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John Dobbs
John Gordon Dobbs

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 20, 1901
Final Game September 20, 1905
Born June 3, 1875 in Chattanooga, TN
Died September 9, 1934 in Charlotte, NC

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1901 26 CIN NL 109  435   71  119  17  4   2   27  19     36      .274  .338  .345  103  150  11           6    
 1902 27 TOT NL 122  491   70  147  15  5   1   51  10     37      .299  .350  .356  115  175  26           1    
         CIN NL  63  256   39   76   7  3   1   16   7     19      .297  .348  .359  110   92  16           1    
         CHC NL  59  235   31   71   8  2   0   35   3     18      .302  .352  .353  120   83  10           0    
 1903 28 TOT NL 127  475   69  112  16  8   2   63  23     55      .236  .324  .316   85  150  16           7    
         CHC NL  16   61    8   14   1  1   0    4   0      7      .230  .329  .279   76   17   3           2    
         BRO NL 111  414   61   98  15  7   2   59  23     48      .237  .323  .321   86  133  13           5    
 1904 29 BRO NL 101  363   36   90  16  2   0   30  11     28      .248  .304  .303   90  110  11           1    
 1905 30 BRO NL 123  460   59  117  21  4   2   36  15     31      .254  .304  .330   95  152  14           2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      582 2224  305  585  85 23   7  207  78  0 187   0  .263  .325  .331   98  737  78   0   0  17   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        619   85  163  24  6   2   58  22  0  52   0  .263  .325  .331   98  205  22   0   0   5   0
 Career High    127  491   71  147  21  8   2   63  23  0  55   0  .299  .350  .356  115  175  26   0   0   7   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1901 26 CIN NL  488  327   49   4.0    84| .274  .268| .338  .323| .345  .350| .683  .673| 103  .505   3.2   0.3     
 1902 27 TOT NL  555  370   61   4.4    80| .299  .270| .350  .326| .356  .332| .706  .658| 115  .609   8.6   0.9     
         CIN NL  292  196   32   4.3    84| .297  .277| .348  .333| .359  .340| .707  .673| 110  .605   2.9   0.3     
         CHC NL  263  174   29   4.4    76| .302  .263| .352  .318| .353  .324| .705  .641| 120  .614   5.6   0.6     
 1903 28 TOT NL  553  379   47   3.3    90| .236  .274| .324  .337| .316  .357| .640  .693|  85  .413  -8.2  -0.9     
         CHC NL   73   50    5   2.6    90| .230  .274| .329  .337| .279  .357| .608  .693|  76  .323  -1.6  -0.2     
         BRO NL  480  329   42   3.4    90| .237  .274| .323  .337| .321  .357| .644  .693|  86  .427  -6.5  -0.7     
 1904 29 BRO NL  403  284   33   3.0    75| .248  .254| .304  .312| .303  .329| .607  .641|  90  .467  -3.8  -0.4     
 1905 30 BRO NL  507  357   46   3.4    78| .254  .256| .304  .317| .330  .335| .634  .652|  95  .487  -2.7  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      2506 1717  236   3.6    82| .263  .265| .325  .324| .331  .341| .656  .664|  98  .499  -2.9  -0.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1901 26 CIN NL OF 100 189 11 11 4 .948 .942 2.00 2.03 0 100 0 3B 8 7 11 6 1 .750 .887 2.25 3.16 1902 27 TOT NL OF 122 268 19 9 8 .970 .945 2.35 1.93 63 59 0 CIN NL OF 63 146 11 6 2 .963 .945 2.49 1.93 63 0 0 CHC NL OF 59 122 8 3 6 .977 .945 2.20 1.93 0 59 0 1903 28 TOT NL OF 126 278 12 9 4 .970 .942 2.30 1.91 0 126 0 CHC NL OF 16 37 1 0 0 1.000 .943 2.38 1.91 0 16 0 BRO NL OF 110 241 11 9 4 .966 .942 2.29 1.91 0 110 0 1904 29 BRO NL OF 92 200 6 14 0 .936 .947 2.24 1.86 2 86 3 2B 2 5 8 2 1 .867 .942 6.50 5.25 SS 2 2 5 0 0 1.000 .921 3.50 5.30 1905 30 BRO NL OF 123 246 11 17 1 .938 .955 2.09 1.93 0 123 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1904 29 BRO NL 2B 2 5 8 2 1 .867 .942 6.50 5.25 1901 26 CIN NL 3B 8 7 11 6 1 .750 .887 2.25 3.16 1901 26 CIN NL OF 100 189 11 11 4 .948 .942 2.00 2.03 0 100 0 1902 27 TOT NL OF 122 268 19 9 8 .970 .945 2.35 1.93 63 59 0 CIN NL OF 63 146 11 6 2 .963 .945 2.49 1.93 63 0 0 CHC NL OF 59 122 8 3 6 .977 .945 2.20 1.93 0 59 0 1903 28 TOT NL OF 126 278 12 9 4 .970 .942 2.30 1.91 0 126 0 CHC NL OF 16 37 1 0 0 1.000 .943 2.38 1.91 0 16 0 BRO NL OF 110 241 11 9 4 .966 .942 2.29 1.91 0 110 0 1904 29 BRO NL OF 92 200 6 14 0 .936 .947 2.24 1.86 2 86 3 1905 30 BRO NL OF 123 246 11 17 1 .938 .955 2.09 1.93 0 123 0 1904 29 BRO NL SS 2 2 5 0 0 1.000 .921 3.50 5.30
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 563 1181 59 60 17 .954 .946 2.20 1.93 65 494 3 3B 8 7 11 6 1 .750 .887 2.25 3.16 2B 2 5 8 2 1 .867 .942 6.50 5.25 SS 2 2 5 0 0 1.000 .921 3.50 5.30 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 575 1195 83 68 19 .949 .945 2.22 1.97
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Hits
1902 NL-26-2

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2750) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

July, 1902: Purchased by the Chicago Orphans from the Cincinnati Reds.

May, 1903: Released by the Chicago Cubs. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

May 14, 1903: Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Superbas.


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