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: 17-16 / in Starts: 13-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 4

1949 Pitching Game Log

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1949 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	261	1	Apr 19	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	10	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.86	4.80	31	10	6	0	1	9	45			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.13	-0.017	2.90	-0.03%	0.59	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
2	262	6	Apr 24	BOS		NYY	L,4-9	GS-	L(0-2)	4	8.0	8	6	2	2	5	1	1	3.00	4.38	35						53						32	1	0	0		0
3	263	11	Apr 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-6		5	6.0	3	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.00	3.89	23	6	7	1	0	3	59			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.042	2.72	0.07%	1.17	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
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	264	17	May 8(1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,10-6	GS-4		7	4.0	6	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.96	3.63	18	2	7	0	0	6	35			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	-0.242	2.08	-0.24%	-1.78	1b start tie	4b 3 out d1
5	265	23	May 15	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-2)	6	9.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.91	3.19	31	13	10	1	4	3	82			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	0.588	2.33	0.65%	4.61	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
6	266	28	May 21	BOS		CLE	W,4-0	SHO	W(2-2)	5	9.0	7	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.30	2.91	35	10	10	1	0	7	77			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.400	1.79	0.49%	5.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
7	267	32	May 25	BOS		SLB	L,4-8	GS-5	L(2-3)	3	5.0	8	7	3	4	2	1	0	2.63	3.30	28	9	7	0	2	6	29			0	0	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	2	.89	-0.234	2.17	-0.34%	-4.15	1t start tie	5t 3 out d7
8	268	36	May 30(1)	BOS		PHA	W,10-2	CG	W(3-3)	4	9.0	10	2	1	2	0	0	0	2.37	3.28	37	10	15	0	0	10	59			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	2	0	0	.83	0.182	2.20	0.29%	3.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
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
9	269	40	Jun 3	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS-6	L(3-4)	3	6.0	9	8	7	5	1	1	0	3.14	3.62	31	10	6	0	0	9	20			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	.39	-0.365	1.06	-0.59%	-4.89	1b start tie	6b 3 out d8
10	270	42	Jun 5(1)	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	W(4-4)	1	9.0	6	3	2	2	4	0	0	3.00	3.46	34	6	16	0	6	6	67			0	1	0	31	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.40	0.251	3.27	0.35%	1.75	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
11	271	46	Jun 8	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-5	GS-7	L(4-5)	2	6.2	11	5	5	1	2	0	0	3.32	3.36	30	10	7	0	1	10	33			2	1	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.232	2.51	-0.29%	-1.37	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out d3
12	272	51	Jun 14	BOS		CLE	L,5-10	GS-1	L(4-6)	5	0.0	3	6	6	3	0	1	1	4.00	3.68	7	0	0	0	0	3	17			0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.10	-0.397	2.28	-0.49%	-6.02	1t start tie	1t 12- 0 out d5
13	273	54	Jun 17(1)	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	W(5-6)	2	9.0	5	3	3	8	3	0	0	3.90	3.77	34	11	7	0	0	5	60			0	2	0	26	2	1	0	3	0	1	1.15	0.280	1.38	0.20%	2.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
14	274	58	Jun 20	BOS		DET	W,6-1	7-GF	S(1)	2	2.1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.80	3.68	9	1	2	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.020	.96	0.03%	0.62	7t 12- 2 out a4	9t end a 5
15	275	60	Jun 22	BOS		DET	L,4-13	GS-5	L(5-7)	1	4.2	11	7	6	2	2	0	0	4.18	3.64	28	4	9	2	0	11	16			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	-0.489	3.15	-0.75%	-4.80	1t start tie	5t -23 2 out d3
16	276	67	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	L,3-6	7-8		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.11	3.60	5	1	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.044	.97	0.08%	1.55	7t 12- 1 out d4	8t 3 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
17	277	70	Jul 3	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-8	GS-6	L(5-8)	2	6.0	9	5	5	4	1	1	0	4.31	3.76	31	9	8	3	0	9	31			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.308	1.46	-0.21%	-1.93	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
18	278	75	Jul 7 susp	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-4	7-GF	S(2)	3	3.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.27	3.73	13	7	2	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	1	0	1	0	0	.39	0.044	.30	0.02%	0.54	7b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 4
19	279	76	Jul 8	BOS		PHA	W,7-1	CG	W(6-8)	0	9.0	6	1	1	7	3	0	0	4.01	3.76	38	13	9	0	0	6	67			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	3	0	1	.68	0.239	.65	0.14%	4.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
20	280	80	Jul 14	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	W(7-8)	5	9.0	9	2	2	6	2	0	0	3.87	3.78	41	12	12	1	0	9	57			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.83	0.418	2.94	0.40%	2.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
21	281	90	Jul 24(1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-9	GS-5		9	5.0	11	7	7	1	1	1	0	4.21	3.84	24	6	5	0	1	11	17			0	1	0	22	3	0	0	1	0	0	.76	-0.320	1.56	-0.40%	-4.23	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
22	282	95	Jul 29(1)	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(8-8)	4	9.0	4	1	1	4	4	0	0	4.00	3.79	35	10	13	2	0	4	75			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.55	0.625	4.15	1.01%	4.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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	283	102	Aug 4	BOS		SLB	W,12-2	CG	W(9-8)	5	9.0	6	2	2	3	6	1	0	3.87	3.78	36	10	11	0	0	6	70			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.40	0.165	1.13	0.28%	3.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
24	284	107	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	GS-7	L(9-9)	5	7.0	7	3	3	3	1	0	0	3.87	3.76	31	10	10	0	0	7	49			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.004	6.89	-0.01%	0.99	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
25	285	110	Aug 12(2)	BOS		WSH	W,13-11	8-GF	BW(10-9)	1	2.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.88	3.73	12	4	4	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	2	2.84	-0.032	10.42	-0.07%	0.14	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 2
26	286	114	Aug 15	BOS		WSH	W,3-2	CG(11)	W(11-9)	2	11.0	7	2	2	6	6	0	0	3.73	3.69	44	14	13	1	1	5	75			0	1	0	38	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.24	0.315	9.83	0.83%	4.27	1t start tie	11t 3 out d1
27	287	120	Aug 23	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-5	GS-5		7	5.0	4	3	3	5	2	0	0	3.78	3.72	25	6	8	1	1	4	44			1	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	1	.78	-0.096	4.66	-0.35%	-0.23	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
28	288	127	Aug 29(2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG(10)	L(11-10)	5	9.2	12	5	5	5	4	1	0	3.83	3.77	44	12	11	0	0	12	44			0	0	0	39	2	0	1	2	0	0	1.91	-0.475	10.49	-1.57%	-0.33	1b start a 1	10b 1-3 2 out d1
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
29	289	131	Sep 2	BOS		PHA	W,8-4	4-GF	W(12-10)	3	5.2	4	1	1	4	1	0	0	3.76	3.78	23	8	6	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	2	0	0	.68	0.179	3.94	0.62%	2.59	4t -2- 1 out a2	9t end a 4
30	290	139	Sep 11(1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-6	GS-7	L(12-11)	8	6.0	10	6	6	2	2	2	0	3.92	3.89	29	5	10	2	0	10	28			0	0	0	26	3	1	0	1	0	0	.63	-0.259	5.80	-1.43%	-3.27	1b start tie	7b 1-3 0 out d1
31	291	144	Sep 17	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	W(13-11)	5	9.0	9	2	2	4	5	0	0	3.84	3.83	36	7	11	2	0	9	62			2	0	0	32	2	0	0	3	0	0	1.71	0.567	12.21	2.43%	3.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
32	292	151	Sep 27	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS-8	W(14-11)	9	7.0	6	4	4	3	3	0	0	3.88	3.80	30	11	7	0	0	6	49			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.071	13.52	0.70%	-0.76	1b start tie	8b 1-3 0 out a3
33	293	154	Oct 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	5-GF(8)	L(14-12)	3	4.0	4	1	1	0	3	1	0	3.85	3.81	15	3	5	0	0	4		2	1	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	-0.001	62.28	-0.04%	1.12	5b 12- 0 out a1	8b end d 1
							17-16		W-L:14-12,Sv:2,BSv:1	4.2	212.2	219	103	91	97	88	12	2	3.85	3.81	923	0.97		3%	4%	202	49	7	29%	6	8	0	815	40	5	4	28	0	11	1.17	0.959	5.23	1.78%	13.87

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