Tag: game

Heat Gets Bill Doak in Brave Effort

Collapsed in Action July 19, 1928              Age 37By Thomas Holmes           The Brooklyn Daily Eagle     AS A TEAM, the Robins were shamed by the lionhearted exhibition of Bill Doak In the second game. Through the intense heat of the late afternoon, the antiquated spitball heaver […]

Old Bill Gives Lesson in Energy Conservation, Wins 4-3

Doak Sweats and Wins Robins Have Hit Well Consistently in West Game Date: 7/11/1928     Age: 37 By THOMAS HOLMES        The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Wilbert Robinson, the stout Brooklyn manager, is in somewhat the same position as the traditional disciple of Emile Coue who wished so hard to become cured of his […]

Bill Doak’s Great Triumph Touched by Sheer Pitching Genius

Eleven-Inning Shutout Victory Over Reds Best Brooklyn Hurling Feat of the Season Beats Cincinnati 1-0 On 6 Hits,  No Walks,  11 Innings Game Date: June 7, 1928        Age: 37 By Thomas Holmes              The Brooklyn Daily Eagle BILL DOAK paints a pitching masterpiece with a touch of […]

Doak Hero of Tight Duel With Donohue

Doak, Dodgers Shade Reds In 11th, 1 to 0 Hendrick Beats Throw to Plate for Winning Run Doak Pitches 11 Inning, 6-hit Shutout on Three Days Rest Game Date:  June 7, 1928  Age: 37      By Sam Schnitzer  –  New York Daily News   For ten and one-third innings yesterday afternoon at Ebbets field, […]

The Frail and Antiquated Form of Bill Doak Seemed to Find Rejuvenation in Heat

Believes It Gave Him Victory Vance and Petty Think Warmth in Measure Responsible for Downfalls Batting Averages Fall Off with Exception of Hendrick’s Dodgers Win 6-1,  Doak’s Record Improving to 5-3 Game Date:  June 5, 1927               Age 36 By Thomas W. Meany         Times Union ONE Man’s […]

Doak Shuts Out Phillies With Three Hit Complete Game

The Crowd Evidenced a Rare Interest in Bill Doak, the Hitter Rickey Tests Five Recruits Game Date:  September 15, 1923   Age: 32 By Joseph F. Holland       St Louis Post Dispatch Bill Doak, 33 years old and slightly, just slightly, bald, found himself surrounded by recruits nearly a decade younger than himself yesterday afternoon, […]

Doak Holds Giants To Lonely Hit As Cards Win By 2 to 0

Doak Improves Record to 4-0 on Complete Game 1-Hit Shutout Cardinals Now Tied for Second Place with the Pirates Only Hit Against Doak Was Leadoff First-Inning Bunt Game Date:  May 11, 1922     Age:  31 By Martin Corum     Pittsburgh Post Gazette Bill Doak, star spitball pitcher of the St. Louis Cardinals, came within an […]

Doak and McHenry Star in Spectacular 1-0 Scrap vs Reds

Blond Bill Keeps Foe Away From Plate To Everyone’s Amazement, Including His Own, Doak Beats Out Infield Hit Outfielder Hits in Pinch and Also Fields Brilliantly Game Date:  September 5, 1919               Age:  28   By James M. Gould     The St Louis Star and Times        There was a […]

Doak Was a Regular Gibraltar of Steadiness, Winning 2-1

Doak Had the “Nothing Doing” Sign Out After the Third Inning Dodgers Opener Was 2-1 Thriller With Rickeymen Winning Out Great Pitching by a Great Pitcher Game Date: August 4, 1919             Age: 28   BY JAMES M. GOULD, The St Louis Star and Times   Seeking the silver lining, we […]

Doak Mows Down the Reds With Calm, Collected Precision

Only Six Hits Made Off the Big Blond Eller Gives Pass With Bases full and Cards Win 1-0. Series With Reds won by Rickeymen After Tough Battle of Pitchers Doak Hurls Great Ball Game Date:  June 5, 1919          Age: 28 By James M. Gould      The St Louis Star and […]

Veteran Spit-Baller Returns to Form and Gives Slugging Dodgers Just Four Hits

Doak Hurls Splendid Ball, Allowing Cards to Beat Brooklyn 4-1 Whole Team Plays Great Game Behind Blond Pitcher. Game Date:  May 27, 1919         Age 28   By James M. Gould    The St Louis Star and Times   Yesterday’s 4-1 victory over Brooklyn helped greatly to prove the contention, held by the […]

Doak Beats Phillies in Sensational 15-Inning Battle, 5 to 4

After 1st Inning Doak Pitches in Great Style Gives up 6 hits, 4 runs (all in the 1st), goes 15 innings Gonzales’ Daring Steal of Home Ends One of Great Games Played Here in Years Gave up but one walk after the 1st, struck out 10 and had 10 assists. (i.e. he was single-handedly responsible […]

Great Slab Duel Between Kanty and Knoxville Bill Doak on Opening Day

Cards, Doak win complete game 6-hitter from Pirates with squeeze play, 2-1 15,000 Wild Fans Cheer Heroes; Wagner Received Cum Laud Well-timed Movement Gives Cardinals First Victory of Season in Game With Manager Callahan’s Team Wild Throws by Shortstop Smith and Catcher Wilson Contribute to Success of Miller Huggins’ Nine Doak gives up 1 run […]

Doak Allows But Three Singles and Pirates Are Shut Out, 1-0

Miller’s Home Run Settles Last Game of Year Between These Teams Players Parade Off Lot Cardinals Say Farewell to Pirates’ Forbes Field by Using Whitewash October 1, 1914      Age 23 Pittsburgh Daily Post Willie Doak, who is widely known around the Pittsburgh district, gave a display of cruelty to Pirates at Forbes Field […]

Bill Doak Again Checks Fall Of Huggins’ Troupe Despite Being Overworked

Youthful Spitter Is Credited With Twentieth Victory at Expense of Phils. {should be 18 wins} Doak Being Overworked – Wins on 2 Days Rest Gives Up 3 ER on 12 Hits in 9 Innings.  1 SO, 0 BB.  ERA now 1.8. September 22, 1914         Age 23 St Louis Post Dispatch PHILADELPHIA,  Sept. […]

The League Leader, Bill Doak, Is Bill James’ Equal, If Not His Master

Cards, Doak, Tie in Boston Final A great pitchers’ battle with the league’s best twirlers as principals Doak Considered by Some to Be Greatest Young Pitcher in the Game   BY DENT M’SKIMMING PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 19, 1914   The Cardinals went neck and neck with Stallings’ Boston Braves Friday, the final score being 1 to […]

Cards Take Two From Hapless Reds – Manager Both Celebrated and Ejected

Doak improves record to 17-5 with complete game 4-3 win. ERA now 1.81 Gives up 1 earned run on 9 hits, 4 SO and 2 BB Red Manager Herzog Ejected For Attacking Umpire, Later Presented With Chest of Silver to Celebrate “Herzog Day” Reds Have Now Lost Nine Straight Games September 14, 1914    Age […]

Monster Crowd Sees Doak Win First Game of DH – 26,000 Attend

4-hit Complete Game Mathewson Pitches 2-hitter in Second Game Giants Stay In Lead, Cardinals Third New York Fans Applaud When Cards Beat Giants Game Date: August 26, 1914            Bill’s Age: 23     According to official attendance figures, slightly more than 26,000 persons saw the Cardinals win a game, 1 […]

Doak, Battling Lumbago, Shuts Out Dodgers and Ends Cardinals’ Losing Streak

Cards’ Losing Streak Ends Flag Hopes Reviving Doak’s Good Pitching, Plus a Batting Punch, Restore “Goat” to Huggins’ Men Pitches Complete Game Shutout, Allowing But 6 Singles with 5 SO, 3 BB, 1 HBP. Doak’s Record Now 12-4 With 2.07 ERA Cozy Dolan Back in Game, Fails to Lend Much Aid August 6, 1914    […]

Willie Doak Subdues Dodgers in Spite of Jack Miller and Magee

Doak Pitches Spanking Good Ball Beats Brooklyn 2-1 in 9 innings on 5 hits, no earned runs, 4 SO, 2 BB.   Record Now 10-4 with 2.08 ERA July 23, 1914            Age 23 St Louis Post Dispatch JACK MILLER and Lee Magee, chiefly the latter, donned their “blinders” and ran wild […]

Sixteen Cards Succeed in Losing Opening Game to Braves, 12-5

Inability to Beat Weaker Clubs a Failing of Cards Braves Are Easy Victors Huggins’ Men Show Pennant Ability in Giants’ Series, but Come Back With a Tail-end Display Against the Lowly Boston Outfit.  Bottle Throwers Must Be Stopped Doak Loses, Giving Up 6 ER in 3.2 Innings With  3 BB, 1 SO.     Record Now […]

Doak Beats “Big Six” Mathewson on Five-Hitter

Rival Clubs Overlook Fine Chance to Trim the Giants Team’s Work Listless McGraw Handles His Men From the Bench While They Pull a Prime Brand of Bone Baseball – Outfit With a Punch Could Cinch Flag. Record Now 9-3 With 1.89 ERA July 9, 1914            Age 23      (Mathewson […]

Doak Tries out His Curve

Schneider,. Proves More Clever Than Bill Doak Cincinnati Twirler Has Huggins’ Players Well in Hand Until He Grows Wild in Ninth Doak Pitches 8 Innings, Losing 5-3 to Cincinnati.  4 ER, 6 H, 2 BB, 2 SO Record Now 8-3 With 2.05 ERA July 4, 1914    Age 23 BY J. B. SHERIDAN      […]

Doak’s Work Was Flawless, Beating Cubs 6-0

Doak’s Record Now 8-2, 1.85 ERA In the complete game shutout against the Cubs, Doak yielded 5 hits, 6 SO, 3 BB, two doubles, 1 triple on 3 days rest. Largest Crowd of Season – 18,000 attend June 29, 1914           Age 23 St Louis Post Dispatch STEPPING off a train that […]

Doak Pitched Super-Fine Ball Despite Intense Heat

Wins 3-0 Four-Hitter, Improving Record to 7-2, Lowering ERA to 2.04 Between Innings Doak Was Stretched Out on the Floor of the Dugout Teammates Took Measures to Cool Him Off Aging Hero Honus Wagner Had Tough Day Game Date: June 24, 1914 Age:23 By Ralph S. David, The Pittsburgh Press Doak Pitched Well Despite Heat […]

Willie Doak Wields Whitewash Brush in Pittsburgh

Cards 11-5 Since Invading the East Doak Gets Base Hit Off Opposing Pitcher Doak Wins 3-0, Giving Up 4 Hits in 9 Innings Game Date:  June 24, 1914         Age:  23 By John M. Quinn,  The St Louis Star and Times The fight for third place is on. The Cards came out victorious […]

Doak Pitches 6 Innings, No Decision, Ending Cards’ Winning Streak

With Huggins on Bench, Cards Are Beaten by Phils Locals’ Winning Streak Smashed in Tenth Inning by Sherwood Magee. Doak Pitches 6 Innings, No Decision, 2 ER, 5 Hits, 2 BB, 1 SO.  ERA 2.27 June 18, 1914           Age 23 St Louis Post Dispatch PHILADELPHIA, June I8.  After winning six straight […]

Doak Wins 6th Game, Clashes With Huggins When Pulled in Eighth

HUG AND O’MARA ALMOST MIX, BUT CARDS WIN AGAIN Local Boy With Brooklyn Tags Manager Out Three Times, Precipitating a Row. The prize baserunning boner was pulled yesterday by Doak in the third. June 12, 1914             Age 23 St Louis Post Dispatch NEW YORK, June 12.  With two games to […]

Doak Lifted After Three Runs To Giants In First Two Innings

CARDINALS “PULL A BROOKLYN” AND MATTY BEATS SAL, 6-4 Butler’s Rank Muff Gives Champions Three Runs and the Game in Eighth Inning. TWO HOMERS OFF BIG SIX Wilson and Wingo Hit for Circuit in Second Inning, but Lead Is Wasted. June 7, 1914             Age 23 St Louis Post Dispatch NEW […]

Willie Doak Starts Well in Opening Contest, but Blows in the Fifth

Sallee At Best, Cardinals Break Even With CubsDoak Pitches 1.4 Innings, 2 ER, 3 hits, 5 BB, 1 SORecord Now 5-2, 1.95 ERA May 31, 1914         Age 23 By W. L. Veeck,    A Staff Correspondent of the Post Dispatch CHICAGO, Ill., May 30. The Cardinals didn’t do anything marvelous on this […]

Umpire’s Call On Doak Causes Near Riot

CARDINALS POUND GIANTS PITCHERS St. Louis Overcomes Big Lead and Defeats New York in Feverish Game. Doak Gets Win, Improving Record to 4-1 With 1.68 ERA May 22, 1914            Age 23 Special to The New York Times. ST. LOUIS. May 21.   The Cardinals won a feverish game of ball today […]

Giants Play in World’s Series Form and Cardinals Easily Win

Doak Gets 4th Win, 8-4, on 2 Earned Runs, 4 Hits, 4 Walks, 1 Hit Batter, 2 Strikeouts In 6.1 Innings Earned Run Average: 1.68 Doak Out At Home On Controversial Call May 21, 1914           Age 23 St Louis Post Dispatch JOHN McGRAW’S three-time pennant winners played a regular world’s series […]

Doak Shuts Out O’Day’s Cubs, 2-0, In Frosty Gale

Doak, One of Huggins’ Youngsters, Hands West Siders Surprise, Allowing But Three Hits. Five Errors For Chicago Leach, Good and Johnston Only Ones to Solve Recruit’s Spitter and Cards Take Lead in Series ST. LOUIS. Mo. April 20. A deceptive “spitter” applied against the Cubs, usually when a runner was on third and waiting to […]

No Trouble for Doak – He Pitched Like a Mathewson

April 7, 1914           Age 23 St Louis Post Dispatch Strong In Relief Willie Doak appeared in the ninth and pitched like a Mathewson. He got rid of McQuillan, Carey and Mowrey with dispatch and precision. In Doak’s first appearance of the season he set down the side in order, although in […]