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Bill Doak

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 165lb (183cm, 74kg)

Born: January 28, 1891 in Pittsburgh, PA us

Died: November 26, 1954 in Bradenton, FL

Buried: Cremated

Debut: September 1, 1912 (Age 21-217d, 3,781st in major league history)
vs. PIT 2.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: May 13, 1929 (Age 38-105d)
vs. PHI 2.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 6 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1913 season

Full Name: William Leopold Doak

Nicknames: Spittin' Bill

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.4

169

157

ERA

2.98

453

369

2782.2

1014

WHIP

1.267

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	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	92	4.35	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	3.44	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	2.72	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	106	2.71	1.261	8.6	0.1	2.8	4.0	1.46
1916	25	STL	NL	12	8	.600	2.63	29	26	3	11	2	0	192.0	177	76	56	5	55		82	3	0	1	788	100	2.71	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	2.75	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	112	2.62	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	91	2.97	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	3.43	1.244	8.5	0.2	2.7	3.0	1.13
1921	30	STL	NL	15	6	.714	2.59	32	29	2	13	1	1	208.2	224	85	60	3	37		83	4	1	5	864	140	3.12	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	4.40	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	3.91	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	122	3.80	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	118	4.01	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	3.77	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	3.49	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	7	12	5	0	0	445	122	4.13	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	0	3	0	0	0	49	41	5.24	2.444	17.0	1.0	5.0	3.0	0.60
16 Yrs				169	157	.518	2.98	453	369	63	162	34	16	2782.2	2676	1184	920	71	851	7	1014	65	4	38	11582	107	3.21	1.267	8.7	0.2	2.8	3.3	1.19
162 Game Avg.				14	13	.518	2.98	37	31	5	13	3	1	230	221	98	76	6	70	1	84	5	0	3	958	107	3.21	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
STL (13 yrs)				144	136	.514	2.93	376	320	45	144	30	13	2387.0	2285	1000	776	56	740	0	938	54	4	37	9908	105	3.12	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	7	76	11	0	1	1664	119	3.76	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	92	4.35	2.500	18.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00