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. He was named the Mountain East Conference Player of the Year after hitting .415 with 98 hits,14 home runs,16 doubles and 68 RBIs. [4] Doyle repeated as a Conference Player of the Year after batting .392 with 13 home runs,six triples,17 doubles and 47 RBIs and 79 runs scored as a junior. [5]
The Colorado Rockies selected Doyle in the fourth round of the 2019 MLB draft. [6] 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. [7] [8] 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. [9]
Doyle was named the best overall athlete in the Rockies' minor league system going into the 2021 season. [10] 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 split the 2022 season between the Double-A Hartford Yard Goats and Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes. In 132 games,he hit a combined .256/.300/.473 with 26 home runs,77 RBI,and 23 stolen bases.
Doyle was optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque to begin the 2023 season. [11] 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. [12] 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. [13] Doyle ended the season hitting .203 with 10 home runs and 22 stolen bases while winning a Gold Glove.
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