Bill Doak
William Leopold Doak (Spittin' Bill)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: January 28, 1891 in Pittsburgh, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1912
Final Game: May 13, 1929
Died: November 26, 1954 in Bradenton, FL
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1912 21 CIN NL 0 0 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 75 2.500 18.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
1913 22 STL NL 2 8 .200 3.10 15 12 3 5 1 1 93.0 79 42 32 4 39 51 5 0 4 388 104 1.269 7.6 0.4 3.8 4.9 1.31
1914 23 STL NL 19 6 .760 1.72 36 33 3 16 7 1 256.0 193 79 49 2 87 118 7 0 7 1016 162 1.094 6.8 0.1 3.1 4.1 1.36 MVP-13
1915 24 STL NL 16 18 .471 2.64 38 36 2 19 3 1 276.0 263 103 81 4 85 124 8 1 2 1147 105 1.261 8.6 0.1 2.8 4.0 1.46
1916 25 STL NL 12 8 .600 2.62 29 26 3 11 2 0 192.0 177 76 56 5 55 82 3 0 1 788 101 1.208 8.3 0.2 2.6 3.8 1.49
1917 26 STL NL 16 20 .444 3.10 44 37 7 16 3 2 281.1 257 123 97 6 85 111 9 0 2 1152 86 1.216 8.2 0.2 2.7 3.6 1.31
1918 27 STL NL 9 15 .375 2.43 31 23 7 16 1 1 211.0 191 76 57 3 60 74 4 1 2 865 111 1.190 8.1 0.1 2.6 3.2 1.23
1919 28 STL NL 13 14 .481 3.11 31 29 2 13 3 0 202.2 182 87 70 5 55 69 2 0 5 822 90 1.169 8.1 0.2 2.4 3.1 1.25
1920 29 STL NL 20 12 .625 2.53 39 37 2 20 5 1 270.0 256 94 76 7 80 90 6 0 1 1117 121 1.244 8.5 0.2 2.7 3.0 1.13
1921 30 STL NL 15 6 .714 2.59 32 28 2 13 1 1 208.2 224 85 60 3 37 83 4 1 5 864 140 1.251 9.7 0.1 1.6 3.6 2.24
1922 31 STL NL 11 13 .458 5.54 37 29 5 8 2 2 180.1 222 127 111 12 69 73 3 1 5 800 70 1.614 11.1 0.6 3.4 3.6 1.06
1923 32 STL NL 8 13 .381 3.26 30 26 2 7 2 0 185.0 199 85 67 4 69 53 3 0 2 802 119 1.449 9.7 0.2 3.4 2.6 0.77
1924 33 TOT NL 13 6 .684 3.10 32 17 11 8 2 3 171.1 155 66 59 8 49 39 3 0 2 695 121 1.191 8.1 0.4 2.6 2.0 0.80
1924 33 STL NL 2 1 .667 3.27 11 1 6 0 0 3 22.0 25 8 8 0 14 7 0 0 1 98 116 1.773 10.2 0.0 5.7 2.9 0.50
1924 33 BRO NL 11 5 .688 3.07 21 16 5 8 2 0 149.1 130 58 51 8 35 32 3 0 1 597 122 1.105 7.8 0.5 2.1 1.9 0.91
1927 36 BRO NL 11 8 .579 3.48 27 20 4 6 1 0 145.0 153 73 56 6 40 32 3 0 0 622 114 1.331 9.5 0.4 2.5 2.0 0.80
1928 37 BRO NL 3 8 .273 3.26 28 12 9 4 1 3 99.1 104 51 36 1 35 12 5 0 0 445 122 1.399 9.4 0.1 3.2 1.1 0.34
1929 38 STL NL 1 2 .333 12.00 3 2 1 0 0 0 9.0 17 15 12 1 5 3 0 0 0 49 39 2.444 17.0 1.0 5.0 3.0 0.60
16 Seasons 169 157 .518 2.98 453 368 63 162 34 16 2782.2 2676 1184 920 71 851 1014 65 4 38 11582 107 1.267 8.7 0.2 2.8 3.3 1.19
162 Game Avg. 14 13 .518 2.98 38 30 5 13 3 1 230 222 98 76 6 70 84 5 0 3 959 107 1.267 8.7 0.2 2.8 3.3 1.19
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
STL (13 yrs) 144 136 .514 2.93 376 319 45 144 30 13 2387.0 2285 1000 776 56 740 938 54 4 37 9908 104 1.267 8.6 0.2 2.8 3.5 1.27
BRO (3 yrs) 25 21 .543 3.27 76 48 18 18 4 3 393.2 387 182 143 15 110 76 11 0 1 1664 119 1.262 8.8 0.3 2.5 1.7 0.69
CIN (1 yr) 0 0 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 75 2.500 18.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1912 21 0 0 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 75 2.500 18.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00 75
1913 22 2 8 .200 3.13 16 13 3 5 1 1 95.0 83 44 33 4 40 51 5 0 4 398 103 1.295 7.9 0.4 3.8 4.8 1.28 103
1914 23 21 14 .600 2.10 52 46 6 21 8 2 351.0 276 123 82 6 127 169 12 0 11 1414 138 1.148 7.1 0.2 3.3 4.3 1.33 138
1915 24 37 32 .536 2.34 90 82 8 40 11 3 627.0 539 226 163 10 212 293 20 1 13 2561 122 1.198 7.7 0.1 3.0 4.2 1.38 122
1916 25 49 40 .551 2.41 119 108 11 51 13 3 819.0 716 302 219 15 267 375 23 1 14 3349 116 1.200 7.9 0.2 2.9 4.1 1.40 116
1917 26 65 60 .520 2.58 163 145 18 67 16 5 1100.1 973 425 316 21 352 486 32 1 16 4501 107 1.204 8.0 0.2 2.9 4.0 1.38 107
1918 27 74 75 .497 2.56 194 168 25 83 17 6 1311.1 1164 501 373 24 412 560 36 2 18 5366 108 1.202 8.0 0.2 2.8 3.8 1.36 108
1919 28 87 89 .494 2.63 225 197 27 96 20 6 1514.0 1346 588 443 29 467 629 38 2 23 6188 105 1.197 8.0 0.2 2.8 3.7 1.35 105
1920 29 107 101 .514 2.62 264 234 29 116 25 7 1784.0 1602 682 519 36 547 719 44 2 24 7305 107 1.205 8.1 0.2 2.8 3.6 1.31 107
1921 30 122 107 .533 2.62 296 262 31 129 26 8 1992.2 1826 767 579 39 584 802 48 3 29 8169 111 1.209 8.2 0.2 2.6 3.6 1.37 111
1922 31 133 120 .526 2.86 333 291 36 137 28 10 2173.0 2048 894 690 51 653 875 51 4 34 8969 104 1.243 8.5 0.2 2.7 3.6 1.34 104
1923 32 141 133 .515 2.89 363 317 38 144 30 10 2358.0 2247 979 757 55 722 928 54 4 36 9771 105 1.259 8.6 0.2 2.8 3.5 1.29 105
1924 33 154 139 .526 2.90 395 334 49 152 32 13 2529.1 2402 1045 816 63 771 967 57 4 38 10466 107 1.254 8.5 0.2 2.7 3.4 1.25 107
1925 34 154 139 .526 2.90 395 334 49 152 32 13 2529.1 2402 1045 816 63 771 967 57 4 38 10466 107 1.254 8.5 0.2 2.7 3.4 1.25 107
1926 35 154 139 .526 2.90 395 334 49 152 32 13 2529.1 2402 1045 816 63 771 967 57 4 38 10466 107 1.254 8.5 0.2 2.7 3.4 1.25 107
1927 36 165 147 .529 2.93 422 354 53 158 33 13 2674.1 2555 1118 872 69 811 999 60 4 38 11088 107 1.259 8.6 0.2 2.7 3.4 1.23 107
1928 37 168 155 .520 2.95 450 366 62 162 34 16 2773.2 2659 1169 908 70 846 1011 65 4 38 11533 108 1.264 8.6 0.2 2.7 3.3 1.20 108
1929 38 169 157 .518 2.98 453 368 63 162 34 16 2782.2 2676 1184 920 71 851 1014 65 4 38 11582 107 1.267 8.7 0.2 2.8 3.3 1.19 107

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1912 21 0 0 4.50 2.0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 2.500 18.0 4.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
1913 22 6 4 .600 3.42 92.0 84 39 35 4 41 50 5 1.359 8.2 4.0 4.9 1.22 0.4 15
1914 23 21 6 .778 2.11 247.0 211 64 58 2 95 114 8 1.239 7.7 3.5 4.2 1.20 0.1 36
1915 24 16 13 .552 3.49 263.0 296 113 102 5 96 118 9 1.490 10.1 3.3 4.0 1.23 0.2 38
1916 25 11 9 .550 3.66 182.0 205 82 74 6 64 78 3 1.478 10.1 3.2 3.9 1.22 0.3 29
1917 26 13 16 .448 4.33 264.0 296 141 127 7 98 104 10 1.492 10.1 3.3 3.5 1.06 0.2 44
1918 27 16 11 .593 3.27 248.0 268 100 90 4 84 87 6 1.419 9.7 3.0 3.2 1.04 0.1 31
1919 28 11 12 .478 4.33 214.0 235 114 103 6 71 73 3 1.430 9.9 3.0 3.1 1.03 0.3 31
1920 29 18 11 .621 3.09 265.0 284 101 91 8 89 88 7 1.408 9.6 3.0 3.0 0.99 0.3 39
1921 30 16 7 .696 2.70 213.0 234 71 64 3 39 85 4 1.282 9.9 1.6 3.6 2.18 0.1 32
1922 31 7 13 .350 5.50 180.0 223 122 110 12 69 73 3 1.622 11.2 3.5 3.7 1.06 0.6 37
1923 32 13 8 .619 3.13 190.0 201 73 66 4 70 54 3 1.426 9.5 3.3 2.6 0.77 0.2 30
1924 33 11 8 .579 3.24 172.0 161 69 62 8 51 39 3 1.233 8.4 2.7 2.0 0.76 0.4 32
1927 36 9 7 .563 3.34 151.0 158 62 56 6 41 33 3 1.318 9.4 2.4 2.0 0.80 0.4 27
1928 37 7 4 .636 2.94 107.0 106 39 35 1 36 13 5 1.327 8.9 3.0 1.1 0.36 0.1 28
1929 38 0 1 .000 9.00 10.0 16 11 10 1 5 3 0 2.100 14.4 4.5 2.7 0.60 0.9 3
16 Seasons 175 130 .574 3.48 2800.0 2982 1202 1084 77 950 1012 72 1.404 9.6 3.3 1.07 0.2 453

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1914-NL-13-8%
0.08 Career Shares (949th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1914 NL--1.723--1st
1918 NL--2.431--10th
1920 NL--2.533--7th
1921 NL--2.588--1st
1923 NL--3.259--7th
1924 NL--3.099--8th
Career--2.976--163rd

Wins s c a p y
1914 NL--19--10th
1920 NL--20--6th
1921 NL--15--10th
Career--169--181st

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1914 NL--.760--2nd
1920 NL--.625--6th
1921 NL--.714--3rd
1924 NL--.684--7th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1914 NL--1.094--4th
1921 NL--1.251--4th
1924 NL--1.191--4th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1914 NL--6.785--2nd
1924 NL--8.142--4th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1921 NL--1.596--5th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1921 NL--3.580--3rd
1922 NL--3.643--5th

Games Played s c a p y
1917 NL--44--5th

Saves s c a p y
1917 NL--2--7th
1922 NL--2--7th
1924 NL--3--4th
1928 NL--3--5th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1915 NL--276.0--7th
1917 NL--281.3--8th
Career--2782.7--168th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1915 NL--124--7th
1921 NL--83--10th

Games Started s c a p y
1915 NL--36--4th
1917 NL--37--5th
1919 NL--29--8th
1920 NL--37--3rd
Career--368--159th

Complete Games s c a p y
1915 NL--19--8th
Career--162--195th

Shutouts s c a p y
1914 NL--7--2nd
1920 NL--5--3rd
1922 NL--2--6th
1923 NL--2--10th
Career--34--83rd

Home Runs s c a p y
1917 NL--6--5th
1918 NL--3--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1915 NL--85--7th
1917 NL--85--5th
1920 NL--80--8th
Career--851--192nd

Hits s c a p y
1915 NL--263--2nd
1917 NL--257--7th
Career--2676--185th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1921 NL--2.243--3rd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1914 NL--.070--3rd
1921 NL--.129--2nd
1923 NL--.195--6th
Career--.230--204th

Losses s c a p y
1915 NL--18--3rd
1917 NL--20--3rd
1918 NL--15--4th
1919 NL--14--4th
Career--157--129th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1915 NL--81--6th
1917 NL--97--1st
1922 NL--111--6th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1914 NL--7--9th
1919 NL--5--8th
1921 NL--5--6th
1922 NL--5--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1917 NL--9--3rd
Career--65--198th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1915 NL--1147--7th
1917 NL--1152--8th
Career--11582--150th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1914 NL--162--1st
1920 NL--121--9th
1921 NL--140--2nd
1923 NL--119--8th
1924 NL--121--7th

Oldest s c a p y
1928 NL--born 1891-01-28--7th
1929 NL--born 1891-01-28--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 49 (317), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 44 (292), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 22 (249), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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