Pat Dobson
Patrick Edward Dobson Jr.
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 12, 1942 in Buffalo, NY
High School: Central (Lancaster, NY)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 1967
Final Game: September 19, 1977
Died: November 22, 2006 in San Diego, CA
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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
1967 DET AL 25 P 28 1 49.1 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 1.46 0.29 .950 1.95 0.74
1968 DET AL 26 P 47 10 125.0 35 12 22 1 0 .971 2.45 0.72 .957 1.89 0.73
1969 DET AL 27 P 49 9 105.0 25 8 16 1 1 .960 2.06 0.49 .952 1.88 0.69
1970 SDP NL 28 P 40 34 251.0 48 17 31 0 2 1.000 1.72 1.20 .948 1.85 0.71
1971 BAL AL 29 P 38 37 282.1 55 11 42 2 1 .964 1.69 1.39 .958 1.98 0.77 MVP-17
1972 BAL AL 30 P 38 36 268.1 50 15 33 2 2 .960 1.61 1.26 .950 1.86 0.75 AS
1973 TOT MLB 31 P 34 31 200.0 52 16 32 4 1 .923 2.16 1.41 .952 1.87 0.81
1973 ATL NL 31 P 12 10 57.2 14 1 12 1 0 .929 2.03 1.08 .950 1.89 0.73
1973 NYY AL 31 P 22 21 142.1 38 15 20 3 1 .921 2.21 1.59 .953 1.86 0.86
1974 NYY AL 32 P 39 39 281.0 57 22 32 3 4 .947 1.73 1.38 .947 1.81 0.83 MVP-34
1975 NYY AL 33 P 33 30 207.2 42 14 27 1 0 .976 1.78 1.24 .938 1.87 0.85
1976 CLE AL 34 P 35 35 217.1 45 14 28 3 3 .933 1.74 1.20 .951 1.87 0.85
1977 CLE AL 35 P 33 17 133.1 33 9 22 2 0 .939 2.09 0.94 .948 1.95 0.84
11 Seasons P 414 279 2120.1 450 142 289 19 14 .958 1.83 1.04 .950 1.88 0.77
11 Seasons TOT 414 279 2120.1 450 142 289 19 14 .958 1.83 1.04 .908 1.88 0.77

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1967 DET AL 25 28 1 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 DET AL 26 47 10 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 DET AL 27 49 9 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 SDP NL 28 40 34 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 BAL AL 29 38 37 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 BAL AL 30 38 36 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 NYY AL 31 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 ATL NL 31 12 10 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 NYY AL 32 39 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 NYY AL 33 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CLE AL 34 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CLE AL 35 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 414 137 252 414 414 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1967 DET AL 25 223 72% 26% 8 100% 1 4 1 1 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 DET AL 26 517 72% 26% 27 89% 0 12 0 10 23 20 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1969 DET AL 27 473 78% 26% 18 100% 1 7 1 6 17 15 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1970 SDP NL 28 1060 75% 25% 31 97% 1 10 1 6 27 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 100%
1971 BAL AL 29 1171 78% 30% 41 95% 0 11 0 7 42 34 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 7 86%
1972 BAL AL 30 1092 79% 29% 38 89% 0 16 0 13 33 31 1 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 7 86%
1973 NYY AL 31 628 83% 29% 24 92% 0 16 1 13 20 13 2 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1973 ATL NL 31 274 84% 26% 11 100% 1 1 0 1 11 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1974 NYY AL 32 1216 81% 31% 41 83% 1 22 2 16 32 28 1 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 3 1 9 67%
1975 NYY AL 33 936 77% 27% 28 96% 1 15 0 12 26 22 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1976 CLE AL 34 972 81% 27% 30 90% 0 15 1 11 27 24 0 3 0 2 1 2 3 0 3 0 4 75%
1977 CLE AL 35 634 77% 25% 24 92% 0 9 0 8 22 19 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 100%
11 Seasons 9196 78% 28% 321 92% 6 138 7 104 287 244 12 19 0 11 8 9 13 5 11 2 52 87%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 87%

* 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.

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