Joe Dobson
1939–1954 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians
414G
.152AVG
.220OBP
.174SLG
More career statistics
106H
2HR
35RBI
1SB
137–103W–L
2,170.0IP
992K
3.62ERA
273GS
18SV
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 244 | 242 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 822 | 821 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 9,159 | 9,148 |
| Pitching · p er | 874 | 875 |
| Pitching · p hr | 137 | 136 |
| Pitching · p k | 992 | 991 |
| Pitching · p w | 851 | 852 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 414 | 822 | 697 | 46 | 106 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 54 | 244 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 121 | .152 | .220 | .174 | .394 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,170.0 | 414 | 273 | 112 | 137 | 103 | 18 | 2,048 | 981 | 874 | 137 | 851 | 992 | 0 | 0 | 3.62 | 1.336 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1947-07-26 to 1947-08-22
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Six Runs, No Outs | 1949-06-14 | 1 in 1,164 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1943-09-24 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1947-09-17 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 206 | 403 | 49 | 0 | 15 | 33 | 122 | .145 | .203 | .157 |
| Away | 208 | 418 | 57 | 2 | 20 | 21 | 120 | .158 | .187 | .189 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 36 | 74 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | .167 | .243 | .250 |
| May | 74 | 164 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 49 | .157 | .183 | .164 |
| June | 73 | 147 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 47 | .137 | .197 | .185 |
| July | 81 | 142 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 42 | .108 | .169 | .125 |
| August | 80 | 159 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 43 | .180 | .214 | .187 |
| September | 68 | 132 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 41 | .171 | .189 | .171 |
| October | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-browns | 65 | 144 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 42 | .148 | .188 | .164 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 64 | 128 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 34 | .146 | .188 | .184 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 62 | 129 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 25 | .155 | .225 | .173 |
| detroit-tigers | 57 | 121 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 40 | .189 | .207 | .225 |
| new-york-yankees | 52 | 80 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 31 | .108 | .163 | .123 |
| cleveland-guardians | 49 | 112 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 34 | .187 | .214 | .198 |
| chicago-white-sox | 41 | 81 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 26 | .127 | .198 | .141 |
| boston-red-sox | 24 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .083 | .077 | .083 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 |  Cleveland Guardians | 35 | 18 | 1 | – | – | – | .056 | 78 | 27 |
| 1940 | Cleveland Guardians | 40 | 24 | 3 | – | – | – | .125 | 100 | 56 |
| 1941 |  Boston Red Sox | 27 | 47 | 7 | 1 | 6 | – | .149 | 134 | 69 |
| 1942 | Boston Red Sox | 30 | 69 | 10 | – | 3 | – | .145 | 182 | 72 |
| 1943 | Boston Red Sox | 25 | 52 | 5 | – | – | – | .096 | 164 | 63 |
| 1946 | Boston Red Sox | 32 | 50 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .100 | 166 | 90 |
| 1947 | Boston Red Sox | 33 | 77 | 16 | – | 3 | – | .208 | 228 | 110 |
| 1948 | Boston Red Sox | 38 | 84 | 17 | 1 | 4 | – | .202 | 245 | 116 |
| 1949 | Boston Red Sox | 33 | 68 | 10 | – | 2 | 1 | .147 | 212 | 88 |
| 1950 | Boston Red Sox | 39 | 70 | 15 | – | 9 | – | .214 | 206 | 81 |
| 1951 |  Chicago White Sox | 28 | 46 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .065 | 146 | 67 |
| 1952 | Chicago White Sox | 29 | 63 | 12 | – | 3 | – | .190 | 200 | 101 |
| 1953 | Chicago White Sox | 23 | 29 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .069 | 100 | 50 |
| 1954 | Boston Red Sox | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 |