Joe Dobson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 197lb (188cm, 89kg)

Born: January 20, 1917 in Durant, OK us

Died: June 23, 1994 in Jacksonville, FL

Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, FL

High School: Durant HS (Durant, OK)

Debut: April 26, 1939 (Age 22-096d, 8,651st in major league history)
vs. CHW 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 30, 1954 (Age 37-100d)
vs. CHW 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Joseph Gordon Dobson

Nicknames: Burrhead

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

26.2

137

103

ERA

3.62

414

273

2170.0

992

WHIP

1.336

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-12 / in Starts: 16-7
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 60 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	32 (16-8-8) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 60 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	39 (20-12-6)

Most Driven In
H Wagner	1
R Partee	1
R York	0

Most Driven In By
J Pesky	2
T Williams	1
G Metkovich	1

1946 Batting Game Log

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1946 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	158	5 (4)	Apr 21 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,12-11	10-GF(10)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	1.77	0.054	6.00	0.11%	0.26	P
2	159	10 (4)	Apr 25	BOS		NYY	W,12-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.25	-0.031	.89	-0.07%	-1.55	P
3	160	14 (3)	Apr 30	BOS		DET	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.83	-0.056	3.38	-0.14%	-0.50	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	161	20 (5)	May 6 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,5-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.33	-0.066	6.33	-0.19%	-0.65	P
5	162	24 (3)	May 10	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.05	0.104	6.33	0.37%	0.85	P
6	163	29 (4)	May 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	9	1.09	-0.055	5.44	-0.16%	-0.45	P
7	164	33 (3)	May 21	BOS	@	DET	W,6-4	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	9						P
8	165	38 (4)	May 26 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,1-4	7-GF(7)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	9						P
9	166	40 (1)	May 30 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-5	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	8						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	167	43 (2)	Jun 3 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.68	-0.089	2.99	-0.24%	-1.99	P
11	168	47 (3)	Jun 8	BOS		DET	W,15-4	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.182	.143	.325	9	.09	-0.009	.43	-0.03%	-0.39	P
12	169	54 (6)	Jun 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-7	4-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.136	.174	.136	.310	9	.52	-0.013	1.78	-0.03%	-0.21	P
13	170	59 (4)	Jun 20	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-2	GS-9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.130	.167	.130	.297	9	1.91	-0.070	7.74	-0.17%	-0.55	P
14	171	64 (4)	Jun 24	BOS	@	DET	T,5-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.167	.130	.297	9						P
15	172	66 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-16	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.167	.130	.297	9						P
16	173	71 (4)	Jun 30 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,2-9	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.125	.160	.125	.285	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	174	76 (4)	Jul 5	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.115	.148	.115	.264	9	.71	-0.035	2.61	-0.08%	-0.30	P
18	175	83 (6)	Jul 14 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,11-10	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.115	.148	.115	.264	9						P
19	176	86 (2)	Jul 17 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.103	.133	.103	.237	9	1.24	-0.088	2.32	-0.10%	-0.81	P
20	177	92 (5)	Jul 21 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,7-4	GS-7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.097	.152	.097	.248	9	1.13	-0.013	1.84	-0.01%	-0.87	P
21	178	95 (2)	Jul 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.143	.091	.234	9	1.04	-0.022	1.32	-0.02%	-0.20	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	179	102 (6)	Aug 1	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.086	.135	.086	.221	9	.81	-0.042	.83	-0.03%	-0.29	P
23	180	107 (4)	Aug 8 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.079	.125	.079	.204	9	.84	-0.061	.47	-0.02%	-0.74	P
24	181	111 (3)	Aug 11 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-5	5-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.075	.119	.075	.194	9	.30	-0.014	.16	0.00%	-0.49	P
25	182	115 (3)	Aug 15	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	GS-0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.095	.136	.095	.232	9						P
26	183	127 (11)	Aug 25 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,13-6	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.095	.136	.095	.232	9						P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	184	134 (6)	Sep 1	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.091	.130	.091	.221	9	.82	-0.050	.01	0.00%	-0.52	P
28	185	141 (6)	Sep 8	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.130	.091	.221	9						P
29	186	143 (1)	Sep 11	BOS	@	DET	L,3-7	2-7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.149	.091	.240	9	.41	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.26	P
30	187	148 (4)	Sep 18	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.085	.140	.085	.225	9						P
31	188	153 (4)	Sep 25	BOS		NYY	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.151	.100	.251	9	.44	-0.008	.00	0.00%	0.11	P
32	189	156 (2)	Sep 29	BOS		WSH	L,0-7	GS-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.100	.167	.100	.267	9						P
							19-12		60	50	5	5	0	0	0	2	4	0	28	0	6		0	0	0	0	.100	.167	.100	.267		.82	-0.545	2.39	-0.79%	-9.03

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