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Doug Creek | |||||||||||||||
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Pitcher | |||||||||||||||
Born: Winchester, Virginia, U.S. | March 1, 1969|||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |||||||||||||||
Professional debut | |||||||||||||||
MLB: September 17, 1995, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||||||
NPB: April 5, 1998, for the Hanshin Tigers | |||||||||||||||
Last appearance | |||||||||||||||
MLB: October 1, 2005, for the Detroit Tigers | |||||||||||||||
NPB: October 12, 1998, for the Hanshin Tigers | |||||||||||||||
MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
Win–loss record | 7–14 | ||||||||||||||
Earned run average | 5.32 | ||||||||||||||
Strikeouts | 292 | ||||||||||||||
NPB statistics | |||||||||||||||
Win–loss record | 0–4 | ||||||||||||||
Earned run average | 5.65 | ||||||||||||||
Strikeouts | 24 | ||||||||||||||
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Paul Douglas Creek (born March 1, 1969) is an American former
Amateur
Creek attended
Minor leagues
In
Creek registered a career low 2.58
St. Louis Cardinals
After a solid showing at both the AA and AAA levels, the Cardinals decided it was time to see what Creek could offer to their big league team. On September 17, 1995, Doug Creek faced the Los Angeles Dodgers for his first taste of big league action. He threw one inning and struck out two batters as the Dodgers could not register a hit off Creek. He appeared in five more games for St. Louis, throwing a total of six innings in six games and did not permit any runs to score. After the 1995 year ended he was dealt in the off-season to the San Francisco Giants in a multi-player deal that also sent Rich DeLucia and Allen Watson to the Giants. The Cardinals received Royce Clayton and Chris Wimmer in return.[2]
San Francisco Giants
Creek tried to pitch well for his new team and the then-27-year-old hurler threw 48 innings and finished the season with a 6.52 ERA in 63 appearances. He also had an 0–2 win–loss record. He spent the following season on the Giants AAA team in Phoenix where, in 25 games (18 of them starts), he went 8–6 with 2 complete games and 1 shutout. His showing at Triple A in 1997 earned him a quick promotion back to San Francisco. He went 1-2 and compiled a 6.75 ERA, while striking out 14 of the batters he faced.[citation needed]
Hanshin Tigers
On November 7, 1997, the Chicago White Sox purchased Creek's contract from the Giants. Creek never played for the White Sox as his contract was purchased again less than a month later (December 4, 1997), this time by a team in Japan. The Hanshin Tigers of the Japan Central League bought his contract from Chicago and Doug went to play out the 1998 baseball season in Japan. For the Tigers he split the season between the Central League and Western League teams spending the majority of the campaign with the Western League squad. In 17 games (16 starts) he went 9–1 with a 2.16 ERA for the Western League's Hanshin Tigers. Creek led the league in earned run average and strikeouts with 101. He was less stellar playing in the Central League though as he went 0–4 with 5.65 ERA in his 7 appearances.
Chicago Cubs
Doug Creek returned from his one-year stint in Japan by signing a contract with the Chicago Cubs on January 29, 1999. He pitched most of the season with Iowa, then the AAA team for the Cubs. Doug went 7–3 in 25 games (20 starts) and held his ERA to 3.79. He was also able to pick up a save. Chicago decided to call up the southpaw and he struggled in the 6 games he pitched in ending the season with a 10.50 ERA.
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
On February 1,
Creek spent the first four months of the 2002 regular season on the D-Rays where he appeared in 29 games winning two of them and dropping one. His ERA however was at a 6.27 clip. On July 24, 2002, Tampa Bay and the Seattle Mariners consummated a deal that sent Creek to Seattle for cash considerations.
Seattle Mariners
Creek played in 23 games for the Mariners going 1–1 with a 4.91 ERA. His 2002 combined totals were 52 games, 3–2 record, 55.0 IP, and a 5.82 ERA.
Toronto Blue Jays
In October 2002 Creek was signed by the
Back to the Cardinals
Creek was then signed in February 2004, returning to the Cardinals. With St. Louis, he was only used as a reliever in Triple AAA, going 2–1 with a 4.71 ERA in 33 games for Memphis.
Detroit Tigers
The Detroit Tigers signed Creek in January 2005 to add pitching depth to their roster. He played on the Tigers' AAA affiliate in Toledo pitching 28 games (1 start) as he chalked up a record of 2–2 to go along with an ERA of 4.61. Unlike in St. Louis, Creek was able to crack the lineup and appear in 20 games for the Tigers. He threw 22 innings in those 20 games for Detroit, finishing the year with a 6.85 ERA.
References
- ^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- ^ "Cardinals Get Shortstop". The New York Times. AP. December 15, 1995. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League)