Doc Scanlan

Full Name: William Dennis Scanlan	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 8"/165	First Game: September 24, 1903
Birthdate: March 7, 1881	Final Game: September 1, 1911
Birthplace: Syracuse, New York	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: May 29, 1949
Deathplace: Brooklyn, New York
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Born on March 7, 1881 in Syracuse, New York, Doc Scanlan (William Dennis Scanlan) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Superbas over the course of his 8 year career. Scanlan broke into the bigs on September 24, 1903 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 2.64 ERA in 126 innings pitched in 1904, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Doc Scanlan's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1906, when he posted a 3.19 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 120 batters. However, others believe that it was 1905, when he posted a 2.92 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 135 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1903	PIT	N	1	1	0	1	4.00	0	7	4	1	0	0	9	5	0	6	0	0
1904	PIT	N	4	3	1	3	4.91	10	19	12	1	0	0	22	21	0	20	0	2
1904	BRO	N	13	12	6	6	2.16	40	39	25	11	3	0	104	94	0	40	1	2
1904	TOT	N	17	15	7	9	2.64	50	58	37	12	3	0	126	115	0	60	1	4
1905	BRO	N	33	28	14	12	2.92	135	119	81	22	2	0	249.2	220	4	104	4	8
1906	BRO	N	38	33	18	13	3.19	120	128	102	28	6	2	288	230	5	127	4	6
1907	BRO	N	17	15	6	8	3.20	59	50	38	10	2	0	107	90	1	61	0	3
1909	BRO	N	19	17	8	7	2.93	72	53	46	12	2	0	141.1	125	2	65	4	4
1910	BRO	N	34	25	9	11	2.61	103	76	63	14	0	2	217.1	175	1	116	4	5
1911	BRO	N	22	15	3	10	3.64	45	67	46	3	0	1	113.2	101	2	69	0	6
Total			181	149	65	71	3.00	584	558	417	102	15	5	1252	1061	15	608	17	36

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1903	PIT	N	P	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1904	PIT	N	P	4	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1904	BRO	N	P	13	0	0	7	18	1	0	0	0	0	.962
1904	TOT	N	P	17	0	0	11	20	1	1	0	0	0	.969
1905	BRO	N	P	33	0	0	6	57	5	3	0	0	0	.926
1906	BRO	N	P	38	0	0	5	50	5	0	0	0	0	.917
1907	BRO	N	P	17	0	0	1	21	3	2	0	0	0	.880
1909	BRO	N	P	19	0	0	0	33	1	2	0	0	0	.971
1910	BRO	N	P	34	0	0	4	49	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1911	BRO	N	P	22	15	112.2	1	31	4	1	18	15	4	.889
Total			P	181	15	112.2	28	262	19	10	18	15	4	.939

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB
1903	PIT	N	1	2	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1904	PIT	N	4	6	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1904	BRO	N	13	35	2	5	4	.143	.167	.143	0	0	1	0	0	5	0
1904	TOT	N	17	41	2	5	4	.122	.163	.122	0	0	2	0	0	5	0
1905	BRO	N	33	96	4	16	4	.167	.192	.167	0	0	3	0	0	3	2
1906	BRO	N	38	97	11	18	1	.186	.269	.206	2	0	11	0	0	3	1
1907	BRO	N	17	34	2	9	6	.265	.375	.412	1	2	6	0	0	0	0
1909	BRO	N	19	44	3	12	1	.273	.373	.386	5	0	6	0	1	1	1
1910	BRO	N	34	69	1	14	6	.203	.257	.246	3	0	5	14	0	2	0
1911	BRO	N	22	33	0	4	1	.121	.121	.121	0	0	0	7	0	2	0
Total			181	416	23	78	23	.188	.251	.224	11	2	34	21	1	16	4

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Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Brooklyn Superbas (August 1, 1904).
Traded by Brooklyn Superbas to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Eddie Stack (December, 1911).

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