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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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-16 / in Starts: 13-14
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	19 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 83 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	59 (33-20-6) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 83 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	55 (29-17-8)

Most Driven In
A Zarilla	1
B Goodman	1
B Tebbetts	0
B Doerr	0
B Hitchcock	0

Most Driven In By
J Pesky	2
T Williams	1
D DiMaggio	0

1949 Batting Game Log

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1949 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	261	1	Apr 19	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	9	1.49	-0.023	3.83	-0.04%	-0.32	P
2	262	6 (4)	Apr 24	BOS		NYY	L,4-9	GS-0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	9						P
3	263	11 (4)	Apr 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.286	.000	.286	9	.94	0.018	2.49	0.03%	0.22	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	264	17 (5)	May 8 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,10-6	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	.79	-0.023	1.29	-0.02%	-0.15	P
5	265	23 (5)	May 15	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.308	.000	.308	9	.73	-0.031	1.36	-0.03%	-0.51	P
6	266	28 (4)	May 21	BOS		CLE	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.083	.313	.083	.396	9	.51	-0.008	1.03	-0.01%	-0.38	P
7	267	32 (3)	May 25	BOS		SLB	L,4-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.077	.294	.077	.371	9	1.05	-0.028	2.55	-0.04%	-0.27	P
8	268	36 (3)	May 30 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,10-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.059	.238	.059	.297	9	.58	-0.052	1.52	-0.08%	-1.02	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	269	40 (3)	Jun 3	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.056	.261	.056	.316	9	.33	-0.001	.88	0.00%	0.02	P
10	270	42 (1)	Jun 5 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	.045	.222	.045	.268	9	.81	0.088	1.90	0.12%	0.43	P
11	271	46 (3)	Jun 8	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-5	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.083	.241	.083	.325	9	1.25	-0.012	2.59	-0.02%	-0.01	P
12	272	51 (4)	Jun 14	BOS		CLE	L,5-10	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.241	.083	.325	9						P
13	273	54 (2)	Jun 17 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.074	.242	.074	.316	9	1.73	-0.137	2.09	-0.10%	-0.59	P
14	274	58 (3)	Jun 20	BOS		DET	W,6-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.071	.235	.071	.307	9	.09	-0.002	.20	0.00%	-0.33	P
15	275	60 (1)	Jun 22	BOS		DET	L,4-13	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.067	.222	.067	.289	9	.76	-0.039	1.94	-0.06%	-0.37	P
16	276	67 (6)	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	L,3-6	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.067	.222	.067	.289	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	277	70 (2)	Jul 3	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.063	.211	.063	.273	9	1.63	-0.082	1.86	-0.06%	-0.74	P
18	278	75 (4)	Jul 7 susp	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-4	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.063	.231	.063	.293	9	.03	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.39	P
19	279	76	Jul 8	BOS		PHA	W,7-1	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.086	.256	.086	.342	9	.63	0.128	.60	0.07%	1.04	P
20	280	80 (3)	Jul 14	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.077	.234	.077	.311	9	1.06	-0.126	1.71	-0.12%	-1.64	P
21	281	90 (9)	Jul 24 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-9	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.075	.229	.075	.304	9	.28	-0.007	.58	-0.01%	-0.12	P
22	282	95 (4)	Jul 29 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.070	.216	.070	.285	9	.88	-0.078	2.37	-0.13%	-1.00	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	283	102 (6)	Aug 4	BOS		SLB	W,12-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.063	.196	.063	.259	9	.13	-0.016	.36	-0.03%	-1.96	P
24	284	107 (4)	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.061	.207	.061	.268	9	.86	-0.009	4.58	-0.03%	-0.06	P
25	285	110 (2)	Aug 12 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,13-11	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.061	.207	.061	.268	9	3.51	-0.057	12.89	-0.13%	-0.33	P
26	286	114 (3)	Aug 15	BOS		WSH	W,3-2	GS-11	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.059	.213	.059	.272	9	1.23	0.036	5.38	0.10%	0.01	P
27	287	120 (5)	Aug 23	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-5	GS-6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.094	.238	.094	.332	9	.79	0.050	4.68	0.18%	0.53	P
28	288	127 (6)	Aug 29 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG(10)	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.125	.258	.125	.383	9	1.05	-0.022	5.76	-0.07%	0.12	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	289	131 (3)	Sep 2	BOS		PHA	W,8-4	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.121	.250	.121	.371	9	.18	-0.009	1.04	-0.03%	-0.65	P
30	290	139 (7)	Sep 11 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-6	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.131	.254	.131	.385	9	1.92	-0.138	17.68	-0.76%	-1.11	P
31	291	144 (4)	Sep 17	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	.127	.247	.127	.374	9	1.35	-0.106	9.66	-0.46%	-1.36	P
32	292	151 (6)	Sep 27	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS-8	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.149	.260	.149	.409	9	.45	0.040	7.40	0.39%	0.90	P
33	293	154 (2)	Oct 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	5-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.147	.256	.147	.403	9	.99	-0.025	44.74	-0.68%	-0.17	P
							17-16		83	68	5	10	0	0	0	2	10	0	22	0	5		1	2	1	0	.147	.256	.147	.403		.91	-0.670	3.96	-2.01%	-9.44

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