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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Team Record in Appearances: 8-27 / in Starts: 0-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 14

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	6	Apr 26	CLE		CHW	L,1-5	3-7		99	5.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	2.99	19	11	1	0	0	3		1	1	1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.100	.99	0.15%	2.78	3t --3 0 out d3	7t 3 out d4
2	2	10	Apr 30	CLE	@	DET	L,1-14	GS-5	L(0-1)	3	5.0	13	9	9	4	2	0	0	8.10	3.59	33	9	5	1	0	13	3			0	0	0	29	3	1	0	0	0	1	.77	-0.322	1.73	-0.43%	-5.85	1b start tie	5b 3 out d8
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	3	14	May 6	CLE		NYY	L,1-5	2-8		5	6.1	4	2	2	4	0	0	0	6.06	3.94	24	8	8	0	2	4		2	0	0	0	0	20	2	0	0	3	0	0	.48	0.042	.83	0.04%	1.90	2t 12- 2 out d3	8t 3 out d4
4	4	19	May 12	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.71	3.75	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.040	1.53	0.05%	0.61	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
5	5	23	May 18	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-4	11-GF(11)		5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.71	3.75	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.37	-0.161	11.08	-0.20%	-1.00	11b 123 1 out tie	11b end d 1
6	6	25	May 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-6	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	6.05	3.52	11	5	3	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	.32	-0.071	.60	-0.08%	-0.92	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
7	7	30	May 26	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	8-GF		5	2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.48	3.72	8	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.107	1.62	0.11%	1.14	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	8	36	Jun 2	CLE		NYY	L,5-17	1-5		6	5.0	8	7	7	4	1	2	1	6.84	4.99	28	3	11	1	0	8		3	3	0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	.22	-0.050	.42	-0.06%	-5.29	1t 123 0 out d4	5t 3 out d13
9	9	43	Jun 7(2)	CLE		WSH	L,9-13	GS-8		4	7.2	8	6	4	5	2	1	0	6.35	5.15	37	11	11	1	0	8	40			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.030	.77	0.02%	-1.08	1t start tie	8t -23 2 out a4
10	10	53	Jun 18(2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		10	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.17	5.02	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.020	.14	0.01%	0.61	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
11	11	56	Jun 22	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-8	2-4		3	2.2	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	6.21	4.88	12	6	3	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.030	.50	0.01%	0.71	2b 123 1 out d2	4b 3 out d4
12	12	60	Jun 25(2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-10	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	5	6	6	3	0	0	0	7.26	4.99	13	3	2	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	.23	-0.071	.09	-0.02%	-4.86	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 8
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	13	69	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-8	2-3		10	2.0	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	7.56	5.09	10	4	1	0	0	2		3	1	0	0	0	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	.78	-0.066	.14	-0.01%	-0.94	2b 123 0 out d1	3b 3 out d5
14	14	75	Jul 13	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	6-8		6	3.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	7.05	4.79	9	1	5	0	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.026	.06	0.01%	1.71	6t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d5
15	15	77	Jul 16(1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.90	4.80	5	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.005	.03	0.00%	0.57	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
16	16	78	Jul 16(2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	8-GF		-1	2.0	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	6.80	4.84	11	2	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	1	0	.11	0.003	.03	0.00%	0.14	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
17	17	80	Jul 18	CLE		PHA	W,6-3	4-GF	W(1-1)	1	5.2	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	6.08	4.45	19	7	5	0	0	3		2	0	0	1	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.487	.06	0.01%	3.84	4t 12- 1 out tie	9t end a 3
18	18	86	Jul 25	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-8	9-GF	S(1)	6	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.04	4.40	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.006	.03	0.00%	-0.53	9b 12- 2 out a5	9b end a 4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	19	91	Aug 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-7	7-GF(8)		6	2.0	2	1	1	3	1	0	0	5.98	4.46	11	5	0	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.004	.01	0.00%	0.22	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
20	20	94	Aug 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-17	6-6		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.88	4.48	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.038	.02	0.00%	0.61	6b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d2
21	21	95	Aug 4	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.77	4.45	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.038	.02	0.00%	0.58	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
22	22	99	Aug 7	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	6-7		2	2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.58	4.49	8	3	2	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	.88	0.065	.00	0.00%	1.49	6t 1-3 0 out d2	7t 3 out d3
23	23	100	Aug 9	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	8-GF	W(2-1)	1	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.55	4.44	8	2	1	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.64	-0.034	.05	0.00%	0.78	8t -2- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
24	24	106	Aug 15	CLE	@	DET	L,3-12	GS-6	L(2-2)	5	5.1	8	10	8	6	1	0	0	6.18	4.53	31	11	5	0	0	8	11			1	0	0	25	2	1	0	1	0	2	.88	-0.221	.00	0.00%	-6.26	1b start tie	6b --3 1 out d8
25	25	112	Aug 20	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	9-GF(10)	L(2-3)	4	1.2	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	6.29	4.50	9	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.41	-0.606	.00	0.00%	-1.06	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
26	26	117	Aug 26	CLE		PHA	W,7-5	7-7		5	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.26	4.54	3	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	-0.147	.00	0.00%	-0.65	7t -2- 2 out tie	7t 3 out d1
27	27	120	Aug 28	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.17	4.48	4	1	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.046	.00	0.00%	0.57	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
28	28	122	Aug 30	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	10-10		1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.17	4.52	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	-0.082	.00	0.00%	-0.40	10t --- 0 out tie	10t 1-- 0 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	29	123	Sep 1	CLE		NYY	L,8-11	5-6		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.00	4.45	8	1	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.027	.00	0.00%	1.14	5t --- 0 out d5	6t 3 out d5
30	30	126	Sep 4	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	10-GF(10)		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.97	4.45	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.48	10t 12- 2 out d3	10t end d 3
31	31	127	Sep 5	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.89	4.42	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.57	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
32	32	131	Sep 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-8	7-7	H(1)	3	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.11	4.41	3	0	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	-0.117	.00	0.00%	-1.01	7b 1-- 0 out a3	7b 12- 1 out a2
33	33	136	Sep 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	6-7	H(2)	4	0.2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.17	4.44	4	2	1	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	-0.136	.00	0.00%	-1.26	6b -2- 1 out a3	7b 12- 0 out a3
34	34	142	Sep 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,9-10	8-8		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.09	4.45	5	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.54	8b --- 0 out d2	8b 3 out d2
35	35	146	Sep 23	CLE		DET	L,3-6			3	2.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.88	4.40	8												7					0
							8-27		W-L:2-3,Sv:1,Hld:2	3.0	78.0	87	56	51	51	27	3	1	5.88	4.40	363	1.51		2%	3%	80	18	27	41%	5	3	0	301	17	6	3	7	2	6	.81	-0.923	.52	-0.38%	-10.07

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