Doc Cook (baseball)

{{short description|American baseball player (1886-1973)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Doc Cook

|position=Outfielder

|image=Doc Cook at Polo Grounds.jpg

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1886|6|24|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Whitt, Texas

|death_date={{death date and age|1973|6|30|1886|6|24}}

|death_place=Lawrenceburg, Tennessee

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 7

|debutyear={{By|1913}}

|debutteam=New York Yankees

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=April 25

|finalyear={{By|1916}}

|finalteam=New York Yankees

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.274

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=3

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=75

|teams=

• New York Yankees ({{By|1913}}–{{By|1916}})

}}

File:Doc Cook (baseball).jpg

Luther Almus "Doc" Cook (June 24, 1886 – June 30, 1973) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. Cook played for the New York Yankees from {{By|1913}} to {{By|1916}}. In 288 career games, he had a .274 batting average with three home runs and 75 RBI.

He batted left and threw right-handed. He was born in Whitt, Texas and died in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.

Cook attended Vanderbilt University.