Carl Doyle Explained

Carl Doyle
Position:Pitcher
Birth Date:30 July 1912
Birth Place:Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Death Place:Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:August 5
Debutyear:1935
Debutteam:Philadelphia Athletics
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:September 26
Finalyear:1940
Finalteam:St. Louis Cardinals
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Win–loss record
Stat1value:6–15
Stat2label:Earned run average
Stat2value:6.95
Stat3label:Strikeouts
Stat3value:101
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William Carl Doyle (July 30, 1912 – September 4, 1951) was an American professional baseball pitcher who appeared in 51 games in four seasons in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics (1935–1936), Brooklyn Dodgers (1939–1940) and St. Louis Cardinals (1940). A right-hander, he was listed as 6feet tall and .

Doyle's pro career lasted eight seasons (1935–1941, 1943). In his 51 MLB games pitched, he posted a 6–15 won–lost record and a poor 6.95 earned run average, surrendering 277 hits, 155 bases on balls, and 172 earned runs in 222 innings pitched; he fanned 101. Notably, he was one of four players that Brooklyn traded to the Cardinals on June 12, 1940, in their blockbuster acquisition of slugger Joe Medwick. He managed the Morristown Red Sox of the Mountain States League in 1950.

Doyle died in the city of his birth, Knoxville, Tennessee, of a pulmonary infarction in 1951 at age 39.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Deadball Era – Too Young to Die . TheDeadballEra.com . November 29, 2019.