Batting average .290 Role Baseball player Name Buzz Boyle | Runs batted in 125 Home runs 12 | |
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Died November 12, 1978, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States | ||
Ralph Francis Boyle (February 9, 1908 – November 12, 1978), was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1929 through 1935 for the Boston Braves (1929–30) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1933–35). In 1934, his most productive year in the majors, Boyle hit .305 for the Dodgers, led the major leagues with 20 outfield assists, and received National League MVP votes. Listed at 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), 170 lb., Boyle batted and threw left-handed. Born in Cincinnati, he attended Xavier University.
Boyle also managed for the Muskegon Lassies of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the 1944 season. Noted sports columnist Steve Rushin is his great-nephew.
Boyle died at his hometown of Cincinnati at the age of 70.
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