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Larry Doyle
	Lawrence Joseph Doyle
	(Laughing Larry)

	Born: July 31, 1886 in Caseyville, IL
	Died: March 1, 1974 - 87 years old
	Bats: L	Throws: R	Ht: 5'10"	Wt: 165

Fielding Ratings(?)

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Notes:
- Purchased by the New York Giants from Springfield in 1907

Comparison

Second Basemen				All Positions
Contemporaries	All-Time	Hall of Famers		Contemporaries	All-Time

#	Player	Yrs	Pos	WAR	HoF	DQ	Mil	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Rogers Hornsby	1915 - 1937	2B	127.0	Pl			121.6	13.9	0.0	8.6
2	Eddie Collins	1906 - 1930	2B	124.0	Pl		WW1	119.7	8.1	0.0	3.8
3	Nap Lajoie	1896 - 1916	2B	107.2	Pl			97.7	10.1	0.0	0.6
4	Johnny Evers	1902 - 1929	2B	47.8	Pl		WW1	33.2	15.4	0.0	0.8
5	Del Pratt	1912 - 1924	2B	45.5				41.8	5.6	0.0	1.9
6	Larry Doyle	1907 - 1920	2B	45.3				48.6	-2.2	0.0	1.1
7	Danny Murphy	1900 - 1915	2B	35.8				36.0	-4.0	0.0	-3.8
8	Miller Huggins	1904 - 1916	2B	35.5	Ma			32.1	4.2	0.0	0.7
9	Jim Delahanty	1901 - 1915	2B	18.9				29.2	-10.2	-0.2	-0.1
10	Dots Miller	1909 - 1921	2B	18.4			WW1	15.2	2.1	0.0	-1.2
11	Frank LaPorte	1905 - 1915	2B	17.6				19.8	-2.3	0.0	-0.1
12	George Cutshaw	1912 - 1923	2B	16.1				13.2	4.7	0.0	1.8
13	Bill Sweeney	1907 - 1914	2B	13.5				17.4	-1.4	0.0	2.6
14	Ray Morgan	1911 - 1918	2B	13.3				12.3	1.5	0.0	0.5
15	John Hummel	1905 - 1918	2B	11.8				12.9	-2.6	0.0	-1.5
16	Morrie Rath	1909 - 1920	2B	10.5				6.4	4.7	0.0	0.6
17	Lee Magee	1911 - 1919	2B	10.3		BANg		10.3	-1.8	0.0	-1.8
18	Jim Viox	1912 - 1916	2B	9.5				11.1	-1.2	0.0	0.4
19	Otto Knabe	1905 - 1916	2B	9.4				7.3	2.4	0.0	0.3
20	Baldy Louden	1907 - 1916	2B	9.4				9.2	1.7	0.0	1.6
21	Germany Schaefer	1901 - 1918	2B	8.9				15.0	-5.8	-0.1	0.1
22	Steve Yerkes	1909 - 1916	2B	6.8				8.4	-0.4	0.0	1.2
23	Dick Egan	1908 - 1916	2B	6.7				5.9	2.0	0.0	1.2
24	Bill Kenworthy	1912 - 1917	2B	6.6				7.6	-1.1	0.0	-0.1
25	Johnny Rawlings	1914 - 1926	2B	5.1				1.4	7.4	0.0	3.7
26	Charlie Pick	1914 - 1920	2B	4.2				5.1	-0.1	0.0	0.8
27	Bert Niehoff	1913 - 1918	2B	4.1				3.4	1.5	0.0	0.8
28	Bill Wambsganss	1914 - 1926	2B	3.8			WW1	9.8	-2.1	0.0	4.0
29	Marty Kavanagh	1914 - 1918	2B	3.5				4.9	-1.7	0.0	-0.3
30	Paddy Baumann	1911 - 1917	2B	3.3				4.0	-0.7	0.0	-0.0
31	Red Shannon	1915 - 1926	2B	3.0			WW1	3.9	0.4	0.0	1.3
32	Larry Schlafly	1902 - 1914	2B	2.8				4.2	-1.5	0.0	-0.1
33	Alex McCarthy	1910 - 1917	2B	1.6				0.1	2.9	0.0	1.4
34	Bill Rodgers	1915 - 1916	2B	1.6				0.9	0.8	0.0	0.1
35	Ralph Young	1913 - 1922	2B	1.4			WW2	8.3	-5.5	0.0	1.5
36	Bruno Betzel	1914 - 1918	2B	1.3				0.5	1.4	0.0	0.6
37	Dave Shean	1906 - 1919	2B	1.3				-0.1	2.0	0.0	0.6
38	Lute Boone	1913 - 1918	2B	1.3				-0.6	2.4	0.0	0.6
39	Joe Gedeon	1913 - 1920	2B	1.2		BANg		2.4	-0.5	0.0	0.7
40	Bobby Vaughn	1909 - 1915	2B	1.2				1.2	0.1	0.0	0.1
41	Ed Fitzpatrick	1915 - 1917	2B	1.2				2.0	-1.1	0.0	-0.3
42	Joe Berger	1913 - 1914	2B	0.8				-0.2	1.3	0.0	0.3
43	Jack Farrell	1914 - 1915	2B	0.4				-1.1	1.6	0.0	0.0
44	Carl Manda	1914 - 1914	2B	0.3				0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0
45	Frank Truesdale	1910 - 1918	2B	0.2				1.6	-1.3	0.0	0.0
46	Al Tesch	1915 - 1915	2B	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
47	Charley Moore	1912 - 1912	2B	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
48	Ty Helfrich	1915 - 1915	2B	-0.0				-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
49	Gene Steinbrenner	1912 - 1912	2B	-0.1				-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
50	Press Cruthers	1913 - 1914	2B	-0.1				-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0

	Larry Doyle	1907 - 1920	2B	45.3				48.6	-2.2	0.0	1.1

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com