Doyle Alexander

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: September 4, 1950 in Cordova, AL us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 9th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Woodlawn HS (Birmingham, AL).

High School: Woodlawn HS (Birmingham, AL)

Debut: June 26, 1971 (Age 20-295d, 10,752nd in MLB history)
vs. SDP 8.0 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 27, 1989 (Age 39-023d)
vs. TOR 7.0 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 5 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Agents: Pat Alexander • Previously: Gerald DeNisco

Full Name: Doyle Lafayette Alexander

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

35.5

W

194

L

174

ERA

3.76

G

561

GS

464

SV

IP

3367.2

SO

1528

WHIP

1.293

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1968	17	LAD-min	A-	3	9	.250	4.11	13	12		4	0		70.0	66	47	32	1	47	0	58	7	2	8				1.614	8.5	0.1	6.0	7.5	1.23	TRI NORW
1969	18	LAD-min	A,WRk,AA	15	15	.500	3.21	44	36		13	2	1	258.0	226	116	92	7	132	12	192	14	1	18				1.388	7.9	0.2	4.6	6.7	1.45	DYB,DGR,ABQ FLOR,AZIL,TL
1970	19	LAD-min	AAA,AA	13	10	.565	3.44	29	29		12	3	0	217.0	209	95	83	13	46	2	138	6	0	4				1.175	8.7	0.5	1.9	5.7	3.00	SPO,ABQ PCL,TL
1971	20	LAD-min	AAA	6	3	.667	3.44	15	15		8	2	0	110.0	114	49	42	3	31	1	65	5	0	1				1.318	9.3	0.2	2.5	5.3	2.10	SPO PCL
1971	20	LAD	NL	6	6	.500	3.80	17	12	0	4	0	0	92.1	105	45	39	6	18	0	30	1	0	1	395	85	3.26	1.332	10.2	0.6	1.8	2.9	1.67
1972	21	BAL	AL	6	8	.429	2.45	35	9	16	2	2	2	106.1	78	36	29	5	30	8	49	1	1	7	423	126	2.96	1.016	6.6	0.4	2.5	4.1	1.63
1973	22	BAL	AL	12	8	.600	3.86	29	26	2	10	0	0	174.2	169	85	75	19	52	5	63	7	0	3	726	96	4.27	1.265	8.7	1.0	2.7	3.2	1.21
1974	23	BAL	AL	6	9	.400	4.01	30	12	9	2	0	0	114.1	127	65	51	7	43	4	40	4	0	6	497	86	3.91	1.487	10.0	0.6	3.4	3.1	0.93
1975	24	BAL	AL	8	8	.500	3.04	32	11	12	3	1	1	133.1	127	47	45	7	47	7	46	1	0	6	561	116	3.66	1.305	8.6	0.5	3.2	3.1	0.98
1976	25	TOT	AL	13	9	.591	3.36	30	25	4	7	3	0	201.0	172	81	75	12	63	2	58	3	2	6	812	102	3.82	1.169	7.7	0.5	2.8	2.6	0.92
1976	25	BAL	AL	3	4	.429	3.50	11	6	4	2	1	0	64.1	58	27	25	3	24	2	17	0	1	0	265	94	3.83	1.275	8.1	0.4	3.4	2.4	0.71
1976	25	NYY	AL	10	5	.667	3.29	19	19	0	5	2	0	136.2	114	54	50	9	39	0	41	3	1	6	547	105	3.81	1.120	7.5	0.6	2.6	2.7	1.05
1977	26	TEX	AL	17	11	.607	3.65	34	34	0	12	1	0	237.0	221	103	96	24	82	2	82	2	0	3	995	113	4.43	1.278	8.4	0.9	3.1	3.1	1.00
1978	27	TEX	AL	9	10	.474	3.86	31	28	3	7	1	0	191.0	198	84	82	18	71	1	81	1	0	4	822	97	4.09	1.408	9.3	0.8	3.3	3.8	1.14
1979	28	TEX	AL	5	7	.417	4.45	23	18	3	0	0	0	113.1	114	65	56	3	69	3	50	1	0	4	508	94	4.05	1.615	9.1	0.2	5.5	4.0	0.72
1980	29	ATL	NL	14	11	.560	4.20	35	35	0	7	1	0	231.2	227	120	108	20	74	5	114	4	0	3	981	89	3.90	1.299	8.8	0.8	2.9	4.4	1.54
1981	30	SFG	NL	11	7	.611	2.89	24	24	0	1	1	0	152.1	156	51	49	11	44	2	77	2	1	4	646	119	3.43	1.313	9.2	0.6	2.6	4.5	1.75
1982	31	NYY-min	A,AAA	0	1	.000	5.52	3	2	0	1	0	0	14.2	17	9	9	0	4	0	5	0	0	1				1.432	10.4	0.0	2.5	3.1	1.25	FTL,CLB FLOR,IL
1982	31	NYY	AL	1	7	.125	6.08	16	11	3	0	0	0	66.2	81	52	45	14	14	2	26	0	4	1	293	66	5.30	1.425	10.9	1.9	1.9	3.5	1.86
1983	32	TOR-min	A	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0				0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	6.0		KIN CARL
1983	32	TOT	AL	7	8	.467	4.41	25	20	3	5	0	0	145.0	157	76	71	20	33	1	63	1	0	4	603	97	4.38	1.310	9.7	1.2	2.0	3.9	1.91
1983	32	NYY	AL	0	2	.000	6.35	8	5	2	0	0	0	28.1	31	21	20	6	7	0	17	0	0	0	121	62	5.05	1.341	9.8	1.9	2.2	5.4	2.43
1983	32	TOR	AL	7	6	.538	3.93	17	15	1	5	0	0	116.2	126	55	51	14	26	1	46	1	0	4	482	110	4.22	1.303	9.7	1.1	2.0	3.5	1.77
1984	33	TOR	AL	17	6	.739	3.13	36	35	1	11	2	0	261.2	238	99	91	21	59	1	139	3	0	2	1061	132	3.46	1.135	8.2	0.7	2.0	4.8	2.36	MVP-27
1985	34	TOR	AL	17	10	.630	3.45	36	36	0	6	1	0	260.2	268	105	100	28	67	0	142	6	0	9	1090	123	3.83	1.285	9.3	1.0	2.3	4.9	2.12	CYA-6,MVP-21
1986	35	TOT	MLB	11	10	.524	4.14	34	34	0	5	0	0	228.1	255	114	105	27	37	2	139	4	0	2	966	99	3.63	1.279	10.1	1.1	1.5	5.5	3.76
1986	35	TOR	AL	5	4	.556	4.46	17	17	0	3	0	0	111.0	120	56	55	18	20	1	65	4	0	1	470	95	4.36	1.261	9.7	1.5	1.6	5.3	3.25
1986	35	ATL	NL	6	6	.500	3.84	17	17	0	2	0	0	117.1	135	58	50	9	17	1	74	0	0	1	496	103	2.94	1.295	10.4	0.7	1.3	5.7	4.35
1987	36	TOT	MLB	14	10	.583	3.01	27	27	0	6	3	0	206.0	178	73	69	24	53	5	108	2	0	3	821	143	4.14	1.121	7.8	1.0	2.3	4.7	2.04	CYA-4,MVP-13
1987	36	ATL	NL	5	10	.333	4.13	16	16	0	3	0	0	117.2	115	57	54	21	27	5	64	2	0	2	481	105	4.84	1.207	8.8	1.6	2.1	4.9	2.37
1987	36	DET	AL	9	0	1.000	1.53	11	11	0	3	3	0	88.1	63	16	15	3	26	0	44	0	0	1	340	279	3.20	1.008	6.4	0.3	2.6	4.5	1.69
1988	37	DET	AL	14	11	.560	4.32	34	34	0	5	1	0	229.0	260	122	110	30	46	7	126	5	1	2	985	88	4.04	1.336	10.2	1.2	1.8	5.0	2.74	AS
1989	38	DET	AL	6	18	.250	4.44	33	33	0	5	1	0	223.0	245	118	110	28	76	3	95	5	1	4	977	87	4.63	1.439	9.9	1.1	3.1	3.8	1.25
19 Yrs				194	174	.527	3.76	561	464	56	98	18	3	3367.2	3376	1541	1406	324	978	60	1528	53	10	74	14162	103	3.95	1.293	9.0	0.9	2.6	4.1	1.56
162 Game Avg.				13	12	.527	3.76	37	31	4	7	1	0	223	224	102	93	21	65	4	101	4	1	5	940	103	3.95	1.293	9.0	0.9	2.6	4.1	1.56
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
BAL (5 yrs)				35	37	.486	3.41	137	64	43	19	4	3	593.0	559	260	225	41	196	26	215	13	2	22	2472	102	3.78	1.273	8.5	0.6	3.0	3.3	1.10
TOR (4 yrs)				46	26	.639	3.56	106	103	2	25	3	0	750.0	752	315	297	81	172	3	392	14	0	16	3103	118	3.84	1.232	9.0	1.0	2.1	4.7	2.28
ATL (3 yrs)				25	27	.481	4.09	68	68	0	12	1	0	466.2	477	235	212	50	118	11	252	6	0	6	1958	96	3.90	1.275	9.2	1.0	2.3	4.9	2.14
TEX (3 yrs)				31	28	.525	3.89	88	80	6	19	2	0	541.1	533	252	234	45	222	6	213	4	0	11	2325	103	4.23	1.395	8.9	0.7	3.7	3.5	0.96
NYY (3 yrs)				11	14	.440	4.47	43	35	5	5	2	0	231.2	226	127	115	29	60	2	84	3	5	7	961	82	4.39	1.235	8.8	1.1	2.3	3.3	1.40
DET (3 yrs)				29	29	.500	3.91	78	78	0	13	5	0	540.1	568	256	235	61	148	10	265	10	2	7	2302	100	4.15	1.325	9.5	1.0	2.5	4.4	1.79
SFG (1 yr)				11	7	.611	2.89	24	24	0	1	1	0	152.1	156	51	49	11	44	2	77	2	1	4	646	119	3.43	1.313	9.2	0.6	2.6	4.5	1.75
LAD (1 yr)				6	6	.500	3.80	17	12	0	4	0	0	92.1	105	45	39	6	18	0	30	1	0	1	395	85	3.26	1.332	10.2	0.6	1.8	2.9	1.67

AL (16 yrs)				152	134	.531	3.75	452	360	56	81	16	3	2656.1	2638	1210	1106	257	798	47	1169	44	9	63	11163	104	4.02	1.294	8.9	0.9	2.7	4.0	1.46
NL (5 yrs)				42	40	.512	3.80	109	104	0	17	2	0	711.1	738	331	300	67	180	13	359	9	1	11	2999	99	3.72	1.291	9.3	0.8	2.3	4.5	1.99

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