Robert Dennis Doyle is a former Major League Baseball

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 second baseman

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 who played for the Philadelphia Phillies

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 (1970–1973), California Angels

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 (1974–1975) and Boston Red Sox

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 (1975–1977). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was considered a good-fielding second baseman but a weak hitter, finishing with a career batting average

Batting average

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 of .250 and 16 home runs. Doyle enjoyed his best season in 1975, when he batted .310 after being traded from the Angels to the Red Sox in June. He was the starting second baseman for the Red Sox in the 1975 American League Championship Series

1975 American League Championship Series

-Game 1:Saturday, October 4, 1975 at Fenway Park in Boston, MassachusettsBoston Red Sox starter Luis Tiant allowed just one run on three hits to defeat the Oakland Athletics, 7–1, in the ALCS opener....

 and World Series

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On July 18, 1972, against the San Diego Padres

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, Doyle broke up Steve Arlin

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's bid for a no-hitter

No-hitter

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 by singling with two out in the ninth. No pitcher has ever tossed a no-hitter in a Padre uniform; to date, this is the closest any has come to pitching one. He had the only hit in three one-hitters in his career, hitting a two-run home run in a game pitched by Gary Nolan, and getting the only hit in a 1970 game pitched by Nolan Ryan

Nolan Ryan

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Doyle attended Morehead State University

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 and is the older brother of former New York Yankees

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 and Oakland Athletics

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 infielder Brian Doyle

Brian Doyle (baseball)

Brian Reed Doyle is a former Major League Baseball infielder who played for the New York Yankees and Oakland A's. He played primarily as a second baseman. His brother, Denny Doyle, was also a Major League baseball player...

. He is currently the president of Doyle Baseball Camps, which he founded in 1978 along with his brothers Brian and Blake.