John Dopson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-4, 205lb (193cm, 92kg)

Born: July 14, 1963 in Baltimore, MD us

Draft: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Delone Catholic HS (McSherrystown, PA).

High School: Delone Catholic HS (McSherrystown, PA)

Debut: September 4, 1985 (Age 22-052d, 15,086th in major league history)
vs. LAD 4.0 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER, L

Last Game: June 22, 1994 (Age 30-343d)
vs. SEA 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1988 season

Agents: Ron Shapiro

Full Name: John Robert Dopson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.4

ERA

4.27

144

119

725.1

386

WHIP

1.401

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 74 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 7 tying, 23 go ahead

3 Tms
BOS	49
MON	19
CAL	6

Platoon
vs RHB	44
vs LHB	30

Home/Road
Home	39
Away	35

Outs
1	30
0	25
2	19

21 Opps
DET	8
OAK	7
SEA	7
BAL	7
NYY	6
MIN	5
TEX	4
PIT	4
CLE	4
CHC	3
NYM	3
LAD	3
SDP	2
PHI	2
HOU	2
TOR	2
CAL	1
KCR	1
BOS	1
CHW	1
MIL	1

62 Batters
José Canseco	3
Cecil Fielder	2
Phil Bradley	2
Terry Steinbach	2
Mel Hall	2
Leo Gómez	2
Chris Hoiles	2
Jesse Barfield	2
Troy Neel	2
Devon White	2
Kevin McReynolds	2
Bernie Williams	1
Mike Blowers	1
Dean Palmer	1
Sandy Alomar	1
Juan González	1
Wally Backman	1
Mickey Tettleton	1
Nelson Santovenia	1
Dan Gladden	1
Marvell Wynne	1
Sid Bream	1
Kirk Gibson	1
José Lind	1
Mike Greenwell	1
Billy Hatcher	1
Joe Carter	1
Álvaro Espinoza	1
Robin Yount	1
Rob Deer	1
Alvin Davis	1
Vance Law	1
Jeffrey Hammonds	1
Terry Puhl	1
Danny Heep	1
Paul Sorrento	1
Harold Baines	1
Dave Winfield	1
Tino Martinez	1
Ken Griffey Jr.	1
Jeffrey Leonard	1
Carmelo Martínez	1
Gary Carter	1
Juan Samuel	1
Manny Ramirez	1
Rob Richie	1
Lou Whitaker	1
Mark McGwire	1
John Shelby	1
Andy Van Slyke	1
Dave Valle	1
Jim Presley	1
Scott Leius	1
Rafael Ramírez	1
Gary Matthews	1
Keith Moreland	1
Matt Nokes	1
Kent Hrbek	1
Bobby Bonilla	1
Carlos Baerga	1
Greg Brock	1
Rafael Palmeiro	1

16 Parks
Fenway Pk (BOS)	25
Stade Olymp. (MON)	10
RingCentral Col (OAK)	6
Angel Stad (ANA)	6
Tiger Stad (DET)	6
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	3
Arlington St (ARL)	3
Kingdome (SEA)	3
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	2
Shea Stad (NYC)	2
Camden Yards (BAL)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1

Where Hit
7	30
9	18
78	9
8	6
89	6

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	17
3	14
2	14
4	9
5	9
Unk	6
6	5

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	41
2·HR gms	15
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	46
1--	13
1-3	6
-2-	5
12-	3
--3	1

111 Runs
RISP	15
0 on	46
1 on	19
2 on	9
Any on	28

Inning
1	11
2	10
3	11
4	9
5	9
6	11
7	8
8	5

1-3	32
4-6	29
7-end	13

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	2
+2	11
+1	11
Tied	21
-1	9
-2	5
-3	3
-4..	10

Ahead	26
Tied	21
Behind	27

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	17
0-1	8
1-1	7
Unk	6
1-0	6
2-1	6
3-2	4
1-2	4
3-1	4
2-2	4
2-0	4
0-2	3
3-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	13
1B	12
RF	10
CF	9
C	9
DH	7
3B	7
2B	4
SS	2
PH	1

OrderPos
5th	14
4th	14
3rd	12
2nd	9
7th	8
6th	7
1st	4
9th	4
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	34
Low Lev	31

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1985-09-04	Greg Brock	LAD		MON	behind 0-1	b 2	2	---		1	7	3	13%	51%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1985-09-15	Danny Heep	NYM	@	MON	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	12-		3	5	9	20%	84%		Home Run; K. Hernandez Scores; G. Carter Scores
3	3	3	1	1985-09-24	Billy Hatcher	CHC		MON	behind 3-15	b 7	0	---		1	9	7	0%	0%		Home Run
4	4	4	2	1985-09-24	Gary Matthews	CHC		MON	behind 7-17	b 8	1	1-3		3	2	PH	0%	0%		Home Run; B. Hatcher Scores; G. Woods Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1988-05-24	Marvell Wynne	SDP	@	MON	ahead 1-0	t 6	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	8	14%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
6	6	2	1	1988-05-29	Kirk Gibson	LAD	@	MON	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	6,(3-2) BCBBFX	1	3	7	11%	57%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
7	7	3	2	1988-05-29	John Shelby	LAD	@	MON	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	5	8	11%	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	4	1	1988-06-03	José Lind	PIT		MON	behind 0-1	b 8	1	---		1	2	4	34%	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	5	1	1988-06-08	Phil Bradley	PHI	@	MON	ahead 2-0	t 7	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	6	7	7%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	6	1	1988-06-14 (2)	Juan Samuel	PHI		MON	ahead 2-0	b 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	4	7%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
11	11	7	1	1988-06-23	Sid Bream	PIT	@	MON	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	5,(3-1) BBBF>X	2	6	3	20%	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Bonilla Scores
12	12	8	1	1988-07-20	Rafael Ramírez	HOU	@	MON	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	6	12%	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	9	2	1988-07-20	Terry Puhl	HOU	@	MON	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	3,(0-2) MCX	1	3	7	11%	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	10	1	1988-08-04	Andy Van Slyke	PIT		MON	behind 1-3	b 6	2	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	3	8	13%	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
15	15	11	1	1988-08-09	Bobby Bonilla	PIT	@	MON	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-		2	4	5	19%	68%		Home Run; J. Lind Scores
16	16	12	1	1988-08-14 (1)	Gary Carter	NYM		MON	behind 0-3	b 4	1	-2-	2,(0-1) C.X	2	6	2	18%	37%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); K. McReynolds Scores
17	17	13	2	1988-08-14 (1)	Kevin McReynolds	NYM		MON	behind 2-3	b 6	0	---	6,(2-2) FBBFFX	1	5	7	21%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
18	18	14	1	1988-08-26	Carmelo Martínez	SDP	@	MON	behind 0-2	t 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	7	10%	39%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	15	1	1988-09-21	Vance Law	CHC		MON	ahead 2-1	b 6	1	1-3	4,(2-1) PFPX	3	5	5	14%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Sandberg Scores; M. Grace Scores
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1989-04-14	Phil Bradley	BAL	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	7	10%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	2	1	1989-05-13	Alvin Davis	SEA		BOS	tied 2-2	b 3	1	12-	5,(1-2) BCSFX	3	3	3	24%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); H. Reynolds Scores; M. Brantley Scores
22	22	3	1	1989-05-18	Devon White	CAL		BOS	behind 0-3	b 6	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	8	19%	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Ray Scores
23	23	4	1	1989-05-23	Jeffrey Leonard	SEA	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1-3	3,(1-1) FBX	3	4	DH	19%	75%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); H. Reynolds Scores; D. Coles Scores
24	24	5	2	1989-05-23	Jim Presley	SEA	@	BOS	ahead 4-2	t 6	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	5	9%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
25	25	6	1	1989-06-07	Keith Moreland	DET		BOS	behind 0-2	b 4	1	---	3,(0-2) CCX	1	4	3	12%	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	7	1	1989-06-24 (1)	Dan Gladden	MIN	@	BOS	behind 0-3	t 6	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	2	7	8%	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
27	27	8	2	1989-06-24 (1)	Wally Backman	MIN	@	BOS	behind 1-6	t 8	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	1	4	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF Line)
28	28	9	1	1989-07-09	Jesse Barfield	NYY	@	BOS	behind 0-5	t 5	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	5	9	14%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Polonia Scores; D. Mattingly Scores
29	29	10	1	1989-09-04	Terry Steinbach	OAK		BOS	behind 1-3	b 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	2	12%	39%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF)
30	30	11	1	1989-09-22	Matt Nokes	DET		BOS	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	1--	2,(1-0) B1X	2	4	DH	13%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Trammell Scores
31	31	12	2	1989-09-22	Rob Richie	DET		BOS	ahead 4-0	b 4	0	1--	1,(0-0) 11X	2	7	7	4%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Lusader Scores
32	32	13	1	1989-09-27	Jesse Barfield	NYY	@	BOS	ahead 2-0	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	9	8%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
33	33	14	1	1989-10-01	Robin Yount	MIL	@	BOS	behind 0-2	t 4	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	8	10%	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1990-06-05	Álvaro Espinoza	NYY	@	BOS	behind 1-5	t 2	2	---	6,(3-2) BFSBBX	1	9	6	6%	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
35	35	2	2	1990-06-05	Mel Hall	NYY	@	BOS	behind 2-7	t 3	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	7	9%	18%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); D. Mattingly Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1992-05-29	Dave Valle	SEA		BOS	behind 2-3	b 5	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	8	2	16%	54%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); D. Valle Scores
37	37	2	1	1992-06-03	José Canseco	OAK		BOS	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	3	9	18%	73%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); T. Neel Scores; J. Canseco Scores
38	38	3	2	1992-06-03	José Canseco	OAK		BOS	tied 2-2	b 3	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	9	13%	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); J. Canseco Scores
39	39	4	3	1992-06-03	Mark McGwire	OAK		BOS	ahead 3-2	b 3	2	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	5	3	11%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. McGwire Scores
40	40	5	1	1992-06-09	Chris Hoiles	BAL		BOS	behind 0-4	b 8	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	8	2	4%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Hoiles Scores
41	41	6	1	1992-06-20	Dean Palmer	TEX		BOS	ahead 2-1	b 8	0	1--	6,(3-2) BBBC1FX	2	2	5	8%	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); B. Downing Scores; D. Palmer Scores
42	42	7	1	1992-07-06	Kevin McReynolds	KCR	@	BOS	ahead 2-1	t 3	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	7	10%	70%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); K. McReynolds Scores
43	43	8	1	1992-07-11	Nelson Santovenia	CHW	@	BOS	behind 0-1	t 3	0	1--	1,(0-0) 1X	2	9	2	18%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Cora Scores; N. Santovenia Scores
44	44	9	1	1992-07-28	Juan González	TEX	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 6	2	---	4,(1-2) BSSX	1	5	8	18%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. González Scores
45	45	10	1	1992-08-02	Leo Gómez	BAL	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 7	1	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	7	5	21%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); L. Gómez Scores
46	46	11	1	1992-08-07	Bernie Williams	NYY		BOS	ahead 2-0	b 5	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	8	8%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Williams Scores
47	47	12	1	1992-08-12	Paul Sorrento	CLE		BOS	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	3,(0-2) CSX	1	5	3	12%	55%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); P. Sorrento Scores
48	48	13	1	1992-08-24	Terry Steinbach	OAK	@	BOS	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	1-3	2,(0-1) FX	3	5	2	18%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball); J. Browne Scores/unER; H. Baines Scores/unER; T. Steinbach Scores/unER
49	49	14	1	1992-09-05	Troy Neel	OAK		BOS	behind 0-1	b 4	1	1--	5,(2-2) B1C1SBX	2	3	DH	26%	67%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); C. Lansford Scores; T. Neel Scores
50	50	15	1	1992-09-18	Cecil Fielder	DET		BOS	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	5,(2-2) FBBSX	2	4	3	19%	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); T. Phillips Scores; C. Fielder Scores
51	51	16	2	1992-09-18	Lou Whitaker	DET		BOS	ahead 4-1	b 2	1	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	2	DH	9%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Barnes Scores; T. Phillips Scores; L. Whitaker Scores
52	52	17	1	1992-10-02	Mel Hall	NYY	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	7	10%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Hall Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	1993-04-09	Rafael Palmeiro	TEX		BOS	tied 1-1	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	3	17%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
54	54	2	2	1993-04-09	José Canseco	TEX		BOS	ahead 2-1	b 6	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	3	9	11%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
55	55	3	1	1993-04-14	Carlos Baerga	CLE	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	4	9%	56%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
56	56	4	1	1993-05-10	Leo Gómez	BAL		BOS	behind 0-1	b 7	0	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	5	5	22%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
57	57	5	1	1993-05-15	Kent Hrbek	MIN		BOS	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	5,(3-1) SBBBX	2	4	3	17%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball); C. Knoblauch Scores
58	58	6	2	1993-05-15	Dave Winfield	MIN		BOS	ahead 4-3	b 3	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	DH	10%	75%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
59	59	7	1	1993-06-27	Mickey Tettleton	DET	@	BOS	behind 0-8	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	6	2	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
60	60	8	2	1993-06-27	Rob Deer	DET	@	BOS	behind 1-8	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	7	9	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
61	61	9	1	1993-07-03	Ken Griffey Jr.	SEA		BOS	behind 1-2	b 6	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	8	18%	54%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
62	62	10	1	1993-07-08	Troy Neel	OAK		BOS	behind 3-8	b 5	2	-2-	6,(3-2) BFB.CBX	2	4	DH	8%	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); R. Sierra Scores
63	63	11	1	1993-07-18	Tino Martinez	SEA	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	1,(0-0) >X	2	5	3	15%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Buhner Scores
64	64	12	1	1993-08-08	Cecil Fielder	DET		BOS	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	10%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
65	65	13	1	1993-08-14	Devon White	TOR	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	8	9%	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
66	66	14	2	1993-08-14	Joe Carter	TOR	@	BOS	ahead 3-1	t 5	2	---	4,(2-1) SBBX	1	4	9	9%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
67	67	15	1	1993-09-13	Harold Baines	BAL	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	4	DH	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
68	68	16	2	1993-09-13	Chris Hoiles	BAL	@	BOS	ahead 2-0	t 4	2	1--	5,(2-2) SSBBX	2	7	2	15%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); H. Baines Scores
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
69	69	1	1	1994-04-11	Sandy Alomar	CLE	@	CAL	ahead 1-0	t 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	11%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
70	70	2	2	1994-04-11	Manny Ramirez	CLE	@	CAL	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	1--	4,(1-2) 11CB>FX	2	9	9	14%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Thome Scores
71	71	3	1	1994-04-23	Mike Greenwell	BOS		CAL	tied 1-1	b 3	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	3	7	16%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Hatcher Scores
72	72	4	1	1994-04-28	Jeffrey Hammonds	BAL	@	CAL	ahead 3-1	t 5	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	2	9	8%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
73	73	5	1	1994-06-06	Scott Leius	MIN	@	CAL	ahead 5-0	t 3	1	--3	5,(1-2) FCFBX	2	7	5	4%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); S. Mack Scores
74	74	6	1	1994-06-22	Mike Blowers	SEA	@	CAL	ahead 6-3	t 7	2	1-3	4,(3-0) BBBX	3	6	3	10%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball); J. Buhner Scores; E. Martínez Scores