Former main leaguer Doug Creek has handed away, in response to a number of sources, together with The Journal out of Martinsburg, West Virginia. The left-hander died on the age of 55 because of the results of pancreatic most cancers.
Creek was born in Winchester, Virginia in 1969 and went on to attend Georgia Tech. He labored as a beginning pitcher for the Yellow Jackets and was drafted by the Cardinals with a seventh-round decide in 1991. Within the minor leagues, he continued figuring out of the rotation till he received close to the majors and was then shifted right into a reduction function.
He was capable of make his main league debut with the Playing cards in 1995, tossing 6 2/3 scoreless innings that yr. Previous to the 1996 season, he was traded to the Giants alongside Wealthy DeLucia and Allen Watson for Royce Clayton and a participant to be named later, who was later named as Chris Wimmer.
Creek made 63 appearances for San Francisco in 1996 however with a 6.52 ERA. In 1997, an try was made to get Creek stretched again out, although with out success. He had a 6.75 ERA in three main league begins and a 4.93 ERA in Triple-A. He went abroad for the 1998 season, pitching for the Hanshin Tigers of Japan’s Nippon Skilled Baseball. He made six begins and one reduction look with a 5.65 ERA.
He returned to North American ball after which spent the subsequent few years as a journeyman left-hander, pitching for the Cubs, Satan Rays, Mariners, Blue Jays and Tigers. He completed his profession with 289 1/3 innings pitched over 279 appearances. He had a 5.32 ERA, 22.2% strikeout price and 15.1% stroll price. After leaving the baseball discipline, he headed out to the water. In accordance with his obituary, he turned a constitution boat captain in Tampa Bay and competed as an angler on the Redfish Circuit.
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