[6] 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.

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.

[2] Doyle is perhaps best remembered for his role in Game Six of the World Series versus the Cincinnati Reds,[11] which featured Carlton Fisk's dramatic twelfth-inning home run that has become one of baseball's most iconic highlights.

After Reds left fielder George Foster made the catch, Doyle tagged up and attempted to score the winning run.

(Longtime ESPN Announcer Jon Miller wrongfully claimed that it was Bernie Carbo who Foster threw out at home plate that inning.)

After the game, Red Sox third-base coach Don Zimmer told the press, "I was yelling 'no, no, no' and with the crowd noise, he (Doyle) thought I was saying 'go, go, go.

[14] Doyle returned to Boston for 1976 and 1977, appearing in a total of 343 Red Sox games across three seasons while batting .261 with six home runs and 111 RBIs.