Denny Doyle
Robert Dennis Doyle
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 17, 1944 in Glasgow, KY
High School: Caverna (Caverna, KY)
School: Morehead State University
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1970
Final Game: September 30, 1977
Relatives: Brother of Brian 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
1970 PHI NL 26 2B 103 98 881.2 490 251 228 11 55 .978 -8.5 -11.6 -8.5 -6.4 -2.2 0 4.89 4.65 .979 5.32 4.67
1971 PHI NL 27 2B 91 83 754.0 522 241 264 17 62 .967 1.8 2.9 1.8 4.6 -2.9 0 6.03 5.55 .978 5.47 4.86
1972 PHI NL 28 2B 119 114 1010.0 563 265 288 10 66 .982 -3.0 -3.6 -5.0 -8.3 3.3 2 4.93 4.65 .978 5.36 4.88
1973 PHI NL 29 2B 114 94 875.1 541 231 296 14 71 .974 -0.7 -1.0 -2.7 0.2 -2.9 2 5.42 4.62 .980 5.52 4.91
1974 CAL AL 30 2B 146 144 1219.2 727 311 404 12 99 .983 15.1 14.9 15.1 8.8 6.3 0 5.28 4.90 .975 5.37 4.56
1974 CAL AL 30 SS 2 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 60.0 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 4.95 4.25
1975 TOT AL 31 2B 90 81 692.1 370 153 206 11 37 .970 0.6 1.0 1.6 -0.9 2.5 -1 4.67 3.99 .975 5.40 4.73 MVP-23
1975 TOT AL 31 3B 7 3 31.0 12 2 9 1 0 .917 -0.6 -23.2 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 3.19 1.57 .958 3.16 2.81 MVP-23
1975 CAL AL 31 2B 6 2 36.0 27 12 13 2 2 .926 0.3 10.0 0.3 0.5 -0.2 0 6.25 4.17 .978 5.40 4.73
1975 CAL AL 31 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 3.60 2.80
1975 BOS AL 31 2B 84 79 656.1 343 141 193 9 35 .974 0.3 0.5 1.3 -1.4 2.7 -1 4.58 3.98 .975 5.40 4.73
1975 BOS AL 31 3B 6 3 30.0 12 2 9 1 0 .917 -0.6 -24.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 3.30 1.83 .958 3.15 2.82
1975 BOS AL 31 SS 2 0 9.2 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.6 74.5 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 4.66 2.50 .960 4.84 4.10 MVP-23
1976 BOS AL 32 2B 112 103 928.0 532 209 311 12 67 .977 -3.5 -4.5 -4.5 -2.9 -1.6 1 5.04 4.64 .975 5.40 4.64
1977 BOS AL 33 2B 137 127 1124.0 656 230 412 14 90 .979 6.3 6.7 2.3 1.6 0.8 4 5.14 4.69 .978 5.42 4.76
8 Seasons 2B 912 844 7485.0 4401 1891 2409 101 547 .977 8.1 1.3 0.1 -3.3 3.3 8 5.17 4.71 .977 5.40 4.74
1 Season 3B 7 3 31.0 12 2 9 1 0 .917 -0.6 -23.2 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 3.19 1.57 .958 3.16 2.81
2 Seasons SS 4 0 11.2 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 0.7 72.0 0.7 0.8 -0.1 0 4.63 1.50 .967 4.86 4.18
8 Seasons TOT 923 847 7527.2 4419 1893 2424 102 547 .977 8.2 1.3 0.2 -3.1 3.2 8 5.16 4.68 .954 5.39 4.73

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
1970 PHI NL 26 112 98 112 112 0 0 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3
1971 PHI NL 27 95 83 95 95 0 0 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7
1972 PHI NL 28 123 114 123 123 0 0 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
1973 PHI NL 29 116 94 116 116 0 0 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1974 CAL AL 30 147 144 147 146 0 0 0 146 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1975 BOS AL 31 89 82 89 89 0 0 0 84 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1975 CAL AL 31 8 2 8 7 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1976 BOS AL 32 117 103 117 112 0 0 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1977 BOS AL 33 137 127 137 137 0 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
8 Seasons 944 847 944 937 0 0 0 912 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 38 15
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
1970 PHI NL 26 3905 68% 75% 25% 301 95% 2 250 103 98 49 225 187 32 1 4 11 2 8 1 6 56 18 15 14 1 53 16 34 3 1 2
1971 PHI NL 27 3344 65% 79% 31% 335 90% 2 236 86 98 52 262 221 32 1 3 17 1 12 4 10 60 23 8 17 2 54 21 32 5 3 1
1972 PHI NL 28 4392 67% 76% 25% 360 94% 2 262 95 110 57 292 242 38 2 7 10 1 8 1 9 66 19 19 18 4 60 22 38 4 3 1
1973 PHI NL 29 3884 63% 76% 24% 362 91% 2 231 91 93 47 295 240 46 1 5 14 0 12 2 11 71 28 7 24 3 67 27 39 3 1 2
1974 CAL AL 30 5436 64% 74% 25% 473 94% 1 319 108 158 53 410 346 49 0 3 13 2 8 3 7 101 41 23 24 4 95 29 65 5 3 2
1975 BOS AL 31 2851 63% 82% 26% 231 94% 3 140 51 73 16 198 168 24 1 5 9 0 6 3 5 35 16 10 6 0 33 6 27 2 1 1
1975 CAL AL 31 163 58% 74% 25% 19 84% 0 12 6 5 1 13 11 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
1976 BOS AL 32 4099 56% 84% 28% 352 96% 3 205 80 92 33 312 264 38 1 4 12 1 7 4 6 67 31 12 15 1 61 17 44 5 3 1
1977 BOS AL 33 4914 52% 81% 27% 488 93% 5 232 90 98 45 412 331 71 1 9 14 2 9 3 9 90 23 14 42 2 84 44 39 5 4 1
8 Seasons 32988 62% 78% 26% 2921 93% 20 1887 710 825 353 2419 2010 331 8 41 102 9 71 22 64 548 199 109 160 17 508 182 319 33 20 11
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 93%

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%
1975 BOS AL 31 130 62% 80% 22% 8 88% 0 2 2 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1975 CAL AL 31 3 67% 100% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 133 62% 80% 23% 8 88% 0 2 2 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 89% 67%

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
1974 CAL AL 30 11 64% 64% 27% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 BOS AL 31 37 51% 73% 32% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 48 54% 71% 31% 5 100% 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 91%

* 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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