Joe Dobson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 197lb (188cm, 89kg)

Born: January 20, 1917 in Durant, OK us

Died: June 23, 1994 in Jacksonville, FL

Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, FL

High School: Durant HS (Durant, OK)

Debut: April 26, 1939 (Age 22-096d, 8,651st in major league history)
vs. CHW 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 30, 1954 (Age 37-100d)
vs. CHW 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Joseph Gordon Dobson

Nicknames: Burrhead

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

26.2

137

103

ERA

3.62

414

273

2170.0

992

WHIP

1.336

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-13 / in Starts: 18-12
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 90 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	45 (29-13-3) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 90 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	59 (30-18-9)

Most Driven In
B Doerr	1
L Culberson	1
B Tebbetts	1
E Pellagrini	0

Most Driven In By
B Doerr	1
D DiMaggio	1
J Pesky	1

1947 Batting Game Log

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1947 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	190	2 (1)	Apr 17	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.63	-0.033	1.74	-0.06%	-0.41	P
2	191	6 (3)	Apr 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.71	-0.063	5.93	-0.13%	-0.57	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	192	16 (9)	May 4 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-2	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9						P
4	193	20 (3)	May 10	BOS		NYY	L,6-9	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9						P
5	194	24 (3)	May 14	BOS		CHW	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.72	0.045	2.64	0.10%	0.06	P
6	195	30 (5)	May 20	BOS		DET	W,8-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.231	.516	9	.38	0.005	1.50	0.01%	-0.11	P
7	196	34 (3)	May 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-9	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.200	.450	9	.55	-0.029	1.76	-0.06%	-0.36	P
8	197	39 (4)	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.222	.176	.399	9	.68	-0.036	1.92	-0.06%	-0.39	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	198	43 (3)	Jun 4	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-2	GS-0	3	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.286	.350	.636	9						P
10	199	46 (2)	Jun 10	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.227	.261	.318	.579	9	.79	-0.049	2.40	-0.09%	-0.54	P
11	200	50 (3)	Jun 15 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.231	.259	.308	.567	9						P
12	201	54 (3)	Jun 21	BOS		CLE	W,9-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.207	.233	.276	.509	9	.20	-0.019	.93	-0.06%	-1.02	P
13	202	60 (5)	Jun 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.219	.258	.477	9	1.16	-0.059	5.12	-0.16%	-0.57	P
14	203	65 (4)	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	L,1-3	GS-6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.265	.258	.523	9	.91	0.057	4.55	0.17%	0.47	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	204	70 (4)	Jul 5	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.297	.294	.591	9	.88	0.034	1.68	0.04%	0.47	P
16	205	78 (7)	Jul 13 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.282	.278	.560	9	.96	-0.052	1.72	-0.06%	-0.42	P
17	206	82 (3)	Jul 17 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.256	.250	.506	9	.55	-0.052	.49	-0.03%	-0.95	P
18	207	88 (5)	Jul 22	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.186	.255	.233	.488	9	.61	0.007	.42	0.00%	0.36	P
19	208	92 (3)	Jul 26	BOS		SLB	W,12-1	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.200	.265	.244	.510	9	.22	-0.011	.21	-0.01%	-0.14	P
20	209	97 (4)	Jul 31	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.275	.255	.530	9	1.51	0.012	1.39	0.01%	0.02	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	210	106 (8)	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.278	.260	.538	9	1.13	-0.032	1.34	-0.02%	-0.13	P
22	211	110 (3)	Aug 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-10	5-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.278	.260	.538	9						P
23	212	113 (2)	Aug 19	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.293	.264	.557	9	.83	0.028	.26	0.01%	0.21	P
24	213	116 (2)	Aug 22 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.241	.305	.278	.583	9						P
25	214	119 (2)	Aug 25	BOS	@	CLE	L,8-10	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.300	.273	.573	9	1.04	-0.026	.19	0.00%	-0.21	P
26	215	123 (3)	Aug 27 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.297	.271	.568	9	.94	0.010	.16	0.00%	0.07	P
27	216	127 (3)	Aug 31	BOS		PHA	W,5-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.230	.288	.262	.550	9						P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	217	132 (4)	Sep 5	BOS	@	PHA	L,7-9	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.284	.258	.542	9	.82	-0.021	.02	0.00%	-0.22	P
29	218	136 (3)	Sep 9	BOS		DET	W,5-3	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.296	.273	.569	9	.49	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.14	P
30	219	142 (5)	Sep 14	BOS		CHW	T,1-1	CG(7)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.232	.284	.261	.545	9						P
31	220	148 (5)	Sep 17 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.273	.250	.523	9	.21	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.44	P
32	221	152 (3)	Sep 21	BOS		WSH	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.266	.243	.509	9	.88	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.39	P
33	222	156 (3)	Sep 27	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	.208	.265	.234	.499	9	.42	0.020	.00	0.00%	0.33	P
							19-13		90	77	4	16	0	1	0	3	6	0	22	0	7		2	0	0	0	.208	.265	.234	.499		.69	-0.312	1.22	-0.38%	-4.78

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