Pat Dobson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: February 12, 1942 in Buffalo, NY us

Died: November 22, 2006 in San Diego, CA

Buried: Cremated

High School: Lancaster Central HS (Lancaster, NY)

Last Game: September 19, 1977 (Age 35-219d)
vs. DET 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1967 season

Full Name: Patrick Edward Dobson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.7

122

129

ERA

3.54

414

279

2120.1

1301

WHIP

1.277

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1960	18	-3.8	Durham	CARL	B	DET	7	9	.438	4.06	5.49	28	26		9	0		157.1	145	96	71	7	98	2	137	3	0	9		1.544	8.3	0.4	5.6	7.8	1.40
1961	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	B-A	DET	4	10	.286	6.20	7.03	31	17		1	0		119.0	127	93	82	13	112	5	71	4	1	16		2.008	9.6		8.5
1961	19	-4.8	Knoxville	SALL	A	DET	0	1	.000	8.44	9.56	6						16.0	23	17	15		16				0			2.438	12.9		9.0
1961	19	-3.1	Durham	CARL	B	DET	4	9	.308	5.85	6.64	25	17		1	0		103.0	104	76	67	13	96	5	71	4	1	16		1.942	9.1	1.1	8.4	6.2	0.74
1962	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	D-C	DET	8	9	.471	3.27	4.83	22	18		9	2		121.0	100	65	44	2	85	0	127	2	0	13		1.529	7.4	0.1	6.3	9.4	1.49
1962	20	-1.4	Duluth-Superior	NORL	C	DET	0	2	.000	19.80	23.40	4	3		0	0		5.0	10	13	11	0	14	0	3	0	0	1		4.800	18.0	0.0	25.2	5.4	0.21
1962	20	-0.8	Montgomery	ALFL	D	DET	8	7	.533	2.56	4.03	18	15		9	2		116.0	90	52	33	2	71		124	2	0	12		1.388	7.0	0.2	5.5	9.6	1.75
1963	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	DET	12	9	.571	3.19	4.40	37	22		8	1		186.0	179	91	66	18	98	6	201	3	0	18		1.489	8.7	0.9	4.7	9.7	2.05
1963	21	-1.9	Knoxville	SALL	AA	DET	5	1	.833	1.33	2.07	10	8		2	1		61.0	44	14	9	4	27	1	43	0	0	2		1.164	6.5	0.6	4.0	6.3	1.59
1963	21	0.4	Jamestown	NYPL	A	DET	7	8	.467	4.10	5.54	27	14		6	0		125.0	135	77	57	14	71	5	158	3	0	16		1.648	9.7	1.0	5.1	11.4	2.23
1964	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	DET	7	7	.500	4.36	5.36	24	21		7	2		126.0	125	75	61	11	62	5	99	5	0	6		1.484	8.9	0.8	4.4	7.1	1.60
1964	22	-3.7	Syracuse	IL	AAA	DET	1	2	.333	5.40	6.17	9	6		2	0		35.0	32	24	21	6	17	0	29	2	0	3		1.400	8.2	1.5	4.4	7.5	1.71
1964	22	-0.4	Knoxville	SOUL	AA	DET	6	5	.545	3.96	5.04	15	15		5	2		91.0	93	51	40	5	45	5	70	3	0	3		1.516	9.2	0.5	4.5	6.9	1.56
1965	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	DET	4	1	.800	1.38	2.31	21	1		0	0		39.0	25	10	6	0	17	3	39	1	0	4		1.077	5.8	0.0	3.9	9.0	2.29
1965	23	-2.7	Syracuse	IL	AAA	DET	0	0		1.13	1.13	4	1		0	0		8.0	4	1	1	0	3	1	6	0	0	1		0.875	4.5	0.0	3.4	6.8	2.00
1965	23	0.0	Montgomery	SOUL	AA	DET	4	1	.800	1.45	2.61	17	0		0	0		31.0	21	9	5	0	14	2	33	1	0	3		1.129	6.1	0.0	4.1	9.6	2.36
1966	24	-1.6	Portland	PCL	AAA	CLE	12	9	.571	3.45	4.10	31	26		10	2		180.0	187	82	69	14	61	2	142	1	0	9		1.378	9.4	0.7	3.1	7.1	2.33
1967	25	-0.8	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	4	1	.800	1.47	2.20	6	6		3	1		49.0	39	12	8	0	12	2	52	0	0	2		1.041	7.2	0.0	2.2	9.6	4.33
1967	25	-1.9	DET	AL	Maj	DET	1	2	.333	2.92	3.65	28	1	3	0	0	0	49.1	38	20	16	6	27	1	34	2	0	3	210	1.318	6.9	1.1	4.9	6.2	1.26
1968	26	-1.0	DET	AL	Maj	DET	5	8	.385	2.66	2.81	47	10	16	2	1	7	125.0	89	39	37	13	48	6	93	2	1	4	502	1.096	6.4	0.9	3.5	6.7	1.94
1969	27	-0.1	DET	AL	Maj	DET	5	10	.333	3.60	4.11	49	9	22	1	0	9	105.0	100	48	42	10	39	5	64	1	0	3	451	1.324	8.6	0.9	3.3	5.5	1.64
1970	28	0.9	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	14	15	.483	3.76	4.52	40	34	3	8	1	1	251.0	257	126	105	28	78	13	185	4	0	4	1073	1.335	9.2	1.0	2.8	6.6	2.37
1971	29	2.1	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	20	8	.714	2.90	3.32	38	37	1	18	4	1	282.1	248	104	91	24	63	2	187	2	0	6	1134	1.102	7.9	0.8	2.0	6.0	2.97
1972	30	2.8	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	16	18	.471	2.65	2.99	38	36	1	13	3	0	268.1	220	89	79	13	69	7	161	4	0	6	1065	1.077	7.4	0.4	2.3	5.4	2.33
1973	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	NYY	12	15	.444	4.41	4.73	34	31	0	7	2	0	200.0	223	105	98	23	53	13	93	3	0	3	867	1.380	10.0	1.0	2.4	4.2	1.75
1973	31	3.3	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	9	8	.529	4.17	4.55	22	21	0	6	1	0	142.1	150	72	66	22	34	8	70	2	0	2	606	1.293	9.5	1.4	2.1	4.4	2.06
1973	31	3.7	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	3	7	.300	4.99	5.15	12	10	0	1	1	0	57.2	73	33	32	1	19	5	23	1	0	1	261	1.595	11.4	0.2	3.0	3.6	1.21
1974	32	3.9	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	19	15	.559	3.07	3.56	39	39	0	12	2	0	281.0	282	111	96	23	75	5	157	4	1	6	1170	1.270	9.0	0.7	2.4	5.0	2.09
1975	33	4.9	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	11	14	.440	4.07	4.55	33	30	1	7	1	0	207.2	205	105	94	21	83	10	129	1	1	7	886	1.387	8.9	0.9	3.6	5.6	1.55
1976	34	6.4	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	16	12	.571	3.48	4.06	35	35	0	6	0	0	217.1	226	98	84	13	65	7	117	2	0	6	919	1.339	9.4	0.5	2.7	4.8	1.80
1977	35	7.5	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	3	12	.200	6.14	6.35	33	17	4	0	0	1	133.1	155	94	91	23	65	7	81	1	2	3	595	1.650	10.5	1.6	4.4	5.5	1.25

1979	37	9.7	Maracaibo	IAML	AAA		0	1	.000	63.00	63.00	1			0	0	0	1.0	5	7	7		3		1					8.000	45.0		27.0	9.0	0.33
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (11 seasons)					Majors		122	129	.486	3.54	3.99	414	279	51	74	14	19	2120.1	2043	939	833	197	665	76	1301	26	5	51	8872	1.277	8.7	0.8	2.8	5.5	1.96
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		58	56	.509	3.81	4.88	201	137		47	8	0	978.1	932	531	414	65	548	25	869	19	1	77		1.513	8.6		5.0
All Levels (19 Seasons)							180	185	.493	3.62	4.27	615	416	51	121	22	19	3098.2	2975	1470	1247	262	1213	101	2170	45	6	128	8872	1.352	8.6		3.5

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		17	13	.567	3.49	4.15	51	39		15	3	0	273.0	267	126	106	20	96	5	230	3	0	15		1.330	8.8		3.2	7.6	2.40
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		15	7	.682	2.66	3.64	42	23		7	3		183.0	158	74	54	9	86	8	146	4	0	8		1.333	7.8	0.4	4.2	7.2	1.70
A (2 seasons)					Minors		7	9	.438	4.60	6.00	33	14		6	0		141.0	158	94	72	14	87	5	158	3	0	16		1.738	10.1		5.6
B (2 seasons)					Minors		11	18	.379	4.77	5.95	53	43		10	0		260.1	249	172	138	20	194	7	208	7	1	25		1.702	8.6	0.7	6.7	7.2	1.07
C (1 season)					Minors		0	2	.000	19.80	23.40	4	3		0	0		5.0	10	13	11	0	14	0	3	0	0	1		4.800	18.0	0.0	25.2	5.4	0.21
D (1 season)					Minors		8	7	.533	2.56	4.03	18	15		9	2		116.0	90	52	33	2	71		124	2	0	12		1.388	7.0	0.2	5.5	9.6	1.75