Chuck Dobson
Charles Thomas Dobson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 10, 1944 in Kansas City, MO
School: University of Kansas
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1966
Final Game: May 26, 1975
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1966 22 KCA AL 4 6 .400 4.09 14 14 0 1 0 0 83.2 71 41 38 7 50 0 61 2 0 4 359 83 1.446 7.6 0.8 5.4 6.6 1.22
1967 23 KCA AL 10 10 .500 3.69 32 29 2 4 1 0 197.2 172 83 81 17 75 6 110 3 0 10 826 87 1.250 7.8 0.8 3.4 5.0 1.47
1968 24 OAK AL 12 14 .462 3.00 35 34 1 11 3 0 225.1 197 91 75 20 80 10 168 4 0 10 939 93 1.229 7.9 0.8 3.2 6.7 2.10
1969 25 OAK AL 15 13 .536 3.86 35 35 0 11 1 0 235.1 244 111 101 16 80 2 137 1 1 9 998 89 1.377 9.3 0.6 3.1 5.2 1.71
1970 26 OAK AL 16 15 .516 3.74 41 40 1 13 5 0 267.0 230 122 111 32 92 7 149 5 1 10 1112 94 1.206 7.8 1.1 3.1 5.0 1.62
1971 27 OAK AL 15 5 .750 3.81 30 30 0 7 1 0 189.0 185 84 80 24 71 6 100 1 0 6 796 88 1.354 8.8 1.1 3.4 4.8 1.41
1973 29 OAK AL 0 1 .000 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 6 4 2 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 16 46 3.429 23.1 3.9 7.7 11.6 1.50
1974 30 CAL AL 2 3 .400 5.70 5 5 0 2 0 0 30.0 39 19 19 3 13 1 16 0 0 3 137 60 1.733 11.7 0.9 3.9 4.8 1.23
1975 31 CAL AL 0 2 .000 6.75 9 2 3 0 0 0 28.0 30 26 21 5 13 1 14 2 0 4 129 52 1.536 9.6 1.6 4.2 4.5 1.08
9 Seasons 74 69 .517 3.78 202 190 7 49 11 0 1258.1 1174 581 528 125 476 33 758 18 2 56 5312 87 1.311 8.4 0.9 3.4 5.4 1.59
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .517 3.78 35 33 1 9 2 0 218 204 101 92 22 83 6 131 3 0 10 921 87 1.311 8.4 0.9 3.4 5.4 1.59
OAK (7 yrs) 72 64 .529 3.66 188 183 4 47 11 0 1200.1 1105 536 488 117 450 31 728 16 2 49 5046 90 1.295 8.3 0.9 3.4 5.5 1.62
CAL (2 yrs) 2 5 .286 6.21 14 7 3 2 0 0 58.0 69 45 40 8 26 2 30 2 0 7 266 56 1.638 10.7 1.2 4.0 4.7 1.15

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1966 22 KCA AL 14 359 304 41 71 11 4 7 1 3 50 61 .234 .345 .365 .710 .270 111 9 2 2 1 0
1967 23 KCA AL 32 826 739 83 172 31 7 17 12 4 75 110 .233 .305 .363 .668 .252 268 9 3 6 3 6
1968 24 OAK AL 35 939 842 91 197 28 7 20 11 7 80 168 .234 .302 .355 .657 .269 299 19 4 8 5 10
1969 25 OAK AL 35 998 903 111 244 33 7 16 14 5 80 137 .270 .328 .375 .703 .301 339 24 1 7 7 2
1970 26 OAK AL 41 1113 1005 122 230 33 4 32 7 10 92 149 .229 .296 .365 .661 .239 367 20 5 7 4 7
1971 27 OAK AL 30 796 713 84 185 28 2 24 5 6 71 100 .259 .326 .405 .731 .272 289 16 1 7 4 6
1973 29 OAK AL 1 16 14 4 6 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 .429 .500 .714 1.214 .500 10 0 0 0 0 0
1974 30 CAL AL 5 137 124 19 39 7 1 3 1 1 13 16 .315 .380 .460 .839 .343 57 4 0 0 0 1
1975 31 CAL AL 9 129 109 26 30 5 0 5 8 1 13 14 .275 .349 .459 .808 .263 50 2 2 0 5 1
9 Seasons 202 5313 4753 581 1174 177 32 125 59 37 476 758 .247 .316 .377 .693 .269 1790 103 18 37 29 33
162 Game Avg. 35 922 825 101 204 31 6 22 10 6 83 131 .247 .316 .377 .693 .269 311 18 3 6 5 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1966 22 KCA AL 14 14 4 6 4 2 1 6 8 .429 2 0 1 0 4 29% 52 80 35 19 5 3 7 2.8 3.2 6.0
1967 23 KCA AL 32 29 10 10 9 2 1 15 14 .517 3 1 4 1 14 48% 54 75 30 25 13 5 13 3.7 3.7 6.7
1968 24 OAK AL 35 34 12 14 8 3 4 15 19 .441 3 3 11 3 18 53% 56 91 9 25 7 5 8 3.2 3.0 6.6
1969 25 OAK AL 35 35 15 13 7 3 5 16 19 .457 2 5 11 1 21 60% 52 80 15 18 3 12 11 4.3 4.7 6.7
1970 26 OAK AL 41 40 16 14 10 2 3 21 19 .525 2 6 13 5 22 55% 54 86 21 29 3 26 3 4.6 4.5 6.7
1971 27 OAK AL 30 30 15 5 10 3 0 23 7 .767 2 7 7 1 15 50% 52 78 20 29 4 9 8 6.0 5.8 6.3
1973 29 OAK AL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34 34 34 2 1 0 1 4.0 4.5 2.3
1974 30 CAL AL 5 5 2 3 0 0 0 2 3 .400 0 1 2 0 2 40% 43 77 18 5 0 1 3 1.9 1.9 6.0
1975 31 CAL AL 9 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 34 39 29 8 4 1 1 2.6 0.9 5.3
9 Seasons 202 190 74 67 49 15 14 98 92 .516 14 24 49 11 96 51% 53 91 9 160 40 62 55 4.2 4.1 6.5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1967 23 KCA AL 32 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.088 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 4.0
1968 24 OAK AL 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.172 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3.0
1970 26 OAK AL 41 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.949 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0
1975 31 CAL AL 9 7 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 60% 2 0.896 2 3 2 2 0 5 5 2 6 1 6 2 7.4
4 Seasons 117 12 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 60% 1.055 3 3 5 2 1 9 5 7 7 2 7 3 5.6

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1966 22 KCA AL 359 52% 2.0% 17.0% 13.9% 6.1% 31% 1.27 66% 84 9 11%
1967 23 KCA AL 826 43% 2.1% 13.3% 9.1% 6.7% 32% 0.85 74% 127 9 7%
1968 24 OAK AL 939 45% 2.1% 17.9% 8.5% 5.9% 28% 1.28 70% 155 19 12%
1969 25 OAK AL 998 48% 1.6% 13.7% 8.0% 5.6% 23% 1.06 76% 208 24 12%
1970 26 OAK AL 1113 46% 2.9% 13.4% 8.3% 6.2% 30% 0.79 74% 205 20 10%
1971 27 OAK AL 796 49% 3.0% 12.6% 8.9% 6.8% 29% 0.90 75% 145 16 11%
1973 29 OAK AL 16 38% 6.3% 18.8% 12.5% 12.5% 33% 1.00 63% 4 0 0%
1974 30 CAL AL 137 44% 2.2% 11.7% 9.5% 8.0% 28% 1.09 77% 27 4 15%
1975 31 CAL AL 129 26% 3.9% 10.9% 10.1% 7.8% 33% 0.60 74% 27 2 7%
9 Seasons 5313 46% 2.4% 14.3% 9.0% 6.3% 28% 0.97 73% 982 103 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1966 22 KCA AL 359 71 7 0 11 3 4 2 5 21 9 3 43% 3 4 2 132 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 0
1967 23 KCA AL 826 172 17 0 10 10 7 6 11 31 11 8 35% 7 10 1 284 12 4 75% 12 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 19 0
1968 24 OAK AL 938 197 20 1 19 14 6 10 10 43 21 6 49% 20 10 3 296 11 7 61% 11 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 1
1969 25 OAK AL 998 244 16 1 19 6 10 6 10 49 37 6 76% 15 9 1 369 14 5 74% 12 5 2 0 0 0 7 0 22 0
1970 26 OAK AL 1113 230 32 1 22 16 16 14 18 48 30 3 63% 19 10 2 373 7 10 41% 6 8 1 0 0 2 1 1 22 0
1971 27 OAK AL 796 185 24 0 15 11 13 16 8 31 13 10 42% 3 6 3 274 5 6 45% 4 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 17 0
1973 29 OAK AL 16 6 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 30 CAL AL 137 39 3 1 2 2 1 1 2 4 2 0 50% 0 3 0 56 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1975 31 CAL AL 129 30 5 1 5 3 2 3 2 14 8 4 57% 2 4 1 42 8 1 89% 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
9 Seasons 5312 1174 125 5 104 66 59 59 66 241 131 40 54% 70 56 13 1835 59 37 61% 53 34 6 1 0 2 18 1 127 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1966 22 4 6 .400 4.09 14 14 0 1 0 0 83.2 71 41 38 7 50 0 61 2 0 4 359 83 1.446 7.6 0.8 5.4 6.6 1.22 83
1967 23 14 16 .467 3.81 46 43 2 5 1 0 281.1 243 124 119 24 125 6 171 5 0 14 1185 86 1.308 7.8 0.8 4.0 5.5 1.37 86
1968 24 26 30 .464 3.45 81 77 3 16 4 0 506.2 440 215 194 44 205 16 339 9 0 24 2124 89 1.273 7.8 0.8 3.6 6.0 1.65 89
1969 25 41 43 .488 3.58 116 112 3 27 5 0 742.0 684 326 295 60 285 18 476 10 1 33 3122 89 1.306 8.3 0.7 3.5 5.8 1.67 89
1970 26 57 58 .496 3.62 157 152 4 40 10 0 1009.0 914 448 406 92 377 25 625 15 2 43 4234 90 1.279 8.2 0.8 3.4 5.6 1.66 90
1971 27 72 63 .533 3.65 187 182 4 47 11 0 1198.0 1099 532 486 116 448 31 725 16 2 49 5030 90 1.291 8.3 0.9 3.4 5.4 1.62 90
1972 28 72 63 .533 3.65 187 182 4 47 11 0 1198.0 1099 532 486 116 448 31 725 16 2 49 5030 90 1.291 8.3 0.9 3.4 5.4 1.62 90
1973 29 72 64 .529 3.66 188 183 4 47 11 0 1200.1 1105 536 488 117 450 31 728 16 2 49 5046 90 1.295 8.3 0.9 3.4 5.5 1.62 90
1974 30 74 67 .525 3.71 193 188 4 49 11 0 1230.1 1144 555 507 120 463 32 744 16 2 52 5183 89 1.306 8.4 0.9 3.4 5.4 1.61 89
1975 31 74 69 .517 3.78 202 190 7 49 11 0 1258.1 1174 581 528 125 476 33 758 18 2 56 5312 87 1.311 8.4 0.9 3.4 5.4 1.59 87

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1966 22 3 5 .375 5.21 76.0 77 49 44 8 54 55 2 1.724 9.1 6.4 6.5 1.02 0.9 14
1967 23 8 12 .400 4.77 183.0 190 108 97 19 83 102 3 1.492 9.3 4.1 5.0 1.23 0.9 32
1968 24 9 13 .409 4.63 202.0 233 116 104 24 95 151 5 1.624 10.4 4.2 6.7 1.59 1.1 35
1969 25 10 14 .417 4.75 218.0 259 128 115 17 85 127 1 1.578 10.7 3.5 5.2 1.49 0.7 35
1970 26 13 15 .464 4.39 254.0 246 138 124 34 98 142 5 1.354 8.7 3.5 5.0 1.45 1.2 41
1971 27 7 12 .368 4.94 173.0 202 106 95 26 78 92 1 1.618 10.5 4.1 4.8 1.18 1.4 30
1973 29 0 0 9.00 2.0 7 2 2 1 2 3 0 4.500 31.5 9.0 13.5 1.50 4.5 1
1974 30 0 2 .000 7.67 27.0 43 26 23 3 14 14 0 2.111 14.3 4.7 4.7 1.00 1.0 5
1975 31 0 2 .000 8.65 26.0 34 28 25 6 15 13 2 1.885 11.8 5.2 4.5 0.87 2.1 9
9 Seasons 50 75 .400 4.88 1161.0 1291 701 629 138 524 699 19 1.563 10.0 5.4 1.33 1.1 202

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wins s c a p y
1970 AL--16--10th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1971 AL--.750--2nd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 AL--7.753--6th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1970 AL--267.0--9th

Games Started s c a p y
1968 AL--34--10th
1970 AL--40--1st

Complete Games s c a p y
1968 AL--11--9th
1969 AL--11--9th
1970 AL--13--7th

Shutouts s c a p y
1970 AL--5--1st

Home Runs s c a p y
1968 AL--20--9th
1970 AL--32--3rd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1968 AL--80--8th
1970 AL--92--8th

Hits s c a p y
1968 AL--197--8th
1969 AL--244--4th

Losses s c a p y
1968 AL--14--8th
1970 AL--15--6th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1968 AL--75--9th
1969 AL--101--3rd
1970 AL--111--4th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1967 AL--10--8th
1968 AL--10--5th
1970 AL--10--9th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1970 AL--1112--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (554), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 16 (914), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (917), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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