Joe Dobson | Major Leaguer 1939-1954

Full Name: Joseph Gordon Dobson
Born: January 20,1917 in Durant, Oklahoma
Death: June 23,1994
Height: 6-2 Weight: 197 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: -
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Transactions: [Dec 12,1940] - Traded by Indians with Odell Hale and Frankie Pytlak to Red Sox for Gee Walker, Jim Bagby and Gene Desautels. [Dec 10,1950] - Traded by Red Sox with Dick Littlefield and Al Zarilla to White Sox for Ray Scarborough and Bill Wight. [Aug 29,1953] - Released by White Sox. [Dec 13,1953] - Signed as Free Agent by Red Sox.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1939	Cleveland	AL	22	Cle	MLB	2	3	5.88	35	3	0	0	17	1	78.0	87	56	51	3	51	27	3	1	10.04	0.35	5.88	3.12	1.77	--
1940	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	3	7	4.95	40	7	2	1	16	3	100.0	101	60	55	8	48	57	7	0	9.09	0.72	4.32	5.13	1.49	--
1941	Boston	AL	24	Bos	MLB	12	5	4.49	27	18	7	1	6	0	134.1	136	70	67	8	67	69	3	1	9.11	0.54	4.49	4.62	1.51	--
1942	Boston	AL	25	Bos	MLB	11	9	3.30	30	23	10	3	6	0	182.2	155	73	67	9	68	72	1	1	7.64	0.44	3.35	3.55	1.22	--
1943	Boston	AL	26	Bos	MLB	7	11	3.12	25	20	9	3	3	0	164.1	144	63	57	4	57	63	4	1	7.89	0.22	3.12	3.45	1.22	--
1946	Boston	AL	29	Bos	MLB	13	7	3.24	32	24	9	1	3	0	166.2	148	72	60	11	68	91	4	2	7.99	0.59	3.67	4.91	1.30	--
1947	Boston	AL	30	Bos	MLB	18	8	2.95	33	31	15	1	1	1	228.2	203	84	75	15	73	110	11	1	7.99	0.59	2.87	4.33	1.21	--
1948	Boston	AL	31	Bos	MLB	16	10	3.56	38	32	16	5	5	2	245.1	237	115	97	14	92	116	6	1	8.69	0.51	3.38	4.26	1.34	--
1949	Boston	AL	32	Bos	MLB	14	12	3.85	33	27	12	2	5	2	212.2	219	103	91	12	97	87	4	2	9.27	0.51	4.11	3.68	1.49	--
1950	Boston	AL	33	Bos	MLB	15	10	4.18	39	27	12	1	9	4	206.2	217	103	96	15	81	81	4	0	9.45	0.65	3.53	3.53	1.44	--
1951	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	34	Chw	MLB	7	6	3.62	28	21	6	0	3	3	146.2	136	68	59	17	51	67	1	0	8.35	1.04	3.13	4.11	1.28	--
1952	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	35	Chw	MLB	14	10	2.51	29	25	11	3	3	1	200.2	164	66	56	11	60	101	4	0	7.36	0.49	2.69	4.53	1.12	--
1953	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	36	Chw	MLB	5	5	3.67	23	15	3	1	6	1	100.2	96	46	41	10	37	50	3	0	8.58	0.89	3.31	4.47	1.32	--
1954	Boston	AL	37	Bos	MLB	0	0	6.77	2	0	0	0	1	0	2.2	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	16.92	0.00	3.38	3.38	2.26	--

Major League Totals - 14 Season(s)						137	103	3.62	414	273	112	22	84	18	2,170.0	2048	981	874	137	851	992	55	10	8.49	0.57	3.53	4.11	1.34	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1939	Cleveland	AL	22	Cle	MLB	p		35	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0		1		0	.056	*.114	.056	*170	--
1940	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	p		40	24	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	0		0		0	.125	*.229	.125	*354	--
1941	Boston	AL	24	Bos	MLB	p		27	47	3	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	4	14	0		3		2	.149	*.222	.213	*435	--
1942	Boston	AL	25	Bos	MLB	p		30	69	6	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	17	1		5		1	.145	*.188	.159	*347	--
1943	Boston	AL	26	Bos	MLB	p		25	52	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	21	2		3		0	.096	*.138	.096	*234	--
1946	Boston	AL	29	Bos	MLB	p		32	50	5	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	28	0		6		0	.100	*.174	.100	*274	--
1947	Boston	AL	30	Bos	MLB	p		33	77	4	16	0	1	0	3	0	0	7	22	0		7		0	.208	*.279	.234	*513	--
1948	Boston	AL	31	Bos	MLB	p		38	84	9	17	2	0	1	4	0	0	6	27	3		8		2	.202	*.262	.262	*524	--
1949	Boston	AL	32	Bos	MLB	p		33	68	5	10	0	0	0	2	1	0	10	22	0		5		1	.147	*.262	.147	*409	--
1950	Boston	AL	33	Bos	MLB	p		39	70	6	15	2	0	0	9	0	0	9	23	1		8		0	.214	*.309	.243	*552	--
1951	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	34	Chw	MLB	p		28	46	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	20	0		7		0	.065	*.076	.087	*163	--
1952	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	35	Chw	MLB	p		29	63	3	12	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	20	0		10		0	.190	*.245	.190	*435	--
1953	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	36	Chw	MLB	p		23	29	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	11	0		1		1	.069	*.110	.103	*213	--
1954	Boston	AL	37	Bos	MLB	p		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 14 Season(s)								414	697	46	106	7	1	2	35	1	0	54	244	7		64		7	.152		.174	---	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1946	Boston	AL	29		Ws	1	0	0.00	3		1			0	12.2	4		0		3	10			2.84	---	2.13	7.11	0.55	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						1	0	0.00	3		1			0	12.2	4		0		3	10			2.84	---	2.13	7.11	0.55	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1946	Boston	AL	29	Bos	Ws	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1939	Cleveland	AL	22	Cle	MLB	P	35		78	3	16	0	19	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.19

1940	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	P	40		100	6	15	0	21	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.89

1941	Boston	AL	24	Bos	MLB	P	27		134.1	10	13	0	23	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.54

1942	Boston	AL	25	Bos	MLB	P	30		182.2	17	42	0	59	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.91

1943	Boston	AL	26	Bos	MLB	P	25		164.1	9	22	1	32	2	-	-	-	.969	1.70

1946	Boston	AL	29	Bos	MLB	P	32		166.2	18	33	1	52	1	-	-	-	.981	2.75

1947	Boston	AL	30	Bos	MLB	P	33		228.2	13	25	0	38	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.50

1948	Boston	AL	31	Bos	MLB	P	38		245.1	10	36	2	48	3	-	-	-	.958	1.69

1949	Boston	AL	32	Bos	MLB	P	33		212.2	12	30	0	42	3	-	-	-	1.000	1.78

1950	Boston	AL	33	Bos	MLB	P	39		206.2	8	44	3	55	4	-	-	-	.945	2.26

1951	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	34	Chw	MLB	P	28		146.2	6	25	1	32	5	-	-	-	.969	1.90

1952	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	35	Chw	MLB	P	29		200.2	7	26	1	34	2	-	-	-	.971	1.48

1953	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	36	Chw	MLB	P	23		100.2	6	14	2	22	0	-	-	-	.909	1.79

1954	Boston	AL	37	Bos	MLB	P	2		2.2	1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.37

Awards

[1947] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #29) [1948] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #24), Played in MLB All-Star Game

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 1 All-Star game during his career (1948)

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