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Joe Dobson played 14 major-league seasons (1939-1954) as a P (414). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 13 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 22 | CLE | 35 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .056 | .161 | -56 |
| 1940 | 23 | CLE | 40 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .125 | .347 | -4 |
| 1941 | 24 | BOS | 27 | 47 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .149 | .428 | 18 |
| 1942 | 25 | BOS | 30 | 69 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .145 | .351 | 3 |
| 1943 | 26 | BOS | 25 | 52 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .096 | .257 | -22 |
| 1946 | 29 | BOS | 32 | 50 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 28 | .100 | .267 | -22 |
| 1947 | 30 | BOS | 33 | 77 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 22 | .208 | .508 | 46 |
| 1948 | 31 | BOS | 38 | 84 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 27 | .202 | .541 | 49 |
| 1949 | 32 | BOS | 33 | 68 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 22 | .147 | .403 | 11 |
| 1950 | 33 | BOS | 39 | 70 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 23 | .214 | .555 | 48 |
| 1951 | 34 | CHA | 28 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .065 | .152 | -58 |
| 1952 | 35 | CHA | 29 | 63 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .190 | .429 | 25 |
| 1953 | 36 | CHA | 23 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .069 | .203 | -43 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 22 | CLE | 35 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 78 | 27 | 51 | 5.88 | 78 |
| 1940 | 23 | CLE | 40 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 100 | 57 | 48 | 4.95 | 89 |
| 1941 | 24 | BOS | 27 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 134.1 | 69 | 67 | 4.49 | 92 |
| 1942 | 25 | BOS | 30 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 182.2 | 72 | 68 | 3.30 | 111 |
| 1943 | 26 | BOS | 25 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 164.1 | 63 | 57 | 3.12 | 106 |
| 1946 | 29 | BOS | 32 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 166.2 | 91 | 68 | 3.24 | 108 |
| 1947 | 30 | BOS | 33 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 228.2 | 110 | 73 | 2.95 | 126 |
| 1948 | 31 | BOS | 38 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 245.1 | 116 | 92 | 3.56 | 121 |
| 1949 | 32 | BOS | 33 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 212.2 | 87 | 97 | 3.85 | 109 |
| 1950 | 33 | BOS | 39 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 206.2 | 81 | 81 | 4.18 | 110 |
| 1951 | 34 | CHA | 28 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 146.2 | 67 | 51 | 3.62 | 114 |
| 1952 | 35 | CHA | 29 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 200.2 | 101 | 60 | 2.51 | 146 |
| 1953 | 36 | CHA | 23 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 100.2 | 50 | 37 | 3.67 | 109 |
| 1954 | 37 | BOS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 1 | 1 | 6.75 | 55 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | P | 35 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | P | 40 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 1941 | P | 27 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | P | 30 | 0 | 17 | 42 | 0 | 2 |
| 1943 | P | 25 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 2 |
| 1946 | P | 32 | 0 | 18 | 33 | 1 | 1 |
| 1947 | P | 33 | 0 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 1948 | P | 38 | 0 | 10 | 36 | 2 | 3 |
| 1949 | P | 33 | 0 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 3 |
| 1950 | P | 39 | 0 | 8 | 44 | 3 | 4 |
| 1951 | P | 28 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 5 |
| 1952 | P | 29 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 2 |
| 1953 | P | 23 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 1954 | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (2 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1948, 1947.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 30 | 3 / 336 | 0 |
| 1948 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 25 | 5 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.