Paul Douglas Creek (March 1, 1969 – July 28, 2024) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played ten seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1995 to 2005 for the St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays, and Detroit Tigers.

After signing a contract with the Cards, Creek bounced around A-ball in 1991 and 1992, playing for four teams (Hamilton, Savannah, Springfield, and St. Petersburg) in that span.

Despite some early career struggles with Hamilton and Savannah in 1991, his performance improved upon joining Springfield the following season.

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.

[citation needed] On November 7, 1997, the Chicago White Sox purchased Creek's contract from the Giants.

Creek never played for the White Sox as his contract was purchased again less than a month later (December 4, 1997), this time by a team in Japan.

Creek returned from his one-year stint in Japan by signing a contract with the Chicago Cubs on January 29, 1999.

The following season Creek was able to lower his earned run average to a 4.31 mark as he pitched in a career-high 66 games and had a won-loss record of 2–5.

Creek spent the first four months of the 2002 regular season with the Devil Rays, where he appeared in 29 games, winning two of them and dropping one.

However, things did not go as planned in the 2003 season as he pitched just 13 innings in 21 appearances to go along with his 3.29 ERA for the Jays, as he underwent Tommy John surgery in June 2003.

He played on the Tigers' AAA affiliate in Toledo pitching 28 games (one start) as he chalked up a record of 2–2 to go along with an ERA of 4.61.