Joe Dobson
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1917 – 1994
Who was Joe Dobson?
Joseph Gordon Dobson was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who appeared in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox.
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, 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.
Joe Dobson died in Jacksonville, Florida at the age of 77.
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- Born
- Jan 20, 1917
Durant - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Oklahoma
- Durant
- Died
- Jun 23, 1994
Jacksonville
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on July 23, 2013
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