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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 21	CLE		DET	L,2-12	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	5 (1)	Apr 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-4		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
3	7 (1)	Apr 26	CLE		CHW	L,1-11		8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	12 (4)	May 1	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-5	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
5	16 (3)	May 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	22 (5)	May 14	CLE		PHA	L,7-9		20	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
7	28 (5)	May 22	CLE		BOS	W,9-6	GF	4	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
8	30 (1)	May 26 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-5		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	33 (2)	May 28	CLE		DET	L,5-8		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	37 (3)	Jun 1	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-6		21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	39 (1)	Jun 2 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-12	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
12	43 (3)	Jun 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-6	GS	32	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	48 (4)	Jun 11	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-9		11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	52 (3)	Jun 15	CLE		PHA	L,4-7	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	59 (6)	Jun 22	CLE		BOS	W,7-5	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	61 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,0-2	GS	25	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	68 (6)	Jul 1	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
18	71 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	75 (3)	Jul 11	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-5	GF	13	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
20	78 (2)	Jul 14	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-6	GF	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	80 (1)	Jul 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,8-11		14	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
22	83 (2)	Jul 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-15		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
23	86 (2)	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	91 (4)	Jul 27	CLE		WSH	L,1-7	GS	8	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
25	93 (1)	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,1-9		13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	95 (1)	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,12-11	GS	18	3.0	0	0	1	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	97 (1)	Aug 2	CLE		NYY	L,2-10		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	108 (10)	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	110 (1)	Aug 13	CLE		DET	W,6-5		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
30	116 (5)	Aug 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-16	GS	18	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
31	122 (5)	Aug 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	126 (3)	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-4		18	5.1	0	2	0	2	0
33	130 (3)	Sep 5	CLE	@	DET	L,3-11	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	132 (1)	Sep 7	CLE		CHW	L,4-5	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	1
35	134 (1)	Sep 9	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	135	Sep 11 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	139 (3)	Sep 14	CLE		BOS	L,1-6		10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
38	141 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,8-5		10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	143 (1)	Sep 16 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	148 (4)	Sep 20	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
							40gm		100.0	6	15	0	21	1