Jacob Dixon Doyle (November 26, 1855 – August 15, 1941) was an American

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who played for the

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of the National Association, the first professional league. He was born in

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. In his nine-game career, Doyle hit .268, with six runs, one

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, and nine RBIs. At 16 years of age, he was the youngest player in the National Association during the 1872 season. Doyle died in Lake Bluff, Illinois at the age of 85, and is interred at North Shore Garden of Memories in

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, Illinois. At the time of his death he had been the last living player from the 1872 season.

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