Joe Dobson
Joe Dobson | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Durant, Oklahoma | January 20, 1917|
Died: June 23, 1994 Jacksonville, Florida | (aged 77)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 26, 1939, for the Cleveland Indians | |
Last MLB appearance | |
April 30, 1954, for the Boston Red Sox | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 137–103 |
Earned run average | 3.62 |
Strikeouts | 992 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
Joseph Gordon Dobson (January 20, 1917 – June 23, 1994) was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who appeared in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians (1939–40), Boston Red Sox (1941–43; 1946–50; 1954) and Chicago White Sox (1951–53).
Dobson was born in Durant, Oklahoma. At the age of nine, he lost his thumb and left forefinger playing with a dynamite cap, but it didn't keep him from reaching the Majors with the Indians. After two seasons in Cleveland he was sent to Boston.
An All-Star in 1948, Dobson enjoyed his best years with the Red Sox. Between 1941 and 1950 (excepting 1944–45, when he served in the United States Army during World War II),[1] he won 106 games for the Red Sox.
In a 14-season career, Dobson compiled a 137–103 record with 992 strikeouts, a 3.62 ERA, 112 complete games, 22 shutouts, 18 saves, and 2,170 innings in 414 games pitched (273 as a starter).
In 2012, he was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame.
Joe Dobson died in Jacksonville, Florida at the age of 77.[2]
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1949 Boston Red Sox, at Baseball Historian
- Joe Dobson at SABR bio project
- Joe Dobson at Find a Grave
- 1917 births
- 1994 deaths
- American League All-Stars
- American military personnel of World War II
- Baseball players from Oklahoma
- Boston Red Sox coaches
- Boston Red Sox players
- Chicago White Sox players
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- New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players
- People from Durant, Oklahoma
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