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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 unsuccessful 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. 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 success, winning 17 games in both 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 an 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.

Doyle married his wife, Pat, on September 13, 1968.

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