Joe Dobson
Joseph Gordon Dobson (Burrhead)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 197 lb.

Born: January 20, 1917 in Durant, OK
High School: Durant (Durant, OK) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1939
Final Game: April 30, 1954
Died: June 23, 1994 in Jacksonville, FL
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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
1939 22 CLE AL 2 3 .400 5.88 35 3 17 0 0 1 78.0 87 56 51 3 51 27 1 1 3 362 75 1.769 10.0 0.3 5.9 3.1 0.53
1940 23 CLE AL 3 7 .300 4.95 40 7 16 2 1 3 100.0 101 60 55 8 48 57 0 0 7 432 85 1.490 9.1 0.7 4.3 5.1 1.19
1941 24 BOS AL 12 5 .706 4.49 27 18 6 7 1 0 134.1 136 70 67 8 67 69 2 1 3 595 92 1.511 9.1 0.5 4.5 4.6 1.03
1942 25 BOS AL 11 9 .550 3.30 30 23 6 10 3 0 182.2 155 73 67 9 68 72 2 1 1 750 113 1.221 7.6 0.4 3.4 3.5 1.06
1943 26 BOS AL 7 11 .389 3.12 25 20 3 9 3 0 164.1 144 63 57 4 57 63 0 1 4 673 106 1.223 7.9 0.2 3.1 3.5 1.11
1946 29 BOS AL 13 7 .650 3.24 32 24 3 9 1 0 166.2 148 72 60 11 68 91 1 2 4 710 114 1.296 8.0 0.6 3.7 4.9 1.34
1947 30 BOS AL 18 8 .692 2.95 33 31 1 15 1 1 228.2 203 84 75 15 73 110 1 1 11 935 132 1.207 8.0 0.6 2.9 4.3 1.51 MVP-29
1948 31 BOS AL 16 10 .615 3.56 38 32 5 16 5 2 245.1 237 115 97 14 92 116 1 1 6 1044 123 1.341 8.7 0.5 3.4 4.3 1.26 AS,MVP-24
1949 32 BOS AL 14 12 .538 3.85 33 27 5 12 2 2 212.2 219 103 91 12 97 87 2 2 4 923 113 1.486 9.3 0.5 4.1 3.7 0.90
1950 33 BOS AL 15 10 .600 4.18 39 27 9 12 1 4 206.2 217 103 96 15 81 81 0 0 4 882 117 1.442 9.5 0.7 3.5 3.5 1.00
1951 34 CHW AL 7 6 .538 3.62 28 21 3 6 0 3 146.2 136 68 59 17 51 67 0 0 1 609 112 1.275 8.3 1.0 3.1 4.1 1.31
1952 35 CHW AL 14 10 .583 2.51 29 25 3 11 3 1 200.2 164 66 56 11 60 101 0 0 4 805 145 1.116 7.4 0.5 2.7 4.5 1.68
1953 36 CHW AL 5 5 .500 3.67 23 15 6 3 1 1 100.2 96 46 41 10 37 50 0 0 3 425 110 1.321 8.6 0.9 3.3 4.5 1.35
1954 37 BOS AL 0 0 6.75 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 5 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 14 61 2.250 16.9 0.0 3.4 3.4 1.00
14 Seasons 137 103 .571 3.62 414 273 84 112 22 18 2170.0 2048 981 874 137 851 992 10 10 55 9159 112 1.336 8.5 0.6 3.5 4.1 1.17
162 Game Avg. 14 10 .571 3.62 41 27 8 11 2 2 215 203 97 87 14 84 98 1 1 5 907 112 1.336 8.5 0.6 3.5 4.1 1.17
BOS (9 yrs) 106 72 .596 3.57 259 202 39 90 17 9 1544.0 1464 685 612 88 604 690 9 9 37 6526 114 1.339 8.5 0.5 3.5 4.0 1.14
CHW (3 yrs) 26 21 .553 3.13 80 61 12 20 4 5 448.0 396 180 156 38 148 218 0 0 8 1839 123 1.214 8.0 0.8 3.0 4.4 1.47
CLE (2 yrs) 5 10 .333 5.36 75 10 33 2 1 4 178.0 188 116 106 11 99 84 1 1 10 794 80 1.612 9.5 0.6 5.0 4.2 0.85

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1946 29 BOS AL WS L STL 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 1 1 1 0 0 12.2 4 3 0 0 3 1 10 1 0 0 48 0.553 2.8 0.0 2.1 7.1 3.33
1 WS 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 1 1 1 0 0 12.2 4 3 0 0 3 1 10 1 0 0 48 0.553 2.8 0.0 2.1 7.1 3.33

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1948 BOS AL 31

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
1954 37 BOS AL 2 14 13 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .385 .429 .385 .813 .417 5 0 0 0 0
1 Season 2 14 13 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .385 .429 .385 .813 .417 5 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 68 476 442 68 170 0 0 0 0 0 34 34 .385 .429 .385 .813 .417 170 0 0 0 0
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
1954 37 BOS AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.211 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 4.0
1 Season 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.211 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 4.0

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%
1939 22 CLE AL
1940 23 CLE AL
1941 24 BOS AL
1942 25 BOS AL
1943 26 BOS AL
1946 29 BOS AL
1947 30 BOS AL
1948 31 BOS AL
1949 32 BOS AL
1950 33 BOS AL
1951 34 CHW AL
1952 35 CHW AL
1953 36 CHW AL
1954 37 BOS AL 14 36% 0.0% 7.1% 7.1% 0.0% 0% 1.33 86% 2 0 0%
14 Seasons 14 36% 978.6% 7085.7% 6078.6% 0.0% 0% 1.33 86% 2 0 0%
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
1939 22 CLE AL 87 3 3
1940 23 CLE AL 101 8 7
1941 24 BOS AL 136 8 3
1942 25 BOS AL 155 9 1
1943 26 BOS AL 144 4 4
1946 29 BOS AL 148 11 4
1947 30 BOS AL 203 15 11
1948 31 BOS AL 237 14 6
1949 32 BOS AL 219 12 4
1950 33 BOS AL 217 15 4
1951 34 CHW AL 136 17 1
1952 35 CHW AL 164 11 4
1953 36 CHW AL 96 10 3
1954 37 BOS AL 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 14 2048 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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+
1939 22 2 3 .400 5.88 35 3 17 0 0 1 78.0 87 56 51 3 51 27 1 1 3 362 75 1.769 10.0 0.3 5.9 3.1 0.53 75
1940 23 5 10 .333 5.36 75 10 33 2 1 4 178.0 188 116 106 11 99 84 1 1 10 794 80 1.612 9.5 0.6 5.0 4.2 0.85 80
1941 24 17 15 .531 4.99 102 28 39 9 2 4 312.1 324 186 173 19 166 153 3 2 13 1389 85 1.569 9.3 0.5 4.8 4.4 0.92 85
1942 25 28 24 .538 4.36 132 51 45 19 5 4 495.0 479 259 240 28 234 225 5 3 14 2139 93 1.440 8.7 0.5 4.3 4.1 0.96 93
1943 26 35 35 .500 4.05 157 71 48 28 8 4 659.1 623 322 297 32 291 288 5 4 18 2812 95 1.386 8.5 0.4 4.0 3.9 0.99 95
1944 27 35 35 .500 4.05 157 71 48 28 8 4 659.1 623 322 297 32 291 288 5 4 18 2812 95 1.386 8.5 0.4 4.0 3.9 0.99 95
1945 28 35 35 .500 4.05 157 71 48 28 8 4 659.1 623 322 297 32 291 288 5 4 18 2812 95 1.386 8.5 0.4 4.0 3.9 0.99 95
1946 29 48 42 .533 3.89 189 95 51 37 9 4 826.0 771 394 357 43 359 379 6 6 22 3522 98 1.368 8.4 0.5 3.9 4.1 1.06 98
1947 30 66 50 .569 3.69 222 126 52 52 10 5 1054.2 974 478 432 58 432 489 7 7 33 4457 104 1.333 8.3 0.5 3.7 4.2 1.13 104
1948 31 82 60 .577 3.66 260 158 57 68 15 7 1300.0 1211 593 529 72 524 605 8 8 39 5501 107 1.335 8.4 0.5 3.6 4.2 1.15 107
1949 32 96 72 .571 3.69 293 185 62 80 17 9 1512.2 1430 696 620 84 621 692 10 10 43 6424 108 1.356 8.5 0.5 3.7 4.1 1.11 108
1950 33 111 82 .575 3.75 332 212 71 92 18 13 1719.1 1647 799 716 99 702 773 10 10 47 7306 110 1.366 8.6 0.5 3.7 4.0 1.10 110
1951 34 118 88 .573 3.74 360 233 74 98 18 16 1866.0 1783 867 775 116 753 840 10 10 48 7915 110 1.359 8.6 0.6 3.6 4.1 1.12 110
1952 35 132 98 .574 3.62 389 258 77 109 21 17 2066.2 1947 933 831 127 813 941 10 10 52 8720 112 1.335 8.5 0.6 3.5 4.1 1.16 112
1953 36 137 103 .571 3.62 412 273 83 112 22 18 2167.1 2043 979 872 137 850 991 10 10 55 9145 112 1.335 8.5 0.6 3.5 4.1 1.17 112
1954 37 137 103 .571 3.62 414 273 84 112 22 18 2170.0 2048 981 874 137 851 992 10 10 55 9159 112 1.336 8.5 0.6 3.5 4.1 1.17 112

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
1939 22 3 6 .333 5.27 82.0 85 53 48 3 50 28 1 1.646 9.3 5.5 3.1 0.56 0.3 35
1940 23 4 7 .364 4.81 101.0 101 60 54 8 48 58 0 1.475 9.0 4.3 5.2 1.21 0.7 40
1941 24 7 8 .467 4.24 138.0 136 72 65 8 67 71 2 1.471 8.9 4.4 4.6 1.06 0.5 27
1942 25 11 9 .550 3.50 185.0 165 80 72 10 72 73 2 1.281 8.0 3.5 3.6 1.01 0.5 30
1943 26 9 8 .529 3.78 162.0 160 76 68 4 63 62 0 1.377 8.9 3.5 3.4 0.98 0.2 25
1946 29 10 8 .556 3.44 170.0 159 72 65 12 73 93 1 1.365 8.4 3.9 4.9 1.27 0.6 32
1947 30 15 10 .600 3.13 227.0 212 88 79 16 76 109 1 1.269 8.4 3.0 4.3 1.43 0.6 33
1948 31 17 11 .607 3.31 253.0 238 103 93 14 92 120 1 1.304 8.5 3.3 4.3 1.30 0.5 38
1949 32 13 11 .542 3.57 217.0 216 96 86 12 96 89 2 1.438 9.0 4.0 3.7 0.93 0.5 33
1950 33 13 10 .565 3.45 214.0 204 91 82 14 76 84 0 1.308 8.6 3.2 3.5 1.11 0.6 39
1951 34 9 7 .563 3.62 149.0 141 67 60 18 53 68 0 1.302 8.5 3.2 4.1 1.28 1.1 28
1952 35 15 7 .682 2.79 200.0 177 69 62 12 65 101 0 1.210 8.0 2.9 4.5 1.55 0.5 29
1953 36 6 5 .545 3.71 102.0 100 47 42 10 39 51 0 1.363 8.8 3.4 4.5 1.31 0.9 23
1954 37 0 0 6.00 3.0 5 2 2 0 1 1 0 2.000 15.0 3.0 3.0 1.00 0.0 2
14 Seasons 132 107 .552 3.59 2203.0 2099 976 878 141 871 1008 10 1.348 8.6 4.1 1.16 0.6 414

* 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

All-Star Games
1948

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1947-AL-29-1%
1948-AL-24-1%
0.02 Career Shares (1327th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1947 AL--2.952--6th
1948 AL--3.558--10th
1952 AL--2.512--5th

Wins s c a p y
1947 AL--18--4th
1948 AL--16--8th
1950 AL--15--10th
1952 AL--14--9th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1941 AL--.706--4th
1946 AL--.650--6th
1947 AL--.692--4th
1948 AL--.615--10th
Career--.571--214th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1942 AL--1.221--6th
1947 AL--1.207--2nd
1952 AL--1.116--3rd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 AL--7.637--3rd
1946 AL--7.992--8th
1947 AL--7.990--7th
1952 AL--7.356--4th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 AL--2.873--5th
1948 AL--3.375--10th
1952 AL--2.691--6th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 AL--4.914--9th
1947 AL--4.329--10th
1948 AL--4.255--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1940 AL--40--5th

Saves s c a p y
1950 AL--4--8th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1947 AL--228.7--8th
1948 AL--245.3--4th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1947 AL--110--9th
1948 AL--116--7th

Games Started s c a p y
1947 AL--31--4th
1948 AL--32--5th

Complete Games s c a p y
1947 AL--15--9th
1948 AL--16--5th

Shutouts s c a p y
1942 AL--3--9th
1943 AL--3--5th
1948 AL--5--4th
1952 AL--3--8th
Career--22--217th

Home Runs s c a p y
1947 AL--15--9th
1948 AL--14--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career--851--192nd

Hits s c a p y
1948 AL--237--7th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1947 AL--1.507--5th
1948 AL--1.261--8th
1952 AL--1.683--3rd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1943 AL--.219--10th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1940 AL--7--8th
1943 AL--4--9th
1946 AL--4--10th
1947 AL--11--1st
1948 AL--6--6th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1947 AL--935--10th
1948 AL--1044--4th

Games Finished s c a p y
1939 AL--17--8th
1940 AL--16--9th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1947 AL--132--3rd
1948 AL--123--9th
1952 AL--145--3rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 82 (288), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 22 (558), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (393), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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