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Larry Doyle
Lawrence Joseph Doyle (Laughing Larry)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: July 31, 1886 in Caseyville, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: July 22, 1907
Final Game: October 2, 1920
Died: March 1, 1974 in Saranac Lake, NY
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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
1907 20 NYG NL 69 251 227 16 59 3 0 0 16 3 20 .260 .320 .273 .593 83 62 0 4 4
1908 21 NYG NL 104 429 377 65 116 16 9 0 33 17 22 .308 .354 .398 .752 135 150 5 25 4
1909 22 NYG NL 147 634 570 86 172 27 11 6 49 31 45 .302 .360 .419 .779 140 239 7 12 *4
1910 23 NYG NL 151 670 575 97 164 21 14 8 69 39 71 26 .285 .369 .412 .781 128 237 5 19 *4
1911 24 NYG NL 143 622 526 102 163 25 25 13 77 38 71 39 .310 .397 .527 .924 154 277 5 20 *4 MVP-3
1912 25 NYG NL 143 629 558 98 184 33 8 10 90 36 56 20 .330 .393 .471 .864 132 263 2 13 *4 MVP-1
1913 26 NYG NL 132 558 482 67 135 25 6 5 73 38 59 29 .280 .364 .388 .752 114 187 5 12 *4 MVP-17
1914 27 NYG NL 145 623 539 87 140 19 8 5 63 17 58 25 .260 .343 .353 .695 109 190 10 16 *4
1915 28 NYG NL 150 641 591 86 189 40 10 4 70 22 18 32 28 .320 .358 .442 .799 148 261 3 15 *4
1916 29 TOT NL 122 527 479 61 133 29 11 3 54 19 28 24 .278 .323 .403 .726 126 193 4 16 *4
1916 29 NYG NL 113 488 441 55 118 24 10 2 47 17 27 23 .268 .316 .381 .697 118 168 4 16 *4
1916 29 CHC NL 9 39 38 6 15 5 1 1 7 2 1 1 .395 .410 .658 1.068 212 25 0 0 /4
1917 30 CHC NL 135 550 476 48 121 19 5 6 61 5 48 28 .254 .323 .353 .675 100 168 0 26 *4
1918 31 NYG NL 75 298 257 38 67 7 4 3 36 10 37 10 .261 .354 .354 .708 118 91 0 4 4
1919 32 NYG NL 113 420 381 61 110 14 10 7 52 12 31 17 .289 .350 .433 .783 136 165 5 3 *4
1920 33 NYG NL 137 530 471 48 134 21 2 4 50 11 9 47 28 .285 .352 .363 .715 105 171 2 10 *4
14 Seasons 1766 7382 6509 960 1887 299 123 74 793 298 27 625 274 .290 .357 .408 .765 126 2654 53 195
162 Game Avg. 162 677 597 88 173 27 11 7 73 27 57 .290 .357 .408 .765 126 243 5 18
NYG (13 yrs) 1622 6793 5995 906 1751 275 117 67 725 291 27 576 245 .292 .359 .411 .770 127 2461 53 169
CHC (2 yrs) 144 589 514 54 136 24 6 7 68 7 49 29 .265 .329 .375 .704 109 193 0 26

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1911 24 NYG NL WS PHA L 6 25 23 3 7 3 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 .304 .360 .522 .882 12 0 0 0 0 0
1912 25 NYG NL WS BOS L 8 36 33 5 8 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 2 .242 .306 .333 .639 11 0 0 0 0 1
1913 26 NYG NL WS PHA L 5 21 20 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .150 .190 .150 .340 3 0 1 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 19 82 76 9 18 3 1 1 5 4 0 5 4 .237 .293 .342 .635 26 0 1 0 0 1
3 WS 19 82 76 9 18 3 1 1 5 4 0 5 4 .237 .293 .342 .635 26 0 1 0 0 1

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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
1907 NYG NL 20 2B 69 312 128 158 26 7 .917 4.14 .954 5.12
1908 NYG NL 21 2B 102 504 180 291 33 28 .935 4.62 .955 5.03
1909 NYG NL 22 2B 144 654 292 323 39 51 .940 4.27 .938 4.66
1910 NYG NL 23 2B 151 754 313 388 53 62 .930 4.64 .953 5.05
1911 NYG NL 24 2B 141 648 272 340 36 46 .944 4.34 .952 5.03 MVP-3
1912 NYG NL 25 2B 143 730 313 379 38 68 .948 4.84 .955 5.09 MVP-1
1913 NYG NL 26 2B 130 691 315 345 31 55 .955 5.08 .955 4.92 MVP-17
1914 NYG NL 27 2B 145 715 307 379 29 61 .959 4.73 .948 4.89
1915 NYG NL 28 2B 147 749 313 396 40 66 .947 4.82 .955 4.79
1916 TOT NL 29 2B 122 703 289 387 27 63 .962 5.54 .950 4.74
1916 NYG NL 29 2B 113 648 270 352 26 53 .960 5.50 .951 4.74
1916 CHC NL 29 2B 9 55 19 35 1 10 .982 6.00 .949 4.74
1917 CHC NL 30 2B 128 681 300 348 33 54 .952 5.06 .956 4.96
1918 NYG NL 31 2B 73 353 121 221 11 24 .969 4.68 .956 5.11
1919 NYG NL 32 2B 100 549 214 311 24 48 .956 5.25 .960 5.14
1920 NYG NL 33 2B 133 690 278 389 23 61 .967 5.02 .963 5.45
14 Seasons 2B 1728 8733 3635 4655 443 694 .949 4.80 .954 4.99
14 Seasons TOT 1728 8733 3635 4655 443 694 .949 4.80 .903 4.99

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1912-NL-MVP

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1911-NL-3-36%
1912-NL-1-75%
1913-NL-17-8%
1 MVP
1.19 Career Shares (197th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1908 NL--.308--3rd
1909 NL--.302--4th
1911 NL--.310--7th
1912 NL--.330--5th
1915 NL--.320--1st

On-Base% s c a p y
1908 NL--.354--9th
1911 NL--.397--7th
1912 NL--.393--9th
1915 NL--.358--8th
1919 NL--.350--10th

Slugging % s c a p y
1908 NL--.398--6th
1909 NL--.419--3rd
1911 NL--.527--2nd
1912 NL--.471--5th
1915 NL--.442--5th
1916 NL--.403--10th
1919 NL--.433--2nd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1908 NL--.752--7th
1909 NL--.779--4th
1911 NL--.924--2nd
1912 NL--.864--5th
1915 NL--.799--4th
1919 NL--.783--7th

Games Played s c a p y
1910 NL--151--8th

At Bats s c a p y
1909 NL--570--7th
1910 NL--575--9th
1912 NL--558--8th
1915 NL--591--3rd

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1910 NL--670--5th
1915 NL--641--10th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1909 NL--86--7th
1910 NL--97--4th
1911 NL--102--5th
1912 NL--98--7th
1914 NL--87--4th
1915 NL--86--2nd

Hits s c a p y
1909 NL--172--1st
1910 NL--164--8th
1911 NL--163--10th
1912 NL--184--4th
1915 NL--189--1st

Total Bases s c a p y
1909 NL--239--2nd
1910 NL--237--6th
1911 NL--277--2nd
1912 NL--263--5th
1915 NL--261--2nd

Doubles s c a p y
1909 NL--27--6th
1912 NL--33--4th
1915 NL--40--1st
1916 NL--29--4th

Triples s c a p y
1909 NL--11--8th
1910 NL--14--8th
1911 NL--25--1st
Career--123--94th

Home Runs s c a p y
1909 NL--6--2nd
1910 NL--8--3rd
1911 NL--13--4th
1912 NL--10--6th
1917 NL--6--4th
1919 NL--7--5th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1912 NL--90--6th
1913 NL--73--8th
1915 NL--70--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1910 NL--71--10th
1914 NL--58--10th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1910 NL--39--8th
1911 NL--38--8th
1912 NL--36--7th
1913 NL--38--6th
Career--298--156th

Singles s c a p y
1909 NL--128--4th
1910 NL--121--9th
1912 NL--133--6th
1915 NL--135--1st

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1908 NL--135--8th
1909 NL--140--6th
1910 NL--128--10th
1911 NL--154--3rd
1912 NL--132--9th
1915 NL--148--3rd
1919 NL--136--6th
Career--126--223rd

Runs Created s c a p y
1909 NL--84--3rd
1910 NL--86--7th
1911 NL--109--2nd
1912 NL--103--4th
1915 NL--89--2nd

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1909 NL--25--4th
1910 NL--20--8th
1911 NL--37--2nd
1912 NL--25--7th
1915 NL--32--2nd
Career--210--246th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1909 NL--3.0--4th
1910 NL--2.2--8th
1911 NL--3.8--2nd
1912 NL--2.5--7th
1915 NL--3.6--2nd
1919 NL--1.8--9th
Career--23.2--200th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1909 NL--44--4th
1910 NL--43--8th
1911 NL--63--2nd
1912 NL--51--4th
1915 NL--54--4th
1916 NL--43--7th

Times On Base s c a p y
1909 NL--224--5th
1910 NL--240--5th
1911 NL--239--9th
1912 NL--242--9th
1915 NL--224--5th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1908 NL--.712--7th
1909 NL--.727--3rd
1911 NL--.766--2nd
1912 NL--.719--5th
1915 NL--.720--4th
1919 NL--.691--6th
Career--.666--151st

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1914 NL--10--4th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1917 NL--26--4th
Career--195--87th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1915 NL--18--9th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1909 NL--10.1--2nd
1910 NL--13.3--2nd
1911 NL--19.4--2nd
1912 NL--15.7--3rd
1919 NL--8.8--6th

AB per SO s c a p y
1910 NL--22.1--4th
1912 NL--27.9--1st
1914 NL--21.6--3rd
1915 NL--21.1--4th
1916 NL--20.0--3rd
Career--19.5--112th

AB per HR s c a p y
1909 NL--95.0--3rd
1910 NL--71.9--6th
1911 NL--40.5--4th
1912 NL--55.8--7th
1917 NL--79.3--6th
1919 NL--54.4--3rd

Outs Made s c a p y
1910 NL--430--10th

Youngest s c a p y
1907 NL--born 1886-07-31--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 13 (180), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 138 (113), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 60 (315), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 27 (363), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Jason Kendall (894)
  7. Deacon McGuire (893)
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  9. Larry Gardner (887)
  10. Jimmy Collins (886) *
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Transactions

July 20, 1907: Purchased by the New York Giants from Springfield (Central) for $4,500. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

August 28, 1916: Traded by the New York Giants with Herb Hunter and Merwin Jacobson to the Chicago Cubs for Heinie Zimmerman.

January 4, 1918: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Art Wilson and $15,000 to the Boston Braves for Lefty Tyler.

January 8, 1918: Traded by the Boston Braves with Jesse Barnes to the New York Giants for Buck Herzog.

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