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John Dopson
John Robert Dopson

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 225 lb.

Debut September 4, 1985
  vs. LAD 4.0 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER, L
Final Game June 22, 1994
Born July 14, 1963 in Baltimore, MD

Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1982. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1985 21 MON NL   0   2   4   3   0   0   0  0   13.0   25   17   16   4    4    4   0   2    70   0   0 11.08  3.42   31 2.231
 1988 24 MON NL   3  11  26  26   1   0   0  0  168.7  150   69   57  15   58  101   1   3   704   3   1  3.04  3.59  118 1.233
 1989 25 BOS AL  12   8  29  28   2   0   0  0  169.3  166   84   75  14   69   95   2   7   727   0  15  3.99  4.13  104 1.388
 1990 26 BOS AL   0   0   4   4   0   0   0  0   17.7   13    7    4   2    9    9   0   0    75   0   0  2.04  4.11  202 1.245
 1991 27 BOS AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    2    2    2   0    1    0   0   0     6   0   0 18.00  4.31   24 3.000
 1992 28 BOS AL   7  11  25  25   0   0   0  0  141.3  159   78   64  17   38   55   2   3   598   2   3  4.08  4.23  104 1.394
 1993 29 BOS AL   7  11  34  28   1   1   3  0  155.7  170   93   86  16   59   89   2   1   681  12   3  4.97  4.64   93 1.471
 1994 30 CAL AL   1   4  21   5   0   0   4  1   58.7   67   41   40   6   26   33   3   4   264   3   1  6.14  4.85   79 1.585
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .390  30  47 144 119   4   1   8  1  725.3  752  391  344  74  264  386  10  20  3125  20  23  4.27  4.18   98 1.401
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7  12  37  30   1   0   2  0  187.3  194  101   88  19   68   99   2   5   807   5   5  4.27  4.18   98 1.401
 Career High     12  11  34  28   2   1   4  1  169.3  170   93   86  17   69  101   3   7   727  12  15  3.04  4.85  118 1.233

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1985 21 MON NL   4    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   3  .000  .333  .000    4    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1988 24 MON NL  26   51    0    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   1  31  .059  .077  .078  -56    4   4   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      144   55    0    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   3  34  .055  .103  .073  -49    4   4   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         62    0    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   3  38  .055  .103  .073  -49    5   5   0   0   0   2
 Career High     34   51    0    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   2  31                           4   4   0   0   0   2
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1985 21 MON NL    6    4    0   0.0    91| .000  .254| .333  .321| .000  .379| .333  .700|   4  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1988 24 MON NL   56   54    0   0.0    93| .059  .261| .077  .325| .078  .383| .155  .708| -56  .000 -10.5  -1.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons        62   58    0   0.0    93| .055  .260| .103  .325| .073  .383| .176  .707| -49  .000 -10.9  -1.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1985 21 MON NL P 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.68 1.38 1.94 3 13.0 1988 24 MON NL P 26 10 15 2 1 .926 .954 0.96 0.69 1.33 1.96 26 168.7 1989 25 BOS AL P 29 20 34 1 1 .982 .959 1.86 0.66 2.87 1.87 28 169.3 1990 26 BOS AL P 4 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 1.50 0.60 3.05 1.78 4 17.7 1991 27 BOS AL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 0.60 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1992 28 BOS AL P 25 19 18 1 1 .974 .954 1.48 0.56 2.36 1.72 25 141.3 1993 29 BOS AL P 34 17 22 0 0 1.000 .954 1.15 0.56 2.25 1.79 28 155.7 1994 30 CAL AL P 21 3 10 0 0 1.000 .956 0.62 0.52 1.99 1.72 5 58.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1985 21 MON NL P 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.68 1.38 1.94 3 13.0 1988 24 MON NL P 26 10 15 2 1 .926 .954 0.96 0.69 1.33 1.96 26 168.7 1989 25 BOS AL P 29 20 34 1 1 .982 .959 1.86 0.66 2.87 1.87 28 169.3 1990 26 BOS AL P 4 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 1.50 0.60 3.05 1.78 4 17.7 1991 27 BOS AL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 0.60 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1992 28 BOS AL P 25 19 18 1 1 .974 .954 1.48 0.56 2.36 1.72 25 141.3 1993 29 BOS AL P 34 17 22 0 0 1.000 .954 1.15 0.56 2.25 1.79 28 155.7 1994 30 CAL AL P 21 3 10 0 0 1.000 .956 0.62 0.52 1.99 1.72 5 58.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 144 70 107 4 3 .978 .956 1.23 0.60 2.20 1.83 119 725.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 144 70 107 4 3 .978 .956 1.23 0.60 2.20 1.83 119 725
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Shutouts
1993 AL-1-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2542) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1472) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1982.

December 8, 1988: Traded by the Montreal Expos with Luis Rivera to the Boston Red Sox for Spike Owen and Dan Gakeler.

October 29, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

February 2, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

October 7, 1994: Released by the California Angels.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1989Boston Red Sox$125,000
1990Boston Red Sox$265,000
1991Boston Red Sox$265,000
1992Boston Red Sox$265,000
1993Boston Red Sox$750,000
1994California Angels$400,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,070,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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