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: 13-15 / in Starts: 12-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 0

1951 Pitching Game Log

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1951 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	333	4	Apr 21	CHW		DET	L,6-7	8-GF		99	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	4.48	9	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.047	1.39	0.09%	1.01	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
2	334	8	Apr 25(2)	CHW		SLB	L,4-7	GS-7		3	7.0	4	4	4	4	6	0	0	4.00	2.92	27	7	6	0	0	4	55			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.129	3.01	-0.23%	-0.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
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
3	335	14	May 4	CHW		WSH	W,6-5	GS-8		8	8.0	6	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.71	3.48	32	12	9	3	0	6	59			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	2	0	2	1.20	0.060	2.59	0.08%	1.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
4	336	19	May 11	CHW		CLE	W,12-1	CG	W(1-0)	6	9.0	1	1	0	5	3	0	0	2.42	3.48	33	12	12	0	0	1	81			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	.53	0.264	1.37	0.41%	3.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
5	337	24	May 16	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	11	5	5	2	6	2	0	3.09	3.79	38	14	6	1	1	10	49			1	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.211	2.23	0.38%	0.12	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a4
6	338	27	May 21	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	GS-8	W(3-0)	4	7.0	3	3	3	4	4	1	0	3.21	3.98	28	10	7	0	0	3	59			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.11	0.041	4.15	0.09%	0.16	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 0 out a2
7	339	32	May 27(1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	W(4-0)	5	9.0	7	2	2	3	5	0	0	3.00	3.69	34	10	10	3	0	6	67			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.211	4.50	0.51%	2.37	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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
8	340	37	Jun 2	CHW		PHA	L,1-5	GS-7	L(4-1)	5	6.2	5	5	5	4	2	1	0	3.43	3.92	29	10	10	2	0	3	42			2	0	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	.91	-0.090	4.23	-0.25%	-1.89	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d5
9	341	48	Jun 10(2)	CHW		NYY	W,11-7	GS-4		7	3.0	6	4	4	3	2	1	0	3.86	4.14	17	3	3	1	0	6	30			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.276	6.12	-1.24%	-3.48	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d4
10	342	51	Jun 14(2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,14-5	CG	W(5-1)	3	9.0	14	5	5	1	4	0	0	4.00	3.86	43	9	15	3	0	14	42			0	0	0	42	5	0	0	0	0	1	.22	0.085	1.09	0.25%	-0.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
11	343	58	Jun 19(2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS-7		4	7.0	6	3	2	3	3	1	0	3.87	3.94	28	8	8	2	3	6	55			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.032	6.20	-0.15%	0.47	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
12	344	63	Jun 24(1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-5	GS-5		4	5.0	5	4	4	1	3	1	0	4.08	3.97	21	7	6	0	1	4	43			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.151	6.12	-0.60%	-1.15	1b start a 1	5b 3 out tie
13	345	68	Jun 30	CHW		SLB	L,3-4	GS-5	L(5-2)	5	4.1	7	4	3	2	3	1	0	4.19	4.05	22	6	4	1	0	7	36			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.169	4.02	-0.52%	-1.66	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d3
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
14	346	74	Jul 4(2)	CHW	@	DET	W,5-1	GS-	W(6-2)	3	6.1	7	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.00	3.93	25						56						24			0		0
15	347	77	Jul 6(2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-4			1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.91	3.88	6												6			0		0
16	348	79	Jul 8	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4	8-9	H(1)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.87	3.86	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	-0.097	12.14	-0.31%	-0.10	8b --- 0 out a1	9b -2- 0 out a1
17	349	80	Jul 12(1)	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	GS-7	L(6-3)	3	7.0	4	2	2	4	2	1	0	3.78	3.97	27	11	7	0	0	3	59			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.07	0.075	8.29	0.35%	1.55	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
18	350	86	Jul 16	CHW		PHA	W,9-5	GS-4		3	3.0	7	3	3	0	1	1	0	3.93	4.04	16	3	5	0	0	7	34			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.276	4.92	-0.72%	-2.48	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d1
19	351	91	Jul 21	CHW		WSH	L,5-10	6-8		4	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.82	4.02	11	2	7	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.004	.09	0.01%	1.52	6t --- 0 out d9	8t 3 out d6
20	352	93	Jul 22(2)	CHW		WSH	L,5-11	7-8		0	2.0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.75	3.99	8	3	2	1	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	1	.25	-0.001	.90	0.00%	0.01	7t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d6
21	353	96	Jul 26	CHW	@	BOS	L,10-13	GS-1		3	0.1	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	3.82	3.99	5	0	1	0	1	4	33			0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.65	-0.308	6.15	-0.69%	-3.43	1b start a 3	1b --3 1 out tie
22	354	100	Jul 31	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.83	3.97	9	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	.66	-0.012	.75	-0.01%	0.05	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
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
23	355	106	Aug 6	CHW	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	W(7-3)	5	9.0	5	1	1	2	4	1	0	3.62	3.95	31						75						29			0		0
24	356	110	Aug 11	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-7	L(7-4)	4	7.0	6	2	2	1	1	2	0	3.57	4.08	28	8	12	2	0	6	57			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.072	.98	0.04%	1.40	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
25	357	113	Aug 16	CHW		DET	L,1-2	CG	L(7-5)	4	9.0	8	2	2	2	5	1	0	3.46	4.04	37	11	11	0	0	8	66			1	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	.98	0.222	.20	0.03%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
26	358	117	Aug 19(1)	CHW		CLE	L,0-4	7-8		2	2.0	1	1	1	0	4	1	0	3.48	4.05	7	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	-0.006	.02	0.00%	0.01	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d4
27	359	121	Aug 22(2)	CHW		PHA	L,1-8	GS-4	L(7-6)	2	4.0	3	3	3	2	1	1	0	3.57	4.13	17	3	8	0	0	3	43			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.146	.02	0.00%	-0.97	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
Sept				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
28	360	155	Sep 30	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-9	GS-3		38	3.0	7	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.68	4.12	16	4	4	0	0	7	30			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.276	.00	0.00%	-2.40	1b start tie	3b 3 out d2
							13-15		W-L:7-6,Hld:1	3.7	146.2	136	68	60	51	67	17	0	3.68	4.12	608	1.00		6%	2%	118	51	0	---%	7	1	0	549	19	4	2	9	0	6	.84	-0.677	3.07	-2.50%	-2.61

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