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Doe Boyland
First baseman
Born: (1955-01-06) January 6, 1955 (age 69)
Chicago, Illinois
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
MLB debut
September 4, 1978, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
October 4, 1981, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
Batting average.105
Home runs0
Runs batted in1
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Dorian "Doe" Boyland is a former Major League Baseball first baseman who was drafted in the second round of the 1976 Major League Baseball Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates.[1] After his playing career, he opened a series of car dealerships across the United States.

Career

After graduating from South Shore High School in Chicago, Boyland attended the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh to play college basketball for the Titans but eventually earned a spot on the school's baseball team.[2]

Boyland played in just 21 games with the Pirates in 1978, 1979, and 1981 and was later traded to the San Francisco Giants.[3]

He is the only MLB player whose first at bat in the majors was a strikeout while sitting on the bench after he was removed with a 1-2 count.[4] On September 4, 1978, the Pirates and the New York Mets played a doubleheader. In the first game, the Pirates tied the game at 4-4 in the 7th. With one out and a man on first, Pirates manager Chuck Tanner pinch-hit Boyland for relief pitcher Ed Whitson, sending the 23-year-old rookie up for his first-ever at bat. After going up 1-2 on Boyland, Mets pitcher Skip Lockwood was pulled for Kevin Kobel, prompting Tanner to counter by replacing Boyland with pinch-hitter Rennie Stennett. Stenett struck out, but scoring rules assign the strikeout to Boyland.[3][4][5]

Boyland made his last appearance on the Pirates on October 4, 1981. That December, he was traded to the San Francisco Giants for Tom Griffin. In 1982, he retired.[3]

Post-baseball career

Boyland opened a series of car dealerships in Florida, Oregon, Wisconsin, and other states after his playing career.[6]

In 2019, Boyland received an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.[7]

In 2021, New York Post baseball columnist Joel Sherman reported Boyland was not interested in working in the Mets front office amidst their search for a president of baseball operations and was "happy to run his car dealerships."[8]

References

  1. ^ "Doe Boyland". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
  2. ^ Strachan, Bobby John (31 March 1982). "Ex-Titan to take a Giant step?". The Oshkosh Northwestern. p. 13. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Doe Boyland". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
  4. ^ a b Gustines, Article By Elena; Cooke, Illustrations By Jim (31 March 2016). "Baseball's Enduring Oddities". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  5. ^ "New York Mets at Pittsburgh Pirates Box Score, September 4, 1978". Baseball Reference. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  6. ^ Flemmon, Emil (August 24, 2019). "Former MLB Player becomes top car dealership owner". Atlanta Voice. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  7. ^ "DORIAN BOYLAND RECOGNIZED AS 2019 HONORARY DOCTORATE DEGREE RECIPIENT". University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
  8. ^ "Twitter".


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