Bill Doak Added to Cardinals’ Corps of Mound Artists by Branch Rickey
Veteran, Free Lance Since Leaving Robins, Reports at Avon Park Age: 38 By Raymond V. Smith St Louis Globe Democrat AVON PARK. FLA.. March 22, 1929 “Spitting Bill” Doak, Cardinal pitching mainstay for years and one of the greatest hurlers in the game when in his prime, has returned to […]
DOAK TRADED TO BROOKLYN
Cardinal Manager Branch Rickey Getting Rid of All Veteran Players Rickey Will Build with Youngsters Bill Doak and Lou North Latest to Pass on From St. Louis Doak to Brooklyn for Dickerman From The Sporting News. Publication Date: June 19, 1924 Age 33 Career Record for St. Louis: 143-135 Thoroughly disgusted, […]
Doak Not Expected To Do Much Pitching in Early Season
Star Spitballer Is Not Quite Ready to Assume Full Share of Hurling Burden. April 10, 1922 Age 31 The St Louis Star and Times DID LITTLE WORK IN SOUTH Made Only Two Appearances in Exhibition Games and Then for Only Few Frames. The appearance of Bill Doak in yesterday’s game against Phil […]
Unassuming Bill Doak Ends Season With 120 Pitching Victories
Despite Pitching for One of Worst Teams in League Likes to work for Branch Rickey, struck an agreement with him November 19, 1921 Age 30 Pittsburgh Post Gazette Chili Sauce by Chilly Doyle Nearly any young man of 30 who had sensed the thrill of 120 pitching victories in the National League […]
Rickey’s Pittsburgh Blond, in Splendid Condition, Seems Set for Great Season
BILL DOAK LOOKS BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE IN CAREER HIS FORM IS MASTERFUL Cardinal Leader Points Out to Recruit Pitchers What Makes a Great Hurler. March 27, 1920 Age 29The St Louis Star and Times SPRING TRAINING, BROWNSVILLE. TEX, March 27. When Bill Doak reported for […]
Five Pitchers for Cardinals Are Injured in Auto Accident – Doak Unconscious
Five Pitchers for Cardinals Are Injured in Auto Accident Meadows’ Machine Overturns Injuring Him, Ames, Doak, Horstman and Sherdel Doak Unconscious for Half an Hour April 16, 1919 Age 28 The St Louis Star and Times Five pitchers of the Cardinal baseball team, three of them veterans, were injured at 9 a. […]
Hug Should Quit Crabbing at Pitchers During Game – Sensitive Men Ruined
Doak: A First-Year Spitballer Of Rare Promise If Cardinals’ Manager Would Let Jack Miller Pat the Flingers on the Back, When They Aviate, Fans Figure the Team Would Get Along Better. March 4, 1914 Age 23 By W. J. O’Connor. St Louis Post Dispatch AFTER absorbing a homeopathic dose of […]
Branch Rickey Disagrees With Miller Huggins’ Method of Managing – Doak An Example
Huggins: I Believe Manager Rickey Has A Lot Of Good Ideas, But I’m Not Strong For This Theory Stuff. Rickey: I Will Have Sliding Pits, Hand Ball Courts and Batting Cages This Spring And Expect That Huggins Will Eventually Follow Suit Huggins coached Doak about his fault in tipping off base-runners – this is an […]