Doyle Lafayette Alexander (born September 4, 1950, Cordova, Alabama) was a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, San Francisco Giants, Toronto Blue Jays, and Detroit Tigers.

Alexander was a below average pitcher for most of his career, but had moments of brilliance that helped division and pennant winners. After being drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1968 and spending several unsucessful seasons with them and the Baltimore Orioles, Alexander had his first moment of success after coming over to the Yankees in the middle of the 1976 season and going 10-5 to help win the AL East. He did not pitch during the ALCS, so he was tagged to start Game 1 of the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds, which he lost. He signed with the Rangers as a free agent in the offseason and enjoyed one good year before falling apart as a pitcher. It would not be until a trade to the Blue Jays during the 1983 season that he would return to form.

The Blue Jays were on the rise in the mid 1980s, and Alexander was an instrumental part of their sucess, winning 17 games apiece in 1984 and 1985, including the division-clinching win over the Yankees in 1985. His skill did not hold in the ALCS, however, where he went 0-1 with an 8.71 ERA in two starts as the Blue Jays fell to the Kansas City Royals in seven games.

A slow start the next year got him traded to the Braves, who dealt him in turn to the contending Tigers the next year for John Smoltz. Detroit got more than they could have possibly hoped for in Alexander, who went an amazing 9-0 with a 1.53 ERA to propel the Tigers to the division title. Again, he was miserable in the ALCS going 0-2 with a 10.00 ERA, bringing his postseason totals to 0-5 with a 8.38 ERA. Alexander was not nearly as effective after that, though he did make his only all star team in 1988, and retired after the 1989 season.

YEAR TEAM        AGE   W   L   PCT    G  GS  CG  SV  GF   IP      H    R   ER   BB   SO    ERA RSAA
1971 Dodgers      20   6   6  .500   17  12   4   0   0   92.1  105   45   39   18   30   3.80   -4 
1972 Orioles      21   6   8  .429   35   9   2   2  16  106.1   78   36   29   30   49   2.45    6 
1973 Orioles      22  12   8  .600   29  26  10   0   2  174.2  169   85   75   52   63   3.86    3 
1974 Orioles      23   6   9  .400   30  12   2   0   9  114.1  127   65   51   43   40   4.01   -9 
1975 Orioles      24   8   8  .500   32  11   3   1  12  133.1  127   47   45   47   46   3.04    4 
1976 Orioles      25   3   4  .429   11   6   2   0   4   64.1   58   27   25   24   17   3.50   -1 
     Yankees      25  10   5  .667   19  19   5   0   0  136.2  114   54   50   39   41   3.29    2 
     TOTALS           13   9  .591   30  25   7   0   4  201    172   81   75   63   58   3.36    1 
1977 Rangers      26  17  11  .607   34  34  12   0   0  237    221  103   96   82   82   3.65   15 
1978 Rangers      27   9  10  .474   31  28   7   0   3  191    198   84   82   71   81   3.86   -6 
1979 Rangers      28   5   7  .417   23  18   0   0   3  113.1  114   65   56   69   50   4.45   -3 
1980 Braves       29  14  11  .560   35  35   7   0   0  231.2  227  120  108   74  114   4.20  -14 
1981 Giants       30  11   7  .611   24  24   1   0   0  152.1  156   51   49   44   77   2.89   13 
1982 Yankees      31   1   7  .125   16  11   0   0   3   66.2   81   52   45   14   26   6.08  -16 
1983 Yankees      32   0   2  .000    8   5   0   0   2   28.1   31   21   20    7   17   6.35   -7 
     BlueJays     32   7   6  .538   17  15   5   0   1  116.2  126   55   51   26   46   3.93    7 
     TOTALS            7   8  .467   25  20   5   0   3  145    157   76   71   33   63   4.41    0 
1984 BlueJays     33  17   6  .739   36  35  11   0   1  261.2  238   99   91   59  139   3.13   26 
1985 BlueJays     34  17  10  .630   36  36   6   0   0  260.2  268  105  100   67  142   3.45   18 
1986 BlueJays     35   5   4  .556   17  17   3   0   0  111    120   56   55   20   65   4.46   -1 
     Braves       35   6   6  .500   17  17   2   0   0  117.1  135   58   50   17   74   3.84    0 
     TOTALS           11  10  .524   34  34   5   0   0  228.1  255  114  105   37  139   4.14   -1 
1987 Braves       36   5  10  .333   16  16   3   0   0  117.2  115   57   54   27   64   4.13    5 
     Tigers       36   9   0 1.000   11  11   3   0   0   88.1   63   16   15   26   44   1.53   27 
     TOTALS           14  10  .583   27  27   6   0   0  206    178   73   69   53  108   3.01   32 
1988 Tigers       37  14  11  .560   34  34   5   0   0  229    260  122  110   46  126   4.32  -16 
1989 Tigers       38   6  18  .250   33  33   5   0   0  223    245  118  110   76   95   4.44  -15 
     TOTALS          194 174  .527  561 464  98   3  56 3367.2 3376 1541 1406  978 1528   3.76   34 
     LG AVERAGE      188 188  .500           95  14     3367.2 3329 1617 1447 1217 1937   3.87    0 

YEAR TEAM          HR   H/9  BR/9  SO/9  BB/9 SO/BB SHO  WP IBB HBP   BFP BK  NW  NL
1971 Dodgers        6 10.23 12.09  2.92  1.75  1.67   0   1   0   1   395  0   5   7 
1972 Orioles        5  6.60  9.23  4.15  2.54  1.63   2   7   8   1   423  1   8   6 
1973 Orioles       19  8.71 11.75  3.25  2.68  1.21   0   3   5   7   726  0  10  10 
1974 Orioles        7 10.00 13.70  3.15  3.38  0.93   0   6   4   4   497  0   6   9 
1975 Orioles        7  8.57 11.81  3.11  3.17  0.98   1   6   7   1   561  0   9   7 
1976 Orioles        3  8.11 11.47  2.38  3.36  0.71   1   0   2   0   265  1   3   4 
     Yankees        9  7.51 10.27  2.70  2.57  1.05   2   6   0   3   547  1   8   7 
     TOTALS        12  7.70 10.66  2.60  2.82  0.92   3   6   2   3   812  2  11  11 
1977 Rangers       24  8.39 11.58  3.11  3.11  1.00   1   3   2   2   995  0  16  12 
1978 Rangers       18  9.33 12.72  3.82  3.35  1.14   1   4   1   1   822  0   9  10 
1979 Rangers        3  9.05 14.61  3.97  5.48  0.72   0   4   3   1   508  0   6   6 
1980 Braves        20  8.82 11.85  4.43  2.87  1.54   1   3   5   4   981  0  11  14 
1981 Giants        11  9.22 11.93  4.55  2.60  1.75   1   4   2   2   646  1  11   7 
1982 Yankees       14 10.94 12.83  3.51  1.89  1.86   0   1   2   0   293  4   2   6 
1983 Yankees        6  9.85 12.07  5.40  2.22  2.43   0   0   0   0   121  0   1   1 
     BlueJays      14  9.72 11.80  3.55  2.01  1.77   0   4   1   1   482  0   7   6 
     TOTALS        20  9.74 11.86  3.91  2.05  1.91   0   4   1   1   603  0   8   7 
1984 BlueJays      21  8.19 10.32  4.78  2.03  2.36   2   2   1   3  1061  0  14   9 
1985 BlueJays      28  9.25 11.77  4.90  2.31  2.12   1   9   0   6  1090  0  16  11 
1986 BlueJays      18  9.73 11.68  5.27  1.62  3.25   0   1   1   4   470  0   4   5 
     Braves         9 10.36 11.66  5.68  1.30  4.35   0   1   1   0   496  0   6   6 
     TOTALS        27 10.05 11.67  5.48  1.46  3.76   0   2   2   4   966  0  10  11 
1987 Braves        21  8.80 11.01  4.90  2.07  2.37   0   2   5   2   481  0   8   7 
     Tigers         3  6.42  9.07  4.48  2.65  1.69   3   1   0   0   340  0   8   1 
     TOTALS        24  7.78 10.18  4.72  2.32  2.04   3   3   5   2   821  0  16   8 
1988 Tigers        30 10.22 12.22  4.95  1.81  2.74   1   2   7   5   985  1  11  14 
1989 Tigers        28  9.89 13.16  3.83  3.07  1.25   1   4   3   5   977  1  10  14 
     TOTALS       324  9.02 11.78  4.08  2.61  1.56  18  74  60  53 14162 10 189 179 
     LG AVERAGE   302  8.90 12.34  5.18  3.25  1.59  17 105 106  72 14350 24 

DOYLE ALEXANDER LEAGUE LEADERSHIP RANKINGS

1972 AL WILD PITCHES T10TH 7; BALKS T4TH 1

1973 AL HIT BY PITCHES T8TH 7

1976 AL HITS/9 IP 6TH 7.70; BASERUNNERS/9 IP 8TH 10.66; BALKS T2ND 2

1977 AL WINS T7TH 17; HITS/9 IP 8TH 8.39; NEUTRAL WINS T9TH 16

1980 NL WINS T9TH 14; GAMES STARTED T7TH 35; COMPLETE GAMES T10TH 7; INNINGS PITCHED 9TH 231.2; RUNS 2ND 120; EARNED RUNS 3RD 108; WORST ERA 9TH 4.20; HOMERUNS T6TH 20; HIT BY PITCHES T10TH 4; BATTERS FACED 8TH 981; NEUTRAL LOSSES T7TH 14

1981 NL WINS T7TH 11; GAMES STARTED T4TH 24; HITS T3RD 156; RSAA T10TH 13; HOMERUNS T3RD 11; BATTERS FACED 8TH 646; NEUTRAL WINS T4TH 11

1982 AL WORST RSAA T9TH -16; BALKS T5TH 4

1984 AL WINS T6TH 17; WINNING PERCENTAGE 1ST .739; GAMES STARTED T4TH 35; COMPLETE GAMES T6TH 11; INNINGS PITCHED 3RD 261.2; HITS 9TH 238; ERA 8TH 3.13; RSAA 6TH 26; HITS/9 IP 10TH 8.19; BASERUNNERS/9 IP 2ND 10.32; WALKS/9 IP 4TH 2.03; STRIKEOUTS/WALKS 6TH 2.36; SHUTOUTS T9TH 2; BATTERS FACED 3RD 1061

1985 AL WINS T5TH 17; WINNING PERCENTAGE T7TH .630; GAMES STARTED T4TH 36; INNINGS PITCHED 4TH 260.2; HITS 2ND 268; HOMERUNS T9TH 28; WALKS/9 IP 7TH 2.31; STRIKEOUTS/WALKS 10TH 2.12; BATTERS FACED 3RD 1090; NEUTRAL WINS T10TH 16

1987 AL RSAA T8TH 27; SHUTOUTS T3RD 3

1988 AL GAMES STARTED T10TH 34; HITS 3RD 260; RUNS T4TH 122; EARNED RUNS T4TH 110; WORST ERA 8TH 4.32; HOMERUNS 3RD 30; WALKS/9 IP 3RD 1.81; STRIKEOUTS/WALKS 8TH 2.74; INTENTIONAL WALKS T10TH 7; NEUTRAL LOSSES T5TH 14

1989 AL LOSSES 1ST 18; GAMES STARTED T10TH 33; HITS 4TH 245; RUNS 4TH 118; EARNED RUNS 4TH 110; WORST ERA 6TH 4.44; HOMERUNS T1ST 28; BATTERS FACED 7TH 977; NEUTRAL LOSSES T6TH 14