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Pat
Dobson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 190
 
Born: February 12, 1942 in Usa, NY, DEPEW
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1970    1972   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1967 25 KCR AL $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 7 8 7 7 7 7
1968 26 KCR AL $ 300,000 8 6 7 6 7 8 8 7 7 7
1969 27 KCR AL $ 300,000 8 6 7 7 7 8 8 7 7 7
1970 28 KCR AL $ 300,000 8 6 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 8
1971 29 KCR AL $ 2,600,000 8 6 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 8
1972 30 KCR AL $ 2,750,000 8 6 7 6 7 8 7 7 7 7
1973 31 KCR AL $ 4,250,000 8 6 7 6 7 8 7 6 7 6
1974 32 KCR AL $ 4,250,000 9 6 7 7 7 8 7 6 6 6
1975 33 KCR AL $ 4,250,000 9 6 7 7 7 8 7 6 6 6
1976 34 DET AL $ 4,250,000 9 6 6 6 6 7 6 5 5 5
1977 35 WAS NL $ 4,000,000 9 5 6 6 6 7 6 4 4 4
1978 36 WAS NL $ 4,000,000 9 5 6 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 8 5 6 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,250,000 9 6 7 7 7 8 8 7 8 8
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1967 25 KCR AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 26 KCR AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 27 KCR AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 28 KCR AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 29 KCR AL $ 2,600,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 30 KCR AL $ 2,750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1973 31 KCR AL $ 4,250,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1974 32 KCR AL $ 4,250,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1975 33 KCR AL $ 4,250,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1976 34 DET AL $ 4,250,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1977 35 WAS NL $ 4,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1978 36 WAS NL $ 4,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,250,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 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
1967 25 KCR AL 5 3 .625 37 2 0 0 2 53.7 69 28 5 21 28 4.70 .315 .378 .425 .802 2.4
    AAA   11 2 .846 17 17 1 0 0 125.0 103 40 8 31 109 2.88 .222 .271 .324 .595  
1968 26 KCR AL 13 10 .565 67 17 3 1 13 185.3 203 92 21 53 119 4.47 .277 .324 .435 .760 8.5
1969 27 KCR AL 17 3 .850 31 31 2 1 0 212.3 192 78 12 58 152 3.31 .240 .290 .351 .640 14.5
1970 28 KCR AL 15 11 .577 34 34 5 2 0 248.3 263 121 21 70 171 4.39 .266 .315 .395 .711 9.6
1971 29 KCR AL 15 12 .556 36 36 7 1 0 268.7 279 126 27 67 179 4.22 .268 .310 .405 .715 12.2
1972 30 KCR AL 16 6 .727 26 26 4 2 0 199.0 176 78 15 59 131 3.53 .233 .290 .351 .641 17.1
1973 31 KCR AL 5 13 .278 43 17 7 0 5 163.0 180 87 27 56 126 4.80 .276 .333 .452 .785 10.2
1974 32 KCR AL 10 8 .556 56 12 6 0 5 162.3 195 88 13 66 93 4.88 .301 .365 .417 .781 11.2
1975 33 KCR AL 12 6 .667 45 18 3 1 2 167.7 174 64 13 51 109 3.44 .267 .321 .370 .691 15.3
1976 34 DET AL 13 14 .481 33 33 18 2 0 263.7 273 117 30 69 148 3.99 .266 .312 .408 .721 16.4
1977 35 WAS NL 1 3 .250 4 4 2 0 0 29.3 37 21 2 12 14 6.44 .308 .371 .425 .796 0.0
    AAA   10 7 .588 25 25 0 0 0 180.0 164 62 22 54 135 3.10 .241 .297 .388 .684  
1978 36 AAA   10 12 .455 29 29 4 2 0 197.7 195 82 26 65 141 3.73 .254 .312 .399 .711  
11 Years Sim 122 89 .578 412 230 57 10 27 1953.3 2041 900 186 582 1270 4.15 .267 .319 .399 .718 117.4
3 Years AAA 31 21 .596 71 71 5 2 0 502.7 462 184 56 150 385 3.29 .242 .297 .377 .674  
Season Average 11 8 .579 37 20 5 0 2 177.6 185 81 16 52 115 4.15 .267 .319 .399 .718  
Career Highs 17 14 .850 67 36 18 2 13 268.7 279 126 30 70 179 6.44 .315 .378 .452 .802  
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   974 451 90 241 706   .255 .300 .386 .686
vs LH   1067 449 96 341 564   .279 .338 .411 .750
Home 61 37 .622 221 110 23 7 15 976.3 985 439 103 285 637 4.05 .259 .310 .396 .706
Away 61 52 .540 191 120 34 3 15 977.0 1056 461 83 297 633 4.25 .276 .328 .402 .730
Mar/Apr 22 19 .537 72 36 13 2 6 324.3 339 152 30 95 205 4.22 .269 .321 .400 .720
May 21 10 .677 67 41 10 2 7 334.6 336 144 33 113 223 3.87 .261 .321 .395 .716
June 19 17 .528 69 40 12 1 4 342.6 334 122 27 95 214 3.20 .253 .303 .372 .675
July 19 11 .633 72 37 6 1 4 321.3 356 163 26 91 198 4.57 .279 .327 .405 .732
August 22 17 .564 78 41 9 2 4 353.3 391 190 36 102 252 4.84 .278 .327 .415 .742
Sep/Oct 19 15 .559 54 35 8 3 5 277.0 285 129 34 86 178 4.19 .261 .315 .408 .723
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
1967 25 KCR AL 37 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1 0.0
1968 26 KCR AL 67 44 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .091 .111 .136 .247 -0.8 0.0
2 Years Sim 104 49 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 16 .082 .118 .122 .240 -0.9 0.0
162 Game Average 76 3 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 24 .082 .118 .122 .240 -1.4  
Career Highs 67 44 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .091 .167 .136 .247 -0.1  
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   38 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .105 .128 .158 .286 -0.5
vs LH   11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .083 .000 .083 -1.1
Home 54 19 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .105 .105 .158 .263 -0.4
Away 50 30 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .067 .125 .100 .225 -1.1
RISP   11 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .091 .167 .182 .348 -0.2
Close/Late   9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.3
Mar/Apr 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
May 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
June 16 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
July 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0
August 7 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .059 .000 .059 -1.2
Sep/Oct 19 18 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .167 .211 .278 .488 0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1967 25 KCR AL P 37 2 53.7 6 12 1 2 .947 3.02    
1968 26 KCR AL P 67 17 185.3 9 29 2 3 .950 1.85    
1969 27 KCR AL P 31 31 212.3 16 36 1 0 .981 2.20    
1970 28 KCR AL P 34 34 248.3 11 39 3 1 .943 1.81    
1971 29 KCR AL P 36 36 268.7 22 45 0 3 1.000 2.24    
1972 30 KCR AL P 26 26 199.0 17 33 2 2 .962 2.26    
1973 31 KCR AL P 43 17 163.0 14 22 0 1 1.000 1.99    
1974 32 KCR AL P 56 12 162.3 8 28 0 2 1.000 2.00    
1975 33 KCR AL P 45 18 167.7 13 26 1 3 .975 2.09    
1976 34 DET AL P 33 33 263.7 20 54 1 6 .987 2.53    
1977 35 WAS NL P 4 4 29.3 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.23    
Career Totals   412 230 1953.3 136 328 11 23 .977 2.14    
Career Highs   67 36 268.7 22 54 3 6 1.000 3.02    
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
1967 25 KCR AL 1 0 1.000 8 0 0 0 2 8.3 11 6 3 3 4 6.48 .324 .378 .647 1.025
1968 26 KCR AL 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 0 6.3 5 2 0 0 5 2.84 .227 .227 .273 .500
1969 27 KCR AL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 11.3 17 11 2 6 5 8.74 .340 .411 .580 .991
1970 28 KCR AL 2 0 1.000 3 3 1 1 0 25.7 23 11 1 6 12 3.86 .245 .290 .340 .630
1971 29 KCR AL 0 0 .000 4 2 0 0 1 19.3 15 7 0 4 13 3.26 .221 .264 .279 .543
1975 33 KCR AL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 18 8 0 3 6 5.54 .333 .368 .519 .887
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 1 .800 25 9 1 1 3 84.0 89 45 6 22 45 4.82 .276 .323 .422 .745
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
1967 25 KCR AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1972-9-3.53
1975-9-3.44
 Wins
1969-7-17
1972-9-16
 Winning Pct
1969-1-.850
1972-3-.727
1975-8-.667
 Saves
1968-6-13
 Games Pitched
1974-8-56
 Games Started
1970-10-34
1971-1-36
Complete Games
1976-3-18
 Shutouts
1970-9-2
1972-1-2
1975-7-1
1976-4-2
 Innings Pitched
1971-6-268.7
1976-4-263.7
 Hits Allowed
1970-3-263
1971-2-279
1976-3-273
 Homeruns Allowed
1971-7-27
1976-3-30
 Strikeouts
1971-10-179
Walks per 9IP
1971-7-2.2
1976-7-2.4
 Hits per 9IP
1972-8-8.0
 WHiP
1972-6-1.18
 OAVG
1972-7-.233
 OOBP
1972-6-.290
 OSLG
1972-8-.351
OOPS
1972-4-.641
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 53    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  4. Tex Clevenger (933)
  5. Scott Sanderson (930)
  6. Greg Minton (928)
  7. Thornton Lee (924)
  8. Tom Johnson (923)
  9. Bob Ojeda (920)
  10. Rick Mahler (920)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 27th overall pick, by Kansas City in 1967
Earned first career win on 7/25/1967
Had first career hit on 6/19/1968, off Jim Donohue (CLE)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1969, going 3-0, 1.55
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1969, going 3-1, 0.98
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,600,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1971, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,750,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1972, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
6/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $4,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Injured on 8/17/1972 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 9 weeks
Traded from Kansas City to Detroit on 3/3/1976 (Going to DET: P Larry Dierker, P Pat Dobson. Going to KCR: P Bill Burbach)
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/9/1977 to a 2-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year
Injured on 5/17/1977 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 5/19/1978 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/15/1978 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
10/13/1978: Signed a minor league contract extension with Washington
 
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