finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1970 left columbia , south carolina 1966 september 27 19 -- 18 2.95 177 24 pitcher oakland athletics win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts saves april 14 25 august 1939 dooley womack
 new york yankees dooley womack right
dooley womack

horace guy `` dooley '' womack is an american former professional baseball pitcher .
a right-hander , he played all or part of five seasons in major league baseball from 1966 to 1970 for the new york yankees , houston astros , seattle pilots and oakland athletics , almost exclusively as a relief pitcher .
he also played in the cincinnati reds minor league system for one season .
listed at tall and weighing 170 pounds , womack was never a highly touted prospect , due in part to his unimposing size and fastball .
`` i admit , '' he once said , `` i wo n't overpower anybody ... '' despite the lack of fanfare surrounding him , womack `` went from a non-prospect to a must-use '' at the beginning of his major league career , according to harvey frommer in his book , `` a yankee century '' .
according to modern accounts , womack was '' ... one of the best relief pitchers on two of the worst yankee teams and 1967 in the franchise 's fabled history . ''
womack began his professional career as a starting pitcher in 1958 at the age of 18 and played for 14 seasons , ending his career as a relief pitcher at the age of 31 in 1971 .
he spent ten seasons in the minor leagues and five in the major leagues , spending one year at the d-level , one year at the c-level , one full year and part of another at the b-level , one full year and part of another at the single-a level , two full years at the double-a level , two full years at the triple-a level and most of a third year at the triple-a level .
at the major league level , womack went 19 -- 18 with a 2.95 era in 193 games , one of which he started .
in 302.1 innings , he had 24 saves , 121 games finished and 177 strikeouts .
he allowed 253 hits , 111 runs , 99 earned runs , 21 home runs , 111 walks , 33 intentional walks and 18 wild pitches .
as a batter , he went 7-for-31 for a .226 batting average .
he never drew a base on balls , though he did have a stolen base in 1968 .
his career fielding percentage was .970 .
in total , he appeared in 349 minor league games , going 65 -- 55 with a 3.13 era in 1,041.1 innings .
he allowed 952 hits , 461 runs , 362 earned runs and 399 walks .
at the plate , he was used as a pinch hitter from time to time , hitting .267 with 107 hits -lrb- including 16 doubles and five triples -rrb- in 401 at bats .
