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: 9-13 / in Starts: 8-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 5

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 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	390	3	Apr 17	CHW		SLB	L,4-6	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.1	6	4	4	2	2	1	0	5.68	4.96	24	12	3	0	0	5	45			0	2	0	22	0	0	1	2	0	1	1.16	-0.059	3.00	-0.09%	0.40	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out d1
2	391	6	Apr 22	CHW	@	DET	W,9-7	GS-5	W(1-1)	4	5.0	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.97	5.06	19	5	9	2	0	5	53			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.183	2.82	0.28%	1.44	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
3	392	11	Apr 26(2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-0	SHO	W(2-1)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	9	0	0	2.21	3.38	35	13	7	2	1	4	86			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.20	0.596	3.76	1.12%	4.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
4	393	13	Apr 29	CHW		WSH	L,0-3	9-GF		2	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.53	3.48	5	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.033	1.13	-0.06%	-0.49	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
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
5	394	17	May 3(1)	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	GS-8	L(2-2)	3	8.0	6	4	3	1	7	1	0	2.76	3.31	31	11	6	0	0	6	62			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.143	1.47	-0.27%	0.11	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
6	395	21	May 8	CHW		DET	W,7-2	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	5	2	2	3	4	1	0	2.58	3.51	33	9	12	1	0	5	70			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	.75	0.250	1.84	0.37%	2.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
7	396	27	May 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-3	GS-5	L(3-3)	4	4.0	5	2	2	5	4	0	0	2.76	3.59	22	5	3	0	0	5	43			0	1	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	-0.074	3.91	-0.16%	-0.93	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out d2
8	397	31	May 18	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-3	GS-6	L(3-4)	4	6.0	6	3	2	1	2	0	0	2.79	3.44	27	12	6	0	3	6	51			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	1	0	3	1.07	-0.050	4.53	-0.13%	-0.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
9	398	35	May 23	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	GS-8	W(4-4)	4	8.0	7	2	2	3	3	0	0	2.72	3.37	33	12	8	0	0	7	60			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.71	-0.048	4.92	-0.08%	1.91	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
10	399	39	May 27	CHW		DET	T,2-2	GS-5		3	4.2	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.66	3.30	21	10	3	1	0	5	49			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.070	4.33	0.15%	0.96	1t start tie	5t -23 2 out tie
11	400	43	May 31(1)	CHW		SLB	W,7-4	8-GF	S(1)	3	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.57	3.32	7	2	2	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.59	0.113	5.10	0.22%	1.03	8t 12- 0 out a4	9t end a 3
12	401	44	May 31(2)	CHW		SLB	L,4-7	7-GF		-1	3.0	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	2.45	3.20	14	5	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	.49	-0.020	1.66	-0.04%	0.54	7t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
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
13	402	46	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	L,2-18	2-4		2	2.0	2	5	5	4	0	0	0	3.04	3.36	11	4	1	0	0	2		3	1	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	.42	-0.041	1.57	-0.09%	-2.80	2t 123 1 out d4	4t -23 1 out d8
14	403	53	Jun 11	CHW		PHA	L,5-6	GS-6		7	5.2	5	3	3	4	3	1	0	3.18	3.56	26	7	7	0	2	5	46			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.149	.77	-0.07%	-0.70	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out d1
15	404	63	Jun 21(1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG(8)	L(4-5)	9	8.0	9	5	5	0	2	2	0	3.42	3.73	32	10	11	2	1	9	46			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	.68	0.043	.61	0.02%	-0.89	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
16	405	71	Jun 30	CHW		SLB	L,2-4	9-GF		8	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	3.72	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.018	.62	0.03%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
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
17	406	74	Jul 4(2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-2	GS-6	W(5-5)	3	5.0	6	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.39	3.78	20	7	6	0	0	6	48			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.001	2.75	0.00%	0.20	1b start tie	6b 1-3 0 out a3
18	407	80	Jul 9	CHW		DET	W,4-2	GS-4		4	3.2	7	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.45	3.73	18	2	4	0	0	7	40			0	0	0	16	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.01	-0.058	2.77	-0.10%	-0.39	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d2
19	408	83	Jul 11	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	GS-4		1	4.0	1	3	2	3	1	0	0	3.49	3.76	16	4	7	0	1	1	48			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	1	.83	-0.140	3.02	-0.31%	-0.95	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
20	409	90	Jul 19(1)	CHW		NYY	L,2-6	9-GF		7	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.48	3.78	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.017	2.02	-0.07%	-0.56	9t 12- 2 out d3	9t end d 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
21	410	106	Aug 5	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-7	GS-3		16	3.0	4	4	3	3	2	2	0	3.65	4.06	15	6	0	0	0	4	36			0	1	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	.87	-0.281	2.79	-0.54%	-2.46	1b start a 1	3b 3 out d2
22	411	113	Aug 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-7	8-GF(8)		6	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.64	4.04	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.102	1.57	-0.18%	-1.57	8b 12- 2 out d1	8b end d 3
23	412	116	Aug 15	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	3-4		2	1.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.67	3.99	8	3	1	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.40	-0.085	.96	-0.12%	-0.84	3b -2- 1 out d2	4b 3 out d4
							9-13		W-L:5-5,Sv:1	3.9	100.2	96	46	41	37	50	10	0	3.67	3.99	424	1.44		3%	3%	93	52	10	60%	2	4	0	385	11	1	3	12	0	10	.96	-0.028	2.74	-0.11%	1.62

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