Upon being selected in the fifth round of the 1990 MLB draft by the California Angels, Creek opted to not sign with them and go back into the draft pool the following season. In 1991, he was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the seventh round of the draft and was signed to a deal shortly thereafter. After signing a contract with the Cards, Doug Creek bounced around A ball in 1991 and 1992 playing for four teams (Hamilton, Savannah, Springfield, and St. Petersburg) in that span. He was used primarily as a starting pitcher with all those teams and after some early career struggles with Hamilton and Savannah in 1991 he started finding his grove upon joining Springfield the following season.\n', '

Creek registered a career low 2.58 ERA to go along with his 4-1 won-loss record with the Springfield squad. He then continued his strong 1992 pitching with St. Petersburg and started all the 13 games he appeared in going 5-4 with a still impressive ERA at 2.82. After playing in AA and compiling a career record of 18-22 with a 4.00 ERA as a Double A pitcher Doug had three separate stints playing with the AAA team out of Louisville. He usually went between them and Arkansas the AA team that was affiliated with St. Louis.\n', '

After a solid showing at both the AA and AAA levels the Cardinals decided it was time to see what Creek could offer to their big league team. On September 17, 1995, Doug Creek faced the Los Angeles Dodgers for his first taste of big league action. He threw one inning and struck out two batters as the Dodgers could not register a hit off Creek. He appeared in five more games for St. Louis, throwing a total of six innings in six games and did not permit any runs to score. After the 1995 year ended he was dealt in the off-season to the San Francisco Giants in a multi-player deal that also sent Rich DeLucia and Allen Watson to the Giants. The Cardinals received Royce Clayton and Chris Wimmer in return.\n', '

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