Brenton Doyle | |
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Colorado Rockies – No. 9 | |
Center fielder | |
Born: Warrenton, Virginia, U.S. | May 14, 1998|
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 24, 2023, for the Colorado Rockies | |
MLB statistics (through 2024 season) | |
Batting average | .236 |
Home runs | 33 |
Runs batted in | 120 |
Stolen bases | 52 |
Teams | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Brenton Edward Doyle (born May 14,1998) is an American professional baseball center fielder for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023.
Doyle was born and grew up in Warrenton,Virginia and attended Kettle Run High School. [1] He was named the 3A East Region Player of the Year as junior after batting .443. [2] Doyle initially intended to pursue a career in the military and committed to play college baseball at the Virginia Military Institute but decommitted late in his senior year. He later signed to play at Division II Shepherd University. [3]
Doyle played college baseball for the Shepherd Rams for three seasons,hitting only .300 in all three seasons. He was named the Mountain East Conference Player of the Year in 2018 after hitting .415 with 98 hits,14 home runs,16 doubles and 68 RBIs. [4] Doyle repeated as the conference Player of the Year in 2019 after batting .392 with 13 home runs,six triples,17 doubles and 47 RBIs and 79 runs scored as a junior. [5] [6]
The Colorado Rockies selected Doyle in the fourth round of the 2019 MLB draft. [7] He received a $500,000 signing bonus. [8] Doyle was assigned to the Grand Junction Rockies of the Pioneer League,where he led the league with a .383 batting average with 8 home runs,33 RBI,and 17 stolen bases. [9] [10] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and spent most of the year training in Manassas,Virginia at a baseball complex alongside local college players until taking part in the Rockies' fall instructional league. [11]
Doyle was named the best overall athlete in the Rockies' minor league system going into the 2021 season. [12] He was assigned to the Spokane Indians of the High-A West League for 2021,where he batted .279 with 16 home runs,47 RBIs,and 21 stolen bases in 97 games played and awarded a Minor League Rawlings Gold Glove Award. [3] Doyle played most of the 2022 season for the Double-A Hartford Yard Goats,playing nine games for the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes in September. In 132 games,he hit a combined .256/.300/.473 with 26 home runs,77 RBI,and 23 stolen bases. [13]
Doyle was optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque to begin the 2023 season. [14] On April 24,2023,Doyle was promoted to the major leagues for the first time. He had batted .306/.404/.633 with 5 home runs and 8 RBIs in 12 Triple-A games prior to his promotion. [15] Doyle made his major league debut later that day,starting in center field and going hitless in three at-bats with one walk and one run scored. [16] On September 2,Doyle made a throw from center field with a speed of 105.7 mph,the fastest throw by a position player since at least 2015. [17] Doyle ended his rookie season hitting .203 with 10 home runs and 22 stolen bases in 126 games while winning a Gold Glove Award in center field.
In 2024,Doyle won his second consecutive Gold Glove, [18] and his hitting improved. He was named the National League Player of the Month for July,after batting .333 with 19 extra base hits. [19] For the season,he hit .260/.317/.446 with 23 home runs and 30 stolen bases in 149 games. [18]
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