Robert Dennis Doyle (January 17, 1944 – December 20, 2022) was an American professional baseball second baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, California Angels, and Boston Red Sox. Listed at and , he batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was considered a good-fielding second baseman but a weak hitter. Career Doyle attended Morehead State University where be played baseball and basketball. After not being selected in the 1965 MLB draft, he signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies. He then remained at Morehead to complete his degree, playing in the Basin League and Central Illinois Collegiate League. Doyle began his professional career in 1966 with the Class A Spartanburg Phillies and advanced through the Phillies' farm system, reaching the Triple-A level in 1969 with the Eugene Emeralds of the Pacific Coast League. Doyle debuted in MLB in 1970, when he played in 112 games for the Phillies. He remained with the team through the 1973 season, appearing in a total of 446 games with Philadelphia, posting a .240 batting average with nine home runs and 92 runs batted in (RBIs). While playing for Philadelphia, Doyle was involved in two notable near no-hitters. On April 18, 1970, Doyle registered a lead-off single in the first inning against Nolan Ryan of the New York Mets, which was the only hit Ryan allowed in a complete game effort. On July 18, 1972, Doyle broke up a no-hit bid by Steve Arlin of the San Diego Padres with a two-out single in the ninth inning. With two strikes on Doyle, Padres manager Don Zimmer had his third baseman continue to play shallow to guard against a possible bunt; Doyle then chopped a single that went over the fielder's head. No Padres pitcher tossed a no-hitter until Joe Musgrove in 2021; this was the closest any came to pitching one before then. Doyle was sent from the Phillies to the Angels for Aurelio Monteagudo and Chris Coletta at the Winter Meetings on December 6, 1973, completing a transaction from four months earlier on August 14 when Philadelphia purchased Billy Grabarkewitz's contract from California. He played 147 games for the Angels in 1974 and eight games in 1975, batting .255 with one home run and 34 RBIs. In June 1975, Doyle was traded to the Boston Red Sox. That season, Doyle batted a career-high .310 in 89 games