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: 14-16 / in Starts: 12-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 3

1942 Pitching Game Log

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1942 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	103	2	Apr 15	BOS		PHA	W,3-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	1	1	1	2	1	0	1.00	3.40	33						72						31	1	0			0
2	104	7	Apr 20	BOS		WSH	L,4-10	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	6.0	10	6	4	3	1	1	0	3.00	4.20	30	11	6	0	3	9	30			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	-0.448	5.55	-0.97%	-3.03	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
3	105	11	Apr 25	BOS		NYY	W,4-2	GS-9	W(2-1)	4	8.0	9	2	2	2	3	0	1	2.74	3.59	32	11	7	1	2	8	57			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	3	0	0	.88	0.203	2.89	0.40%	2.13	1t start tie	9t 123 0 out a4
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
4	106	16	May 1	BOS		SLB	L,6-10	GS-5	L(2-2)	5	4.2	8	5	5	3	2	0	0	3.90	3.52	22	5	4	0	0	8	27			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.38	-0.259	4.00	-0.45%	-1.75	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d1
5	107	21	May 6	BOS		CHW	W,3-1	CG(10)	W(3-2)	4	10.0	6	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.11	3.42	35	21	10	2	0	3	77			0	1	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.549	3.30	1.04%	3.96	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
6	108	24	May 10(2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS-4		3	3.0	7	5	5	1	1	1	1	3.98	3.74	18	3	5	1	0	7	25			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.499	3.29	-0.92%	-4.56	1b start tie	4b 12- 0 out d2
7	109	36	May 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-9	GS-1	L(3-3)	15	1.0	4	4	4	1	0	2	0	4.75	4.40	8	1	2	0	0	4	28			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.310	2.08	-0.57%	-3.53	1b start tie	1b 3 out d4
8	110	40	May 30(1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-6	3-GF	W(4-3)	3	6.1	4	3	1	4	3	0	0	4.31	4.22	27	10	6	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	2	.70	0.034	1.29	0.04%	0.25	3b 12- 2 out d1	9b end a 4
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
9	111	44	Jun 2	BOS		CLE	L,2-7	7-GF		2	3.0	6	4	4	1	2	0	0	4.76	4.07	18	4	5	0	1	6		0	0	1	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	2	.12	-0.092	.29	-0.13%	-2.51	7t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 7
10	112	53	Jun 13	BOS		DET	W,6-5	3-6		10	3.2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.61	4.05	15	8	3	0	0	2		3	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	2	0	2	.98	0.047	2.17	0.06%	1.06	3t 123 1 out d1	6t 3 out d2
11	113	57	Jun 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-6	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.45	3.94	9	3	2	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.17	0.018	.42	0.03%	0.97	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
12	114	59	Jun 21(1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	6-GF(8)	L(4-4)	3	3.0	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	4.37	3.85	12	1	5	1	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	-0.116	4.56	-0.20%	0.39	6b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
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	115	71	Jul 1(2)	BOS		WSH	W,7-1	CG	W(5-4)	9	9.0	5	1	1	4	2	0	0	3.93	3.73	32	10	11	1	2	5	71			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	4	0	0	.75	0.325	3.28	0.86%	3.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
14	116	76	Jul 5(2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-0	SHO	W(6-4)	3	9.0	5	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.48	3.55	35	13	10	1	0	5	78			1	1	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	2	.87	0.420	3.34	0.97%	4.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
15	117	80	Jul 12(2)	BOS		SLB	L,6-10	GS-		6	0.1	2	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.92	3.62	5						29						3					0
16	118	84	Jul 16	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.87	3.62	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.037	1.67	0.07%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
17	119	86	Jul 19(1)	BOS		CLE	L,7-10	12-GF(12)		2	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.84	3.64	4	2	1	0	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.40	-0.010	.94	-0.01%	0.18	12t 1-3 1 out d2	12t end d 3
18	120	92	Jul 24(2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	L(6-5)	4	10.2	9	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.69	3.60	42						65						39	2	1			0
19	121	97	Jul 28	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-1	GS-9	W(7-5)	3	8.1	7	1	1	3	6	0	0	3.47	3.44	34	11	7	0	0	7	68			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	0.188	1.04	0.08%	1.68	1b start tie	9b -23 1 out a2
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
20	122	103	Aug 2(2)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-6	GS-7	L(7-6)	4	6.0	9	5	4	1	0	0	0	3.61	3.39	29	13	6	1	0	9	35			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.176	.65	-0.09%	-2.30	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d5
21	123	108	Aug 10(2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(7-7)	7	8.0	4	1	1	1	7	0	0	3.43	3.20	28	8	8	0	0	4	76			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	.69	0.227	.35	0.07%	2.78	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
22	124	112	Aug 15(2)	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	GS-6		4	5.0	5	4	4	2	3	0	0	3.59	3.15	20	6	4	0	0	5	42			1	0	0	18	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.02	-0.194	.30	-0.04%	-1.87	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 out a2
23	125	117	Aug 19(2)	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG	L(7-8)	3	9.0	5	2	2	4	7	1	0	3.48	3.16	35	9	10	2	0	5	72			1	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.054	1.48	0.04%	2.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
24	126	123	Aug 23(2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-0	SHO	W(8-8)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.25	3.06	30	12	12	1	0	4	81			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.354	.44	0.15%	4.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
25	127	128	Aug 28	BOS		CHW	W,4-0	SHO	W(9-8)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.05	3.02	31	12	9	0	3	4	79			0	1	0	28	2	0	0	2	0	0	.94	0.501	1.16	0.37%	4.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
26	128	134	Sep 2(2)	BOS		DET	W,4-2	GS-9	W(10-8)	4	8.2	7	2	2	5	1	0	0	2.99	3.05	37	12	12	0	4	7	58			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.454	1.44	0.33%	2.23	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out a2
27	129	138	Sep 7	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-7	GS-7		4	6.0	5	7	6	4	1	0	0	3.22	3.08	28	7	13	0	0	3	33			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	-0.233	.43	-0.05%	-3.15	1b start a 2	7b 12- 0 out a2
28	130	142	Sep 12	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-6	GS-9	W(11-8)	4	8.0	8	6	6	5	5	0	0	3.39	3.06	35	8	9	0	0	8	42			0	1	0	29	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.69	-0.662	.13	-0.03%	-2.39	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a3
29	131	146	Sep 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	L(11-9)	3	8.0	7	3	3	3	4	1	0	3.39	3.09	34						57						31	1	0			0
30	132	149	Sep 20(1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS-8		3	7.1	3	1	1	4	4	0	0	3.30	3.07	29	8	13	4	2	0	68			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.56	0.082	.00	0.00%	1.82	1b start tie	8b --3 1 out tie
							14-16		W-L:11-9	3.9	182.2	155	73	67	68	72	9	2	3.30	3.07	751	1.17		4%	5%	121	55	7	29%	5	5	0	673	27	5	3	22	0	10	1.05	0.494	1.79	1.04%	11.72

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