68 29 39 0 6 1.000 -0.3 -3.0 0.7 0.2 0.5 -1 5.14 4.00 .982 5.54 4.93
4 Seasons 2B 79 45 417.2 256 104 146 6 28 .977 1.2 3.4 2.2 -1.1 3.2 -1 5.39 3.16 .980 5.53 4.83
2 Seasons SS 19 11 115.0 63 14 47 2 10 .968 0.1 1.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 4.77 3.21 .963 4.98 4.23
3 Seasons 3B 13 5 59.1 17 2 15 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -6.1 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 0 2.58 1.31 .953 3.03 2.63
4 Seasons TOT 111 61 592.0 336 120 208 8 39 .976 1.0 2.0 2.0 -0.8 2.7 -1 4.99 2.95 .952 5.17 4.47

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
1978 NYY AL 23 39 14 39 38 0 0 0 29 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
1979 NYY AL 24 20 9 20 19 0 0 0 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1980 NYY AL 25 34 23 34 34 0 0 0 20 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1981 OAK AL 26 17 15 17 17 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Seasons 110 61 110 108 0 0 0 79 13 19 0 0 0 0 0 2 8
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 -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1978 NYY AL 23 548 49% 78% 27% 62 95% 0 36 12 19 5 52 40 11 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 12 2 2 6 0 10 6 4 2 1 1
1979 NYY AL 24 266 68% 80% 31% 23 91% 1 11 1 8 2 23 19 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 1 3 0 5 3 2 0 0 0
1980 NYY AL 25 480 62% 78% 24% 40 90% 0 28 10 10 8 32 26 4 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 5 3 1 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0
1981 OAK AL 26 510 45% 79% 26% 47 100% 0 28 13 11 4 38 32 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 2 0 5 2 3 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1804 54% 79% 26% 172 95% 1 103 36 48 19 145 117 24 0 1 5 0 3 2 3 27 8 5 11 0 24 11 13 2 1 1
MLB Averages 57% 79% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1978 NYY AL 23 59 59% 80% 29% 7 86% 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1980 NYY AL 25 449 65% 81% 26% 43 93% 1 12 3 7 2 42 31 9 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 9 3 1 4 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 1
2 Seasons 508 65% 81% 26% 50 92% 1 14 5 7 2 46 33 11 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 10 4 1 4 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 1
MLB Averages 57% 79% 27% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1978 NYY AL 23 117 85% 78% 25% 10 100% 0 1 0 0 1 10 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1979 NYY AL 24 135 54% 82% 26% 7 71% 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 NYY AL 25 11 27% 64% 27% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 263 67% 79% 25% 18 89% 0 2 1 0 1 15 14 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 79% 27% 88% 67%

* 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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