Brian Doyle Stats

Brian Doyle was born on Wednesday, January 26, 1955, in Glasgow, Kentucky. Doyle was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 30, 1978, with the New York Yankees. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Brian Doyle baseball stats page.

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"When I think back to the 1978 World Series, my first memory is not of coming close to the series record for consecutive hits (he had 5 in a row), but rather of the 9-year-old boy sitting on the cardboard second base in a plowed-under tobacco field. That boy lives that dream in my memory every day." - Brian Doyle in Moments in the Sun: Baseball's Briefly Famous (Mark McGuire & Michael Sean Gormley, McFarland Publishing, 04/01/1999, Page 90)

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Brian Doyle Autograph on a 1981 Fleer Baseball Card (#104)

Brian Doyle Autograph on a 1981 Fleer Baseball Card (#104)

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Birth Name:   Brian Reed Doyle
Nickname:   None
Born On:   01-26-1955  (Aquarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Glasgow, Kentucky
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Caverna High School (Cave City, KY)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10   Player Weight Chart Weight:   160
First Game:   04-30-1978 (Age 23)
Last Game:   05-24-1981
Draft:   1972 : 4th Round (76th)

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Brian Doyle Pitching Stats

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Brian Doyle Hitting Stats

1978 23 Yankees 39 52 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 .192 .192 .192
1979 24 Yankees 20 32 2 4 2 0 0 0 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 .125 .200 .188
1980 25 Yankees 34 75 8 13 1 0 1 0 5 6 0 7 0 0 0 1 .173 .235 .227
1981 26 Athletics 17 40 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 .125 .146 .125
4 Years 110 199 18 32 3 0 1 0 13 10 0 13 5 0 0 5 .161 .201 .191

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Brian Doyle Fielding Stats

1978 Yankees 2B 29 12 396 88 3.0 87 36 51 1 12 n/a n/a n/a .989 5.93
1978 Yankees 3B 5 2 75 11 2.2 11 1 10 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.96
1978 Yankees SS 7 0 45 6 0.9 6 2 4 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.60
1979 Yankees 2B 13 6 180 36 2.8 34 11 23 2 5 n/a n/a n/a .944 5.10
1979 Yankees 3B 6 3 96 5 0.8 5 1 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.41
1980 Yankees 2B 20 12 318 64 3.2 61 28 33 3 5 n/a n/a n/a .953 5.18
1980 Yankees 3B 2 0 6 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1980 Yankees SS 12 11 300 57 4.8 55 12 43 2 9 n/a n/a n/a .965 4.95
1981 Athletics 2B 17 15 357 68 4.0 68 29 39 0 6 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.14
2B Totals 79 45 1,251 256 3.2 250 104 146 6 28 n/a n/a n/a .977 5.40
SS Totals 19 11 345 63 3.3 61 14 47 2 10 n/a n/a n/a .968 4.77
3B Totals 13 5 177 17 1.3 17 2 15 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.59
4 Years 111 61 1,773 336 3.0 328 120 208 8 39 n/a n/a n/a .976 4.99

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Brian Doyle Miscellaneous Stats

1978 Yankees 0 3 .000 1 5 0 0.0 17.3 0.0 - - -
1979 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0.0 32.0 6.4 - - -
1980 Yankees 1 1 .500 1 0 0 75.0 10.7 15.0 - - -
1981 Athletics 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0.0 20.0 13.3 - - -
4 Years 1 5 .167 2 8 0 199.0 15.3 15.3 - - -

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Brian Doyle Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1978 New York Yankees 25 $21,000.00 - Stats
1979 New York Yankees 18 $22,400.00 - -
1980 New York Yankees 18 $34,100.00 - -
1981 Oakland Athletics 18 $50,000.00 - -

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Brian Reed Doyle was a Major League Baseball player with the New York Yankees (19781979, 1980), and Oakland Athletics (1981). When Brian reached the majors on April 30, 1978, he became the second Caverna High School graduate to play in the majors, joining Denny Doyle, his brother!

Brian Doyle Rookie Baseball Card

Brian Doyle Rookie Card | 1979 Topps Baseball Card (#710 | Checklist) | Baseball Almanac Collection

Brian Doyle was called-up to the majors when (2B) Willie Randolph suffered a knee injury. Doyle only hit .192 during the regular season, but was kept on the postseason roster to continue playing second, platooning with infielder Fred Stanley. Doyle went 7-for-16 (.438) in the 1978 World Series—leading the Yanks in hitting!

Brian Doyle appeared in all six games of the 1978 World Series, collecting seven hits in sixteen at-bats, driving in two runs, and scoring four times. "I didn't even know I was going to be playing the World Series. I got in a cab to go to Dodger Stadium with Yogi (Berra) and he told me, 'Kid, you're gonna be playing.' The game was in a few hours, and that was the first I had heard about me playing, but I wasn't nervous," he told Baseball Almanac. "I had never really been nervous playing baseball. Was I concerned with keeping my adrenaline down? Oh yeah, but not nerves."

During Game 4, Doyle was 0-for-4, and struggling at the plate. With the series tied 2-2 going into Game 5, Doyle got hot, going 3-for-5, scoring two runs, and helping the Bronx Bombers demolish (12-2) the Dodgers. Two days later (Game 6), Brian came to bat in the second inning, a runner was on first and second, the Yanks were down 0-1, and Doyle hit his first career extra base hit, a run scoring double!

Brian Doyle, who batted 8th in the lineup, finished second to Bucky Dent (batting ninth, .417 AVG, 7 RBIs) in the World Series Most Valuable Player Award vote. Willie Randolph commented, "It couldn't happen to a nicer guy. When I think about '78, it's funny, Brian Doyle comes to mind even more than the comeback, because of the job he did. Bucky Dent did a great job as MVP, but I think Brian could have been co-MVP because he did such a phenomenal job for us."

Brian Doyle was barely 5-10 (he told Baseball Almanac he was about 5-09, 150 pounds when he reached the majors) but he was a strong fielder with great instincts. Ron Guidry opined, "If Brian is in the line up, as a pitcher, I know I've got a good defensive back-up to Willie (Randolph). Hey, if he hits anything, that's just extra. He was just a good, solid, fundamental player."