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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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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

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1912 21 CIN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1913 22 STL NL 15 32 31 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 .032 .063 .032 .095 -72 1 0 0 1
1914 23 STL NL 36 91 85 3 10 3 0 0 3 0 3 31 .118 .148 .153 .301 -10 13 0 3 1 MVP-13
1915 24 STL NL 38 102 86 6 15 3 0 0 2 0 6 27 .174 .228 .209 .438 33 18 0 10 1
1916 25 STL NL 29 67 62 3 8 1 1 0 2 0 1 21 .129 .143 .177 .320 -2 11 0 4 1
1917 26 STL NL 44 100 95 5 12 1 0 0 3 0 3 34 .126 .153 .137 .290 -10 13 0 2 1
1918 27 STL NL 31 76 66 5 12 3 2 0 1 0 3 21 .182 .217 .288 .505 56 19 0 7 1
1919 28 STL NL 31 72 64 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 2 20 .109 .149 .109 .259 -20 7 1 5 1
1920 29 STL NL 39 101 88 4 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 37 .114 .161 .114 .275 -20 10 0 8 1
1921 30 STL NL 32 80 70 4 10 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 28 .143 .143 .200 .343 -9 14 0 10 1
1922 31 STL NL 37 63 54 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 20 .130 .161 .130 .290 -23 7 1 7 1
1923 32 STL NL 30 71 67 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 27 .045 .059 .045 .104 -72 3 0 3 1
1924 33 TOT NL 32 66 61 3 11 0 1 1 6 0 0 3 18 .180 .219 .262 .481 30 16 0 2 1
1924 33 STL NL 11 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 8 1 0 0 1
1924 33 BRO NL 21 61 56 3 10 0 1 1 6 0 0 3 17 .179 .220 .268 .488 32 15 0 2 1
1927 36 BRO NL 27 55 47 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 20 .128 .128 .170 .298 -21 8 0 8 1
1928 37 BRO NL 28 28 27 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .111 .111 .111 .222 -42 3 0 1 1
1929 38 STL NL 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 -10 0 0 1 /1
16 Seasons 453 1008 905 40 115 15 5 1 30 0 0 30 332 .127 .157 .158 .315 -9 143 0 2 71 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 360 324 14 41 5 2 0 11 0 11 119 .127 .157 .158 .315 -9 51 1 25
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
STL (13 yrs) 376 864 775 34 96 13 4 0 23 0 0 27 285 .124 .155 .151 .306 -10 117 2 60
BRO (3 yrs) 76 144 130 6 19 2 1 1 7 0 0 3 47 .146 .165 .200 .365 -2 26 0 11
CIN (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1912 CIN NL 21 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60
1913 STL NL 22 P 15 35 7 26 2 1 .943 2.20 .954 1.57
1914 STL NL 23 P 36 110 9 93 8 1 .927 2.83 .944 1.65 MVP-13
1915 STL NL 24 P 38 121 10 108 3 3 .975 3.11 .951 1.68
1916 STL NL 25 P 29 74 6 64 4 1 .946 2.41 .959 1.63
1917 STL NL 26 P 44 116 10 103 3 2 .974 2.57 .960 1.78
1918 STL NL 27 P 31 97 7 88 2 0 .979 3.06 .965 2.03
1919 STL NL 28 P 31 92 11 78 3 2 .967 2.87 .960 1.89
1920 STL NL 29 P 39 91 17 71 3 5 .967 2.26 .956 1.75
1921 STL NL 30 P 32 73 7 62 4 4 .945 2.16 .953 1.52
1922 STL NL 31 P 37 48 3 43 2 2 .958 1.24 .956 1.29
1923 STL NL 32 P 30 66 1 62 3 3 .955 2.10 .958 1.34
1924 TOT NL 33 P 32 66 7 57 2 6 .970 2.00 .964 1.42
1924 STL NL 33 P 11 10 1 9 0 0 1.000 0.91 .960 1.42
1924 BRO NL 33 P 21 56 6 48 2 6 .964 2.57 .964 1.42
1927 BRO NL 36 P 27 46 5 40 1 1 .978 1.67 .957 1.29
1928 BRO NL 37 P 28 43 3 38 2 2 .953 1.46 .967 1.27
1929 STL NL 38 P 3 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.33 1.000 1.23
16 Seasons P 453 1080 103 934 43 33 .960 2.29 .957 1.59
16 Seasons TOT 453 1080 103 934 43 33 .960 2.29 .917 1.59
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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--184th

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--197th

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

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1912 NL--0--1st

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1912 NL--0--1st

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1912 NL--0--1st

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1912 NL--0--1st

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (290), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 91 (247), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 48 (276), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 22 (249), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August 19, 1912: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from Akron (Central).

June 14, 1924: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Brooklyn Robins for Leo Dickerman.

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