:Jacob Doyle

{{Short description|American baseball player (1855–1941)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Jacob Doyle

| image = Jacob Doyle.jpg

| position = Shortstop

| bats = Unknown

| throws = Unknown

| birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1855|11|26}}

| birth_place = Leesburg, Virginia

| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1941|8|15|1855|11|26}}

| death_place = Lake Bluff, Illinois

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = April 20

| debutyear = 1872

| debutteam = Washington Nationals

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = May 25

| finalyear = 1872

| finalteam = Washington Nationals

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .268

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 0

| stat3label = Runs batted in

| stat3value = 9

| teams =

• Washington Nationals ({{by|1872}})

| highlights =

}}

Jacob Dixon Doyle (November 26, 1855 – August 15, 1941) was an American Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the {{by|1872}} Washington Nationals of the National Association, the first professional league. He was born in Leesburg, Virginia.

In his nine-game career, Doyle hit .268, with six runs, one double, and nine RBIs.{{cite web |title=Jacob Doyle Stats |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/doylejo01.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=25 April 2021 |language=en}} At 16 years of age, he was the youngest player in the National Association during the 1872 season.{{cite web |title=1872 National Association Awards, All-Stars, & More Leaders |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NA/1872-other-leaders.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=25 April 2021 |language=en}}

Doyle died in Lake Bluff, Illinois at the age of 85, and is interred at North Shore Garden of Memories in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of his death he had been the last living player from the 1872 season.