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Joe Dobson
Joseph Gordon Dobson (Burrhead)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 197 lb.

Debut April 26, 1939
Final Game April 30, 1954
Born January 20, 1917 in Durant, OK
Died June 23, 1994 in Jacksonville, FL

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Pitching Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1939 22 CLE AL   2   3  35   3   0   0  17  1   78.0   87   56   51   3   51   27   1   3   362       1  5.88  4.39   75 1.769
 1940 23 CLE AL   3   7  40   7   2   1  16  3  100.0  101   60   55   8   48   57   0   7   432       0  4.95  4.20   85 1.490
 1941 24 BOS AL  12   5  27  18   7   1   6  0  134.3  136   70   67   8   67   69   2   3   595       1  4.49  4.15   92 1.511
 1942 25 BOS AL  11   9  30  23  10   3   6  0  182.7  155   73   67   9   68   72   2   1   750       1  3.30  3.73  113 1.221
 1943 26 BOS AL   7  11  25  20   9   3   3  0  164.3  144   63   57   4   57   63   0   4   673       1  3.12  3.30  106 1.223
 1946 29 BOS AL  13   7  32  24   9   1   3  0  166.7  148   72   60  11   68   91   1   4   710       2  3.24  3.68  114 1.296
 1947 30 BOS AL  18   8  33  31  15   1   1  1  228.7  203   84   75  15   73  110   1  11   935       1  2.95  3.89  132 1.207 MVP-29
 1948 31 BOS AL  16  10  38  32  16   5   5  2  245.3  237  115   97  14   92  116   1   6  1044       1  3.56  4.37  123 1.341 MVP-24,AS
 1949 32 BOS AL  14  12  33  27  12   2   5  2  212.7  219  103   91  12   97   87   2   4   923       2  3.85  4.37  113 1.486
 1950 33 BOS AL  15  10  39  27  12   1   9  4  206.7  217  103   96  15   81   81   0   4   882       0  4.18  4.90  117 1.442
 1951 34 CHW AL   7   6  28  21   6   0   3  3  146.7  136   68   59  17   51   67   0   1   609       0  3.62  4.04  112 1.275
 1952 35 CHW AL  14  10  29  25  11   3   3  1  200.7  164   66   56  11   60  101   0   4   805       0  2.51  3.64  145 1.116
 1953 36 CHW AL   5   5  23  15   3   1   6  1  100.7   96   46   41  10   37   50   0   3   425       0  3.67  4.04  110 1.321
 1954 37 BOS AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    2.7    5    2    2   0    1    1   0   0    14       0  6.75  4.09   61 2.250
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 14 Yr WL% .571 137 103 414 273 112  22  84 18 2170.0 2048  981  874 137  851  992  10  55  9159      10  3.62  4.05  112 1.336
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  10  40  27  11   2   8  1  214.7  202   97   86  13   84   98   0   5   906   0   0  3.62  4.05  112 1.336
 Career High     18  12  40  32  16   5  17  4  245.3  237  115   97  17   97  116   2  11  1044   0   2  2.51  4.90  145 1.116

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 22 CLE AL  35   18    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .056  .105  .056  -57    1   1           0   0
 1940 23 CLE AL  40   24    0    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   3  14  .125  .222  .125   -6    3   0           0   0
 1941 24 BOS AL  27   47    3    7   0  0   1    6   0  0   4  14  .149  .216  .213   13   10   3           0   2
 1942 25 BOS AL  30   69    6   10   1  0   0    3   0  0   3  17  .145  .192  .159   -2   11   5           1   1
 1943 26 BOS AL  25   52    3    5   0  0   0    0   0  0   2  21  .096  .161  .096  -25    5   3           2   0
 1946 29 BOS AL  32   50    5    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   4  28  .100  .167  .100  -26    5   6           0   0
 1947 30 BOS AL  33   77    4   16   0  1   0    3   0  0   7  22  .208  .274  .234   38   18   7           0   0 MVP-29
 1948 31 BOS AL  38   84    9   17   2  0   1    4   0  0   6  27  .202  .280  .262   42   22   8           3   2 MVP-24,AS
 1949 32 BOS AL  33   68    5   10   0  0   0    2   1  0  10  22  .147  .256  .147    5   10   5           0   1
 1950 33 BOS AL  39   70    6   15   2  0   0    9   0  0   9  23  .214  .313  .243   38   17   8           1   0
 1951 34 CHW AL  28   46    2    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   0  20  .065  .065  .087  -59    4   7           0   0
 1952 35 CHW AL  29   63    3   12   0  0   0    3   0  0   4  20  .190  .239  .190   20   12  10           0   0
 1953 36 CHW AL  23   29    0    2   1  0   0    2   0  0   1  11  .069  .100  .103  -46    3   1           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     414  697   46  106   7  1   2   35   1  0  54 244  .152  .220  .174    6  121  64   0   0   7   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        273   18   41   3  0   1   14   0  0  21  95  .152  .220  .174    6   47  25   0   0   3   3
 Career High     40   84    9   17   2  1   1    9   1  0  10  28                          22  10   0   0   3   2

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1939 22 CLE AL   20   18    0   0.0   111| .056  .283| .105  .357| .056  .418| .161  .775| -57  .000  -4.3  -0.4   0%
 1940 23 CLE AL   27   21    1   1.3   108| .125  .276| .222  .348| .125  .418| .347  .766|  -6  .075  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 1941 24 BOS AL   54   45    2   1.2   108| .149  .278| .216  .355| .213  .410| .429  .764|  13  .074  -6.3  -0.6   0%
 1942 25 BOS AL   78   65    2   0.8    97| .145  .269| .192  .344| .159  .377| .351  .721|  -2  .051  -9.7  -1.0   0%
 1943 26 BOS AL   59   50    1   0.6    89| .096  .258| .161  .333| .096  .356| .257  .690| -25  .028  -8.4  -0.9   0%
 1946 29 BOS AL   60   51    1   0.5   101| .100  .270| .167  .346| .100  .389| .267  .735| -26  .022  -8.9  -0.9   0%
 1947 30 BOS AL   91   68    5   2.0   102| .208  .270| .274  .352| .234  .389| .508  .741|  38  .201  -6.9  -0.7   0%
 1948 31 BOS AL  101   77    6   2.1   110| .202  .279| .280  .365| .262  .403| .542  .768|  42  .189  -7.5  -0.7   0%
 1949 32 BOS AL   83   64    3   1.2   112| .147  .279| .256  .372| .147  .405| .403  .778|   5  .084  -9.8  -1.0 100%
 1950 33 BOS AL   88   63    5   2.1   122| .214  .290| .313  .379| .243  .435| .556  .814|  38  .172  -6.8  -0.6   0%
 1951 34 CHW AL   53   50    0   0.0   100| .065  .265| .065  .346| .087  .389| .152  .735| -59  .000 -10.3  -1.0   0%
 1952 35 CHW AL   77   61    3   1.3    97| .190  .261| .239  .341| .190  .381| .429  .723|  20  .111  -7.0  -0.7   0%
 1953 36 CHW AL   31   29    0   0.0   105| .069  .273| .100  .350| .103  .402| .203  .752| -46  .000  -6.1  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons      822  662   29   1.2   105| .152  .273| .220  .355| .174  .396| .394  .751|   6  .080 -95.8  -9.5 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1939 22 CLE AL   P   35      3   16    0    0 1.000  .950  0.54  0.98  2.19  1.92    3   78.0
 1940 23 CLE AL   P   40      6   15    0    1 1.000  .955  0.53  1.05  1.89  2.04    7  100.0
 1941 24 BOS AL   P   27     10   13    0    0 1.000  .958  0.85  1.16  1.54  2.14   18  134.3
 1942 25 BOS AL   P   30     17   42    0    2 1.000  .956  1.97  1.30  2.91  2.31   23  182.7
 1943 26 BOS AL   P   25      9   22    1    2  .969  .963  1.24  1.27  1.70  2.27   20  164.3
 1946 29 BOS AL   P   32     18   33    1    1  .981  .951  1.59  1.01  2.75  2.01   24  166.7
 1947 30 BOS AL   P   33     13   25    0    1 1.000  .955  1.15  0.95  1.50  1.92   31  228.7
 1948 31 BOS AL   P   38     10   36    2    3  .958  .962  1.21  0.91  1.69  2.02   32  245.3 AS
 1949 32 BOS AL   P   33     12   30    0    3 1.000  .961  1.27  1.01  1.78  2.12   27  212.7
 1950 33 BOS AL   P   39      8   44    3    4  .945  .951  1.33  0.96  2.26  2.03   27  206.7
 1951 34 CHW AL   P   28      6   25    1    5  .969  .954  1.11  0.99  1.90  2.07   21  146.7
 1952 35 CHW AL   P   29      7   26    1    2  .971  .965  1.14  1.03  1.48  2.10   25  200.7
 1953 36 CHW AL   P   23      6   14    2    0  .909  .957  0.87  0.88  1.79  1.95   15  100.7
 1954 37 BOS AL   P    2      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  0.95  3.33  2.00    0    2.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1939 22 CLE AL   P   35      3   16    0    0 1.000  .950  0.54  0.98  2.19  1.92    3   78.0
 1940 23 CLE AL   P   40      6   15    0    1 1.000  .955  0.53  1.05  1.89  2.04    7  100.0
 1941 24 BOS AL   P   27     10   13    0    0 1.000  .958  0.85  1.16  1.54  2.14   18  134.3
 1942 25 BOS AL   P   30     17   42    0    2 1.000  .956  1.97  1.30  2.91  2.31   23  182.7
 1943 26 BOS AL   P   25      9   22    1    2  .969  .963  1.24  1.27  1.70  2.27   20  164.3
 1946 29 BOS AL   P   32     18   33    1    1  .981  .951  1.59  1.01  2.75  2.01   24  166.7
 1947 30 BOS AL   P   33     13   25    0    1 1.000  .955  1.15  0.95  1.50  1.92   31  228.7
 1948 31 BOS AL   P   38     10   36    2    3  .958  .962  1.21  0.91  1.69  2.02   32  245.3
 1949 32 BOS AL   P   33     12   30    0    3 1.000  .961  1.27  1.01  1.78  2.12   27  212.7
 1950 33 BOS AL   P   39      8   44    3    4  .945  .951  1.33  0.96  2.26  2.03   27  206.7
 1951 34 CHW AL   P   28      6   25    1    5  .969  .954  1.11  0.99  1.90  2.07   21  146.7
 1952 35 CHW AL   P   29      7   26    1    2  .971  .965  1.14  1.03  1.48  2.10   25  200.7
 1953 36 CHW AL   P   23      6   14    2    0  .909  .957  0.87  0.88  1.79  1.95   15  100.7
 1954 37 BOS AL   P    2      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  0.95  3.33  2.00    0    2.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 414    126  341   11   24  .977  .957  1.13  1.03  1.94  2.07  273 2170.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       414    126  341   11   24  .977  .957  1.13  1.03  1.94  2.07  273   2170

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1946   WS    BOS STL     L   3   1   0.00  1  0  0  1  12.2   4   0   3  10 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1946   WS    BOS STL     L   3   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1948   BOS AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+

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.

All-Star
1948

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1947-AL-29-0.01
1948-AL-24-0.01
Car-1314-0.02 shares

Sac. Hits
1952 AL-10-10

ERA
1947 AL-2.95-6
1948 AL-3.56-10
1952 AL-2.51-5

Wins
1947 AL-18-4
1948 AL-16-8
1950 AL-15-10
1952 AL-14-9

Won-Loss %
1941 AL-.706-5
1946 AL-.650-7
1947 AL-.692-4

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1942 AL-1.221-6
1947 AL-1.207-2
1952 AL-1.116-3

Hits Allowed/9IP
1942 AL-7.64-3
1946 AL-7.99-8
1947 AL-7.99-7
1952 AL-7.36-4

Bases on Balls/9IP
1947 AL-2.87-5
1948 AL-3.38-10
1952 AL-2.69-6

Strikeouts/9IP
1946 AL-4.91-9
1947 AL-4.33-10
1948 AL-4.26-9

Games
1940 AL-40-5

Saves
1950 AL-4-8

Innings
1947 AL-228.7-8
1948 AL-245.3-4

Strikeouts
1947 AL-110-9
1948 AL-116-7

Games Started
1947 AL-31-4
1948 AL-32-5

Comp. Games
1947 AL-15-9
1948 AL-16-5

Shutouts
1942 AL-3-9
1943 AL-3-5
1948 AL-5-4
1952 AL-3-8

Home Runs Allow.
1947 AL-15-9
1948 AL-14-10

Hits Allowed
1948 AL-237-7

SO to Walk
1947 AL-1.51-5
1948 AL-1.26-8
1952 AL-1.68-3

Wild Pitches
1940 AL-7-8
1943 AL-4-9
1946 AL-4-10
1947 AL-11-1
1948 AL-6-6

Batters Faced
1947 AL-935-10
1948 AL-1044-4

Games Finished
1939 AL-17-8
1940 AL-16-9

Adjusted ERA+
1947 AL-132-3
1948 AL-123-9
1952 AL-145-3

Gray Ink: Pitching - 79 (298) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 17.0 (381) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 22.0 (548) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1938 Season: Sent from the Troy (Alabama-Florida) to the Cleveland Indians in an unknown transaction.
December 12, 1940: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Odell Hale and Frankie Pytlak to the Boston Red Sox for Gene Desautels, Jim Bagby, and Gee Walker.
December 10, 1950: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Dick Littlefield and Al Zarilla to the Chicago White Sox for Bill Wight and Ray Scarborough.
August 29, 1953: Released by the Chicago White Sox.
December 13, 1953: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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All-Star 1948	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1947-AL-29-0.01 1948-AL-24-0.01 Car-1314-0.02 shares	Sac. Hits 1952 AL-10-10	ERA 1947 AL-2.95-6 1948 AL-3.56-10 1952 AL-2.51-5	Wins 1947 AL-18-4 1948 AL-16-8 1950 AL-15-10 1952 AL-14-9	Won-Loss % 1941 AL-.706-5 1946 AL-.650-7 1947 AL-.692-4
BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1942 AL-1.221-6 1947 AL-1.207-2 1952 AL-1.116-3	Hits Allowed/9IP 1942 AL-7.64-3 1946 AL-7.99-8 1947 AL-7.99-7 1952 AL-7.36-4	Bases on Balls/9IP 1947 AL-2.87-5 1948 AL-3.38-10 1952 AL-2.69-6	Strikeouts/9IP 1946 AL-4.91-9 1947 AL-4.33-10 1948 AL-4.26-9	Games 1940 AL-40-5	Saves 1950 AL-4-8
Innings 1947 AL-228.7-8 1948 AL-245.3-4	Strikeouts 1947 AL-110-9 1948 AL-116-7	Games Started 1947 AL-31-4 1948 AL-32-5	Comp. Games 1947 AL-15-9 1948 AL-16-5	Shutouts 1942 AL-3-9 1943 AL-3-5 1948 AL-5-4 1952 AL-3-8	Home Runs Allow. 1947 AL-15-9 1948 AL-14-10
Hits Allowed 1948 AL-237-7	SO to Walk 1947 AL-1.51-5 1948 AL-1.26-8 1952 AL-1.68-3	Wild Pitches 1940 AL-7-8 1943 AL-4-9 1946 AL-4-10 1947 AL-11-1 1948 AL-6-6	Batters Faced 1947 AL-935-10 1948 AL-1044-4	Games Finished 1939 AL-17-8 1940 AL-16-9	Adjusted ERA+ 1947 AL-132-3 1948 AL-123-9 1952 AL-145-3