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Red Dooin

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b. June 12, 1879 · Philadelphia Phillies 1902–1914, Cincinnati Reds 1915, New York Giants 1915–1916

Dooin became Philadelphia's player-manager in 1910 and ran the club for five seasons. His teams went 392-370, with 13 other games unresolved as wins or losses in the manager record. The strongest finished 88-63 and second in the National League in 1913.

As a player, fifteen seasons gave him 961 hits, 139 doubles, 344 runs batted in, 333 runs and 133 stolen bases with a .240 average. He caught 1,195 games, compared with only 23 at other positions. He played thirteen of those seasons for Philadelphia and stole 20 bases in 1908.

Dooin left the Phillies after 1914 and split 1915 between Cincinnati and the Giants, then finished with New York in 1916. Hall of Fame voters gave him one vote in both 1937 and 1938. He died in 1952, at seventy-two.

Honors

AwardTimesYears
Baseball Magazine All-Star 1 1911

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1902 PHI 943332077 730 3510268 .231
1903 PHI 621881841 510 148219 .218
1904 PHI 1083554186 1146 3682515 .242
1905 PHI 1133804595 1350 36104012 .250
1906 PHI 1133512586 1910 32135015 .245
1907 PHI 1013131866 840 14153810 .211
1908 PHI 13343528108 1740 41172020 .248
1909 PHI 14146842105 1412 38212114 .224
1910 PHI 1033313080 1340 30221710 .242
1911 PHI 742471881 1511 1614126 .328
1912 PHI 691842043 900 225128 .234
1913 PHI 55129633 410 13391 .256
1914 PHI 531181021 201 84144 .178
1915 CIN/NYG 561551137 220 95201 .239
1916 NYG 151712 000 0030 .118
Career 12904004333961 1393110 344155328133 .240

On this day & linked events

1879

Born June 12, 1879

Cincinnati, OH, USA

1952

Died May 14, 1952

1902

Major-league debut: Red Dooin

Red Dooin made a major-league debut on April 18, 1902.

1916

Final major-league game: Red Dooin

Red Dooin played a final major-league game on June 24, 1916.

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