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: 8-16 / in Starts: 8-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 0

1943 Pitching Game Log

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1943 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	133	2	Apr 23	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-5	GS-	L(0-1)	99	6.0	8	4	3	0	3	0	0	4.50	1.65	24						45						24					0
2	134	6	Apr 28	BOS		NYY	L,0-5	GS-8	L(0-2)	4	8.0	8	5	4	5	1	0	0	4.50	3.15	38	12	12	1	0	8	44			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	2	.89	-0.075	2.02	-0.10%	-1.52	1t start tie	8t 3 out d5
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	135	11	May 4	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-6		5	6.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	0	4.50	3.00	25	7	6	0	0	7	47			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.106	2.23	-0.13%	-0.42	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
4	136	16	May 8	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(1-2)	3	10.0	6	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.30	2.92	40	19	8	0	3	6	77			3	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.58	0.643	2.07	0.51%	3.10	1b start a 1	10b 3 out a1
5	137	19	May 12	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-6	GS-	L(1-3)	3	4.2	6	5	5	4	2	1	0	4.15	3.49	22						30						18					0
6	138	21	May 16(1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.93	3.34	6	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.22	0.029	.31	0.02%	0.84	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
7	139	27	May 23(1)	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(1-4)	6	8.0	8	4	3	1	2	1	0	3.83	3.48	32	12	9	0	1	8	53			0	2	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	1	.71	0.002	1.13	0.00%	-0.35	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
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	140	37	Jun 2(1)	BOS		SLB	L,4-7	GS-12	L(1-5)	9	11.1	12	7	6	4	2	0	0	4.02	3.46	49	16	15	3	0	12	46			0	0	0	44	3	0	1	0	0	1	1.73	-0.038	3.65	-0.05%	-0.62	1t start tie	12t 12- 1 out d1
9	141	60	Jun 24	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-8	7-GF(8)		21	1.2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.90	3.43	6	5	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.04	-0.004	.10	-0.01%	-0.36	7b --- 1 out d5	8b end d 5
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
10	142	68	Jul 3	BOS	@	CLE	W,12-4	GS-5		8	5.0	4	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.88	3.47	23	6	6	0	0	4	50			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.066	2.18	-0.10%	-0.02	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
11	143	72	Jul 8	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-5	GS-7	L(1-6)	4	6.1	10	5	5	3	2	0	0	4.17	3.47	30	11	13	8	0	1	32			0	2	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.185	2.68	-0.25%	-1.39	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out d3
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
12	144	95	Aug 1(1)	BOS		CLE	L,6-8	6-8		23	3.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.13	3.42	13	5	2	0	1	3		0	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.018	.15	0.01%	0.31	6t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d2
13	145	99	Aug 7	BOS		WSH	W,7-5	GS-9	W(2-6)	5	8.1	9	5	5	4	3	0	0	4.26	3.41	37	12	9	1	0	9	44			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.210	.27	0.04%	-0.57	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out a4
14	146	103	Aug 11	BOS	@	CHW	W,10-0	SHO	W(3-6)	3	9.0	5	0	0	4	4	0	0	3.83	3.38	34	12	9	2	2	5	77			2	1	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.346	.17	0.04%	3.80	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a10
15	147	109	Aug 15(2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-0	GS-6	W(4-6)	3	6.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.59	3.34	21	2	11	0	0	3	67			0	1	1	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.337	.09	0.02%	2.64	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
16	148	115	Aug 20	BOS	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	L(4-7)	4	8.1	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.39	3.30	31	20	4	2	0	3	69			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.41	0.156	.07	0.01%	2.24	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out d1
17	149	118	Aug 22(2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-7	8-GF(13)	L(4-8)	1	5.1	3	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.30	3.31	21	8	5	0	1	3		0	0	0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.15	0.168	.02	0.00%	-0.06	8b --- 0 out tie	13b end d 1
18	150	122	Aug 25(1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	L(4-9)	2	8.0	10	8	7	3	4	1	0	3.62	3.39	37						33						34	1	2			0
19	151	127	Aug 29(2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS-2	L(4-10)	3	1.1	5	5	5	1	0	1	0	3.95	3.52	10	3	1	0	0	5	23			0	0	0	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.29	-0.420	.01	0.00%	-4.36	1b start a 1	2b --- 1 out d4
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
20	152	129	Sep 3	BOS		PHA	L,4-5	8-8		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.92	3.53	5	1	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.044	.00	0.00%	0.44	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
21	153	133	Sep 6(2)	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	W(5-10)	2	9.0	6	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.72	3.47	33	12	10	0	4	6	72			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	2	0	0	.97	0.268	.00	0.00%	2.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
22	154	137	Sep 12(1)	BOS		NYY	L,0-1	GS-8	L(5-11)	5	8.0	4	1	1	4	4	0	0	3.56	3.45	29	9	8	1	2	4	70			1	1	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.194	.00	0.00%	2.48	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
23	155	142	Sep 19(1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,14-0	SHO	W(6-11)	6	9.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.34	3.40	32	11	13	2	0	5	78			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.14	0.074	.00	0.00%	3.80	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a14
24	156	146	Sep 24	BOS		CLE	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(7-11)	4	10.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.13	3.28	32	12	13	2	0	2	93			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.764	.00	0.00%	4.35	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
25	157	153	Sep 29(2)	BOS		SLB	T,3-3	CG		4	9.0	12	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.12	3.24	43						53						38	1	0			0
							8-16		W-L:7-11	4.1	164.1	144	63	57	57	63	4	0	3.12	3.24	673	1.27		6%	4%	97	55	0	---%	8	10	1	602	13	7	2	7	0	7	1.09	2.359	1.06	0.01%	17.24

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