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

23.2

169

157

ERA

2.98

453

369

2782.2

1014

WHIP

1.267

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 71 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 2 walk-off, 6 tying, 26 go ahead, 6 lacking some details

2 Tms
STL	58
BRO	14

Platoon
vs LHB	45
vs RHB	27

Home/Road
Away	42
Home	30

Outs
1	25
0	25
2	18
Unk	4

8 Opps
NYG	19
PHI	19
PIT	8
BRO	6
CHC	6
BSN	5
CIN	5
STL	4

46 Batters
Cy Williams	7
Dave Robertson	4
Rogers Hornsby	4
Zack Wheat	3
Larry Doyle	3
Fred Luderus	2
George Grantham	2
Reb Russell	2
Frankie Frisch	2
Billy Southworth	2
Dode Paskert	2
Art Fletcher	2
Gavvy Cravath	2
Bevo LeBourveau	2
Jake Daubert	2
Butch Henline	1
Walt Tragesser	1
Vic Saier	1
Max Carey	1
Rabbit Maranville	1
Ross Youngs	1
Red Murray	1
Irish Meusel	1
Hank DeBerry	1
John Sullivan	1
Jimmy Smith	1
Hal Chase	1
Earl Smith	1
Pat Duncan	1
Bert Niehoff	1
Sherry Magee	1
Walter Holke	1
Casey Stengel	1
Freddie Lindstrom	1
Fred Brainard	1
George Cutshaw	1
Jim Bottomley	1
Curt Walker	1
Heinie Groh	1
George Burns	1
Freddy Leach	1
Otto Hess	1
Ray Powell	1
Frank Gibson	1
Beals Becker	1
Otto Miller	1

9 Parks
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	16
Baker Bowl (PHI)	14
Robison Fld (STL)	11
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	10
Polo Grounds (NYC)	9
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
Forbes Fld (PIT)	4
Braves Fld (BOS)	2
Crosley Fld (CIN)	2

Where Hit
9	33
7	13
89	7
8	6

9 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	51
2·HR gms	9
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	37
1--	15
-2-	7
-23	3
12-	2
--3	1

113 Runs
RISP	13
0 on	37
1 on	23
2 on	5
Any on	28

Inning
1	12
2	6
3	5
4	5
5	9
6	9
7	11
8	7
9	5
Extra	3

1-3	23
4-6	23
7-end	26

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	5
+2	6
+1	8
Tied	21
-1	7
-2	4
-3	7
-4..	6
Unk	6

Ahead	21
Tied	21
Behind	24
Unk	6

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
2B	15
RF	13
1B	11
LF	11
CF	7
C	6
PH	5
SS	2
P	1
3B	1

OrderPos
3rd	15
4th	15
5th	10
2nd	8
8th	6
6th	5
1st	4
9th	4
7th	3
Unk	2

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	25
Low Lev	27

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1913	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1913-08-01	Otto Hess	BSN	@	STL		t 4			2		1
2	2	2	1	1913-08-04	Beals Becker	PHI	@	STL		t 7			3	4	7
3	3	3	2	1913-08-04	Fred Luderus	PHI	@	STL		t 7	2		1	6	3
4	4	4	1	1913-08-30	Heinie Groh	CIN		STL		b 1	1		2	3	4			IPHR
1914	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1914-06-11	Zack Wheat	BRO		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	7	12%	66%		Home Run (CF-RF)
6	6	2	1	1914-07-27 (1)	Sherry Magee	PHI		STL	behind 2-8	b 8	2	1--	2	4	4	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Becker Scores
1915	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1915-05-07	Max Carey	PIT		STL	ahead 4-2	b 5	1	---	1	1	7	7%	90%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF
8	8	2	1	1915-05-15	Dode Paskert	PHI		STL	ahead 2-1	b 1	1	1--	2	5	3	16%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Cravath Scores
9	9	3	1	1915-05-25	Red Murray	NYG		STL	behind 1-2	b 6	1	12-	3	8	8	44%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Brainard Scores; F. Snodgrass Scores
10	10	4	1	1915-08-01 (2)	Fred Brainard	NYG	@	STL		t 7			2	7	3			IPHR
1916	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1916-04-17	Vic Saier	CHC	@	STL	tied 1-1	t 6	2	-2-	2	5	3	32%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Williams Scores
12	12	2	1	1916-04-29	Cy Williams	CHC		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	8	12%	63%		Home Run (CF-RF)
13	13	3	1	1916-06-05	Bert Niehoff	PHI		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	4	12%	64%		Home Run (Deep CF)
14	14	4	1	1916-06-30	Cy Williams	CHC	@	STL	behind 1-3	t 5	2		3	9	PH
15	15	5	1	1916-08-03	Fred Luderus	PHI		STL	behind 1-2	b 5	0	1--	2	6	3	29%	73%		Home Run (Deep CF); G. Whitted Scores
1917	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1917-05-18	Otto Miller	BRO		STL	tied 1-1	b 5	1	1--	2	8	2	26%	83%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF; I. Olson Scores
17	17	2	1	1917-06-02	Art Fletcher	NYG	@	STL	ahead 2-1	t 6	1	-2-	2	5	6	17%	89%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Fly Ball to CF-RF); H. Zimmerman Scores
18	18	3	2	1917-06-02	Dave Robertson	NYG	@	STL	ahead 4-1	t 8	1	---	1	3	9	3%	98%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF (Line Drive)
19	19	4	1	1917-07-07 (2)	Dave Robertson	NYG		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	2	6	9	22%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Fletcher Scores
20	20	5	1	1917-07-17	Casey Stengel	BRO		STL	tied 1-1	b 10	1	---	1	4	9	43%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	6	1	1917-08-22	Ray Powell	BSN		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	0	-23	3	3	8	14%	84%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); J. Kelly Scores; R. Maranville Scores
1918	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1918-05-03	George Cutshaw	PIT		STL	behind 0-6	b 6	2	---	1	5	4	1%	3%		Home Run (Deep CF)
23	23	2	1	1918-06-14 (1)	Gavvy Cravath	PHI		STL	tied 1-1	b 10	0	---	1	5	9	38%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	3	1	1918-07-20	Larry Doyle	NYG	@	STL	ahead 4-3	t 10	1	-2-	2	4	4	9%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Fletcher Scores
1919	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1919-05-23	Hal Chase	NYG		STL	ahead 4-2	b 6	1	---	1	3	3	7%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	2	2	1919-05-23	Art Fletcher	NYG		STL	ahead 6-3	b 7	0	---	1	7	6	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	3	1	1919-06-18	Larry Doyle	NYG	@	STL	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	1	4	4	17%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	4	1	1919-06-21	Larry Doyle	NYG	@	STL	behind 0-1	t 7	0	---	1	4	4	23%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	5	1	1919-08-14 (1)	Gavvy Cravath	PHI		STL	behind 1-4	b 9	1	---	1	9	PH	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1920	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1920-04-29	Dode Paskert	CHC		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	8	12%	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	2	2	1920-04-29	Dave Robertson	CHC		STL	ahead 1-0	b 5	0	1--	2	7	7	15%	90%		Home Run (CF-RF); C. Deal Scores
32	32	3	1	1920-05-31 (2)	Billy Southworth	PIT		STL	behind 1-3	b 3	1	--3	2	1	9	17%	53%		Home Run (Deep CF); W. Schmidt Scores
33	33	4	1	1920-06-18	Walt Tragesser	PHI		STL	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	8	2	12%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	5	1	1920-08-06	Walter Holke	BSN		STL	ahead 5-2	b 7	2	-2-	2	5	3	4%	99%		Home Run (CF-RF); L. Christenbury Scores
35	35	6	1	1920-09-09	Zack Wheat	BRO		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	7	11%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	7	1	1920-09-13	George Burns	NYG		STL	ahead 3-0	b 2	2	-2-	2	1	7	9%	93%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF; F. Snyder Scores
1921	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1921-05-20	Bevo LeBourveau	PHI		STL	ahead 2-1	b 5	2	1--	2	2	7	18%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Ring Scores
38	38	2	1	1921-05-27	John Sullivan	CHC		STL	behind 2-5	b 5	1	12-	3	6	7	30%	54%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Grimes Scores/unER; B. Twombly Scores
39	39	3	1	1921-07-11	Cy Williams	PHI		STL	ahead 5-3	b 3	2	-2-	2	6	8	13%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Konetchy Scores/unER; C. Williams Scores/unER
40	40	4	1	1921-07-26	Jimmy Smith	PHI	@	STL	behind 1-3	t 4	0	---	1	2	4	11%	37%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	5	1	1921-08-30 (1)	Bevo LeBourveau	PHI		STL	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	---	1	3	9	10%	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1922	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1922-06-27	Jake Daubert	CIN	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	3	10%	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	2	1	1922-07-09	Hank DeBerry	BRO	@	STL	behind 0-1	t 7	1	---	1	8	2	19%	46%		Home Run (Deep LF)
44	44	3	1	1922-07-25	Ross Youngs	NYG		STL	behind 0-3	b 2	0	---	1	5	9	9%	36%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	4	1	1922-07-28 (1)	Irish Meusel	NYG		STL	behind 0-3	b 4	0	---	1	4	7	9%	33%		Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	5	1	1922-08-24	Frank Gibson	BSN	@	STL	tied 11-11	t 9	1	---	1	8	2	37%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	6	1	1922-08-26	Dave Robertson	NYG	@	STL	behind 3-4	t 7	0	1--	2	9	PH	31%	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. King Scores
48	48	7	2	1922-08-26	Frankie Frisch	NYG	@	STL	ahead 5-4	t 7	2	---	1	3	4	14%	78%		Home Run (Deep RF)
49	49	8	3	1922-08-26	Earl Smith	NYG	@	STL	ahead 7-5	t 8	2	---	1	8	2	8%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	9	1	1922-09-01 (1)	Reb Russell	PIT	@	STL	behind 0-2	t 4	1	-23	3	4	9	22%	60%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Carey Scores; C. Bigbee Scores
51	51	10	2	1922-09-01 (1)	Reb Russell	PIT	@	STL	ahead 5-3	t 6	0	---	1	4	9	8%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	11	1	1922-09-10	Jake Daubert	CIN		STL	ahead 10-7	b 7	1	1--	2	2	3	4%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Donohue Scores/unER
53	53	12	1	1922-09-15	Butch Henline	PHI		STL	behind 6-9	b 7	2	-2-	2	5	2	18%	30%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Rapp Scores
1923	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	1923-06-16	Billy Southworth	BSN	@	STL	behind 1-4	t 6	0	---	1	3	9	8%	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
55	55	2	1	1923-07-29	Cy Williams	PHI	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	2	2	8	15%	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Sand Scores
56	56	3	1	1923-08-01 (2)	Zack Wheat	BRO	@	STL		t 9			2		PH
57	57	4	1	1923-08-09	Frankie Frisch	NYG	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	-23	3	3	5	13%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Youngs Scores; F. Maguire Scores
1924	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1924-07-15	Rogers Hornsby	STL		BRO	behind 0-7	b 6	0	---	1	3	4	1%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
59	59	2	2	1924-07-15	Rogers Hornsby	STL		BRO	behind 2-7	b 8	0	---	1	3	4	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
60	60	3	1	1924-07-23	Rabbit Maranville	PIT		BRO	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	1	1	4	10%	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
61	61	4	1	1924-07-29	Pat Duncan	CIN	@	BRO	ahead 9-2	t 9	0	1--	2	3	7	0%	100%		Home Run; S. Bohne Scores
62	62	5	2	1924-07-29	Curt Walker	CIN	@	BRO	ahead 11-2	t 9	0	---	1	4	9	0%	100%		Home Run
63	63	6	1	1924-08-08	Jim Bottomley	STL	@	BRO	behind 2-11	t 6	1	1--	2	4	3	1%	1%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF); R. Hornsby Scores
64	64	7	1	1924-08-25	Rogers Hornsby	STL		BRO	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	4	10%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1927	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
65	65	1	1	1927-07-02 (1)	Cy Williams	PHI		BRO	tied 2-2	b 5	2	1--	2	3	9	26%	79%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Sand Scores
66	66	2	2	1927-07-02 (1)	Freddy Leach	PHI		BRO	behind 4-7	b 8	0	---	1	5	8	8%	16%		Home Run (Deep RF)
67	67	3	1	1927-08-13	Freddie Lindstrom	NYG		BRO	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	7	10%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
68	68	4	2	1927-08-13	Rogers Hornsby	NYG		BRO	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	1--	2	4	4	15%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Roush Scores
69	69	5	1	1927-08-21	George Grantham	PIT	@	BRO	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---	1	2	4	12%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
70	70	6	1	1927-09-05 (2)	Cy Williams	PHI	@	BRO	ahead 2-0	t 3	0	---	1	3	9	8%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1928	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
71	71	1	1	1928-08-07 (2)	George Grantham	PIT	@	BRO	tied 0-0	t 8	2	---	1	4	3	29%	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1929	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
72	72	1	1	1929-05-13	Cy Williams	PHI		STL	behind 4-9	b 8	2	1--	2	9	PH	4%	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Friberg Scores

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