Jim Doyle helped Salt Lake to cheap win, saw one season

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Never mind it was a rain-shortened contest, the Salt Lake City Trappers ended a five game loosing streak in July 1990. Right fielder Jim Doyle, along with his teammates, couldn't have been happier, The Salt Lake Tribune wrote.

"A cheap win?" Doyle told The Tribune afterward. "Just to get a win feels great."

Doyle helped get wins that year in his first season as a pro. That season also turned out to be his only season as a pro. 

Doyle's career began and ended that year, signed by independent Salt Lake City. His school and where he hailed from could not be found.

Doyle started with the Trappers that June. He knocked in a run on a hit in one July game. In another game that month, he got a run across on a sacrifice fly and later scored on a sacrifice fly. 

He then hit a two-run home run in an early August game. By later that month, though, Doyle was considering returning to school.

Overall, Doyle saw 40 games and hit .203 with that one home run. Those numbers marked the extent of his pro career.


1990 Minor League Tally 
Players/Coaches Featured:4,486
Made the Majors:1,426-31.8%
Never Made Majors:3,060-68.2%-X
5+ Seasons in the Majors:577
10+ Seasons in the Minors:357

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