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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

Standard Batting

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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
1939 22 CLE AL 35 20 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .056 .105 .056 .161 -57 1 0 0 1 1
1940 23 CLE AL 40 27 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 .125 .222 .125 .347 -6 3 0 0 0 1
1941 24 BOS AL 27 54 47 3 7 0 0 1 6 0 0 4 14 .149 .216 .213 .428 13 10 2 0 3 1
1942 25 BOS AL 30 78 69 6 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 17 .145 .192 .159 .351 -2 11 1 1 5 1
1943 26 BOS AL 25 59 52 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 .096 .161 .096 .257 -25 5 0 2 3 1
1946 29 BOS AL 32 60 50 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 28 .100 .167 .100 .267 -26 5 0 0 6 1
1947 30 BOS AL 33 91 77 4 16 0 1 0 3 0 0 7 22 .208 .274 .234 .508 38 18 0 0 7 1 MVP-29
1948 31 BOS AL 38 101 84 9 17 2 0 1 4 0 0 6 27 .202 .280 .262 .541 42 22 2 3 8 1 AS,MVP-24
1949 32 BOS AL 33 83 68 5 10 0 0 0 2 1 0 10 22 .147 .256 .147 .403 5 10 1 0 5 1
1950 33 BOS AL 39 88 70 6 15 2 0 0 9 0 0 9 23 .214 .313 .243 .555 38 17 0 1 8 1
1951 34 CHW AL 28 53 46 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 .065 .065 .087 .152 -59 4 0 0 7 1
1952 35 CHW AL 29 77 63 3 12 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 20 .190 .239 .190 .429 20 12 0 0 10 1
1953 36 CHW AL 23 31 29 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .069 .100 .103 .203 -46 3 1 0 1 1
1954 37 BOS AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
14 Seasons 414 822 697 46 106 7 1 2 35 1 0 54 244 .152 .220 .174 .394 6 121 7 7 64 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 322 273 18 41 3 0 1 14 0 0 21 95 .152 .220 .174 .394 6 47 3 3 25
BOS (9 yrs) 259 614 517 41 85 5 1 2 29 1 0 45 174 .164 .241 .190 .430 15 98 6 7 45 0 0
CHW (3 yrs) 80 161 138 5 17 2 0 0 6 0 0 5 51 .123 .154 .138 .292 -20 19 1 0 18
CLE (2 yrs) 75 47 42 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 19 .095 .174 .095 .269 -28 4 0 0 1

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1946 29 BOS AL WS STL L 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1939 CLE AL 22 P 35 19 3 16 0 0 1.000 0.54 .947 0.98
1940 CLE AL 23 P 40 21 6 15 0 1 1.000 0.53 .952 1.05
1941 BOS AL 24 P 27 23 10 13 0 0 1.000 0.85 .957 1.16
1942 BOS AL 25 P 30 59 17 42 0 2 1.000 1.97 .954 1.30
1943 BOS AL 26 P 25 32 9 22 1 2 .969 1.24 .962 1.27
1946 BOS AL 29 P 32 52 18 33 1 1 .981 1.59 .950 1.01
1947 BOS AL 30 P 33 38 13 25 0 1 1.000 1.15 .953 0.95 MVP-29
1948 BOS AL 31 P 38 48 10 36 2 3 .958 1.21 .962 0.91 AS,MVP-24
1949 BOS AL 32 P 33 42 12 30 0 3 1.000 1.27 .960 1.01
1950 BOS AL 33 P 39 55 8 44 3 4 .945 1.33 .951 0.96
1951 CHW AL 34 P 28 32 6 25 1 5 .969 1.11 .953 0.99
1952 CHW AL 35 P 29 34 7 26 1 2 .971 1.14 .965 1.03
1953 CHW AL 36 P 23 22 6 14 2 0 .909 0.87 .959 0.88
1954 BOS AL 37 P 2 0 2.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0.50 1.000 2.02 0.95
14 Seasons P 414 0 2.2 478 126 341 11 24 .977 1576.12 1.13 .956 2.02 1.03
14 Seasons TOT 414 0 2.2 478 126 341 11 24 .977 1576.12 1.13 .933 2.02 1.03

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 (1339th)

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)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1952 AL  10 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

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

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

Before 1938 Season: Sent from 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 Jim Bagby, Gene Desautels and Gee Walker.

December 10, 1950: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Dick Littlefield and Al Zarilla to the Chicago White Sox for Ray Scarborough and Bill Wight.

August 29, 1953: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

December 13, 1953: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

May 10, 1954: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

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