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Pat Dobson

Patrick Edward Dobson

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Yankees/Orioles/Indians/Padres/... 1967-1977

Final Game: September 19, 1977
Died: November 22, 2006 in San Diego, CA
Cremated
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:04AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #630. Jay Howell… #631. Ken Johnson… #632. Jason Isringhausen… #633. PAT DOBSON… #634. Greg Harris… #635. Ray Culp… #636. Jim Kern… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1967 25 DET AL 1 2 .333 2.92 28 1 3 0 0 0 49.1 38 20 16 6 27 1 34 2 0 3 210 113 1.318 6.9 1.1 4.9 6.2 1.26
1968 26 DET AL 5 8 .385 2.66 47 10 16 2 1 7 125.0 89 39 37 13 48 6 93 2 1 4 502 113 1.096 6.4 0.9 3.5 6.7 1.94
1969 27 DET AL 5 10 .333 3.60 49 9 22 1 0 9 105.0 100 48 42 10 39 5 64 1 0 3 451 105 1.324 8.6 0.9 3.3 5.5 1.64
1970 28 SDP NL 14 15 .483 3.76 40 34 3 8 1 1 251.0 257 126 105 28 78 13 185 4 0 4 1073 106 1.335 9.2 1.0 2.8 6.6 2.37
1971 29 BAL AL 20 8 .714 2.90 38 37 1 18 4 1 282.1 248 104 91 24 63 2 187 2 0 6 1134 116 1.102 7.9 0.8 2.0 6.0 2.97 MVP-17
1972 30 BAL AL 16 18 .471 2.65 38 36 1 13 3 0 268.1 220 89 79 13 69 7 161 4 0 6 1065 117 1.077 7.4 0.4 2.3 5.4 2.33 AS
1973 31 TOT MLB 12 15 .444 4.41 34 31 0 7 2 0 200.0 223 105 98 23 53 13 93 3 0 3 867 85 1.380 10.0 1.0 2.4 4.2 1.75
1973 31 ATL NL 3 7 .300 4.99 12 10 0 1 1 0 57.2 73 33 32 1 19 5 23 1 0 1 261 80 1.595 11.4 0.2 3.0 3.6 1.21
1973 31 NYY AL 9 8 .529 4.17 22 21 0 6 1 0 142.1 150 72 66 22 34 8 70 2 0 2 606 88 1.293 9.5 1.4 2.1 4.4 2.06
1974 32 NYY AL 19 15 .559 3.07 39 39 0 12 2 0 281.0 282 111 96 23 75 5 157 4 1 6 1170 116 1.270 9.0 0.7 2.4 5.0 2.09 MVP-34
1975 33 NYY AL 11 14 .440 4.07 33 30 1 7 1 0 207.2 205 105 94 21 83 10 129 1 1 7 886 91 1.387 8.9 0.9 3.6 5.6 1.55
1976 34 CLE AL 16 12 .571 3.48 35 35 0 6 0 0 217.1 226 98 84 13 65 7 117 2 0 6 919 99 1.339 9.4 0.5 2.7 4.8 1.80
1977 35 CLE AL 3 12 .200 6.14 33 17 4 0 0 1 133.1 155 94 91 23 65 7 81 1 2 3 595 65 1.650 10.5 1.6 4.4 5.5 1.25
11 Seasons 122 129 .486 3.54 414 279 51 74 14 19 2120.1 2043 939 833 197 665 76 1301 26 5 51 8872 100 1.277 8.7 0.8 2.8 5.5 1.96
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .486 3.54 41 27 5 7 1 2 208 200 92 82 19 65 7 128 3 0 5 871 100 1.277 8.7 0.8 2.8 5.5 1.96
NYY (3 yrs) 39 37 .513 3.65 94 90 1 25 4 0 631.0 637 288 256 66 192 23 356 7 2 15 2662 100 1.314 9.1 0.9 2.7 5.1 1.85
DET (3 yrs) 11 20 .355 3.06 124 20 41 3 1 16 279.1 227 107 95 29 114 12 191 5 1 10 1163 110 1.221 7.3 0.9 3.7 6.2 1.68
CLE (2 yrs) 19 24 .442 4.49 68 52 4 6 0 1 350.2 381 192 175 36 130 14 198 3 2 9 1514 81 1.457 9.8 0.9 3.3 5.1 1.52
BAL (2 yrs) 36 26 .581 2.78 76 73 2 31 7 1 550.2 468 193 170 37 132 9 348 6 0 12 2199 117 1.090 7.6 0.6 2.2 5.7 2.64
ATL (1 yr) 3 7 .300 4.99 12 10 0 1 1 0 57.2 73 33 32 1 19 5 23 1 0 1 261 80 1.595 11.4 0.2 3.0 3.6 1.21
SDP (1 yr) 14 15 .483 3.76 40 34 3 8 1 1 251.0 257 126 105 28 78 13 185 4 0 4 1073 106 1.335 9.2 1.0 2.8 6.6 2.37
AL (10 yrs) AL 105 107 .495 3.46 362 235 48 65 12 18 1811.2 1713 780 696 168 568 58 1093 21 5 46 7538 101 1.259 8.5 0.8 2.8 5.4 1.92
NL (2 yrs) NL 17 22 .436 3.99 52 44 3 9 2 1 308.2 330 159 137 29 97 18 208 5 0 5 1334 100 1.383 9.6 0.8 2.8 6.1 2.14

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1967 25 DET AL 49.1 1 20 22 2 .4 2 0.0 $
1968 26 DET AL 125.0 10 39 51 5 1.1 12 1.3 $
1969 27 DET AL 105.0 9 48 58 2 1.4 10 0.8 $
1970 28 SDP NL 251.0 34 126 153 -4 1.1 27 2.8 $
1971 29 BAL AL 282.1 37 104 131 11 .9 27 3.1 $ MVP-17
1972 30 BAL AL 268.1 36 89 112 15 1.0 23 2.9 $ AS
1973 31 ATL NL 57.2 10 33 33 0 1.2 0 0.0 $
1973 31 NYY AL 142.1 21 72 78 1 1.0 6 0.6 $
1974 32 NYY AL 281.0 39 111 147 5 1.1 36 4.3 $ MVP-34
1975 33 NYY AL 207.2 30 105 114 6 1.0 9 0.9 $
1976 34 CLE AL 217.1 35 98 121 -5 1.1 23 2.8 $
1977 35 CLE AL 133.1 17 94 78 -1 1.1 -16 -1.9 $
11 Seasons 2120.1 279 939 1098 37 1.0 159 17.6 $
NYY (3 yrs) 631.0 90 288 339 12 1.0 51 5.8 $
DET (3 yrs) 279.1 20 107 131 9 1.1 24 2.1 $
CLE (2 yrs) 350.2 52 192 199 -6 1.1 7 0.9 $
BAL (2 yrs) 550.2 73 193 243 26 .9 50 6.0 $
ATL (1 yr) 57.2 10 33 33 0 1.2 0 0.0 $
SDP (1 yr) 251.0 34 126 153 -4 1.1 27 2.8 $

Postseason Pitching

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
1968 26 DET AL WS W STL 0 0 3.86 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 5 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 1.286 9.6 3.9 1.9 0.0 0.00
1971 29 BAL AL WS L PIT 0 0 4.05 3 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 13 3 3 0 4 2 6 0 0 0 36 2.550 17.6 0.0 5.4 8.1 1.50
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 0 3.97 6 1 1 0 0 0 11.1 18 5 5 2 5 2 6 0 0 0 55 2.029 14.3 1.6 4.0 4.8 1.20
2 WS 0 0 3.97 6 1 1 0 0 0 11.1 18 5 5 2 5 2 6 0 0 0 55 2.029 14.3 1.6 4.0 4.8 1.20

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1967 25 DET AL 28 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1968 26 DET AL 47 32 28 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .143 .200 .143 .343 4 4 0 0 2 0 0 1
1969 27 DET AL 49 24 22 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .136 .227 -38 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
1970 28 SDP NL 40 96 71 5 10 1 0 0 4 0 1 5 17 .141 .208 .155 .363 1 11 2 1 19 0 0 1
1971 29 BAL AL 38 107 91 3 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 28 .110 .138 .110 .248 -28 10 2 0 13 0 0 1 MVP-17
1972 30 BAL AL 38 94 85 3 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 39 .141 .151 .165 .316 -7 14 2 0 8 0 0 1 AS
1973 31 TOT MLB 34 18 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .067 .067 .067 .133 -64 1 2 0 3 0 0 1
1973 31 NYY AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
1973 31 ATL NL 12 18 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .067 .067 .067 .133 -64 1 2 0 3 0 0 11
1974 32 NYY AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 MVP-34
1975 33 NYY AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 34 CLE AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 35 CLE AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Seasons 414 376 317 13 39 4 0 0 12 0 1 11 102 .123 .155 .136 .291 -17 43 8 1 47 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 147 124 5 15 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 40 .123 .155 .136 .291 -17 17 3 0 18 0 0
NYY (3 yrs) 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DET (3 yrs) 124 61 55 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 .109 .140 .127 .268 -22 7 0 0 4 0 0
CLE (2 yrs) 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BAL (2 yrs) 76 201 176 6 22 2 0 0 7 0 0 4 67 .125 .144 .136 .281 -18 24 4 0 21 0 0
ATL (1 yr) 12 18 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .067 .067 .067 .133 -64 1 2 0 3 0 0
SDP (1 yr) 40 96 71 5 10 1 0 0 4 0 1 5 17 .141 .208 .155 .363 1 11 2 1 19 0 0
AL (10 yrs) 362 262 231 8 28 3 0 0 8 0 0 6 82 .121 .143 .134 .278 -19 31 4 0 25 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 52 114 86 5 11 1 0 0 4 0 1 5 20 .128 .185 .140 .324 -10 12 4 1 22 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1967 25 DET AL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $6,500 1
1968 26 DET AL 32 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1969 27 DET AL 24 -4 -1 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1
1970 28 SDP NL 96 -10 1 -1 0 0 7 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $21,000 1
1971 29 BAL AL 107 -16 0 -1 0 0 8 3 -6 -0.9 -6 -0.7 -0.2 $28,000 1 MVP-17
1972 30 BAL AL 94 -10 0 -1 0 0 6 3 -2 -0.5 -2 -0.2 -0.3 $45,000 1 AS
1973 31 ATL NL 18 -3 0 0 -1 0 1 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $58,000 11
7 Seasons 376 -47 0 -3 -1 0 26 10 -15 -2.3 -15 -1.6 -0.7 $158,500
DET (3 yrs) 61 -8 -1 0 0 0 4 2 -3 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $6,500
BAL (2 yrs) 201 -26 0 -2 0 0 14 6 -8 -1.4 -8 -0.9 -0.5 $73,000
ATL (1 yr) 18 -3 0 0 -1 0 1 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $58,000
SDP (1 yr) 96 -10 1 -1 0 0 7 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $21,000

Postseason Batting

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
1968 26 DET AL WS STL W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 29 BAL AL WS PIT L 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1967 DET AL 25 P 28 49.1 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 1.46 0.29 .958 1.95 1.96
1968 DET AL 26 P 47 125.0 35 12 22 1 0 .971 2.45 0.72 .957 1.89 1.88
1969 DET AL 27 P 49 105.0 25 8 16 1 1 .960 2.06 0.49 .951 1.88 1.88
1970 SDP NL 28 P 40 251.0 48 17 31 0 2 1.000 1.72 1.20 .951 1.85 1.84
1971 BAL AL 29 P 38 282.1 55 11 42 2 1 .964 1.69 1.39 .958 1.98 1.97 MVP-17
1972 BAL AL 30 P 38 268.1 50 15 33 2 2 .960 1.61 1.26 .950 1.86 1.85 AS
1973 TOT MLB 31 P 34 200.0 52 16 32 4 1 .923 2.16 1.41 .951 1.87 1.86
1973 NYY AL 31 P 22 142.1 38 15 20 3 1 .921 2.21 1.59 .951 1.86 1.85
1973 ATL NL 31 P 12 57.2 14 1 12 1 0 .929 2.03 1.08 .950 1.89 1.88
1974 NYY AL 32 P 39 281.0 57 22 32 3 4 .947 1.73 1.38 .947 1.81 1.80 MVP-34
1975 NYY AL 33 P 33 207.2 42 14 27 1 0 .976 1.78 1.24 .940 1.87 1.86
1976 CLE AL 34 P 35 217.1 45 14 28 3 3 .933 1.74 1.20 .950 1.87 1.88
1977 CLE AL 35 P 33 133.1 33 9 22 2 0 .939 2.09 0.94 .948 1.95 1.93
11 Seasons P 414 2120.1 450 142 289 19 14 .958 1.83 1.04 .950 1.88 1.88
11 Seasons TOT 414 2120.1 450 142 289 19 14 .958 1.83 1.04 .950 1.88 1.88
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1983 BBWAA ()

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1971 AL (17, 3%)
1974 AL (34, 0%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1971 AL  2.90 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1971 AL  20 (6th)
1974 AL  19 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1971 AL  .714 (4th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1971 AL  1.102 (5th)
1972 AL  1.077 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 AL  2.008 (7th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 NL  6.634 (9th)
1971 AL  5.961 (10th)
1975 AL  5.591 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1971 AL  282.3 (7th)
1972 AL  268.3 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1970 NL  185 (9th)
1971 AL  187 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1974 AL  39 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1971 AL  18 (7th)
1972 AL  13 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1971 AL  4 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1970 NL  28 (7th)
Career  197 (217th)

Hits s c a p y
1970 NL  257 (10th)
1971 AL  248 (10th)
1974 AL  282 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1971 AL  2.968 (6th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1972 AL  0.436 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1970 NL  15 (7th)
1972 AL  18 (1st)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1971 AL  1,134 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)s c a p y
1971 AL  23.52 (9th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)s c a p y
1971 AL  2.2 (9th)
1972 AL  2.2 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)s c a p y
1971 AL  2.7 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1970 NL  19 (1st)
1971 AL  13 (7th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1974 AL  22 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1970 NL  1.000 (1st)

                           

Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 37 (662), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 28 (466), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (613), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196725Detroit Tigers$6,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197028San Diego Padres$21,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197129Baltimore Orioles$28,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197230Baltimore Orioles$45,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database3/18/72 TSN: $50,000
197331Atlanta Braves$58,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197432New York Yankees$58,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197533New York Yankees$79,0003/1/75 TSN
197735Cleveland Indians$115,0005/20/78 TSN5/6/78 TSN: $100,000
197836Cleveland Indians$115,0005/20/78 TSN5/6/78 TSN: $100,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$525,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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