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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Team Record in Appearances: 25-13 / in Starts: 23-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 3

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	223	1	Apr 19(1)	BOS		PHA	L,4-5	GS-11	L(0-1)	99	10.1	14	5	5	2	9	0	0	4.35	1.60	46	11	10	2	1	14	52			1	1	0	44	7	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	0.035	4.02	0.05%	1.18	1t start tie	11t 12- 1 out d1
2	224	5	Apr 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS-5	L(0-2)	4	4.2	6	6	4	3	4	1	0	5.40	2.89	25	9	5	2	0	4	33			0	0	0	21	2	0	1	1	0	2	.79	-0.309	1.65	-0.39%	-3.82	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d5
3	225	8	Apr 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-5	8-GF	S(1)	4	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.96	2.88	5	3	1	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.090	1.29	0.10%	1.00	8b 12- 2 out a2	9b end a 6
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	226	11	May 2	BOS		NYY	W,7-1	CG	W(1-2)	2	9.0	7	1	1	4	3	0	0	3.55	3.07	38	10	14	0	6	7	68			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	.95	0.421	2.05	0.54%	4.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
5	227	16	May 9(1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	CG(10)	L(1-3)	6	10.0	9	4	4	2	4	2	0	3.57	3.66	40	13	12	4	0	9	60			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.145	3.15	0.21%	1.59	1t start tie	10t 3 out d3
6	228	21	May 15	BOS		WSH	W,5-0	SHO	W(2-3)	5	9.0	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.84	3.50	32						82						29	1	0	0		0
7	229	26	May 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,11-5	CG	W(3-3)	5	9.0	12	5	5	4	5	1	0	3.21	3.66	42	13	8	1	0	12	44			0	0	0	38	1	0	1	1	0	0	.70	-0.045	1.07	-0.04%	-0.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
8	230	29	May 23(2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	10-GF(10)	L(3-4)	1	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.35	3.71	4	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.34	-0.361	3.92	-0.25%	-1.91	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
9	231	31	May 26	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG(10)	W(4-4)	2	10.0	7	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.25	3.59	37	14	12	2	1	7	66			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	0.098	1.38	0.05%	2.44	1b start tie	10b 3 out a2
10	232	36	May 31(1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-0	SHO	W(5-4)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.85	3.45	31	14	9	1	0	4	81			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.328	.47	0.13%	4.84	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	233	41	Jun 4(1)	BOS		SLB	W,10-4	CG	W(6-4)	3	9.0	9	4	4	0	4	2	0	2.98	3.59	35	9	13	1	4	9	57			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.321	.56	0.13%	1.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
12	234	46	Jun 10	BOS		CLE	W,15-7	CG	W(7-4)	5	9.0	9	7	5	3	6	0	0	3.18	3.47	39	9	12	0	0	9	48			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	2	0	2	.36	0.121	.34	0.07%	-1.97	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
13	235	50	Jun 16	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-4	GS-9	W(8-4)	5	8.2	7	4	4	8	7	1	0	3.26	3.64	41	14	5	1	0	7	53			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.85	0.180	1.12	0.14%	-0.13	1b start a 2	9b 123 2 out a3
14	236	54	Jun 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-6	GS-3		5	3.0	6	6	1	1	2	0	0	3.25	3.61	17	6	2	1	0	6	34			0	0	0	15	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.43	-0.446	2.22	-0.42%	-4.47	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
15	237	58	Jun 27(1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-0	SHO	W(9-4)	4	9.0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.99	3.52	31						85						29	0	0	0		0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	238	63	Jul 2	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	GS-7	L(9-5)	4	7.0	7	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.04	3.52	29	11	7	2	0	6	50			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	-0.010	2.29	-0.01%	0.92	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
17	239	68	Jul 6	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(10-5)	3	9.0	5	1	1	3	7	0	0	2.90	3.43	34	8	11	2	3	5	77			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.27	0.612	2.24	0.65%	4.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
18	240	69	Jul 7	BOS		WSH	L,6-7	9-GF		0	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.88	3.45	4	0	2	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.47	-0.102	4.07	-0.10%	0.24	9t 1-3 1 out tie	9t end d 1
19	241	71	Jul 9	BOS	@	PHA	L,7-8	8-GF	BL(10-6)	1	1.2	4	2	2	1	1	0	1	2.98	3.47	11	3	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.29	-0.640	8.79	-0.79%	-1.55	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
20	242	73	Jul 11(1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-8	GS-3		1	2.2	8	6	6	2	0	1	0	3.33	3.60	18	2	6	1	0	8	16			0	0	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.518	2.37	-0.67%	-4.63	1b start a 2	3b 1-- 2 out d1
21	243	77	Jul 16	BOS		DET	W,5-3	CG	W(11-6)	4	9.0	7	3	3	4	5	0	0	3.31	3.56	37	10	11	0	3	7	62			1	1	0	32	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.29	0.215	2.45	0.25%	2.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
22	244	83	Jul 21(1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(12-6)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.17	3.50	35	13	9	0	1	5	73			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.533	3.19	0.87%	4.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
23	245	90	Jul 25	BOS		CLE	W,3-0	SHO	W(13-6)	3	9.0	6	0	0	4	4	0	0	2.99	3.49	34	8	12	3	0	6	75			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.16	0.513	8.06	2.14%	5.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
24	246	95	Jul 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,9-10	GS-6		5	6.0	4	4	4	2	7	1	0	3.10	3.49	23	4	6	1	0	4	53			1	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.207	7.49	-1.03%	-0.90	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	247	100	Aug 5	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-7	GS-5		4	4.1	4	6	1	3	1	0	0	3.08	3.51	23	8	7	0	1	4	39			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	3	.83	-0.240	4.01	-0.70%	-4.00	1b start a 2	5b -2- 1 out a1
26	248	108	Aug 14	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS-6		8	6.0	8	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.13	3.50	28	10	6	0	0	8	44			0	0	0	25	5	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.082	4.05	-0.28%	0.10	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
27	249	110	Aug 15(2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-7	8-GF	S(2)	0	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.15	3.50	7	2	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.34	0.208	17.74	0.66%	-0.11	8b --3 2 out a1	9b end a 1
28	250	112	Aug 19	BOS		PHA	L,3-10	GS-7	L(13-7)	3	6.2	10	6	6	2	2	1	0	3.33	3.55	31	8	9	0	2	10	30			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.232	7.44	-0.90%	-1.43	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d3
29	251	117	Aug 24	BOS		CLE	W,9-8	GS-7		4	7.0	9	5	4	0	3	0	0	3.40	3.49	30	8	10	2	0	9	44			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.207	9.50	-1.32%	-1.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
30	252	122	Aug 29(1)	BOS		SLB	W,10-2	CG	W(14-7)	4	9.0	6	2	2	4	4	1	0	3.34	3.54	34	9	11	0	0	6	67			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	3	0	0	.48	0.027	4.13	0.14%	3.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	253	126	Sep 3	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-0	SHO	W(15-7)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.19	3.49	32	9	12	1	1	4	82			0	0	0	30	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.45	0.683	13.19	3.72%	4.84	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
32	254	131	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	W,10-6	GS-7		4	6.2	10	6	4	1	3	1	0	3.26	3.51	31	12	5	1	2	10	36			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.24	-0.247	18.04	-2.15%	-2.55	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out tie
33	255	136	Sep 12	BOS		PHA	L,4-10	GS-8	L(15-8)	3	8.0	8	4	4	3	1	0	0	3.30	3.52	33	12	12	0	0	5	48			0	0	0	29	5	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.121	11.97	-0.66%	0.47	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
34	256	140	Sep 17	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	W(16-8)	4	9.0	9	3	3	6	1	1	0	3.29	3.61	37	16	5	1	0	9	52			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.06	0.130	11.99	0.88%	1.89	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a6
35	257	142	Sep 19(1)	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	9-9		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.28	3.61	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	0.147	21.05	0.99%	0.55	9b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
36	258	146	Sep 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS-7	L(16-9)	2	6.1	10	5	5	5	4	1	0	3.38	3.67	34	9	6	2	0	10	32			1	0	0	28	2	0	1	0	0	0	.64	-0.188	14.28	-2.50%	-2.31	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d4
37	259	150	Sep 28	BOS		WSH	L,2-4	GS-2	L(16-10)	5	1.1	5	4	3	1	1	0	0	3.47	3.67	11	1	3	0	0	5	30			0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.18	-0.298	17.84	-2.71%	-3.85	1t start tie	2t 12- 1 out d4
38	260	154	Oct 3	BOS		NYY	W,10-5	GS-5		4	4.1	6	4	4	3	0	0	0	3.56	3.69	22	7	7	0	3	5	32			0	0	0	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.219	22.46	-2.97%	-1.93	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out a1
							25-13		W-L:16-10,Sv:2,BSv:1	3.5	245.1	237	115	97	92	116	14	1	3.56	3.69	1044	1.13		6%	5%	224	53	5	20%	4	5	0	938	54	4	9	23	0	13	1.11	0.335	5.75	-6.15%	6.31

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