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Denny
Doyle		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 185
 
Born: January 17, 1944 in Usa, KY, GLASGOW
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1977   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1970 26 MIN AL     7 7 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 4 4 7 8 8
1971 27 MIN AL     7 7 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 4 4 7 8 8
1972 28 MIN AL     7 7 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 4 4 7 8 8
1973 29 MIN AL     7 7 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 4 4 7 8 8
1974 30 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 8 8
1975 31 MIN AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 4 4 7 8 7
1976 32 MIN AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 5 6 6 3 4 3 7 7 7
1977 33 MIN AL $ 571,429   8 8 7 1 1 1 5 6 6 2 3 3 6 7 7
1978 34 MIN AL $ 1,157,143   8 8 7 1 1 1 6 6 6 2 3 3 6 7 7
1979 35 MIN AL $ 1,157,143   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 6 5 2 3 3 6 7 6
1980 36 MIN AL $ 704,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 3 3 5 6 6
1981 37 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 3 3 5 6 5
1982 38 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 3 3 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 3 3 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,157,143   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1970 26 A   124 349 46 113 14 2 6 26 9 8 41 35 .324 .395 .427 .822 56.6  
1971 27 A   125 328 46 124 18 3 8 42 12 5 45 22 .378 .453 .524 .977 71.4  
1972 28 A   131 424 55 146 21 3 8 68 17 7 65 39 .344 .431 .465 .896 83.0  
1973 29 AA   2 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 .571 .667 .571 1.238 2.3  
    A   134 516 94 183 24 8 6 46 10 12 70 47 .355 .432 .467 .899 96.5  
1974 30 MIN AL 153 591 64 175 26 6 4 52 10 17 45 55 .296 .346 .381 .727 71.4 8.0
1975 31 MIN AL 150 574 66 155 29 3 3 55 11 13 29 67 .270 .305 .347 .652 53.0 3.6
1976 32 MIN AL 106 175 34 55 12 2 1 29 4 3 14 23 .314 .365 .423 .787 24.5 4.5
1977 33 MIN AL 146 559 69 159 29 5 4 67 11 10 32 75 .284 .324 .376 .700 62.8 8.3
1978 34 MIN AL 95 205 25 53 10 1 1 26 5 4 11 21 .259 .294 .332 .625 19.0 1.9
1979 35 MIN AL 86 134 22 38 7 1 0 11 2 0 5 18 .284 .307 .351 .658 13.4 2.0
1980 36 MIN AL 35 105 13 23 2 0 0 8 2 0 9 18 .219 .281 .238 .519 7.3 0.0
    AAA   84 352 45 98 16 0 5 29 5 3 24 51 .278 .324 .366 .691 40.9  
1981 37 MIN AL 48 99 15 30 5 1 0 14 2 2 3 16 .303 .330 .374 .704 10.8 1.8
1982 38 MIN AL 81 181 22 43 3 0 2 12 3 6 9 37 .238 .274 .287 .561 11.5 0.0
9 Years Sim 900 2623 330 731 123 19 15 274 50 55 157 330 .279 .320 .357 .677 273.6 30.2
1 Years AAA 84 352 45 98 16 0 5 29 5 3 24 51 .278 .328 .366 .695 40.9  
1 Years AA 2 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 .571 .667 .571 1.238 2.3  
4 Years A 514 1617 241 566 77 16 28 182 48 32 221 143 .350 .429 .469 .898 307.5  
6 Years Minors 600 1976 286 668 93 16 33 211 54 36 247 194 .338 .413 .451 .864 350.7  
162 Game Average 472 59 131 22 3 2 49 9 9 28 59 .279 .320 .357 .677 49.3  
Career Highs 153 591 69 175 29 6 4 67 11 17 45 75 .314 .365 .423 .787 71.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1841 247 529 86 13 10 207 38 46 115 209 .287 .329 .364 .694 205.1
vs LH   782 83 202 37 6 5 67 12 9 42 121 .258 .297 .340 .637 75.0
Home 439 1291 166 379 69 10 4 133 24 29 77 155 .294 .335 .372 .707 147.5
Away 461 1332 164 352 54 9 11 141 26 26 80 175 .264 .305 .343 .648 132.6
RISP   624 0 184 30 8 3 239 0 0 33 84 .295 .326 .383 .709 74.7
Pinch Hitting   91 15 35 7 2 1 25 2 0 5 13 .385 .404 .538 .943 17.7
Close/Late   366 72 119 17 3 3 44 0 0 28 44 .325 .374 .413 .786 53.5
Mar/Apr 148 450 62 124 21 5 2 45 12 3 28 55 .276 .317 .358 .675 50.6
May 162 492 69 151 27 5 4 67 10 13 32 58 .307 .348 .407 .754 63.7
June 155 470 64 129 21 3 1 43 8 13 35 64 .274 .326 .338 .664 48.1
July 138 356 38 99 20 1 2 33 6 9 13 44 .278 .302 .357 .659 34.3
August 155 463 51 125 22 1 4 47 6 12 26 52 .270 .311 .348 .659 45.3
Sep/Oct 142 392 46 103 12 4 2 39 8 5 23 57 .263 .305 .329 .634 38.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1974 30 MIN AL 2B 4 1 18.0 6 9 0 2 1.000 7.50 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    C 2 2 18.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 8.50 3 0 .000 0 0.1
1975 31 MIN AL 2B 124 121 1070.7 237 450 23 106 .968 5.77 0 0 .000 0 2.0
1976 32 MIN AL 2B 56 25 292.0 75 102 4 31 .978 5.46 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    LF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1977 33 MIN AL 2B 145 143 1266.3 318 570 15 134 .983 6.31 0 0 .000 0 5.6
1978 34 MIN AL 2B 52 26 287.7 68 118 5 28 .974 5.82 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    SS 27 19 179.0 23 69 6 15 .939 4.63 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 35 MIN AL SS 22 13 132.0 28 43 5 14 .934 4.84 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 44 6 129.3 34 61 1 21 .990 6.61 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 36 MIN AL 2B 29 28 247.7 59 95 0 17 1.000 5.60 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    SS 5 0 10.0 2 5 0 1 1.000 6.30 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 37 MIN AL 1B 21 14 145.3 197 13 1 20 .995 13.00 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    SS 16 10 96.0 18 38 1 8 .982 5.25 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 3 0 4.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 38 MIN AL 1B 39 25 254.7 304 20 2 29 .994 11.45 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    SS 23 15 160.3 36 70 4 17 .964 5.95 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    2B 8 2 34.0 7 13 0 4 1.000 5.29 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 465 352 3349.6 805 1421 48 344 .979 5.98 0 0 .000 0 11.9
  SS 93 57 577.3 107 225 16 55 .954 5.18 0 0 .000 0 2.5
  1B 60 39 400.0 501 33 3 49 .994 12.02 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  C 2 2 18.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 8.50 3 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 3 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   626 450 4360.3 1432 1679 67 448 .979 6.42 3 0 .000 0 15.4
Career Highs   145 143 1266.3 347 570 23 134 1.000 9.85 3 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1978 34 MIN AL 6 7 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .571 .571 .571 1.143
Career Post-Season Batting 6 7 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .571 .571 .571 1.143
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
At-Bats
1974-9-591
 Singles
1974-9-139
 Caught Stealing
1974-6-17
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Otto Miller (969)
  2. Hal Rhyne (956)
  3. Howdy Groskloss (956)
  4. Ron Oester (954)
  5. Dave Concepcion (954)
  6. Damon Phillips (947)
  7. Dave Hilton (947)
  8. Doc Farrell (945)
  9. Roy McMillan (942)
  10. Ernest Riles (940)
History
Drafted in 5th round, 90th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1970
Had first career hit (triple) on 4/4/1974, off Bill Bonham (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 7/22/1974, off Sandy Koufax (OAK)
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $571,429 through salary arbitration
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 5/28/1977
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Injured on 7/11/1977 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,157,143 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,157,143 through salary arbitration
9/1/1979: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $704,000 per year, for 1 years
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/16/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
9/22/1981: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $300,000 per year, for 1 years
 
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