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Chuck Dobson

Charles Thomas Dobson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 10, 1944 in Kansas City, MO
School: University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS)
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1966
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Angels 1966-1975

Final Game: May 26, 1975
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1966 22 KCA AL 14 28 26 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .115 .115 .115 .231 -32 3 1 0 2 0 0 1
1967 23 KCA AL 33 76 72 6 13 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 17 .181 .192 .181 .372 12 13 0 1 3 0 0 1
1968 24 OAK AL 35 81 75 4 15 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 14 .200 .200 .240 .440 37 18 0 0 6 0 0 1
1969 25 OAK AL 35 92 79 6 8 1 0 0 9 0 0 2 12 .101 .120 .114 .234 -32 9 1 0 9 2 0 1
1970 26 OAK AL 41 99 93 4 11 1 0 0 8 0 0 1 12 .118 .128 .129 .257 -28 12 4 0 5 0 0 1
1971 27 OAK AL 30 76 66 9 13 5 0 0 8 0 0 3 9 .197 .225 .273 .498 42 18 1 0 5 2 0 1
1973 29 OAK AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1974 30 CAL AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1975 31 CAL AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
9 Yrs 203 452 411 30 63 10 0 0 34 0 1 6 70 .153 .166 .178 .343 0 73 7 1 30 4 0
162 Game Avg. 162 361 328 24 50 8 0 0 27 0 1 5 56 .153 .166 .178 .343 0 58 6 1 24 3 0
OAK (7 yrs) 189 452 411 30 63 10 0 0 34 0 1 6 70 .153 .166 .178 .343 0 73 7 1 30 4 0
CAL (2 yrs) 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1966 22 KCA AL 14 28 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .495 .500 -0.1 -0.0 0 $ 1
1967 23 KCA AL 33 76 -7 -0 0 0 8 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 -0.0 3 $ 1
1968 24 OAK AL 35 81 -4 -1 0 0 8 4 0.4 2 6 0.4 .514 .503 0.5 -0.0 6 $ 1
1969 25 OAK AL 35 92 -11 1 1 0 11 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 -0.0 3 $ 1
1970 26 OAK AL 41 99 -14 0 0 0 12 -2 -0.2 3 1 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 -0.0 1 $ 1
1971 27 OAK AL 30 76 -5 -1 0 0 8 2 0.3 2 5 0.3 .510 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $ 1
1973 29 OAK AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1974 30 CAL AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1975 31 CAL AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
9 Seasons 203 452 -46 -1 2 0 50 5 0.5 13 19 0.6 .503 .500 0.7 -0.1 19 $
OAK (7 yrs) 189 452 -46 -1 2 0 50 5 0.5 13 19 0.6 .503 .501 0.7 -0.1 19 $
CAL (2 yrs) 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1966 22 KCA AL 28 26 0 0.0 87 .150 .115 .245 .115 .311 .115 .378 .231 .689 -32 .000 -4.4 -0.5 .125 .000 .000
1967 23 KCA AL 76 62 3 1.3 83 .236 .181 .241 .192 .310 .181 .362 .372 .672 12 .128 -8.1 -0.9 .237 .000 .000
1968 24 OAK AL 81 67 4 1.6 75 .246 .200 .231 .200 .299 .240 .343 .440 .642 37 .192 -5.8 -0.7 .279 .027 .040
1969 25 OAK AL 92 83 1 0.3 91 .116 .101 .249 .120 .324 .114 .375 .234 .699 -32 .009 -13.8 -1.5 .153 .038 .013
1970 26 OAK AL 99 91 1 0.3 95 .136 .118 .254 .128 .328 .129 .388 .257 .717 -28 .008 -16.3 -1.7 .151 .022 .011
1971 27 OAK AL 76 61 4 1.8 91 .220 .197 .253 .225 .324 .273 .375 .498 .700 42 .181 -4.8 -0.5 .389 .121 .076
9 Yrs 452 390 13 0.9 87 .183 .153 .246 .166 .317 .178 .370 .343 .687 0 .062 -53.2 -5.7 .222 .036 .024
162 Game Avg. 361 311 10 0.9 87 .183 .153 .246 .166 .317 .178 .370 .343 .687 0 .062 -53.2 -5.7 .222 .036 .024

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1966 22 KCA AL 28 0.0% 21.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.3 8.7 2.80 71%
1967 23 KCA AL 76 0.0% 22.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.2 24.0 1.32 72%
1968 24 OAK AL 81 0.0% 17.3% 0.0% 3.7% 20% 5.4 25.0 2.00 75%
1969 25 OAK AL 92 0.0% 13.0% 2.2% 1.1% 13% 6.00 6.6 8.8 1.48 75%
1970 26 OAK AL 99 0.0% 12.1% 1.0% 1.0% 9% 12.00 7.8 11.6 2.04 82%
1971 27 OAK AL 76 0.0% 11.8% 4.0% 6.6% 39% 3.00 7.3 8.3 1.08 78%
9 Yrs 452 0.0% 15.5% 1.3% 2.2% 16% 11.67 5.9 12.1 1.62 76%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.6% 8.5% 6.0% 27% 1.71 6.1 45.3 9.1 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1966 22 KCA AL -4.4 -0.5 28 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 1.32 -0.4 0.2 -2.4 -0.3 1.04 -3.7 0
1967 23 KCA AL -8.0 -0.9 76 -0.6 0.6 -1.3 .92 -0.8 0.1 -6.9 -0.8 0.92 -7.7 0
1968 24 OAK AL -5.8 -0.7 82 -0.8 0.8 -1.6 .97 -0.5 -0.3 -7.2 -0.9 0.91 -5.2 0
1969 25 OAK AL -13.8 -1.5 93 -0.9 0.7 -1.6 .92 -1.0 0.0 -9.6 -1.0 1.05 -10.4 0
1970 26 OAK AL -16.3 -1.7 100 -1.0 0.7 -1.7 .81 -1.4 0.1 -11.9 -1.3 0.94 -14.8 0
1971 27 OAK AL -4.8 -0.5 76 0.1 1.0 -0.9 .79 -0.4 0.6 -1.5 -0.2 1.01 -3.8 0
1973 29 OAK AL 0.0 0.0
1974 30 CAL AL 0.0 0.0
1975 31 CAL AL 0.0 0.0
9 Yrs -53.1 -5.7 455 -3.4 4.3 -7.8 .91 -4.5 0.7 -39.4 -4.3 0.97 -45.5 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1966 22 KCA AL 1 0 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1967 23 KCA AL 1 0 43% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 40% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1968 24 OAK AL 3 0 27% 29 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 75% 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
1969 25 OAK AL 5 0 60% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1970 26 OAK AL 3 0 33% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1971 27 OAK AL 1 0 56% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 38% 3 3 0 1 1 0 4 1 3
9 Yrs 14 0 43% 110 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 47% 15 13 2 2 1 1 13 2 11

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1966 22 KCA AL 28 21% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 9 1 11% 7 2 29% 22 4 18% 5 2 40% 0 0 0
1967 23 KCA AL 76 34% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 12 0 0% 12 4 33% 42 3 7% 4 2 50% 4 2 50% 0
1968 24 OAK AL 81 41% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 16 0 0% 17 1 6% 44 3 7% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1969 25 OAK AL 92 34% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 90% 25 1 4% 25 9 36% 77 9 12% 11 6 55% 4 3 75% 0
1970 26 OAK AL 99 44% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 19 4 21% 19 8 42% 62 8 13% 1 1 100% 4 3 75% 0
1971 27 OAK AL 76 38% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 16 1 6% 13 4 31% 55 9 16% 6 4 67% 3 2 67% 0
9 Yrs 452 37% 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 33 30 91% 97 7 7% 93 28 30% 302 36 12% 30 15 50% 16 10 63% 0
MLB Averages 54% 76% 11% 31% 14% 47% 52%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1966 22 14 28 26 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .115 .115 .115 .231 -32 3 1 0 2 0 0
1967 23 47 104 98 7 16 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 23 .163 .172 .163 .335 -0 16 1 1 5 0 0
1968 24 82 185 173 11 31 3 0 0 9 0 1 0 37 .179 .184 .197 .380 15 34 1 1 11 0 0
1969 25 117 277 252 17 39 4 0 0 18 0 1 2 49 .155 .163 .171 .334 -0 43 2 1 20 2 0
1970 26 158 376 345 21 50 5 0 0 26 0 1 3 61 .145 .154 .159 .313 -8 55 6 1 25 2 0
1971 27 188 452 411 30 63 10 0 0 34 0 1 6 70 .153 .166 .178 .343 0 73 7 1 30 4 0
1972 28 188 452 411 30 63 10 0 0 34 0 1 6 70 .153 .166 .178 .343 0 73 7 1 30 4 0
1973 29 189 452 411 30 63 10 0 0 34 0 1 6 70 .153 .166 .178 .343 0 73 7 1 30 4 0
1974 30 194 452 411 30 63 10 0 0 34 0 1 6 70 .153 .166 .178 .343 0 73 7 1 30 4 0
1975 31 203 452 411 30 63 10 0 0 34 0 1 6 70 .153 .166 .178 .343 0 73 7 1 30 4 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1966 22 14 28 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 14
1967 23 33 78 74 8 15 0 0 0 4 0 0 17 .203 .213 .203 .416 3 33
1968 24 35 84 78 6 18 4 0 0 4 0 0 14 .231 .231 .282 .513 5 35
1969 25 35 92 79 5 8 1 0 0 8 0 2 12 .101 .120 .114 .234 1 35
1970 26 41 101 95 5 13 1 0 0 10 0 1 12 .137 .146 .147 .293 2 41
1971 27 30 77 67 11 14 5 0 0 10 0 3 9 .209 .236 .284 .520 5 30
6 Yrs 188 460 419 35 68 11 0 0 36 0 6 70 .162 .174 .189 .363 16 188
162 Game Avg. 162 396 361 30 59 9 0 0 31 0 5 60 .162 .174 .189 .363 14 188

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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1969 AL  9 (8th)

                                         

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