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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

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

26.2

137

103

ERA

3.62

414

273

2170.0

992

WHIP

1.336

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 26	CLE		CHW	L,1-5		19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	10 (3)	Apr 30	CLE	@	DET	L,1-14	GS	33	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	14 (3)	May 6	CLE		NYY	L,1-5		24	6.1	1	0	0	1	0
4	19 (4)	May 12	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	23 (3)	May 18	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-4	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	25 (1)	May 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-6	GF	11	2.0	0	3	0	3	0
7	30 (4)	May 26	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	36 (5)	Jun 2	CLE		NYY	L,5-17		28	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	43 (6)	Jun 7 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,9-13	GS	37	7.2	1	1	0	2	0
10	53 (9)	Jun 18 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	56 (2)	Jun 22	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-8		12	2.2	0	2	0	2	0
12	60 (3)	Jun 25 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-10	GF	13	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	69 (8)	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-8		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	75 (5)	Jul 13	CLE		BOS	L,5-6		9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	77 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	78	Jul 16 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	80 (1)	Jul 18	CLE		PHA	W,6-3	GF	19	5.2	0	0	0	0	0
18	86 (5)	Jul 25	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-8	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	91 (4)	Aug 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-7	GF	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	94 (2)	Aug 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-17		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	95	Aug 4	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	99 (3)	Aug 7	CLE		SLB	W,6-5		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	100	Aug 9	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	106 (5)	Aug 15	CLE	@	DET	L,3-12	GS	31	5.1	0	1	0	1	0
25	112 (5)	Aug 20	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	GF	9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
26	117 (4)	Aug 26	CLE		PHA	W,7-5		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
27	120 (2)	Aug 28	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	122 (1)	Aug 30	CLE		NYY	W,4-3		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	123	Sep 1	CLE		NYY	L,8-11		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	126 (2)	Sep 4	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
31	127	Sep 5	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	131 (3)	Sep 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-8		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
33	136 (4)	Sep 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
34	142 (5)	Sep 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,9-10		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	146 (3)	Sep 23	CLE		DET	L,3-6		0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
							35gm		78.0	3	16	0	19	0