Player #124: Ralph F. "Buzz" Boyle. Outfielder with the Boston Braves in 1929-1930 and Brooklyn Dodgers in 1933-1935. 389 hits and 12 home runs in 5 MLB seasons. He had a career OBP of .347. In 1934 with Brooklyn, he had an OBP of .376 with 88 runs scored in 529 plate appearances. Boyle never appeared in an MLB game with the Washington Senators.
Buzz Boyle was an outfielder who was a regular for the Brooklyn Dodgers for a couple years in the 1930s. In 1934, when he hit .305 with 10 triples, he was 16th in the MVP vote. He also enjoyed a 25-game hitting streak that year and led the league in assists as a right fielder. Buzz came up in 1929 and 1930 for cups of coffee with the Boston Braves before joining Brooklyn in 1933. His last year in the majors was in 1935 with dem Bums at age 27, when he hit .272 as an outfielder, but the team as a whole hit .277 (as did the league).
His brother, Jim, was in one game with the 1926 New York Giants. The brothers are two of only five major league players to come out of Xavier University.
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