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Joe Dobson

Birthdate:

1/20/1917

Died:

6/23/1994

Height / Weight:

6' 2" / 197 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Durant, OK, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Right-hander Joe Dobson strung-together double numbers in wins five straight seasons - 1946-1950 with Boston, and won over 10 games in 8-of-14 seasons while compiling a lifetime record of 137-103. One Boston writer in the late-'40s summed up Dobson's roundhouse curveball this way: 'It started out somewhere around the dugout and would up clipping the outside corner of the plate. There are curveballs, and there are curveballs.'

Dobson broke in with Cleveland back in '39, and worked mainly as a reliever for the Indians his first two-years. Traded to Boston in 1941... he stayed in a Boston Red Sox uniform from 1941 thru 1950 before being traded to the White Sox in '51. In Chicago he rang up records of 7-6... 14-10... and 5-5. About his early days in Boston, Dobson recalled Ted Williams played a big part in my becoming a successful pitcher. Dobson said: 'My first year in Boston was 1941. I would pitch to Williams in practice, maybe for 45 minutes. I learned a lot from that man. baseballhistorian.com - Archives - Boston Red Sox 1940s

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1939	CLE (AL)	35	3	2	3	1	0	0	78.0	87	56	51	3	51	0	27	3	1	1	5.88
1940	CLE (AL)	40	7	3	7	3	2	1	100.0	101	60	55	8	48	0	57	7	0	0	4.95
1941	BOS (AL)	27	18	12	5	0	7	1	134.1	136	70	67	8	67	0	69	3	2	1	4.49
1942	BOS (AL)	30	23	11	9	0	10	3	182.2	155	73	67	9	68	0	72	1	2	1	3.30
1943	BOS (AL)	25	20	7	11	0	9	3	164.1	144	63	57	4	57	0	63	4	0	1	3.12
1946	BOS (AL)	32	24	13	7	0	9	1	166.2	148	72	60	11	68	0	91	4	1	2	3.24
1947	BOS (AL)	33	31	18	8	1	15	1	228.2	203	84	75	15	73	0	110	11	1	1	2.95
1948	BOS (AL)	38	32	16	10	2	16	5	245.1	237	115	97	14	92	0	116	6	1	1	3.56
1949	BOS (AL)	33	27	14	12	2	12	2	212.2	219	103	91	12	97	0	87	4	2	2	3.85
1950	BOS (AL)	39	27	15	10	4	12	1	206.2	217	103	96	15	81	0	81	4	0	0	4.18
1951	CHW (AL)	28	21	7	6	3	6	0	146.2	136	68	59	17	51	0	67	1	0	0	3.62
1952	CHW (AL)	29	25	14	10	1	11	3	200.2	164	66	56	11	60	0	101	4	0	0	2.51
1953	CHW (AL)	23	15	5	5	1	3	1	100.2	96	46	41	10	37	0	50	3	0	0	3.67
1954	BOS (AL)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	5	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.75
14 years		414	273	137	103	18	112	22	2170.0	2048	981	874	137	851	0	992	55	10	10	3.62

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1939	CLE (AL)	35	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.56	.105	SLG
1940	CLE (AL)	40	24	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	SLG
1941	BOS (AL)	27	47	3	7	0	0	1	6	4	14	0	0	0	0	3	0	.149	.216	SLG
1942	BOS (AL)	30	69	6	10	1	0	0	3	3	17	0	0	0	1	5	0	.145	.192	SLG
1943	BOS (AL)	25	52	3	5	0	0	0	0	2	21	0	0	0	2	3	0	.96	.161	SLG
1946	BOS (AL)	32	50	5	5	0	0	0	2	4	28	0	0	0	0	6	0	.100	.167	SLG
1947	BOS (AL)	33	77	4	16	0	1	0	3	7	22	0	0	0	0	7	0	.208	.274	SLG
1948	BOS (AL)	38	84	9	17	2	0	1	4	6	27	0	0	0	3	8	0	.202	.280	SLG
1949	BOS (AL)	33	68	5	10	0	0	0	2	10	22	1	0	0	0	5	0	.147	.256	SLG
1950	BOS (AL)	39	70	6	15	2	0	0	9	9	23	0	0	0	1	8	0	.214	.313	SLG
1951	CHW (AL)	28	46	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	7	0	.65	.65	SLG
1952	CHW (AL)	29	63	3	12	0	0	0	3	4	20	0	0	0	0	10	0	.190	.239	SLG
1953	CHW (AL)	23	29	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	.69	.100	SLG
1954	BOS (AL)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
14 years		414	697	46	106	7	1	2	35	54	244	1	0	0	7	64	0	.152	.220	.SLG

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