Bill Doak
[edit] Biography
Born on January 28, 1891 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Bill Doak (William Leopold Doak) played for the Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Robins over the course of his 16 year career. Doak broke into the bigs on September 1, 1912 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 3.10 ERA in 93 innings pitched in 1913, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bill Doak's best season was 1914, when he posted a 1.72 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 118 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1912
| CIN
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4.50
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1913
| STL
| N
| 15
| 12
| 2
| 8
| 3.10
| 51
| 42
| 32
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 93
| 79
| 4
| 39
| 0
| 4
| 5
|
| 1914
| STL
| N
| 36
| 33
| 19
| 6
| 1.72
| 118
| 79
| 49
| 16
| 7
| 1
| 256
| 193
| 2
| 87
| 0
| 7
| 7
|
| 1915
| STL
| N
| 38
| 36
| 16
| 18
| 2.64
| 124
| 103
| 81
| 19
| 3
| 1
| 276
| 263
| 4
| 85
| 0
| 2
| 8
|
| 1916
| STL
| N
| 29
| 26
| 12
| 8
| 2.62
| 82
| 76
| 56
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 192
| 177
| 5
| 55
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1917
| STL
| N
| 44
| 37
| 16
| 20
| 3.10
| 111
| 123
| 97
| 16
| 3
| 2
| 281.1
| 257
| 6
| 85
| 0
| 2
| 9
|
| 1918
| STL
| N
| 31
| 23
| 9
| 15
| 2.43
| 74
| 76
| 57
| 16
| 1
| 1
| 211
| 191
| 3
| 60
| 0
| 2
| 4
|
| 1919
| STL
| N
| 31
| 29
| 13
| 14
| 3.11
| 69
| 87
| 70
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 202.2
| 182
| 5
| 55
| 0
| 5
| 2
|
| 1920
| STL
| N
| 39
| 37
| 20
| 12
| 2.53
| 90
| 94
| 76
| 20
| 5
| 1
| 270
| 256
| 7
| 80
| 0
| 1
| 6
|
| 1921
| STL
| N
| 32
| 29
| 15
| 6
| 2.59
| 83
| 85
| 60
| 13
| 1
| 1
| 208.2
| 224
| 3
| 37
| 0
| 5
| 4
|
| 1922
| STL
| N
| 37
| 29
| 11
| 13
| 5.54
| 73
| 127
| 111
| 8
| 2
| 2
| 180.1
| 222
| 12
| 69
| 0
| 5
| 3
|
| 1923
| STL
| N
| 30
| 26
| 8
| 13
| 3.26
| 53
| 85
| 67
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 185
| 199
| 4
| 69
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1924
| STL
| N
| 11
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 3.27
| 7
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 22
| 25
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1924
| BRO
| N
| 21
| 16
| 11
| 5
| 3.07
| 32
| 58
| 51
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 149.1
| 130
| 8
| 35
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1924
| TOT
| N
| 32
| 17
| 13
| 6
| 3.10
| 39
| 66
| 59
| 8
| 2
| 3
| 171.1
| 155
| 8
| 49
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1927
| BRO
| N
| 27
| 20
| 11
| 8
| 3.48
| 32
| 73
| 56
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 145
| 153
| 6
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1928
| BRO
| N
| 28
| 12
| 3
| 8
| 3.26
| 12
| 51
| 36
| 4
| 1
| 3
| 99.1
| 104
| 1
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 1929
| STL
| N
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 12.00
| 3
| 15
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 17
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 453
| 369
| 169
| 157
| 2.98
| 1014
| 1184
| 920
| 162
| 34
| 16
| 2782.2
| 2676
| 71
| 851
| 0
| 38
| 65
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1912
| CIN
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1913
| STL
| N
| P
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 26
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .943
|
| 1914
| STL
| N
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 93
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| 1915
| STL
| N
| P
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 108
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1916
| STL
| N
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 64
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1917
| STL
| N
| P
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 103
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1918
| STL
| N
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 88
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1919
| STL
| N
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 78
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1920
| STL
| N
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 71
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1921
| STL
| N
| P
| 32
| 29
| 208.2
| 7
| 62
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .945
|
| 1922
| STL
| N
| P
| 37
| 29
| 180.1
| 3
| 43
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 5
| 2
| .958
|
| 1923
| STL
| N
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 62
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1924
| STL
| N
| P
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1924
| BRO
| N
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 48
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1924
| TOT
| N
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 57
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1927
| BRO
| N
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 40
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1928
| BRO
| N
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 38
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| 1929
| STL
| N
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 453
| 58
| 389
| 103
| 934
| 43
| 33
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 5
| 2
| .960
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1912
| CIN
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1913
| STL
| N
| 15
| 31
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .032
| .063
| .032
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1914
| STL
| N
| 36
| 85
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 3
| .118
| .148
| .153
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 31
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| STL
| N
| 38
| 86
| 6
| 15
| 0
| 2
| .174
| .228
| .209
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 27
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| STL
| N
| 29
| 62
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 2
| .129
| .143
| .177
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 21
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| STL
| N
| 44
| 95
| 5
| 12
| 0
| 3
| .126
| .153
| .137
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 34
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| STL
| N
| 31
| 66
| 5
| 12
| 0
| 1
| .182
| .217
| .288
| 3
| 2
| 3
| 21
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| STL
| N
| 31
| 64
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .109
| .149
| .109
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 20
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| STL
| N
| 39
| 88
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 5
| .114
| .161
| .114
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 37
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| STL
| N
| 32
| 70
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 1
| .143
| .143
| .200
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 28
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1922
| STL
| N
| 37
| 54
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .130
| .161
| .130
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 20
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1923
| STL
| N
| 30
| 67
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .045
| .059
| .045
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 27
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| STL
| N
| 11
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| BRO
| N
| 21
| 56
| 3
| 10
| 1
| 6
| .179
| .220
| .268
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| TOT
| N
| 32
| 61
| 3
| 11
| 1
| 6
| .180
| .219
| .262
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 18
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| BRO
| N
| 27
| 47
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .128
| .128
| .170
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| BRO
| N
| 28
| 27
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .111
| .111
| .111
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| STL
| N
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .333
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 453
| 905
| 40
| 115
| 1
| 30
| .127
| .157
| .158
| 15
| 5
| 30
| 332
| 2
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Akron (Central) to Cincinnati Reds with Andy Kyle and Pete Knisely (August 19, 1912).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Brooklyn Robins in exchange for Leo Dickerman (June 14, 1924).
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