MLB / Players

Pat Dobson

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 3 in · 190 lb
BornFebruary 12, 1942 · Buffalo, NY, USA
MLB debutMay 31, 1967
Final gameSeptember 19, 1977
Seasons11 (1967–1977)

Detroit Tigers 1967–1969; San Diego Padres 1970; Baltimore Orioles 1971–1972; Atlanta Braves 1973; New York Yankees 1973–1975; Cleveland Indians 1976–1977

Percentile snapshot

1976 season — qualified pitchers

G
35
57.5
GS
35
74.7
W
16
71.3
L
12
36.8
SV
0
0
CG
6
18.4
SHO
0
0
H
226
32.2
ER
84
41.4
BB
65
51.7
SO
117
58.6
HR
13
58.6
IP
217.3
48.3
ERA
3.48
31
WHIP
1.339
20.7
K/9
4.85
59.8
FIP
3.24
63.2
FIP-
92.8
59.8
ERA+
100.4
31
sWAR
2.2
32.2

of 88 qualified 1976 pitchers (min 159 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
100.2
39.2
sWAR
20.7
93.9

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; 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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
196728550000000200.000.000.000.000-133.0-100.0.0000.7
19684732282400012700.143.200.143.343-5.54.8.1741.9
19694924220210000600.091.091.136.227-61.6-37.9.1031.1
1970409671510100451701.141.208.155.3630.50.4.1843.0
19713810791310000432800.110.138.110.248-43.7-27.5.1234.0
1972389485312200313900.141.151.165.316-27.6-6.1.1504.1
19733418150100000300.067.067.067.133-90.9-64.0.0620.3
1974390000000000004.4
1975330000000000001.2
1976350000000000002.2
197733000000000000-2.0

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19672811200038162734649.32.921.3186.204.39133.3112.70.7
19684710587218937489313125.02.661.0966.703.29108.6113.61.9
196949951091010042396410105.03.601.3245.493.5294.5103.61.1
1970403414151812571057818528251.03.761.3356.633.8196.3105.03.0
197138372081184248916318724282.32.901.1025.962.8384.2115.84.0
1972383616180133220796916113268.32.651.0775.402.5281.4116.74.1
19733431121507222398539323200.04.411.3804.193.98106.585.10.3
1974393919150122282967515723281.03.071.2705.033.3694.4115.74.4
197533301114071205948312921207.74.071.3875.593.84103.691.11.2
197635351612060226846511713217.33.481.3394.853.2492.8100.42.2
1977331731210015591658123133.36.141.6505.475.26132.564.6-2.0

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
414
PA
376
AB
317
R
13
H
39
2B
4
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
12
BB
11
SO
102
SB
0
BA
.1230
OBP
.1550
SLG
.1356
OPS
.2906

Pitching

G (P)
414
GS
279
419th-most career GS
W
122
435th-most career W
L
129
283rd-most career L
SV
19
CG
74
SHO
14
436th-most career SHO
IP
2,120
386th-most career IP
SO (P)
1,301
327th-most career SO (P)
BB allowed
665
443rd-most career BB allowed
ERA
3.536
475th-lowest career ERA
WHIP
1.2772
455th-lowest career WHIP
K/9
5.52
493rd-highest career K/9

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

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1971-06-29DET @ BAL Gameday512000102
1970-05-07SD @ PHI Gameday412000002
1971-06-25BAL @ BOS Gameday302000002
1972-07-27CLE @ BAL Gameday302000002
1970-07-26SD @ PHI Gameday511100202

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1971-07-27ATH @ BAL Gameday9.04002130
1970-04-29WSH @ SD Gameday9.03006110
1972-07-04BAL @ CWS Gameday9.03111111
1971-05-06LAA @ BAL Gameday9.09110101
1971-07-03BAL @ DET Gameday9.05112101

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.

Honors

All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.