Jack Doyle (baseball)

Jack Doyle (baseball)

Infobox MLB retired
name=Jack Doyle
position=First Baseman



bgcolor1=#000066
bgcolor2=#000066
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
birthdate=October 25, 1869
Killorglin, Ireland
deathdate=death date and age|1958|12|31|1869|8|9
city-state|Holyoke|Massachusetts
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=August 20
debutyear=by|1889
debutteam=Columbus Solons
finaldate=July 13
finalyear=by|1905
finalteam=New York Highlanders
stat1label=Batting average
stat2label=Runs batted in
stat3label=Runs scored
stat1value=.299
stat2value=968
stat3value=971
teams=As Player
*Columbus Solons (by|1889-by|1890)
*Cleveland Spiders (by|1891-by|1892)
*New York Giants (by|1892-by|1895), (by|1898-by|1900), (by|1902)
*Baltimore Orioles (by|1896-by|1897)
*Washington Senators (NL) (by|1898)
*Chicago Ophans (by|1901)
*Washington Senators (AL) (by|1902)
*Brooklyn Superbas (by|1903-by|1904)
*Philadelphia Phillies (by|1904)
*New York Highlanders (by|1905)As Manager
*New York Giants (by|1895)
*Washington Senators (NL) (by|1898)
highlights=
*Starting First Baseman for the National League Champions, The Baltimore Orioles in 1896.
*Four times in the top 10 in Stolen Bases: 1896, 1897, 1900, 1903
*31st on the all-time stolen base list with 516.

John Joseph "Jack" Doyle (October 25 1869 – December 31 1958) was an Irish-American first baseman in Major League Baseball whose career spanned 17 seasons, mainly in the National League.cite web| title = Jack Doyle Stats | work = Baseball-Reference.com | url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/doyleja01.shtml | accessdate = 2007-07-20 ] He was born in Killorglin, Ireland, and emigrated to the U.S. when he was a child, his family settling in Holyoke, Massachusetts.cite web| title = Jack Doyle Biography | work = SABR.org | url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&pid=3763&bid=640 | accessdate = 2007-07-20 ]

Playing career

After attending Fordham University, he embarked on a baseball career that would last 70 years. He made his first appearance at the major league level by signing and playing two years for the Columbus Solons of the American Association. Doyle would play for ten clubs from by|1889-by|1905, batting .299 in 1,564 games with 516 stolen bases. He began as a catcher-outfielder and became a first baseman in by|1894. His best years were in 1894, when he batted .367 for the New York Giants, and in by|1897, when he hit .354 with 62 stolen bases for the Baltimore Orioles. He is credited with being the first pinch-hitter in pro ball, with Cleveland at Brooklyn on June 7, by|1892. Patsy Tebeau was the manager and Doyle came through with a game-winning single.

For the by|1894 season, he took over the everyday duties at first base. Manager John Montgomery Ward not only make the decision to replace his former teammate and friend Roger Connor, but released him as well. Connor was a very popular player, and this decision drew the ire and scrutiny from the fans and media alike. Ward defended his decision, and claimed the move came down to the fact that he liked Doyle's playing style, describing him as a hustler. ["A Clever Base-Ballist: The Life and Times of John Montgomery Ward," pg. 352, by Bryan Di Salvatore] Replacing Connor at first base proved worth the risk as Jack batted .367 that season, and he totaled 100 runs batted in, and stole 42 bases.

Dirty Jack

Because of his aggressive playing style, Doyle was known as “Dirty Jack,” often feuding with umpires, fans, opposing players, and even, at times, his own teammates.cite web| title = Top 100 Teams | work = minorleaguebaseball.com | url=http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/history/top100.jsp?idx=63 | accessdate = 2007-07-20 ] On one occasion, in Cincinnati on July 4, by|1900, while in the 3rd inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Doyle slugged umpire Bob Emslie after being called out on a steal attempt. Fans jumped from the stands as the two got into it, and players finally separated the two fighters. Two policemen chase the fans back into the stands and then arrested and fined Doyle. On July 1, by|1901, when he was being harassed by a Polo Grounds fan, he jumped into the stands and hit him once with his left hand, reinjuring it after having broken it several weeks earlier.cite web| title = Jack Doyle Chronology | work = The Baseball Library.com | url=http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Jack_Doyle_1869&page=chronology | accessdate = 2007-07-20 ]

He carried on a lengthy feud with John McGraw that started when they were teammates at Baltimore. McGraw, of course, had to have the last word. In by|1902, McGraw was appointed manager of the Giants, and his first act was to release Doyle, even though he was batting .301 and fielding .991 at the time. Even with these seemingly out-of-control traits, Doyle was deemed a natural leader and was selected as team captain in New York, Brooklyn and Chicago, and served as an interim manager for the Giants in by|1895 and Washington Senators in by|1898.

Minor league success

In 1905, after playing one game with the New York Highlanders, Doyle became manager of Toledo of the Western Association. One year later, in by|1906, he was named the manager of the Des Moines Champions, so named because they won the league championship the previous year, and they won it again under Doyle's helm. Following his championship season at Des Moines, he managed Milwaukee in by|1907

Other career capacities

In 1908-09, the only years of his adult life spent outside of baseball, he served as police commissioner of his hometown of Holyoke. Doyle returned to the game as an umpire and worked in the National League for 42 games in by|1911.cite web| title = Jack Doyle | work = Retrosheet.org | url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/D/Pdoylj103.htm | accessdate = 2007-02-17 ] Later on he would join the Chicago Cubs as a scout in by|1920. In his many years with the Cubs, Doyle was credited with signing or recommending the acquisition of such stars as Gabby Hartnett, Hack Wilson, Billy Herman, Stan Hack, Bill Jurges, Charlie Root, Bill Lee, Augie Galan, Riggs Stephenson and Phil Cavarretta. He remained in that capacity until his death at age 89 on New Year's Eve 1958. He was buried at St. Jerome Cemetery in Holyoke.

ee also

* List of Major League Baseball players with 300 stolen bases
* List of players from Ireland in Major League Baseball

References

External links

Persondata
NAME = Doyle, Jack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Doyle, John Joseph; Doyle, Dirty Jack
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Major League Baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH = October 25, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH = Killorglin, Ireland
DATE OF DEATH = December 31, 1958
PLACE OF DEATH = Holyoke, Massachusetts


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