Larry Doyle

Second Base

1907—1920

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Second Base RANK
#48

Player Detail

Lawrence Joseph
GIVEN NAME
Doyle
SURNAME
July 31, 1886, in Caseyville, IL
BORN
March 1, 1974, in Saranac Lake, NY, USA
DIED
1907—1920
Playing Career
Played from 20-33
PLAYING AGE
New York Giants
Chicago Cubs
Teams Played For
Second Base
PRIMARY POSITION
The G-Men
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Laughing Larry
NICKNAME
none
UNIFORM NUMBER
#2 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-10 / 165
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Right
BATTED / THREW
July 22, 1907
Major League Debut
October 2, 1920
FINAL GAME
— Top 50 Second Baseman —

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WHO IS Larry Doyle?

Epitomized the arrogant, talented Giants of the first two decades of the 20th century. Was named NL MVP in 1912, the first year of the juiced baseball.
Larry is credited with a famous quote that summed up the glory days of New York baseball in the deadball era: “It’s great to be young and a Giant.”
  • Larry Doyle Scouting Report

60

HITTING

60

POWER

50

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1766
1887
74
794
.290
1912 NL MVP

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
37.7
58.2

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.765
.657
116.4

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.290
.357
.408

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Buck Herzog
Eddie Collins

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Roger Bresnahan
Fred Merkle
Jose Rodriguez
Art Fletcher
Art Devlin
George Burns
Fred Snodgrass
Ross Youngs
Christy Mathewson
Rube Marquard
John McGraw

Larry Doyle Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Doyle
529
153
78
24
10
6
64
51
31
24
216
208
.290
.357
.408
765
AVG 2B
528
136
64
19
7
2
48
43
20
176
188
.257
.324
.333
.657

Larry Doyle Rankings

AT Second Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
48
30
32
34
17
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Second Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
30
39
45
53
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Larry Doyle PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
45.1
30.4
21.0
14.8
4.13
70.8
45.6
33.2
22.8
5.19
BLUE = Larry Doyle
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 2B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
285.0
180.9
128.3
88.3
26.1
352.5
203.1
147.5
97.5
26.2
BLUE = Larry Doyle
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 2B