John Dobbs

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 9 in · 170 lb

BornJune 3, 1875 · Chattanooga, TN, USA

MLB debutApril 20, 1901

Final gameSeptember 20, 1905

Seasons5 (1901–1905)

Cincinnati Reds 1901; Chicago Orphans 1902; Cincinnati Reds 1902; Brooklyn Superbas 1903; Chicago Cubs 1903; Brooklyn Superbas 1904–1905

Percentile snapshot

1905 season — qualified batters

123

507

30.6

460

28.7

46.3

117

35.2

69.4

27.8

51.9

RBI

29.6

41.7

77.8

.254

OBP

.304

32.4

SLG

.330

34.3

OPS

.635

30.6

wRC+

92.2

30.6

OPS+

93.2

29.6

wOBA

.307

33.3

sWAR

1.5

41.7

of 109 qualified 1905 batters (min 480 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

7.9

84.3

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1901	109	488	435	71	119	17	4	2	27	36	28	19	.274	.338	.345	.682	97.1	95.7	.330	1.6
1902	122	555	491	70	147	15	5	1	51	37	29	10	.299	.350	.356	.706	115.0	115.5	.348	2.6
1903	127	553	475	69	112	16	8	2	63	55	39	23	.236	.324	.316	.640	89.0	84.8	.317	1.3
1904	101	403	363	36	90	16	2	0	30	28	22	11	.248	.304	.303	.607	88.5	87.6	.297	1.0
1905	123	507	460	59	117	21	4	2	36	31	14	15	.254	.304	.330	.635	92.2	93.2	.307	1.5

Career totals

582

2,506

2,224

305

585

RBI

207

187

132

.2630

OBP

.3250

SLG

.3314

OPS

.6564

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1901-07-15	LAD @ CIN Gameday	5	1	3	1	1	1	0	7
1905-07-04	ATL @ LAD Gameday	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	7
1904-07-02	LAD @ PHI Gameday	6	2	4	2	0	3	0	6
1901-07-31	CHC @ CIN Gameday	6	2	4	2	0	0	1	6
1901-07-14	LAD @ CIN Gameday	5	2	3	0	1	1	0	6

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1901-04-20	PIT @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-24	CHC @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-26	CIN @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-27	CIN @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-28	CIN @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.