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Joe
Dobson		  
Nickname: White Horse
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 202
 
Born: January 20, 1917 in Usa, OK, DURANT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1941    1948    1952   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1939 22 CIN NL $ 300,000 9 5 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7
1940 23 CIN NL $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 7 8 7 7 8 7
1941 24 CIN NL $ 300,000 8 5 6 5 7 8 7 8 8 8
1942 25 CIN NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 7 8 8 8 9 8
1943 26 CIN NL $ 3,600,000 8 5 5 5 7 8 7 8 9 9
1944 27 CIN NL $ 3,600,000 7 5 5 5 7 8 8 7 8 8
1945 28 DET AL $ 3,600,000 7 5 5 5 7 8 8 8 8 8
1946 29 DET AL $ 7,000,000 6 5 5 5 7 8 8 8 8 8
1947 30 DET AL $ 7,000,000 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8
1948 31 BSN NL $ 7,000,000 7 4 5 4 8 8 8 8 8 8
1949 32 BSN NL $ 7,000,000 7 4 5 4 7 8 7 7 8 7
1950 33 BOS AL $ 4,500,000 7 4 5 4 7 8 7 7 8 7
1951 34 BOS AL $ 4,500,000 7 4 5 4 7 8 7 8 8 8
1952 35 TAM AL $ 4,500,000 7 4 5 4 7 8 7 7 8 8
1953 36 TAM AL $ 2,500,000 6 3 4 4 7 8 7 7 7 7
1954 37 TAM AL $ 2,500,000 5 2 3 2 6 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 2 3 2 6 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000 9 5 6 6 8 8 8 8 9 9
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1939 22 CIN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1940 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1941 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1942 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1943 26 CIN NL $ 3,600,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1944 27 CIN NL $ 3,600,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1945 28 DET AL $ 3,600,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1946 29 DET AL $ 7,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1947 30 DET AL $ 7,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1948 31 BSN NL $ 7,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1949 32 BSN NL $ 7,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1950 33 BOS AL $ 4,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1951 34 BOS AL $ 4,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1952 35 TAM AL $ 4,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1953 36 TAM AL $ 2,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1954 37 TAM AL $ 2,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1939 22 CIN NL 9 22 .290 33 33 7 2 0 246.0 275 117 14 52 82 4.28 .285 .322 .405 .727 11.5
    AAA   1 3 .250 6 6 0 0 0 34.0 39 21 2 14 26 5.56 .283 .349 .406 .754  
1940 23 CIN NL 18 14 .563 43 43 5 1 0 314.0 298 112 11 83 125 3.21 .249 .299 .350 .649 25.8
1941 24 CIN NL 17 14 .548 44 44 3 1 0 312.0 324 139 23 76 116 4.01 .266 .309 .382 .690 17.4
1942 25 CIN NL 12 20 .375 42 42 7 2 0 314.0 330 136 13 63 105 3.90 .270 .306 .359 .665 16.5
1943 26 CIN NL 13 11 .542 79 13 0 0 7 159.0 182 80 9 40 45 4.53 .287 .331 .371 .702 9.4
1944 27 CIN NL 18 12 .600 36 36 4 0 0 253.7 293 126 20 73 83 4.47 .290 .334 .398 .732 8.8
1945 28 CIN NL 5 4 .556 11 10 2 0 0 84.7 84 37 4 23 39 3.93 .260 .311 .368 .680 4.5
  DET AL 9 10 .474 28 26 6 1 0 171.0 201 101 11 66 62 5.32 .295 .358 .425 .783 2.9
  TOT   14 14 .500 39 36 8 1 0 255.7 285 138 15 89 101 4.86 .284 .343 .407 .750 7.4
1946 29 DET AL 20 14 .588 41 41 2 1 0 289.7 300 117 9 96 99 3.64 .269 .327 .357 .684 19.2
1947 30 DET AL 12 9 .571 32 31 6 1 0 209.3 212 95 10 71 72 4.08 .263 .324 .373 .697 11.2
1948 31 DET AL 11 6 .647 37 23 6 1 3 164.0 164 84 11 52 66 4.61 .259 .315 .380 .695 10.3
  BSN NL 5 4 .556 12 8 2 0 0 94.7 85 38 6 32 34 3.61 .238 .300 .353 .653 7.7
  TOT   16 10 .615 49 31 8 1 3 258.7 249 122 17 84 100 4.24 .251 .309 .370 .680 18.0
1949 32 BSN NL 9 14 .391 37 37 5 0 0 255.7 262 108 22 91 83 3.80 .264 .329 .362 .691 18.0
1950 33 BOS AL 13 7 .650 24 24 0 0 0 166.3 176 77 13 55 50 4.17 .272 .333 .398 .731 11.3
1951 34 BOS AL 11 14 .440 30 30 5 0 0 199.0 226 110 14 67 71 4.97 .291 .347 .389 .735 9.7
1952 35 TAM AL 22 15 .595 42 42 3 0 0 304.0 323 143 25 103 126 4.23 .272 .332 .387 .719 21.2
1953 36 TAM AL 4 3 .571 39 0 0 0 6 46.7 45 21 4 18 19 4.05 .253 .320 .365 .685 4.6
1954 37 TAM AL 2 2 .500 48 4 1 0 4 74.7 84 31 7 30 29 3.74 .285 .351 .403 .754 3.9
16 Years Sim 210 195 .519 658 487 64 10 20 3658.3 3864 1672 226 1091 1306 4.11 .271 .324 .378 .702 213.9
1 Years AAA 1 3 .250 6 6 0 0 0 34.0 39 21 2 14 26 5.56 .283 .349 .406 .754  
Season Average 13 12 .520 41 30 4 0 1 228.6 241 104 14 68 81 4.11 .271 .324 .378 .702  
Career Highs 22 22 .650 79 44 8 2 7 314.0 330 143 25 103 126 4.97 .291 .351 .407 .754  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1783 755 92 433 739   .254 .298 .349 .646
vs LH   2081 917 134 658 567   .288 .348 .407 .755
Home 103 100 .507 326 241 28 6 7 1825.6 1931 836 115 555 607 4.12 .272 .325 .378 .703
Away 107 95 .530 332 246 36 4 17 1832.6 1933 836 111 536 699 4.11 .271 .322 .379 .701
Mar/Apr 33 25 .569 102 67 10 2 2 528.9 495 214 23 170 202 3.64 .247 .306 .338 .644
May 35 37 .486 112 90 15 2 5 677.6 704 299 45 193 231 3.97 .268 .318 .377 .695
June 38 23 .623 110 76 8 3 4 594.6 615 244 33 151 215 3.69 .268 .313 .366 .679
July 27 40 .403 112 80 12 0 1 578.0 660 309 46 184 191 4.81 .286 .339 .409 .748
August 41 34 .547 117 91 11 2 4 667.3 694 312 41 208 265 4.21 .269 .324 .383 .706
Sep/Oct 36 36 .500 105 83 9 1 8 611.6 696 294 38 185 202 4.33 .287 .338 .392 .729
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1939 22 CIN NL 33 77 2 13 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 27 .169 .220 .182 .401 3.2 0.0
1940 23 CIN NL 43 115 0 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 44 .078 .093 .087 .180 -3.6 0.0
1941 24 CIN NL 44 113 4 10 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 52 .088 .111 .097 .208 -2.4 0.0
1942 25 CIN NL 42 112 2 13 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 43 .116 .123 .125 .248 -1.2 0.0
1943 26 CIN NL 79 33 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .152 .152 .152 .303 0.1 0.0
1944 27 CIN NL 36 91 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 35 .066 .065 .077 .142 -4.2 0.0
1945 28 CIN NL 11 30 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .133 .133 .133 .267 -0.3 0.0
  DET AL 28 61 5 8 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 16 .131 .145 .131 .276 -0.6 0.0
  TOT   39 91 5 12 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 27 .132 .141 .132 .273 -0.9 0.0
1946 29 DET AL 41 103 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 43 .087 .145 .087 .233 -2.1 0.0
1947 30 DET AL 32 76 7 13 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 19 .171 .171 .211 .382 1.9 0.0
1948 31 DET AL 37 53 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 .057 .057 .094 .151 -2.8 0.0
  BSN NL 12 33 3 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 10 .182 .206 .273 .479 2.0 0.0
  TOT   49 86 4 9 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 30 .105 .115 .163 .278 -0.8 0.0
1949 32 BSN NL 37 78 6 16 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 30 .205 .235 .231 .465 3.9 0.0
1950 33 BOS AL 24 50 8 6 4 0 0 7 0 0 4 20 .120 .182 .200 .382 1.4 0.0
1951 34 BOS AL 30 68 4 8 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 23 .118 .130 .162 .292 -0.6 0.0
1952 35 TAM AL 42 102 7 17 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 29 .167 .189 .186 .375 2.6 0.0
1953 36 TAM AL 39 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1954 37 TAM AL 48 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 .077 .077 .077 .154 -1.3 0.0
16 Years Sim 658 1211 54 147 19 1 1 59 0 2 27 435 .121 .143 .141 .284 -4.5 0.0
162 Game Average 298 13 36 4 0 0 14 0 0 6 107 .121 .143 .141 .284 -1.1  
Career Highs 79 115 8 17 4 1 1 8 0 1 5 52 .205 .235 .231 .465 3.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   790 31 87 12 1 0 36 0 1 13 293 .110 .126 .128 .254 -16.7
vs LH   421 23 60 7 0 1 23 0 1 14 142 .143 .172 .166 .339 2.3
Home 326 566 19 76 11 1 0 30 0 2 11 198 .134 .153 .157 .310 -3.0
Away 313 645 35 71 8 0 1 29 0 0 16 237 .110 .134 .127 .261 -11.5
RISP   279 0 33 2 0 0 56 0 0 6 90 .118 .140 .125 .265 -4.6
Close/Late   82 4 14 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 22 .171 .181 .220 .400 2.0
Mar/Apr 91 175 5 17 3 0 0 8 0 0 2 66 .097 .107 .114 .221 -5.3
May 102 231 5 28 2 0 0 8 0 0 3 70 .121 .136 .130 .265 -4.0
June 110 205 13 28 3 1 0 11 0 1 3 67 .137 .149 .161 .310 -1.1
July 90 176 8 20 3 0 0 5 0 0 5 72 .114 .148 .131 .278 -2.6
August 100 218 11 28 6 0 0 14 0 0 9 90 .128 .165 .156 .321 0.1
Sep/Oct 104 206 12 26 2 0 1 13 0 1 5 70 .126 .146 .150 .296 -1.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1939 22 CIN NL P 33 33 246.0 11 33 1 1 .978 1.61    
1940 23 CIN NL P 43 43 314.0 19 51 1 3 .986 2.01    
1941 24 CIN NL P 44 44 312.0 13 73 1 3 .989 2.48    
1942 25 CIN NL P 42 42 314.0 19 44 2 2 .969 1.81    
1943 26 CIN NL P 79 13 159.0 11 27 2 1 .950 2.15    
1944 27 CIN NL P 36 36 253.7 16 39 1 2 .982 1.95    
1945 28 CIN NL P 11 10 84.7 4 14 1 0 .947 1.91    
  DET AL P 28 26 171.0 9 28 1 1 .974 1.95    
  TOT   P 39 36 255.7 13 42 2 1 .965 1.94    
1946 29 DET AL P 41 41 289.7 22 52 2 5 .974 2.30    
1947 30 DET AL P 32 31 209.3 19 40 2 0 .967 2.54    
1948 31 DET AL P 37 23 164.0 12 28 0 1 1.000 2.20    
  BSN NL P 12 8 94.7 7 16 0 0 1.000 2.19    
  TOT   P 49 31 258.7 19 44 0 1 1.000 2.19    
1949 32 BSN NL P 37 37 255.7 14 47 3 7 .953 2.15    
1950 33 BOS AL P 24 24 166.3 20 34 0 1 1.000 2.92    
1951 34 BOS AL P 30 30 199.0 12 34 1 3 .979 2.08    
1952 35 TAM AL P 42 42 304.0 24 55 2 2 .975 2.34    
1953 36 TAM AL P 39 0 46.7 3 10 1 0 .929 2.51    
1954 37 TAM AL P 48 4 74.7 7 12 0 0 1.000 2.29    
Career Totals   658 487 3658.3 242 637 21 32 .977 2.16    
Career Highs   79 44 314.0 24 73 3 7 1.000 2.92    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1942 25 CIN NL 0 2 .000 7 2 0 0 2 17.7 25 12 1 5 5 6.12 .338 .380 .405 .785
1943 26 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 10 0 0 0 0 8.7 6 4 0 4 2 4.16 .214 .313 .214 .527
1944 27 CIN NL 2 0 1.000 3 3 1 0 0 24.7 24 5 1 5 6 1.82 .255 .293 .351 .644
1946 29 DET AL 1 2 .333 4 4 0 0 0 23.0 28 13 2 13 9 5.09 .301 .387 .419 .806
1947 30 DET AL 0 1 .000 9 0 0 0 2 12.3 12 7 0 10 6 5.11 .267 .400 .289 .689
1953 36 TAM AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 2 1 1 0 1 27.27 .667 .667 1.667 2.333
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 5 .444 34 9 1 0 4 86.6 97 42 5 37 29 4.36 .288 .358 .374 .732
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1942 25 CIN NL 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
1944 27 CIN NL 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .125 .222 .125 .347
1946 29 DET AL 4 7 1 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .429 .714
Career Post-Season Batting 14 19 2 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 6 .211 .250 .263 .513
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1940-5-3.21
1946-6-3.64
1947-10-4.08
1949-10-3.80
 Wins
1940-3-18
1941-10-17
1944-9-18
1946-3-20
1952-2-22
 Losses
1939-3-22
1942-5-20
1952-9-15
CAR-36-195
 Winning Pct
1940-10-.563
1946-9-.588
1948-5-.647
 Saves
1943-10-7
 Games Pitched
1943-5-79
Games Started
1940-3-43
1941-1-44
1942-4-42
1946-7-41
1952-6-42
CAR-48-487
 Shutouts
1939-8-2
1942-6-2
1945-8-1
1946-9-1
1948-8-1
 Innings Pitched
1940-8-314.0
1942-9-314.0
1946-9-289.7
1952-8-304.0
 Hits Allowed
1941-8-324
1942-4-330
1946-7-300
1952-5-323
CAR-36-3864
 Homeruns Allowed
1941-8-23
 Walks per 9IP
1939-8-1.9
1941-8-2.2
1942-4-1.8
1944-10-2.6
1946-6-3.0
1947-8-3.1
1948-5-2.9
1949-10-3.2
1950-9-3.0
Hits per 9IP
1940-8-8.5
 WHiP
1940-8-1.21
1941-9-1.28
1942-5-1.25
1948-7-1.32
 OAVG
1940-6-.249
 OOBP
1940-8-.299
1941-8-.309
1942-5-.306
1948-5-.315
 OSLG
1940-6-.350
1942-6-.359
1946-6-.357
1947-10-.373
1948-9-.380
1949-9-.362
1951-7-.389
1952-10-.387
 OOPS
1940-4-.649
1942-6-.665
1946-8-.684
1947-10-.697
1948-8-.695
1949-10-.691
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 91    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  6. Danny Macfayden (889)
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  8. Ray Herbert (880)
  9. Lefty Gomez (879)
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  1. Al Javery (987)
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  6. George Blaeholder (978)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1939
Had first career hit on 5/3/1939, off Harry Eisenstat (OAK)
Earned first career win on 5/24/1939
Injured on 6/24/1939 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,600,000 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1943
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,600,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,600,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cincinnati to Detroit on 6/1/1945 (Going to CIN: P Max Lanier, 2B Moe Franklin. Going to DET: P Joe Dobson, SS Billy Cox)
7/31/1945: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $7,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1946, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Injured on 7/5/1947 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Traded from Detroit to Boston (N) on 7/31/1948 (Going to DET: P Butch Wensloff, LF Paul O'dea. Going to BSN: P Joe Dobson, P Glenn Gardner)
Hit first career homerun on 9/27/1948, off Curt Simmons (STL)
Injured on 6/8/1949 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 7/29/1949 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/6/1950 to a 3-year deal worth $4,500,000 per year
Injured on 4/18/1950 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 5/25/1951 with a Tight Elbow, out for one week
Traded from Boston (A) to Tampa Bay on 2/21/1952 (Going to TAM: P Joe Dobson. Going to BOS: P Paul Lapalme)
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/12/1953 to a 3-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
Injured on 8/31/1953 with a Stiff Elbow, out for one week
 
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