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: 23-16 / in Starts: 15-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 9

1950 Pitching Game Log

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1950 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	294	2	Apr 19(1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	3	3	2	4	0	0	3.00	2.36	34						65						32			0		0
2	295	6	Apr 23(1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-9	GS-6	L(1-1)	3	6.0	10	7	6	1	1	1	0	5.40	3.38	30	10	9	2	0	9	26			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.363	2.32	-0.54%	-3.65	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d5
3	296	12	Apr 30(1)	BOS		PHA	W,19-0	SHO	W(2-1)	6	9.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.38	3.17	32	12	11	0	4	5	77			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.20	0.134	.49	0.19%	5.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a19
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	297	17	May 5	BOS		CHW	W,5-2	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	8	2	2	0	2	1	0	3.00	3.28	33	12	11	0	0	8	65			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.395	3.10	0.70%	3.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
5	298	22	May 11(1)	BOS		DET	L,4-13	GS-7	L(3-2)	5	6.1	6	7	5	7	0	0	0	3.66	3.70	30	12	5	0	0	6	30			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	2	0	1	.71	-0.185	3.25	-0.51%	-2.40	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d6
6	299	25	May 13	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.57	3.70	4	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.33	0.553	23.61	1.24%	1.97	9t 1-3 0 out a1	9t end a 1
7	300	28	May 16	BOS	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	W(4-2)	2	9.0	6	1	0	5	2	0	0	2.92	3.72	37	9	15	0	0	6	70			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.418	4.67	1.07%	4.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
8	301	30	May 18	BOS	@	DET	W,13-12	8-GF	S(2)	1	1.2	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	3.18	3.86	9	2	2	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.74	0.162	15.25	0.40%	-0.82	8b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 1
9	302	34	May 21(2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-7	L(4-3)	2	7.0	10	4	4	4	1	0	0	3.41	3.88	34	11	8	0	3	10	38			0	0	0	29	1	2	0	2	0	0	1.54	-0.231	4.88	-0.44%	-0.13	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
10	303	38	May 27(1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(5-3)	5	10.0	12	3	3	2	7	0	0	3.31	3.57	43	10	12	0	0	12	61			0	0	0	38	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.92	0.520	6.77	1.10%	2.40	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
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
11	304	43	Jun 2	BOS		CLE	W,11-5	CG	W(6-3)	5	9.0	13	5	5	2	2	2	0	3.51	3.82	40	14	9	1	0	13	41			0	0	0	38	1	0	0	1	0	0	.35	0.118	.99	0.20%	0.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
12	305	48	Jun 7	BOS		SLB	W,20-4	CG	W(7-3)	4	9.0	10	4	4	3	4	2	0	3.56	4.00	38	8	13	0	0	10	52			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	1	0	0	.38	-0.077	1.02	-0.12%	1.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a16
13	306	52	Jun 11(1)	BOS		DET	L,2-6	CG	L(7-4)	3	9.0	9	6	6	6	5	1	0	3.79	4.09	39	10	9	0	0	9	44			0	0	1	32	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	-0.140	5.14	-0.35%	-0.37	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
14	307	57	Jun 16	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	L(7-5)	4	8.0	7	4	4	3	4	0	0	3.84	3.98	33						53						29			0		0
15	308	61	Jun 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS-6	L(7-6)	4	6.0	6	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.88	4.03	23	10	8	3	0	3	48			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	1	.73	-0.047	.87	-0.03%	0.32	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
16	309	65	Jun 25(1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-5	GS-8	W(8-6)	3	7.0	9	3	3	6	0	0	0	3.88	4.10	33	11	7	0	0	9	41			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	3	0	0	.61	0.201	.79	0.16%	2.29	1b start tie	8b 123 0 out a7
17	310	67	Jun 27	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-5	9-GF(11)	W(9-6)	1	2.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.79	4.06	10	3	3	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.95	0.586	5.06	0.60%	2.10	9b --3 1 out tie	11b end a 2
18	311	70	Jun 30(1)	BOS		NYY	L,6-9	GS-4		2	4.0	6	4	4	1	2	2	0	3.96	4.21	18	2	7	3	0	6	35			0	0	0	17	0	2	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.188	2.52	-0.32%	-1.50	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
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
19	312	74	Jul 5	BOS		WSH	L,7-9	5-6		4	2.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.97	4.18	9	1	3	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.054	2.99	-0.08%	-0.11	5t -2- 0 out tie	6t 3 out d2
20	313	77	Jul 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-7	L(9-7)	3	7.0	7	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.96	4.13	29	17	2	1	1	7	50			0	0	0	26	2	0	1	1	0	1	.76	0.001	1.66	0.00%	0.87	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
21	314	78	Jul 13	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	7-8	H(1)	3	1.1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.06	4.14	7	1	2	1	0	1		2	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.18	-0.134	3.31	-0.12%	-1.44	7t 1-3 0 out a3	8t 12- 1 out a1
22	315	80	Jul 15	BOS		CHW	L,3-7	9-GF		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.10	4.13	4	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	.19	-0.018	.32	-0.02%	-0.37	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
23	316	83	Jul 17(1)	BOS		CLE	L,6-11	GS-5	L(9-8)	1	4.1	7	7	7	4	1	1	0	4.42	4.25	25	4	9	1	0	7	18			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	-0.315	1.61	-0.28%	-3.17	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out a1
24	317	84	Jul 17(2)	BOS		CLE	W,7-5	7-GF	W(10-8)	-1	2.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.34	4.20	9	2	4	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.06	0.324	2.62	0.25%	1.88	7t 1-- 1 out tie	9t end a 2
25	318	85	Jul 18	BOS		DET	W,12-9	9-GF	S(3)	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.33	4.20	2	1	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.015	1.42	0.01%	-1.14	9t 123 2 out a5	9t end a 3
26	319	88	Jul 21	BOS		SLB	W,7-4	GS-8	W(11-8)	2	7.1	6	3	3	3	7	0	0	4.30	4.08	30	6	8	0	1	6	58			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.335	.72	0.19%	2.23	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a5
27	320	96	Jul 30(1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	10-GF(10)		8	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.30	4.10	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.40	-0.432	4.42	-0.34%	-1.22	10b 1-- 2 out tie	10b end d 1
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
28	321	103	Aug 6(2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	W(12-8)	6	9.0	8	3	3	4	5	0	0	4.22	4.03	37	13	7	0	0	8	60			0	2	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.274	2.03	0.24%	1.97	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
29	322	109	Aug 12	BOS	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	W(13-8)	5	9.0	4	1	1	4	2	0	0	4.05	4.00	32	9	13	1	0	4	73			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	3	0	0	.89	0.308	.76	0.16%	3.86	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
30	323	116	Aug 18	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	GS-9		5	9.0	8	6	6	0	4	2	0	4.15	4.03	37	12	13	1	0	8	51			0	0	0	36	2	1	0	0	0	2	1.15	0.059	1.85	0.06%	-0.37	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
31	324	122	Aug 26	BOS		DET	L,6-8	GS-3		7	2.0	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	4.20	4.03	12	4	3	0	0	4	35			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.136	4.96	-0.36%	-1.39	1t start tie	3t -2- 0 out tie
32	325	123	Aug 27	BOS		CLE	W,11-9	8-GF	S(4)	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.16	4.01	7	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	0.182	4.05	0.27%	1.25	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
33	326	126	Aug 30	BOS		CHW	W,6-1	CG	W(14-8)	2	9.0	8	1	1	4	5	0	0	4.01	3.95	36	10	9	1	0	8	68			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	3	0	0	.71	0.350	3.19	0.94%	4.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
34	327	130	Sep 4(1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	GS-3		4	2.1	6	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.05	3.95	13	4	2	2	0	6	36			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.45	-0.104	6.79	-0.29%	-0.94	1b start a 3	3b 1-- 1 out a1
35	328	133	Sep 7	BOS		NYY	W,10-8	8-9	H(2)	2	1.2	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.06	3.95	9	3	2	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.027	10.59	0.11%	-0.57	8t 12- 0 out a3	9t 123 2 out a2
36	329	139	Sep 15	BOS	@	SLB	W,12-9	GS-6	W(15-8)	7	5.2	7	5	4	0	5	1	0	4.13	3.93	24	7	5	0	0	7	42			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.88	0.004	5.45	0.02%	-0.94	1b start a 1	6b 12- 2 out a4
37	330	144	Sep 20(2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-7	GS-4	L(15-9)	4	3.1	4	4	2	1	1	1	0	4.15	3.98	15	3	6	2	0	4	40			0	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	0	1	.91	-0.164	9.93	-1.07%	-1.79	1b start tie	4b --3 1 out d3
38	331	146	Sep 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-9	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.13	3.96	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.40	0.02%	0.55	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
39	332	149	Sep 27(1)	BOS		WSH	L,0-2	GS-5	L(15-10)	2	4.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.14	3.92	19	3	4	0	0	8	40			1	0	1	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.085	2.01	-0.10%	-0.84	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out d2
							23-16		W-L:15-10,Sv:4,Hld:2	3.2	206.2	217	103	95	81	81	15	0	4.14	3.92	881	1.06		4%	2%	198	49	14	43%	4	5	2	788	29	9	3	27	0	10	1.07	2.297	3.25	2.95%	18.95

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