Pat Dobson
1967–1977 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres
252G
.123AVG
.155OBP
.136SLG
More career statistics
39H
0HR
12RBI
0SB
122–129W–L
2,120.1IP
1,301K
3.54ERA
279GS
19SV
3Rare 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 · Games | 252 | 414 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 8,870 | 8,869 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 252 | 376 | 317 | 13 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 102 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43 | .123 | .155 | .136 | .291 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,120.3 | 414 | 279 | 74 | 122 | 129 | 19 | 2,043 | 939 | 833 | 197 | 665 | 1,301 | 0 | 0 | 3.54 | 1.277 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1968-08-17 to 1968-08-21
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1970-09-25 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1973-07-26 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 45 | 13 strikeouts | 1971-07-27 | 1 in 861 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 209 | 197 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 53 | .133 | .137 | .145 |
| Away | 205 | 179 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 49 | .112 | .128 | .125 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 48 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .048 | .061 | .048 |
| May | 66 | 60 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 | .167 | .183 | .188 |
| June | 80 | 74 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | .177 | .176 | .194 |
| July | 77 | 77 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 20 | .149 | .143 | .179 |
| August | 73 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19 | .055 | .092 | .055 |
| September | 68 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .116 | .118 | .116 |
| October | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 39 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | .121 | .132 | .121 |
| minnesota-twins | 37 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .120 | .103 | .160 |
| baltimore-orioles | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .250 | .333 |
| cleveland-guardians | 33 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .160 | .179 | .200 |
| athletics | 31 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| chicago-white-sox | 30 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .050 | .050 | .050 |
| new-york-yankees | 26 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .120 | .179 | .120 |
| detroit-tigers | 26 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .167 | .154 | .208 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 |  Detroit Tigers | 28 | 5 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 49 | 34 |
| 1968 | Detroit Tigers | 47 | 28 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .143 | 125 | 93 |
| 1969 | Detroit Tigers | 49 | 22 | 2 | – | – | – | .091 | 105 | 64 |
| 1970 |  San Diego Padres | 40 | 71 | 10 | – | 4 | – | .141 | 251 | 185 |
| 1971 |  Baltimore Orioles | 38 | 91 | 10 | – | 4 | – | .110 | 282 | 187 |
| 1972 | Baltimore Orioles | 38 | 85 | 12 | – | 3 | – | .141 | 268 | 161 |
| 1973 | Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees | 34 | 15 | 1 | – | – | – | .067 | 200 | 93 |
| 1974 |  New York Yankees | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 281 | 157 |
| 1975 | New York Yankees | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 207 | 129 |
| 1976 |  Cleveland Guardians | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 217 | 117 |
| 1977 | Cleveland Guardians | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 133 | 81 |