Drew University Athletics

Although time erases most athletic records quickly, Ranger baseball records for career pitching victories, career strikeouts, and most strikeouts in a season still stood more than 20 years after they were established. And they may stand for many more as a tribute to Mike Doyle's accomplishments, for he may be Drew's most overpowering pitcher of the last 30 years.

Doyle won 20 games in his career, lost only 11, and saved four, a remarkable feat considering the Rangers won only 30 games in the same span and never played more than 16 games in a season. He averaged 10.5 strikeouts per game during his four years and finished his sophomore season at third in the nation with 83 strikeouts in 63 innings pitched. He graduated with 254 total strikeouts and posted a career earned-run average of 1.40.

When he was not pitching he was too valuable a hitter to rest, for he hit well, including a phenomenal .448 average his sophomore season. Doyle helped lead Drew to the Independent Athletic Conference title that year and was named the team's and the league most valuable player. He added first-team all-conference honors as a junior and as a senior tri-captain.

He even pitched the only no-hitter against Drew, when in 1979 he returned to strike out 19 Rangers in the alumni game. Doyle's skills also served him well in summer amateur baseball during his college years. He twice pitched his Long Island all-star team into the U.S. amateur national series and once into the championship game. A double major in political science and psychology, Doyle also played junior varsity and varsity basketball while twice earning dean's list honors and participating in the London Semester.