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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: 15-11 / in Starts: 12-5

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: 3

1941 Pitching Game Log

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1941 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	76	6	Apr 21	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-6	7-7		99	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.78	3	1	2	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.12	-0.001	.42	0.00%	0.41	7b -23 1 out d4	7b 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
2	77	27	May 19	BOS		DET	L,2-4	GS-6	L(0-1)	27	6.0	7	3	3	5	1	1	0	4.05	6.68	29	16	1	0	0	6	42			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.10	-0.044	2.51	-0.06%	0.26	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
3	78	31	May 23	BOS	@	NYY	T,9-9	GS-2		3	1.2	3	4	4	4	0	1	0	7.56	8.90	12	2	3	0	0	3	29			0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.47	-0.310	2.96	-0.38%	-3.06	1b start a 2	2b --- 2 out d2
4	79	37	May 29	BOS		PHA	W,6-4	GS-9	W(1-1)	5	8.0	8	4	4	2	4	0	0	6.06	5.78	34	10	10	0	0	8	52			0	0	0	32	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.019	2.24	0.02%	-0.15	1t start tie	9t -23 0 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
5	80	42	Jun 2	BOS	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	4	1	0	2	6	0	0	3.91	4.48	34						81						32	0	0			0
6	81	44	Jun 6	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	GS-6	W(3-1)	3	5.2	6	3	3	2	2	0	0	4.06	4.23	25	7	9	1	1	5	45			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.040	1.91	0.08%	-0.29	1b start a 3	6b 12- 2 out a3
7	82	48	Jun 12(1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-9	GS-1	L(3-2)	5	0.0	1	5	4	4	0	0	0	5.23	4.62	6	1	0	0	0	1	26			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	-0.413	5.35	-0.75%	-4.85	1b start a 4	1b 123 0 out a1
8	83	53	Jun 17(1)	BOS		DET	W,14-6	GS-2		4	1.2	4	5	5	4	0	1	0	6.34	5.29	13	5	0	0	0	4	23			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	-0.400	5.54	-0.89%	-4.03	1t start tie	2t --- 2 out d2
9	84	57	Jun 20	BOS		SLB	W,4-2	GS-6	W(4-2)	2	6.0	8	1	1	3	5	0	0	5.59	4.88	27	7	4	0	1	8	54			1	1	0	24	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.22	0.213	3.61	0.38%	2.26	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
10	85	60	Jun 22(2)	BOS		SLB	L,3-12	9-GF		1	1.0	6	6	5	1	2	1	0	6.58	5.13	11	0	2	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	2	0	0	0	1	.01	-0.007	.02	-0.01%	-5.46	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d11
11	86	67	Jun 29(2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	GS-6	L(4-3)	6	6.0	7	3	3	2	2	0	0	6.31	4.86	26	7	9	0	0	6	46			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.039	2.69	-0.07%	0.10	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
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
12	87	69	Jul 1(2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-9	3-GF(5)		1	2.1	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	6.38	4.80	12	5	0	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.045	.57	-0.09%	-1.71	3b 1-- 2 out d6	5b end d 7
13	88	81	Jul 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	W(5-3)	13	9.0	4	2	2	6	9	0	0	5.68	4.48	36	10	7	1	0	4	74			1	0	0	30	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.16	0.363	1.39	0.26%	2.55	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
14	89	88	Jul 20(2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-10	GS-5	L(5-4)	4	4.1	9	7	7	2	1	2	0	6.31	4.85	23	10	2	0	0	8	16			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	.59	-0.258	.26	-0.07%	-3.82	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d6
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
15	90	101	Aug 5	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	GS-		15	4.0	7	5	5	5	3	1	0	6.61	5.06	24						26						19					0
16	91	106	Aug 9	BOS		WSH	L,6-8	8-GF	L(5-5)	3	2.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	6.68	5.04	8	2	3	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.32	-0.122	.26	-0.01%	0.10	8t 12- 0 out tie	9t end d 2
17	92	112	Aug 14(1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-8	8-GF(11)	W(6-5)	4	4.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	6.31	4.84	16	2	5	0	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	0.433	.04	0.01%	2.07	8b --- 0 out tie	11b end a 3
18	93	115	Aug 16	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-6	7-GF	W(7-5)	1	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.05	4.80	12	5	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	0.258	.01	0.00%	1.52	7b --- 0 out d2	9b end a 2
19	94	118	Aug 19(2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,10-7			2	1.1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5.95	4.82	6												4					0
20	95	119	Aug 20(1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,9-11	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	4	3	3	1	1	1	0	6.14	4.95	11	5	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.197	.00	0.00%	-1.90	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
21	96	122	Aug 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(8-5)	1	9.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	5.61	4.66	33	12	12	3	1	4	74			1	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.726	.01	0.00%	3.74	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
22	97	129	Aug 28	BOS	@	DET	L,7-8	GS-7		5	6.0	11	6	6	3	3	0	0	5.83	4.57	31	6	9	0	4	10	26			0	0	0	28	3	1	0	1	0	0	1.31	-0.113	.00	0.00%	-1.51	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a3
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
23	98	134	Sep 1(2)	BOS		WSH	W,10-2	CG	W(9-5)	3	9.0	5	2	2	3	8	0	0	5.49	4.35	33	4	13	2	3	5	74			0	2	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	.61	0.139	.00	0.00%	2.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
24	99	137	Sep 6	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	W(10-5)	4	9.0	7	1	1	2	5	0	0	5.12	4.18	35	9	12	0	0	7	72			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.381	.00	0.00%	3.74	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a7
25	100	141	Sep 12	BOS		SLB	W,5-0	SHO	W(11-5)	5	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	0	0	4.74	4.17	37	13	13	0	0	4	74			0	0	0	32	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.00	0.452	.00	0.00%	4.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
26	101	146	Sep 17	BOS		CLE	W,3-2	CG	W(12-5)	4	9.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	1	4.55	4.09	32						68						29	0	0			0
27	102	150	Sep 23	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	1-6		5	5.2	6	2	2	3	3	0	0	4.49	4.06	26	7	9	3	3	4		0	0	3	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.24	0.120	.00	0.00%	0.80	1b --- 1 out tie	6b 3 out a1
							15-11		W-L:12-5	3.2	134.1	136	70	67	67	70	8	2	4.49	4.06	595	1.13		4%	5%	108	50	5	40%	7	5	0	519	25	7	5	5	0	4	1.09	1.195	1.15	-1.57%	-1.44

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