In 10 career games, Drake pitched 182⁄3 innings and posted a win–loss record of 0–1 with a 7.71 earned run average (ERA).

[2] Drake began his professional baseball career with the Bradenton Growers of the Florida State League.

[1] The following season, he played for the Jacksonville Scouts of the Florida State League and the Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association.

[4] Drake debuted as one of a group of players that Indians player-manager Tris Speaker sent in partway through the game on September 21, 1922, done as an opportunity for fans to see various minor league prospects.

In the game, Drake pitched three innings and allowed one earned run in what was his only major league appearance that year.

[1] Despite worse numbers in 1923, Indians management felt that he showed enough promise that they again brought him back to the major leagues in September.

[7] Entering the 1924 season, Drake was invited to spring training, where Speaker worked with him to try to shorten his pitching motion, which they felt was the primary reason for his 20 losses the year prior.

This left his professional baseball career in doubt, but Drake stated his intention of returning to the game the following season.

[1] He was released from the team in July, and joined the Albany Nuts for the rest of the season, where he played as a both a pitcher and outfielder, and had a .246 batting average in 27 games.