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John Dopson

John Robert Dopson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 14, 1963 in Baltimore, MD
High Schools: Delone Catholic HS (McSherrystown, PA), Dolore Catholic HS (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 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Expos/Angels 1985-1994
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: June 22, 1994 (Age 30)
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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 32 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 75 204 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 32 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 3 598 103 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 80 1.585 10.3 0.9 4.0 5.1 1.27
8 Yrs 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 80 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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1985 21 MON NL 13.0 4 3 17 11.77 4.12 0.06 0.09 102.2 4.24 -11 -0.9 .0 0.0 -0.8 -10 .265 .494
1988 24 MON NL 168.2 26 26 69 3.68 3.91 0.25 0.13 103.8 3.93 4 0.4 -0.1 1.9 18 .517 .503 $62,500
1989 25 BOS AL 169.1 29 28 84 4.46 4.37 0.01 0.14 108.2 4.86 7 0.7 1.5 -0.1 2.3 24 .525 .505 $125,000
1990 26 BOS AL 17.2 4 4 7 3.57 4.26 -0.21 0.15 105.0 4.86 3 0.3 -0.0 0.5 4 .573 .502 $265,000
1991 27 BOS AL 1.0 1 0 2 18.00 4.32 0.34 -0.32 110.0 4.02 -2 -0.1 .0 0.1 -0.1 -1 .358 .499 $265,000
1992 28 BOS AL 141.1 25 25 78 4.97 4.37 -0.14 0.15 107.7 5.01 0 0.1 -0.1 1.4 15 .502 .500 $265,000
1993 29 BOS AL 155.2 34 28 93 5.38 4.86 0.48 0.15 106.8 4.84 -8 -0.8 1.3 -0.1 0.7 8 .476 .495 $750,000
1994 30 CAL AL 58.2 21 5 41 6.29 5.35 0.06 -0.13 102.8 5.29 -7 -0.6 .7 -0.0 -0.0 1 .471 .496 $400,000
8 Seasons 725.1 144 119 391 4.85 4.44 0.14 0.12 106.1 4.69 -14 -1.0 .8 -0.3 5.9 58 .493 .499 $2,132,500
BOS (5 yrs) 485.0 93 85 264 4.90 4.52 0.11 0.14 107.5 4.90 -0 0.1 1.2 -0.2 4.8 49 .501 .500 $1,670,000
MON (2 yrs) 181.2 30 29 86 4.26 3.92 0.23 0.13 103.7 3.96 -7 -0.5 .0 -0.0 1.1 9 .484 .498 $62,500
CAL (1 yr) 58.2 21 5 41 6.29 5.35 0.06 -0.13 102.8 5.29 -7 -0.6 .7 -0.0 -0.0 1 .471 .496 $400,000

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
1985 21 MON NL 4 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .333 .000 .333 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1988 24 MON NL 26 56 51 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 31 .059 .077 .078 .155 -56 4 2 0 4 0 0 1
1989 25 BOS AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 26 BOS AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1991 27 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1992 28 BOS AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 29 BOS AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 30 CAL AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Yrs 144 62 55 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 34 .055 .103 .073 .176 -49 4 2 0 4 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 70 62 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 38 .055 .103 .073 .176 -49 5 2 0 5 0 0
BOS (5 yrs) 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MON (2 yrs) 30 62 55 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 34 .055 .103 .073 .176 -49 4 2 0 4 0 0
CAL (1 yr) 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 30 62 55 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 34 .055 .103 .073 .176 -49 4 2 0 4 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1985 21 MON NL 4 6 -0 -0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .504 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
1988 24 MON NL 26 56 -11 -0 -0 0 7 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.5 .481 .497 -0.5 0.0 -2 $62,500 1
1989 25 BOS AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $125,000 1
1990 26 BOS AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $265,000 /1
1991 27 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $265,000 /1
1992 28 BOS AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $265,000 1
1993 29 BOS AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $750,000 1
1994 30 CAL AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $400,000 1
8 Seasons 144 62 -11 -0 -0 0 8 -3 -0.4 2 -1 -0.4 .497 .500 -0.4 0.1 -1 $2,132,500
BOS (5 yrs) 93 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.1 1 $1,670,000
MON (2 yrs) 30 62 -11 -0 -0 0 8 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.5 .484 .499 -0.5 0.0 -2 $62,500
CAL (1 yr) 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $400,000

Standard Fielding

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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% lgCS% PO Awards
1985 MON NL 21 P 4 3 0 13.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.38 0.50 .955 1.94 1.92 1 0 0% 30% 0
1988 MON NL 24 P 26 26 1 168.2 27 10 15 2 1 .926 1.33 0.96 .955 1.96 1.96 34 6 15% 29% 0
1989 BOS AL 25 P 29 28 2 169.1 55 20 34 1 1 .982 2.87 1.86 .960 1.87 1.85 28 5 15% 31% 0
1990 BOS AL 26 P 4 4 0 17.2 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.06 1.50 .953 1.78 1.75 1 1 50% 34% 0
1991 BOS AL 27 P 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 1.00 .960 1.80 1.80 0 0 0
1992 BOS AL 28 P 25 25 0 141.1 38 19 18 1 1 .974 2.36 1.48 .953 1.72 1.71 17 7 29% 34% 0
1993 BOS AL 29 P 34 28 1 155.2 39 17 22 0 0 1.000 2.25 1.15 .953 1.79 1.78 11 5 31% 36% 0
1994 CAL AL 30 P 21 5 0 58.2 13 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.99 0.62 .956 1.72 1.71 4 1 20% 31% 0
8 Seasons P 144 119 4 725.1 181 70 107 4 3 .978 2.20 1.23 .956 1.83 1.81 96 25 21% 32% 0
8 Seasons TOT 144 119 4 725.1 181 70 107 4 3 .978 2.20 1.23 .956 1.83 1.81 96 25 21% 32% 0
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Shutouts s c a p y
1993 AL  1 (10th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1989 AL  2.87 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1989 AL  1.86 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2652), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1566), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (1138th), 5.5 career WAR/6.3 7yr-peak WAR/5.9 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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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/Other Sources
198824Montreal Expos$62,50012/13/88 NYT
198925Boston Red Sox$125,0001989 USA Today survey
199026Boston Red Sox$265,000USA Today
199127Boston Red Sox$265,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199228Boston Red Sox$265,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199329Boston Red Sox$750,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1Arbitration win; $485,000 offer
199430California Angels$400,0004/5/94 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,132,500
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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