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Denny Doyle

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 175lb (175cm, 79kg)

Born: January 17, 1943 in Glasgow, KY us

Died: December 20, 2022 in Winter Garden, FL

High School: Caverna HS (Horse Cave, KY)

School: Morehead State University (Morehead, KY)

Debut: April 7, 1970 (Age 27-080d, 12,953rd in major league history)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1977 (Age 34-256d)
vs. BAL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: Robert Dennis Doyle

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Relatives: Brother of Brian Doyle

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.8

3290

823

.250

357

RBI

237

OBP

.295

SLG

.316

OPS

.611

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
2	3 (1)	Apr 11	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
3	4	Apr 13	BOS		CLE	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
4	5	Apr 14	BOS		CLE	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	3	2B
5	6	Apr 15	BOS		CHW	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	4	6	1	11	0	2B
6	7	Apr 17	BOS		CHW	W,7-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
7	8	Apr 18	BOS		CHW	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
8	9	Apr 19	BOS		MIN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
9	10	Apr 20	BOS		MIN	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
10	11	Apr 23	BOS	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
11	12	Apr 29	BOS	@	TEX	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	5	1	8	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	14 (1)	May 1	BOS	@	TEX	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
13	15	May 2	BOS	@	TEX	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
14	16	May 4	BOS		KCR	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
15	18 (1)	May 8 (1)	BOS		TEX	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
16	20 (1)	May 9	BOS		TEX	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	5	4	1	10	1	2B
17	21	May 11	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
18	25 (3)	May 15	BOS		MIL	W,9-4	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
19	27 (1)	May 17	BOS	@	DET	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
20	28	May 18	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
21	29	May 19	BOS	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
22	30	May 20	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
23	31	May 21	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	52	11.2	3	5	1	9	0	2B
24	32	May 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	41	10.2	1	3	0	4	0	2B
25	33	May 23	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
26	34	May 24	BOS		DET	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
27	35	May 25	BOS		DET	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
28	36	May 26	BOS	@	MIL	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
29	38 (1)	May 28	BOS		BAL	L,1-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
30	39	May 29	BOS		BAL	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
31	40	May 30	BOS		BAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
32	41	May 31	BOS		NYY	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	42	Jun 2	BOS		NYY	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
34	43	Jun 3	BOS		NYY	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
35	44	Jun 4	BOS		CAL	L,4-5	GS	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
36	46 (1)	Jun 6	BOS		CAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
37	47	Jun 8	BOS		OAK	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
38	48	Jun 9	BOS		OAK	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
39	50 (1)	Jun 11	BOS	@	MIN	L,4-10	GS	19	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
40	51	Jun 12	BOS	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
41	52	Jun 13	BOS	@	MIN	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
42	55 (2)	Jun 16	BOS	@	OAK	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
43	58 (2)	Jun 19	BOS	@	CAL	L,3-5	GF	29	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
44	59	Jun 20	BOS	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	47	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
45	60	Jun 21	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
46	61	Jun 22	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-5	GF	22	6.0	2	5	0	7	0	PH 2B
47	63 (1)	Jun 24	BOS		DET	L,3-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
48	66 (2)	Jun 27	BOS		DET	L,2-4	GS	28	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	70 (3)	Jul 1	BOS	@	MIL	L,5-6	GF	17	2.2	1	1	0	2	0	2B
50	72 (1)	Jul 3	BOS	@	MIL	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
51	73	Jul 4	BOS	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
52	74	Jul 5	BOS		CHW	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	6	3	0	9	2	2B
53	76 (1)	Jul 7	BOS		CHW	L,3-6	CG	44	10.0	3	8	0	11	2	2B
54	77	Jul 8	BOS		MIN	W,8-4	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
55	78	Jul 9	BOS		MIN	L,6-8	GS	20	4.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
56	80 (1)	Jul 11	BOS		MIN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
57	81	Jul 15 (1)	BOS	@	KCR	L,5-12	CG	43	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
58	82	Jul 15 (2)	BOS	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
59	84 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	BOS	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
60	86 (1)	Jul 18	BOS	@	KCR	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
61	87	Jul 19	BOS	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	51	10.2	6	7	0	13	1	2B
62	88	Jul 20	BOS	@	TEX	W,4-2	CG	43	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
63	89	Jul 21	BOS	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
64	90	Jul 22	BOS	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
65	91	Jul 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	5	3	1	9	0	2B
66	92	Jul 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
67	94 (1)	Jul 26	BOS		CLE	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
68	95	Jul 27	BOS		CLE	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
69	96	Jul 28	BOS		CLE	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
70	97	Jul 29	BOS		CLE	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
71	98	Jul 30	BOS		NYY	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
72	100 (1)	Jul 31 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	101	Aug 1	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
74	102	Aug 2	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
75	103	Aug 3	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	34	9.2	2	4	0	6	1	2B
76	104	Aug 4	BOS	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
77	105	Aug 5	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
78	106	Aug 6	BOS		MIL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
79	107	Aug 7	BOS		MIL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
80	108	Aug 10	BOS	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.2	2	3	0	5	1	2B
81	110 (1)	Aug 12	BOS	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	5	1	1	7	1	2B
82	111	Aug 13	BOS	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
83	113 (1)	Aug 15	BOS	@	OAK	L,7-8	CG	39	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	2B
84	114	Aug 16	BOS	@	CHW	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
85	115	Aug 17 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	GF	3	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
86	116	Aug 17 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-7	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
87	117	Aug 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
88	119 (1)	Aug 20	BOS		OAK	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
89	120	Aug 21	BOS		OAK	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
90	121	Aug 22	BOS		OAK	L,6-7	CG	49	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
91	122	Aug 23	BOS		CAL	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	2B
92	123	Aug 24	BOS		CAL	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
93	124	Aug 25	BOS		CAL	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
94	125	Aug 26	BOS		KCR	L,6-7	GS	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
95	126	Aug 27	BOS		KCR	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
96	127	Aug 28	BOS		KCR	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
97	128	Aug 29	BOS		KCR	W,15-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
98	129	Aug 30	BOS		TEX	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
99	130	Aug 31	BOS		TEX	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	131	Sep 1	BOS		TEX	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
101	132	Sep 3	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
102	133	Sep 4 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	2B
103	134	Sep 4 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
104	136 (1)	Sep 6	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
105	137	Sep 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
106	155 (17)	Sep 24	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
107	157 (1)	Sep 26	BOS	@	BAL	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
108	158	Sep 28	BOS		NYY	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
109	159	Sep 29	BOS		NYY	L,6-9	GS	36	8.0	0	7	0	7	0	2B
110	160	Oct 1	BOS		BAL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	1	2B
111	161	Oct 2	BOS		BAL	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
112	162	Oct 3	BOS		BAL	W,3-2	CG	57	15.0	6	4	0	10	2	2B
							112gm		928.0	209	311	12	532	67