Doyle Alexander

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 190 lb

BornSeptember 4, 1950 · Cordova, AL, USA

MLB debutJune 26, 1971

Final gameSeptember 27, 1989

Seasons19 (1971–1989)

Los Angeles Dodgers 1971; Baltimore Orioles 1972–1976; New York Yankees 1976; Texas Rangers 1977–1979; Atlanta Braves 1980; San Francisco Giants 1981; New York Yankees 1982–1983; Toronto Blue Jays 1983–1985; Atlanta Braves 1986; Toronto Blue Jays 1986; Atlanta Braves 1987; Detroit Tigers 1987–1989

Percentile snapshot

1989 season — qualified pitchers

33.8

53.2

40.3

SHO

24.7

245

5.2

110

3.9

29.9

18.2

1.3

223.0

67.5

ERA

4.44

9.1

WHIP

1.439

11.7

K/9

3.83

9.1

FIP

4.72

1.3

FIP-

122.9

2.6

ERA+

86.5

14.3

sWAR

0.6

14.3

of 78 qualified 1989 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

102.5

48.8

sWAR

36.9

97.6

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1971	17	37	33	3	9	0	2	3	13	.273	.333	.273	.606	84.3	79.4	.296	0.6
1972	35	29	25	1	2	0	0	1	7	.080	.115	.080	.195	-64.6	-41.1	.101	1.8
1973	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.5
1974	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.4
1975	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.1
1976	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.1
1977	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.5
1978	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.6
1979	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.8
1980	35	89	83	7	15	3	3	3	24	.181	.209	.217	.426	8.2	17.5	.203	1.0
1981	24	58	51	5	9	4	6	2	12	.176	.204	.255	.459	22.1	31.5	.215	2.6
1982	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.9
1983	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.1
1984	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.4
1985	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.8
1986	35	45	38	2	8	1	5	0	8	.211	.205	.237	.442	4.0	18.6	.200	2.2
1987	27	42	35	1	1	0	1	0	13	.029	.056	.029	.084	-98.9	-77.4	.046	4.6
1988	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.0
1989	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.6

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1971	17	12	6	6	0	4	0	105	39	18	30	6	92.3	3.80	1.332	2.92	3.36	102.7	85.9	0.6
1972	35	9	6	8	2	2	2	78	29	30	49	5	106.3	2.45	1.016	4.15	2.83	91.7	126.0	1.8
1973	29	26	12	8	0	10	0	169	75	52	63	19	174.7	3.86	1.265	3.25	4.29	114.6	96.8	1.5
1974	30	12	6	9	0	2	0	127	51	43	40	7	114.3	4.01	1.487	3.15	3.90	112.3	86.5	0.4
1975	32	11	8	8	1	3	1	127	45	47	46	7	133.3	3.04	1.305	3.11	3.63	102.2	116.9	2.1
1976	30	25	13	9	0	7	3	172	75	63	58	12	201.0	3.36	1.169	2.60	3.80	111.3	101.8	2.1
1977	34	34	17	11	0	12	1	221	96	82	82	24	237.0	3.65	1.278	3.11	4.43	108.6	111.9	3.5
1978	31	28	9	10	0	7	1	198	82	71	81	18	191.0	3.86	1.408	3.82	4.06	108.1	97.2	1.6
1979	23	18	5	7	0	0	0	114	56	69	50	3	113.3	4.45	1.615	3.97	4.08	97.7	93.9	0.8
1980	35	35	14	11	0	7	1	227	108	74	114	20	231.7	4.20	1.299	4.43	3.89	104.1	89.1	1.0
1981	24	24	11	7	0	1	1	156	49	44	77	11	152.3	2.89	1.313	4.55	3.50	102.8	117.7	2.6
1982	16	11	1	7	0	0	0	81	45	14	26	14	66.7	6.08	1.425	3.51	5.27	131.7	65.9	-0.9
1983	25	20	7	8	0	5	0	157	71	33	63	20	145.0	4.41	1.310	3.91	4.45	106.5	95.2	1.1
1984	36	35	17	6	0	11	2	238	91	59	139	21	261.7	3.13	1.135	4.78	3.44	84.3	130.3	5.4
1985	36	36	17	10	0	6	1	268	100	67	142	28	260.7	3.45	1.285	4.90	3.89	92.6	121.6	4.8
1986	34	34	11	10	0	5	0	255	105	37	139	27	228.3	4.14	1.279	5.48	3.63	88.5	98.5	2.2
1987	27	27	14	10	0	6	3	178	69	53	108	24	206.0	3.01	1.121	4.72	4.14	96.2	142.6	4.6
1988	34	34	14	11	0	5	1	260	110	46	126	30	229.0	4.32	1.336	4.95	4.09	106.1	89.2	1.0
1989	33	33	6	18	0	5	1	245	110	76	95	28	223.0	4.44	1.439	3.83	4.72	122.9	86.5	0.6

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

562

300

265

RBI

.1660

OBP

.1949

SLG

.1962

OPS

.3911

Pitching

G (P)

561

309th-most career G (P)

464

79th-most career GS

194

135th-most career W

174

85th-most career L

430th-most career CG

SHO

292nd-most career SHO

3,368

88th-most career IP

SO (P)

1,528

222nd-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

978

124th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.757

WHIP

1.2929

K/9

4.08

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	TB
1981-09-27	SF @ SD Gameday	2	1	2	1	3	3
1981-08-29	PIT @ SF Gameday	3	1	2	1	1	3
1980-08-23	STL @ ATL Gameday	4	0	2	0	2	2
1971-08-11	PHI @ LAD Gameday	4	0	2	0	1	2
1980-07-23	WSH @ ATL Gameday	3	1	2	0	0	2

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1985-07-23	SEA @ TOR Gameday	8.0	12	2	2	1	11	1
1985-07-28	LAA @ TOR Gameday	9.0	8	1	1	3	9	1
1986-06-11	BOS @ TOR Gameday	9.0	6	3	3	1	9	1
1974-08-09	BAL @ MIN Gameday	5.2	7	2	0	2	9	0
1973-05-14	BAL @ BOS Gameday	10.0	4	0	0	5	8	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

1× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.