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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: 19-13 / in Starts: 18-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 0

1947 Pitching Game Log

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1947 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	190	2	Apr 17	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	8	1	1	3	4	0	0	1.00	2.79	34	9	11	2	1	7	68			0	0	1	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	.96	0.341	2.67	0.57%	3.48	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
2	191	6	Apr 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	2	3	3	4	3	1	1	2.40	4.21	24	5	9	2	2	2	55			0	0	0	18	0	0	1	0	0	0	.73	-0.059	2.54	-0.12%	-0.24	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
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	192	16	May 4(1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-2	GS-	W(2-0)	11	7.2	8	2	2	1	6	1	0	2.38	3.87	30						60						29					0
4	193	20	May 10	BOS		NYY	L,6-9	GS-1	L(2-1)	5	0.0	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	3.97	4.00	5	0	0	0	0	4	25			0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.349	3.67	-0.68%	-4.38	1t start tie	1t 1-- 0 out d4
5	194	24	May 14	BOS		CHW	W,5-1	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	8	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.13	3.59	39	13	10	0	1	8	69			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	1	.73	0.263	2.66	0.58%	3.48	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
6	195	30	May 20	BOS		DET	W,8-3	CG	W(4-1)	5	9.0	10	3	3	2	9	0	0	3.10	3.09	38	7	11	2	2	9	62			1	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.012	2.53	0.03%	1.48	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
7	196	34	May 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-9	GS-5	L(4-2)	5	5.0	8	6	6	3	2	1	0	3.94	3.44	24	7	4	0	2	8	26			1	0	0	20	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.40	-0.472	4.53	-0.91%	-3.70	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d3
8	197	39	May 30(2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS-6	L(4-3)	3	6.0	3	3	1	4	2	0	0	3.66	3.51	25	6	10	1	0	3	56			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	1	.80	-0.110	2.26	-0.19%	-0.30	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
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	198	43	Jun 4	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-2	GS-	W(5-3)	4	7.0	4	2	2	0	7	1	0	3.53	3.39	23						68						22					0
10	199	46	Jun 10	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS-7	W(6-3)	5	7.0	5	2	2	0	5	1	0	3.43	3.36	27	8	9	0	0	5	64			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	0.065	3.22	0.12%	1.16	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
11	200	50	Jun 15(2)	BOS		CHW	W,8-4	CG	W(7-3)	4	9.0	8	4	4	1	4	1	0	3.50	3.38	36						58						35	1	0			0
12	201	54	Jun 21	BOS		CLE	W,9-1	CG	W(8-3)	5	9.0	4	1	1	4	5	0	0	3.23	3.33	32	10	9	0	0	4	76			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	3	0	0	.34	0.164	1.61	0.47%	3.48	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
13	202	60	Jun 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-7	GS-5		4	4.2	3	2	2	3	0	0	0	3.26	3.40	20	4	10	0	4	3	47			0	0	0	16	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.40	-0.121	6.19	-0.32%	-0.48	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out d1
14	203	65	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	L,1-3	GS-6	L(8-4)	3	6.0	3	3	2	4	2	0	0	3.24	3.44	25	7	9	0	0	3	54			1	0	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	1	.89	-0.064	4.45	-0.19%	-0.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
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
15	204	70	Jul 5	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	GS-7	W(9-4)	4	6.0	9	6	6	0	0	2	0	3.59	3.65	27	4	14	1	6	9	30			2	0	0	27	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.251	1.92	-0.29%	-3.01	1t start tie	7t --- 0 out a1
16	205	78	Jul 13(2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS-5	L(9-5)	7	5.0	5	4	4	0	1	2	0	3.76	3.83	20	7	7	2	0	5	42			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.212	1.07	-0.23%	-1.75	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d3
17	206	82	Jul 17(1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	W(10-5)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.54	3.74	34	13	12	2	2	4	72			1	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.19	0.380	1.05	0.20%	2.98	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
18	207	88	Jul 22	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(11-5)	4	10.0	11	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.40	3.68	44	14	13	1	3	11	62			1	0	0	41	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.85	0.433	1.28	0.18%	2.98	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
19	208	92	Jul 26	BOS		SLB	W,12-1	CG	W(12-5)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.24	3.54	31	8	12	0	3	6	76			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	.33	0.068	.32	0.04%	3.48	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
20	209	97	Jul 31	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	GS-6	L(12-6)	4	6.0	9	5	5	1	3	2	0	3.42	3.67	26	7	6	0	0	9	36			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	0	.81	-0.161	.75	-0.09%	-2.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
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
21	210	106	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG	L(12-7)	9	9.0	9	2	2	3	8	0	0	3.34	3.56	38	6	13	0	0	8	66			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.139	1.87	0.10%	2.48	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
22	211	110	Aug 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-10	5-7		4	3.0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	3.39	3.57	12	4	3	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.091	.27	-0.06%	-0.62	5b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d4
23	212	113	Aug 19	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	W(13-7)	3	9.0	12	5	4	1	4	0	0	3.42	3.49	39	15	7	1	1	12	48			0	0	0	38	3	0	0	1	0	0	.81	-0.062	.25	-0.01%	-0.73	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
24	213	116	Aug 22(2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3		S(1)	2	2.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.37	3.46	9												9					0
25	214	119	Aug 25	BOS	@	CLE	L,8-10	GS-4		2	3.0	5	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.42	3.49	17	3	5	1	0	5	39			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.320	.21	-0.04%	-2.47	1b start tie	4b 123 0 out a1
26	215	123	Aug 27(2)	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	W(14-7)	1	9.0	8	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.45	3.53	35	6	17	0	0	8	55			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.78	0.276	.30	0.03%	0.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
27	216	127	Aug 31	BOS		PHA	W,5-1	CG	W(15-7)	3	9.0	9	1	1	4	3	0	0	3.33	3.52	38						64						33	1	0			0
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	217	132	Sep 5	BOS	@	PHA	L,7-9	GS-4		4	3.1	5	4	0	5	1	0	0	3.27	3.58	20	6	4	0	2	4	38			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	1	0	1	.86	-0.320	.02	-0.01%	-3.00	1b start a 1	4b 12- 1 out d3
29	218	136	Sep 9	BOS		DET	W,5-3	GS-9	W(16-7)	3	8.1	8	3	3	3	3	0	0	3.27	3.55	36	12	10	1	5	8	55			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.96	-0.028	.00	0.00%	0.08	1t start tie	9t -23 1 out a2
30	219	142	Sep 14	BOS		CHW	T,1-1	CG		4	7.0	6	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.20	3.52	28						62						26	0	1			0
31	220	148	Sep 17(2)	BOS		SLB	W,4-0	SHO	W(17-7)	2	9.0	1	0	0	6	4	0	0	3.06	3.53	33	11	11	0	0	1	83			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.327	.00	0.00%	4.48	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
32	221	152	Sep 21	BOS		WSH	L,0-3	GS-8	L(17-8)	3	8.0	7	3	2	1	4	0	0	3.03	3.48	33	8	13	1	0	7	61			2	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.69	-0.039	.00	0.00%	0.98	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
33	222	156	Sep 27	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	W(18-8)	5	9.0	5	1	1	2	6	1	0	2.95	3.48	33	13	7	1	0	5	77			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.65	0.321	.00	0.00%	3.06	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a7
							19-13		W-L:18-8,Sv:1	3.9	228.2	203	84	75	73	110	14	1	2.95	3.48	935	0.87		4%	8%	160	57	0	---%	9	0	1	852	21	8	4	19	0	8	.96	0.130	1.58	-0.82%	11.25

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