William Martin Carrick nicknamed "Doughnut Bill", was a pitcher

Pitcher

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 in Major League Baseball

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. He played for the New York Giants

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 from -, and the Washington Senators

Minnesota Twins

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 in and .

Carrick's best pitch was the curveball

Curveball

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. At one point during the 1901 season, he lost seventeen consecutive decisions.

After the end of Carrick's major league career, he continued to be active in professional ball in the minor leagues. He pitched for the Seattle Siwashes and Toledo Mud Hens

Toledo Mud Hens

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 in 1903, the Fall River Indians in 1905, the Newark Sailors in 1906 and 1907, and the New Haven Blues/New Haven Black Crows in 1908 and 1909. He then managed for New Haven (renamed the Prairie Hens) in 1910.