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	25-13 / in Starts: 23-9
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	18 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 101 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	58 (32-22-4) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 101 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	68 (35-22-11)

Most Driven In
B Tebbetts	2
B Doerr	1
Self	1
S Mele	0

Most Driven In By
D DiMaggio	3
J Pesky	2
B Goodman	1
T Williams	1
Self	1
S Spence	0

1948 Batting Game Log

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1948 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	223	1	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,4-5	GS-11	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	9	1.07	0.095	2.69	0.14%	0.65	P
2	224	5 (3)	Apr 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	9	.83	-0.043	1.73	-0.05%	-0.42	P
3	225	8 (2)	Apr 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-5	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	9	.49	0.051	.92	0.06%	1.61	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	226	11 (2)	May 2	BOS		NYY	W,7-1	CG	4	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.500	.556	1.000	1.556	9	.48	0.050	1.02	0.07%	0.70	P
5	227	16 (4)	May 9 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	GS-10	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.545	.583	.909	1.492	9	.73	0.024	1.72	0.03%	0.29	P
6	228	21 (4)	May 15	BOS		WSH	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1			0	0	0	.429	.467	.714	1.181	9						P
7	229	26 (4)	May 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,11-5	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.350	.526	.876	9	.81	-0.111	1.23	-0.10%	-2.25	P
8	230	29 (2)	May 23 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.350	.526	.876	9						P
9	231	31 (1)	May 26	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.348	.375	.522	.897	9	1.27	-0.023	1.08	-0.01%	0.16	P
10	232	36 (4)	May 31 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	.296	.321	.444	.766	9	.48	-0.014	.32	-0.01%	0.55	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
11	233	41 (4)	Jun 4 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,10-4	CG	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.344	.414	.758	9	.64	0.045	.42	0.02%	1.01	P
12	234	46 (4)	Jun 10	BOS		CLE	W,15-7	CG	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.405	.438	.843	9	.18	0.000	.17	0.00%	1.15	P
13	235	50 (3)	Jun 16	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-4	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.366	.389	.755	9	.59	-0.067	.78	-0.05%	-1.17	P
14	236	54 (3)	Jun 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.357	.378	.736	9	.99	-0.026	1.53	-0.02%	-0.24	P
15	237	58 (3)	Jun 27 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0			0	0	0	.268	.348	.366	.714	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
16	238	63 (4)	Jul 2	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.333	.349	.682	9	.73	-0.039	1.43	-0.05%	-0.38	P
17	239	68 (4)	Jul 6	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.239	.314	.326	.640	9	.67	-0.082	1.20	-0.09%	-1.27	P
18	240	69	Jul 7	BOS		WSH	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.314	.326	.640	9						P
19	241	71 (1)	Jul 9	BOS	@	PHA	L,7-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.308	.319	.627	9	.38	-0.010	.78	-0.01%	-0.11	P
20	242	73 (1)	Jul 11 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-8	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.302	.313	.614	9	.51	-0.013	1.10	-0.02%	-0.17	P
21	243	77 (3)	Jul 16	BOS		DET	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.235	.304	.314	.617	9	1.49	-0.026	2.83	-0.03%	-0.51	P
22	244	83 (5)	Jul 21 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.300	.327	.627	9	.60	-0.027	1.64	-0.04%	-0.51	P
23	245	90 (6)	Jul 25	BOS		CLE	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.302	.316	.617	9	.46	-0.021	3.20	-0.09%	-0.38	P
24	246	95 (4)	Jul 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,9-10	GS-7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	.224	.308	.310	.618	9	2.56	0.090	21.19	0.44%	0.46	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
25	247	100 (4)	Aug 5	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-7	GS-5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.217	.299	.300	.599	9	.54	-0.043	2.60	-0.13%	-1.04	P
26	248	108 (7)	Aug 14	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.304	.306	.611	9	1.80	-0.050	10.07	-0.17%	-0.52	P
27	249	110 (1)	Aug 15 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.304	.306	.611	9						P
28	250	112 (1)	Aug 19	BOS		PHA	L,3-10	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.306	.308	.613	9	1.24	-0.064	8.03	-0.25%	-0.49	P
29	251	117 (4)	Aug 24	BOS		CLE	W,9-8	GS-7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.311	.303	.614	9	.81	0.028	8.53	0.18%	0.28	P
30	252	122 (4)	Aug 29 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,10-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.308	.290	.598	9	.09	-0.007	.73	-0.04%	-0.48	P
Sep/Oct		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
31	253	126 (3)	Sep 3	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.309	.292	.600	9	.65	-0.032	5.87	-0.17%	-0.29	P
32	254	131 (4)	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	W,10-6	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.216	.301	.284	.585	9	.83	-0.049	12.04	-0.43%	-0.60	P
33	255	136 (4)	Sep 12	BOS		PHA	L,4-10	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	1	0	0	.211	.294	.276	.570	9	1.38	-0.155	12.55	-0.84%	-1.81	P
34	256	140 (3)	Sep 17	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.281	.263	.543	9	.64	-0.063	7.26	-0.43%	-1.04	P
35	257	142 (1)	Sep 19 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.281	.263	.543	9						P
36	258	146 (3)	Sep 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.286	.268	.554	9	.91	-0.017	20.07	-0.22%	0.02	P
37	259	150 (3)	Sep 28	BOS		WSH	L,2-4	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.286	.268	.554	9						P
38	260	154 (3)	Oct 3	BOS		NYY	W,10-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.202	.280	.262	.541	9	.66	-0.039	14.78	-0.52%	-0.51	P
							25-13		101	84	9	17	2	0	1	4	6	0	27	3	8		1	2	0	0	.202	.280	.262	.541		.81	-0.638	4.31	-2.82%	-7.30

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