What years did Doyle Alexander play?

Doyle Alexander played in Major League Baseball from 1971 to 1989.

Was Doyle Alexander a pitcher?

Yes. Doyle Alexander pitched in the major leagues, recording 194 wins and 1528 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Doyle Alexander hit?

Doyle Alexander hit 0 career home runs with 44 hits.

What was Doyle Alexander's career batting average?

Doyle Alexander batted .166 over his career, with 44 hits in 265 at bats.

How many RBI did Doyle Alexander have?

Doyle Alexander drove in 17 runs in his career.

What was Doyle Alexander's career ERA?

Doyle Alexander finished with a 3.76 career ERA, going 194-174 with 1,528 strikeouts.

Doyle Alexander

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1971-1989)

Doyle Alexander was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1971 to 1989 for 8 teams, including the Los Angeles Dodgers, a span of 19 seasons. Across 561 career appearances, he went 194-174 with a 3.76 ERA and 1,528 strikeouts. He also batted .166 with 0 home runs. Doyle Alexander was an All-Star.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 194–174

ERA 3.76

WHIP 1.29

SO 1,528

Pitcher PIV -12902.9

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 190 lb
Born: 9/4/1950 in Cordova, AL, USA
MLB Debut: 1971-06-26
Last Game: 1989-09-27
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Doyle Lafayette Alexander

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Career Pitching Statistics

Doyle Alexander — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
194	174	561	464	98	18	3	3367.2	3,376	1,406	324	978	1,528	3.76	-12902.9

Career ERA 3.76 vs. league average 3.78 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Doyle Alexander Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1971	LAN	NL	6	6	17	12	4	0	0	92.1	105	39	18	30	3.80	3.47 (-10%)	482.9
1972	BAL	AL	6	8	35	9	2	2	2	106.1	78	29	30	49	2.45	3.26 (+25%)	816.9
1973	BAL	AL	12	8	29	26	10	0	0	174.2	169	75	52	63	3.86	3.75 (-3%)	-2295.8
1974	BAL	AL	6	9	30	12	2	0	0	114.1	127	51	43	40	4.01	3.63 (-11%)	-801.3
1975	BAL	AL	8	8	32	11	3	1	1	133.1	127	45	47	46	3.04	3.71 (+18%)	175.0
1976	BAL	AL	3	4	11	6	2	1	0	64.1	58	25	24	17	3.50	3.51 (avg)	-507.1
1976	NYA	AL	10	5	19	19	5	2	0	136.2	114	50	39	41	3.29	3.51 (+6%)	-1012.9
1977	TEX	AL	17	11	34	34	12	1	0	237.0	221	96	82	82	3.65	4.00 (+9%)	-2531.7
1978	TEX	AL	9	10	31	28	7	1	0	191.0	198	82	71	81	3.86	3.69 (-5%)	-1937.3
1979	TEX	AL	5	7	23	18	0	0	0	113.1	114	56	69	50	4.45	4.00 (-11%)	-127.1
1980	ATL	NL	14	11	35	35	7	1	0	231.2	227	108	74	114	4.20	3.84 (-9%)	-340.3
1981	SFN	NL	11	7	24	24	1	1	0	152.1	156	49	44	77	2.89	3.58 (+19%)	587.5
1982	NYA	AL	1	7	16	11	0	0	0	66.2	81	45	14	26	6.07	3.86 (-57%)	-2389.4
1983	NYA	AL	0	2	8	5	0	0	0	28.1	31	20	7	17	6.35	3.87 (-64%)	-833.6
1983	TOR	AL	7	6	17	15	5	0	0	116.2	126	51	26	46	3.93	3.87 (-2%)	-1016.1
1984	TOR	AL	17	6	36	35	11	2	0	261.2	238	91	59	139	3.13	3.81 (+18%)	2420.2
1985	TOR	AL	17	10	36	36	6	1	0	260.2	268	100	67	142	3.45	3.89 (+11%)	426.3
1986	TOR	AL	5	4	17	17	3	0	0	111.0	120	55	20	65	4.46	3.97 (-12%)	-1065.9
1986	ATL	NL	6	6	17	17	2	0	0	117.1	135	50	17	74	3.84	3.97 (+3%)	3097.4
1987	ATL	NL	5	10	16	16	3	0	0	117.2	115	54	27	64	4.13	4.29 (+4%)	-1615.5
1987	DET	AL	9	0	11	11	3	3	0	88.1	63	15	26	44	1.53	4.29 (+64%)	2460.2
1988	DET	AL	14	11	34	34	5	1	0	229.0	260	110	46	126	4.32	3.73 (-16%)	-1752.4
1989	DET	AL	6	18	33	33	5	1	0	223.0	245	110	76	95	4.44	3.71 (-20%)	-5142.8
Career · 23 seasons			194	174	561	464	98	18	3	3,367.2	3,376	1,406	978	1,528	3.76	—	-12,903

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Doyle Alexander — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
562	265	19	44	8	0	0	17	0	9	77	.166	.195	.196	.391	-810

Career AVG .166 vs. league average .258 across their career seasons — 35.6% below league average.

Career OBP .195 vs. league average .323 across their career seasons — 39.7% below league average.

Career SLG .196 vs. league average .382 across their career seasons — 48.7% below league average.

Career OPS .391 vs. league average .706 across their career seasons — 44.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Doyle Alexander Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1971	LAN	NL	17	33	3	9	0	2	3	13	.273	—	—	—	—	0.0
1972	BAL	AL	35	25	1	2	0	0	1	7	.080	—	—	—	—	0.0
1973	BAL	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1974	BAL	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1975	BAL	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1976	BAL	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1976	NYA	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1977	TEX	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1978	TEX	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1979	TEX	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1980	ATL	NL	35	83	7	15	3	3	3	24	.181	.264 (-32%)	.326 (-36%)	.387 (-44%)	.714 (-40%)	-528.4
1981	SFN	NL	24	51	5	9	4	6	2	12	.176	.255 (-31%)	.320 (-36%)	.368 (-31%)	.688 (-33%)	-282.0
1982	NYA	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1983	NYA	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1983	TOR	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1984	TOR	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1985	TOR	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	TOR	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	ATL	NL	18	38	2	8	1	5	0	8	.211	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	ATL	NL	16	35	1	1	0	1	0	13	.029	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	DET	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1988	DET	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	DET	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 23 seasons			562	265	19	44	8	17	9	77	.166	—	—	—	—	-810

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Doyle Alexander — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Doyle Alexander — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
1987	ALCS	DET	2	.000
1985	ALCS	TOR	2	.000
1976	WS	NYA	1	.000
1973	ALCS	BAL	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Doyle Alexander — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	5	6	6	0	29.0	42	27	6	16	8.38

Playoff Pitching by Year

Doyle Alexander — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1987	ALCS	DET	2	2	2	9.0	14	10	1	5	10.00
1985	ALCS	TOR	1	2	2	10.1	14	10	3	9	8.71
1976	WS	NYA	1	1	1	6.0	9	5	2	1	7.50
1973	ALCS	BAL	1	1	1	3.2	5	2	0	1	4.91

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Doyle Alexander — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	282	133	8	25	0	11	.188
Away	280	132	11	19	0	6	.144

Pitching — Home / Away

Doyle Alexander — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	281	1793.0	1701	699	511	850	3.51
Away	280	1574.2	1675	707	467	678	4.04

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Doyle Alexander — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1989-09-27	DET	TOR	L	7.0	7	3	3	5	1	0
1989-09-22	DET	BOS	—	5.2	7	3	3	1	2	1
1989-09-16	DET	MIN	L	7.0	13	7	7	1	2	1
1989-09-10	DET	CHW	—	8.0	7	3	3	4	5	1
1989-09-04	DET	KCR	W	6.2	4	1	1	2	4	0
1989-08-30	DET	KCR	L	7.0	11	6	6	5	3	0
1989-08-25	DET	BOS	L	6.0	10	4	2	1	3	2
1989-08-15	DET	BAL	L	7.0	4	2	2	2	2	2
1989-08-10	DET	TEX	L	8.0	10	4	4	2	3	3
1989-08-05	DET	CHW	L	5.2	12	7	6	3	7	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Doyle Alexander — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	561	464	264	521	32	36

Season-by-Season Fielding

Doyle Alexander — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1971	LAN	P	17	12	5	12	1	0
1972	BAL	P	35	9	14	23	2	1
1973	BAL	P	29	26	15	34	2	1
1974	BAL	P	30	12	13	30	2	5
1975	BAL	P	32	11	14	29	2	1
1976	BAL	P	11	6	6	16	0	1
1976	NYA	P	19	19	5	14	0	0
1977	TEX	P	34	34	17	46	4	4
1978	TEX	P	31	28	17	36	4	1
1979	TEX	P	23	18	12	23	0	1
1980	ATL	P	35	35	16	49	4	4
1981	SFN	P	24	24	9	16	0	1
1982	NYA	P	16	11	3	9	1	1
1983	NYA	P	8	5	2	2	0	0
1983	TOR	P	17	15	11	17	1	1
1984	TOR	P	36	35	18	33	2	4
1985	TOR	P	36	36	28	32	1	4
1986	TOR	P	17	17	6	11	2	0
1986	ATL	P	17	17	8	14	1	2
1987	ATL	P	16	16	6	10	0	1
1987	DET	P	11	11	4	14	0	1
1988	DET	P	34	34	12	19	2	1
1989	DET	P	33	33	23	32	1	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Doyle Alexander Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	561

Awards & Honors

Doyle Alexander — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1987	Pitcher of the Month	September
1984	Pitcher of the Month	September

Salary History

Doyle Alexander — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1989	DET	AL	$1,000,000
1988	DET	AL	$500,000
1987	ATL	NL	$650,000
1986	TOR	AL	$700,000
1985	TOR	AL	$875,000
Total Career Earnings			$3,725,000

Award Voting History

Doyle Alexander — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1987	Cy Young Award	AL	4th	8.0	140	1
1987	Most Valuable Player	AL	13th	17.0	392	0
1985	Cy Young Award	AL	6th	5.0	140	0
1985	Most Valuable Player	AL	21th	3.0	392	0
1984	Most Valuable Player	AL	27th	1.0	392	0

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Doyle Alexander: the record in brief

Between the debut on June 26, 1971 and the final game on September 27, 1989, Doyle Alexander built the record summarized on this page. Club by club, the record runs the Los Angeles Dodgers (1971), the Baltimore Orioles (1972 through 1976), the New York Yankees (1976 to 1983), the Texas Rangers (1977 through 1979), the Atlanta Braves (1980 to 1987), the San Francisco Giants (1981), the Toronto Blue Jays (1983 through 1986), and the Detroit Tigers (1987 through 1989). The bio lists Alexander as a pitcher who threw and hit right-handed. Height and weight on file: 6 feet, 3 inches and 190 pounds. The birth record reads September 4, 1950, in Cordova, AL, USA. The given name on file is Doyle Lafayette Alexander.

Alexander pitched in 561 games, starting 464, and finished with a 194-174 record and 3.76 ERA. The totals include 1,528 strikeouts, 98 complete games, and 18 shutouts. Alexander's 3.76 ERA was close to the 3.78 league figure for those seasons.

Frequently Asked Questions about Doyle Alexander

What years did Doyle Alexander play?: Doyle Alexander played in Major League Baseball from 1971 to 1989.
Was Doyle Alexander a pitcher?: Yes. Doyle Alexander pitched in the major leagues, recording 194 wins and 1528 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Doyle Alexander hit?: Doyle Alexander hit 0 career home runs with 44 hits.
What was Doyle Alexander's career batting average?: Doyle Alexander batted .166 over his career, with 44 hits in 265 at bats.
How many RBI did Doyle Alexander have?: Doyle Alexander drove in 17 runs in his career.
What was Doyle Alexander's career ERA?: Doyle Alexander finished with a 3.76 career ERA, going 194-174 with 1,528 strikeouts.