Joe Dobson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJoe Dobson
American baseball player
Date of Birth: 20-Jan-1917
Place of Birth: Durant, Oklahoma, United States
Date of Death: 23-Jun-1994
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Joe Dobson
- 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), 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.
- He is buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Jacksonville.
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