John Dopson
John Robert Dopson
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: July 14, 1963 in Baltimore, MD
High School: Dolore Catholic (Finksburg, MD)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1985
Final Game: June 22, 1994
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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
1985 21 MON NL 0 2 .000 11.08 4 3 0 0 0 0 13.0 25 17 16 4 4 0 4 0 0 2 70 31 2.231 17.3 2.8 2.8 2.8 1.00
1988 24 MON NL 3 11 .214 3.04 26 26 0 1 0 0 168.2 150 69 57 15 58 3 101 1 1 3 704 118 1.233 8.0 0.8 3.1 5.4 1.74
1989 25 BOS AL 12 8 .600 3.99 29 28 0 2 0 0 169.1 166 84 75 14 69 0 95 2 15 7 727 104 1.388 8.8 0.7 3.7 5.0 1.38
1990 26 BOS AL 0 0 2.04 4 4 0 0 0 0 17.2 13 7 4 2 9 0 9 0 0 0 75 202 1.245 6.6 1.0 4.6 4.6 1.00
1991 27 BOS AL 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 24 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1992 28 BOS AL 7 11 .389 4.08 25 25 0 0 0 0 141.1 159 78 64 17 38 2 55 2 3 3 598 104 1.394 10.1 1.1 2.4 3.5 1.45
1993 29 BOS AL 7 11 .389 4.97 34 28 3 1 1 0 155.2 170 93 86 16 59 12 89 2 3 1 681 93 1.471 9.8 0.9 3.4 5.1 1.51
1994 30 CAL AL 1 4 .200 6.14 21 5 4 0 0 1 58.2 67 41 40 6 26 3 33 3 1 4 264 79 1.585 10.3 0.9 4.0 5.1 1.27
8 Seasons 30 47 .390 4.27 144 119 8 4 1 1 725.1 752 391 344 74 264 20 386 10 23 20 3125 98 1.401 9.3 0.9 3.3 4.8 1.46
162 Game Avg. 8 12 .390 4.27 37 31 2 1 0 0 188 194 101 89 19 68 5 100 3 6 5 808 98 1.401 9.3 0.9 3.3 4.8 1.46
BOS (5 yrs) 26 30 .464 4.29 93 85 4 3 1 0 485.0 510 264 231 49 176 14 248 6 21 11 2087 101 1.414 9.5 0.9 3.3 4.6 1.41
MON (2 yrs) 3 13 .188 3.62 30 29 0 1 0 0 181.2 175 86 73 19 62 3 105 1 1 5 774 99 1.305 8.7 0.9 3.1 5.2 1.69
CAL (1 yr) 1 4 .200 6.14 21 5 4 0 0 1 58.2 67 41 40 6 26 3 33 3 1 4 264 79 1.585 10.3 0.9 4.0 5.1 1.27
AL (6 yrs) 27 34 .443 4.49 114 90 8 3 1 1 543.2 577 305 271 55 202 17 281 9 22 15 2351 98 1.433 9.6 0.9 3.3 4.7 1.39
NL (2 yrs) 3 13 .188 3.62 30 29 0 1 0 0 181.2 175 86 73 19 62 3 105 1 1 5 774 99 1.305 8.7 0.9 3.1 5.2 1.69

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
1985 21 MON NL 4 70 66 17 25 5 0 4 1 0 4 4 .379 .414 .636 1.051 .362 42 0 0 0 0 0
1988 24 MON NL 26 704 638 69 150 21 4 15 34 6 58 101 .235 .299 .351 .650 .258 224 14 1 5 2 3
1989 25 BOS AL 29 727 647 84 166 22 3 14 28 5 69 95 .257 .328 .365 .693 .280 236 19 2 5 4 0
1990 26 BOS AL 4 75 65 7 13 1 0 2 1 1 9 9 .200 .293 .308 .601 .200 20 1 0 0 1 0
1991 27 BOS AL 1 6 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 .400 3 0 0 0 1 0
1992 28 BOS AL 25 598 554 78 159 30 1 17 17 7 38 55 .287 .334 .437 .771 .293 242 17 2 2 2 2
1993 29 BOS AL 34 681 604 93 170 34 6 16 11 5 59 89 .281 .343 .437 .780 .304 264 14 2 8 8 12
1994 30 CAL AL 21 264 233 41 67 14 0 6 4 1 26 33 .288 .365 .425 .790 .313 99 6 3 1 1 3
8 Seasons 144 3125 2811 391 752 128 14 74 96 25 264 386 .268 .331 .402 .733 .286 1130 71 10 21 19 20
162 Game Avg. 37 808 727 101 194 33 4 19 25 6 68 100 .268 .331 .402 .733 .286 292 18 3 5 5 5
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
1985 21 MON NL 4 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 1 0 0 0 1 33% 40 62 26 3 1 0 2 1.9 2.3 3.9
1988 24 MON NL 26 26 3 11 12 0 7 8 17 .320 3 6 1 0 19 73% 55 72 30 15 5 1 10 3.3 2.5 6.5 92 3 14 6 1 127
1989 25 BOS AL 29 28 11 8 9 1 3 16 12 .571 0 3 2 0 16 57% 50 71 18 30 9 1 10 4.6 4.4 5.8 89 8 12 6 2 130
1990 26 BOS AL 4 4 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 .750 2 1 0 0 0 0% 53 63 39 5 0 0 3 4.1 5.0 4.4 65 3 1 0 0 83
1992 28 BOS AL 25 25 7 11 7 2 2 8 17 .320 2 5 0 0 11 44% 47 72 18 22 8 1 12 3.8 3.3 5.7 82 10 10 5 0 114
1993 29 BOS AL 34 28 7 9 12 2 1 14 14 .500 2 5 1 1 9 32% 46 86 21 28 13 0 10 5.1 4.5 5.3 83 11 13 3 1 128
1994 30 CAL AL 21 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 4 .200 0 1 0 0 1 20% 41 72 23 16 8 0 2 3.8 1.7 5.4 86 1 3 1 0 104
7 Seasons 143 119 29 44 46 5 13 50 68 .424 10 21 4 1 57 48% 49 86 18 119 44 3 49 4.1 3.6 5.7 86 36 53 21 4 130
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
1985 21 MON NL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.871 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4.0
1989 25 BOS AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 1.047 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 17.0 77
1991 27 BOS AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.002 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 25
1993 29 BOS AL 34 6 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 7 2 29% 7 0.981 3 0 3 1 2 3 4 2 2 3 3 0 3.3 17
1994 30 CAL AL 21 16 4 0 1 2 1 1 50% 3 1 9 5 56% 6 0.782 2 2 12 4 1 11 6 10 12 2 12 0 5.9 32
5 Seasons 89 25 8 1 3 2 1 1 50% 4 2 19 7 37% 0.971 6 2 16 7 3 15 11 14 16 5 17 0 5.6 30

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%
1985 21 MON NL 70 46% 5.7% 5.7% 5.7% 12.9% 36% 1.69 83% 12 0 0%
1988 24 MON NL 704 53% 2.1% 14.4% 8.2% 5.7% 27% 1.44 1.73 74% 16% 13.4% 48% 112 14 13%
1989 25 BOS AL 727 49% 1.9% 13.1% 9.5% 5.4% 24% 1.32 1.96 75% 19% 6.5% 10% 139 19 14%
1990 26 BOS AL 75 43% 2.7% 12.0% 12.0% 4.0% 23% 1.39 1.53 73% 18% 9.5% 9% 10 1 10%
1991 27 BOS AL 6 67% 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 16.7% 50% 0.67 0.50 83% 20% 0.0% 0% 2 0 0%
1992 28 BOS AL 598 46% 2.8% 9.2% 6.4% 8.0% 30% 1.16 1.74 81% 22% 8.0% 7% 101 17 17%
1993 29 BOS AL 681 51% 2.4% 13.1% 8.7% 8.2% 33% 1.33 1.96 74% 20% 7.8% 8% 114 14 12%
1994 30 CAL AL 264 44% 2.3% 12.5% 9.9% 7.6% 30% 1.45 1.90 74% 16% 8.2% 11% 47 6 13%
8 Seasons 3125 49% 2.4% 12.4% 8.5% 6.9% 29% 1.32 1.83 76% 19% 8.3% 17% 537 71 13%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 24 MON NL 639 2200 3.44 1394 63% 25% 16% 24% 35% 75% 1% 47% 79% 61% 6% 37 25 20% 125 62 3 21% 24 11 65 0 0
1989 25 BOS AL 727 2555 3.51 1572 62% 26% 13% 25% 36% 74% 0% 46% 82% 60% 6% 41 23 19% 140 72 9 24% 19 18 0 0 0
1990 26 BOS AL 75 258 3.44 145 56% 21% 12% 28% 39% 79% 0% 44% 85% 47% 9% 7 2 13% 10 4 0 11% 1 5 0 0 0
1991 27 BOS AL 6 25 4.17 14 56% 14% 14% 36% 36% 86% 0% 48% 83% 83% 17% 1 0 67% 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
1992 28 BOS AL 598 2057 3.44 1305 63% 23% 13% 25% 39% 77% 1% 49% 83% 57% 3% 20 8 16% 97 52 7 18% 11 9 0 0 0
1993 29 BOS AL 681 2426 3.56 1472 61% 26% 13% 25% 36% 74% 3% 45% 83% 59% 6% 41 17 16% 112 48 5 28% 13 14 0 0 0
1994 30 CAL AL 257 915 3.56 545 60% 24% 17% 23% 36% 76% 3% 45% 78% 54% 7% 18 9 16% 40 18 4 33% 8 6 7 0 0
7 Seasons 2983 10436 3.50 6447 62% 25% 14% 25% 36% 75% 1% 46% 81% 59% 6% 165 84 18% 528 258 29 24% 76 64 72 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
1985 21 MON NL 70 25 4 0 1 2 2 1 3 7 5 1 71% 2 2 0 28 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1988 24 MON NL 704 150 22 0 15 0 8 8 7 9 6 26 14 5 54% 14 3 3 242 34 6 85% 31 5 3 0 0 1 3 0 8 0
1989 25 BOS AL 727 166 13 1 14 0 3 9 5 8 6 35 17 2 49% 8 7 2 271 28 5 85% 21 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 34 0
1990 26 BOS AL 75 13 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 5 3 0 60% 2 0 0 23 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1991 27 BOS AL 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1992 28 BOS AL 598 159 40 2 17 0 2 12 5 6 11 23 20 0 87% 7 3 0 216 17 7 71% 14 7 3 0 0 0 3 0 12 0
1993 29 BOS AL 681 170 20 0 16 0 9 7 9 8 8 42 29 4 69% 8 1 1 235 11 5 69% 10 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 18 0
1994 30 CAL AL 264 67 8 0 6 0 4 5 1 5 1 14 11 0 79% 2 4 0 103 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
8 Seasons 3125 752 106 4 74 0 28 44 30 39 35 153 100 12 65% 43 20 6 1122 96 25 79% 81 22 15 2 0 1 7 0 89 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+
1985 21 0 2 .000 11.08 4 3 0 0 0 0 13.0 25 17 16 4 4 0 4 0 0 2 70 31 2.231 17.3 2.8 2.8 2.8 1.00 31
1986 22 0 2 .000 11.08 4 3 0 0 0 0 13.0 25 17 16 4 4 0 4 0 0 2 70 31 2.231 17.3 2.8 2.8 2.8 1.00 31
1987 23 0 2 .000 11.08 4 3 0 0 0 0 13.0 25 17 16 4 4 0 4 0 0 2 70 31 2.231 17.3 2.8 2.8 2.8 1.00 31
1988 24 3 13 .188 3.62 30 29 0 1 0 0 181.2 175 86 73 19 62 3 105 1 1 5 774 99 1.305 8.7 0.9 3.1 5.2 1.69 99
1989 25 15 21 .417 3.79 59 57 0 3 0 0 351.0 341 170 148 33 131 3 200 3 16 12 1501 101 1.345 8.7 0.8 3.4 5.1 1.53 101
1990 26 15 21 .417 3.71 63 61 0 3 0 0 368.2 354 177 152 35 140 3 209 3 16 12 1576 104 1.340 8.6 0.9 3.4 5.1 1.49 104
1991 27 15 21 .417 3.75 64 61 1 3 0 0 369.2 356 179 154 35 141 3 209 3 16 12 1582 103 1.344 8.7 0.9 3.4 5.1 1.48 103
1992 28 22 32 .407 3.84 89 86 1 3 0 0 511.0 515 257 218 52 179 5 264 5 19 15 2180 103 1.358 9.1 0.9 3.2 4.6 1.47 103
1993 29 29 43 .403 4.10 123 114 4 4 1 0 666.2 685 350 304 68 238 17 353 7 22 16 2861 100 1.385 9.2 0.9 3.2 4.8 1.48 100
1994 30 30 47 .390 4.27 144 119 8 4 1 1 725.1 752 391 344 74 264 20 386 10 23 20 3125 98 1.401 9.3 0.9 3.3 4.8 1.46 98

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1985 21 0 1 .000 12.46 13.0 28 20 18 4 4 4 0 2.462 19.4 2.8 2.8 1.00 2.8 4
1988 24 10 7 .588 3.47 161.0 158 69 62 16 61 96 1 1.360 8.8 3.4 5.4 1.57 0.9 26
1989 25 8 10 .444 4.28 162.0 169 86 77 14 70 91 2 1.475 9.4 3.9 5.1 1.30 0.8 29
1990 26 1 0 1.000 2.00 18.0 13 4 4 2 9 9 0 1.222 6.5 4.5 4.5 1.00 1.0 4
1991 27 0 0 18.00 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 3.000 18.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
1992 28 6 8 .429 4.40 133.0 160 72 65 17 38 52 2 1.489 10.8 2.6 3.5 1.37 1.2 25
1993 29 7 9 .438 4.74 152.0 165 89 80 16 57 87 2 1.461 9.8 3.4 5.2 1.53 0.9 34
1994 30 3 6 .333 5.60 82.0 90 57 51 8 35 46 4 1.524 9.9 3.8 5.0 1.31 0.9 21
8 Seasons 35 41 .461 4.48 722.0 785 399 359 77 275 385 11 1.468 9.8 4.8 1.40 1.0 144

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Shutouts s c a p y
1993 AL  1 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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