Joe Dobson
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[edit] Biography
Born on January 20, 1917 in Durant, Oklahoma, Joe Dobson (Joseph Gordon Dobson) played for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 14 year career. Dobson broke into the bigs on April 26, 1939 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 5.88 ERA in 78 innings pitched in 1939, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Joe Dobson's best season was 1947, when he posted a 2.95 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 110 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | CLE | A | 35 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5.88 | 27 | 56 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 87 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 1940 | CLE | A | 40 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4.95 | 57 | 60 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 100 | 101 | 8 | 48 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1941 | BOS | A | 27 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 4.49 | 69 | 70 | 67 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 134.1 | 136 | 8 | 67 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 1942 | BOS | A | 30 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3.30 | 72 | 73 | 67 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 182.2 | 155 | 9 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1943 | BOS | A | 25 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 3.12 | 63 | 63 | 57 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 164.1 | 144 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1946 | BOS | A | 32 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3.24 | 91 | 72 | 60 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 166.2 | 148 | 11 | 68 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 1947 | BOS | A | 33 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 2.95 | 110 | 84 | 75 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 228.2 | 203 | 15 | 73 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 1948 | BOS | A | 38 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 3.56 | 116 | 115 | 97 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 245.1 | 237 | 14 | 92 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 1949 | BOS | A | 33 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 3.85 | 87 | 103 | 91 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 212.2 | 219 | 12 | 97 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 1950 | BOS | A | 39 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 4.18 | 81 | 103 | 96 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 206.2 | 217 | 15 | 81 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1951 | CHI | A | 28 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 3.62 | 67 | 68 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 146.2 | 136 | 17 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1952 | CHI | A | 29 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 2.51 | 101 | 66 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 200.2 | 164 | 11 | 60 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1953 | CHI | A | 23 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 3.67 | 50 | 46 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 100.2 | 96 | 10 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1954 | BOS | A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 414 | 273 | 137 | 103 | 3.62 | 992 | 981 | 874 | 112 | 22 | 18 | 2170 | 2048 | 137 | 851 | 0 | 55 | 10 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | CLE | A | P | 35 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1940 | CLE | A | P | 40 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1941 | BOS | A | P | 27 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1942 | BOS | A | P | 30 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1943 | BOS | A | P | 25 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .969 |
| 1946 | BOS | A | P | 32 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .981 |
| 1947 | BOS | A | P | 33 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1948 | BOS | A | P | 38 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .958 |
| 1949 | BOS | A | P | 33 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1950 | BOS | A | P | 39 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 44 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .945 |
| 1951 | CHI | A | P | 28 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .969 |
| 1952 | CHI | A | P | 29 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .971 |
| 1953 | CHI | A | P | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .909 |
| 1954 | BOS | A | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | P | 414 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 341 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .977 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | CLE | A | 35 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .105 | .056 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | CLE | A | 40 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | BOS | A | 27 | 47 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 | .149 | .216 | .213 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1942 | BOS | A | 30 | 69 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 3 | .145 | .192 | .159 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1943 | BOS | A | 25 | 52 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .096 | .161 | .096 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | BOS | A | 32 | 50 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .100 | .167 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | BOS | A | 33 | 77 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 3 | .208 | .274 | .234 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | BOS | A | 38 | 84 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 4 | .202 | .280 | .262 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1949 | BOS | A | 33 | 68 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | .147 | .256 | .147 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1950 | BOS | A | 39 | 70 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 9 | .214 | .313 | .243 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | CHI | A | 28 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .065 | .065 | .087 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | CHI | A | 29 | 63 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 3 | .190 | .239 | .190 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | CHI | A | 23 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .069 | .100 | .103 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1954 | BOS | A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 414 | 697 | 46 | 106 | 2 | 35 | .152 | .220 | .174 | 7 | 1 | 54 | 244 | 7 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with Frankie Pytlak and Odell Hale to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Gene Desautels, Jim Bagby and Gee Walker (December 12, 1940).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox with Al Zarilla and Dick Littlefield to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Bill Wight and Ray Scarborough (December 10, 1950).
- Released by Chicago White Sox (August 29, 1953).
- Signed by Boston Red Sox (December 13, 1953).
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