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	23-16 / in Starts: 15-12
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 88 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	65 (31-24-10) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 88 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	58 (30-18-9)

Most Driven In
W Dropo	3
A Zarilla	2
B Doerr	2
B Goodman	1
B Tebbetts	1
L Stringer	0

Most Driven In By
J Pesky	4
C Vollmer	1
T Williams	1

1950 Batting Game Log

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1950 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	294	2 (1)	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1			0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	9						P
2	295	6 (3)	Apr 23 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-9	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.500	.900	9	.65	0.004	1.59	0.01%	0.10	P
3	296	12 (5)	Apr 30 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,19-0	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.286	.444	.429	.873	9	.08	-0.005	.19	-0.01%	-0.07	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
4	297	17 (4)	May 5	BOS		CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.222	.417	.333	.750	9	1.04	-0.058	3.07	-0.10%	-0.57	P
5	298	22 (4)	May 11 (1)	BOS		DET	L,4-13	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.200	.385	.300	.685	9	.99	-0.040	4.54	-0.11%	-0.54	P
6	299	25 (2)	May 13	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.385	.300	.685	9						P
7	300	28 (2)	May 16	BOS	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.294	.214	.508	9	.78	-0.081	3.31	-0.21%	-1.34	P
8	301	30 (1)	May 18	BOS	@	DET	W,13-12	8-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.333	.214	.548	9	.21	0.005	.86	0.01%	0.14	P
9	302	34 (3)	May 21 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.188	.350	.250	.600	9	1.21	-0.003	3.83	-0.01%	-0.15	P
10	303	38 (3)	May 27 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.190	.320	.238	.558	9	1.35	0.066	4.77	0.14%	0.32	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
11	304	43 (4)	Jun 2	BOS		CLE	W,11-5	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.379	.227	.607	9	.45	0.055	1.26	0.09%	1.61	P
12	305	48 (4)	Jun 7	BOS		SLB	W,20-4	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.148	.324	.185	.509	9	.29	-0.036	.76	-0.06%	-1.93	P
13	306	52 (3)	Jun 11 (1)	BOS		DET	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.167	.324	.200	.524	9	1.29	-0.060	5.36	-0.15%	-0.44	P
14	307	57 (4)	Jun 16	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.152	.300	.182	.482	9						P
15	308	61 (3)	Jun 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.286	.171	.457	9	1.10	-0.064	1.31	-0.05%	-0.59	P
16	309	65 (3)	Jun 25 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.289	.184	.473	9	.45	0.026	.58	0.02%	0.59	P
17	310	67 (1)	Jun 27	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-5	9-GF(11)	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.179	.319	.205	.524	9	2.27	0.169	3.89	0.17%	1.40	P
18	311	70 (2)	Jun 30 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,6-9	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.179	.319	.205	.524	9	1.63	-0.024	4.57	-0.04%	-0.26	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
19	312	74 (3)	Jul 5	BOS		WSH	L,7-9	5-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.319	.205	.524	9						P
20	313	77 (2)	Jul 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.171	.306	.195	.501	9	1.30	-0.067	2.82	-0.09%	-0.63	P
21	314	78	Jul 13	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.171	.320	.195	.515	9	1.16	0.039	1.76	0.04%	1.00	P
22	315	80 (1)	Jul 15	BOS		CHW	L,3-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.320	.195	.515	9						P
23	316	83 (2)	Jul 17 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,6-11	GS-5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.163	.308	.186	.494	9	.94	0.038	1.38	0.03%	0.34	P
24	317	84	Jul 17 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,7-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.159	.302	.182	.484	9	.25	-0.007	.32	-0.01%	-0.21	P
25	318	85	Jul 18	BOS		DET	W,12-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.159	.302	.182	.484	9						P
26	319	88 (2)	Jul 21	BOS		SLB	W,7-4	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.146	.281	.167	.447	9	.42	-0.003	.40	0.00%	-1.13	P
27	320	96 (7)	Jul 30 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.146	.281	.167	.447	9						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
28	321	103 (6)	Aug 6 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.135	.262	.154	.416	9	1.36	-0.141	1.97	-0.12%	-1.08	P
29	322	109 (5)	Aug 12	BOS	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.273	.193	.466	9	.67	0.173	.57	0.09%	1.12	P
30	323	116 (6)	Aug 18	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.164	.271	.197	.468	9	1.10	0.017	1.76	0.02%	-0.53	P
31	324	122 (5)	Aug 26	BOS		DET	L,6-8	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.161	.268	.194	.461	9	.41	-0.011	1.82	-0.03%	-0.13	P
32	325	123	Aug 27	BOS		CLE	W,11-9	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.161	.268	.194	.461	9						P
33	326	126 (2)	Aug 30	BOS		CHW	W,6-1	CG	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.188	.297	.219	.516	9	.47	-0.008	2.08	-0.02%	0.46	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
34	327	130 (3)	Sep 4 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.307	.231	.537	9	.41	0.015	1.92	0.04%	0.27	P
35	328	133 (2)	Sep 7	BOS		NYY	W,10-8	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.307	.231	.537	9						P
36	329	139 (5)	Sep 15	BOS	@	SLB	W,12-9	GS-6	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.321	.250	.571	9	.66	0.039	4.11	0.15%	0.64	P
37	330	144 (4)	Sep 20 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.316	.246	.563	9	.98	-0.026	10.72	-0.17%	-0.26	P
38	331	146 (1)	Sep 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-9	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.316	.246	.563	9						P
39	332	149 (2)	Sep 27 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,0-2	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.313	.243	.555	9	.99	-0.027	1.94	-0.03%	-0.29	P
							23-16		88	70	6	15	2	0	0	9	9	0	23	1	8		2	0	0	0	.214	.313	.243	.555		.83	-0.015	2.33	-0.39%	-2.16

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