Joe Dobson career ERA
3.62Career Regular Season
Joe Dobson has a career ERA of 3.62 over 14 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: 2.51 in 1952.
- Most recent: 6.75 in 1954.
Average of 14 regular seasons, 1939 through 1954. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 |  CLE | 35 | 2 | 3 | 5.88 | 78.0 | 27 | 51 | 1.77 | 1 |
| 1940 | CLE | 40 | 3 | 7 | 4.95 | 100.0 | 57 | 48 | 1.49 | 3 |
| 1941 |  BOS | 27 | 12 | 5 | 4.49 | 134.1 | 69 | 67 | 1.51 | 0 |
| 1942 | BOS | 30 | 11 | 9 | 3.30 | 182.2 | 72 | 68 | 1.22 | 0 |
| 1943 | BOS | 25 | 7 | 11 | 3.12 | 164.1 | 63 | 57 | 1.22 | 0 |
| 1946 | BOS | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3.24 | 166.2 | 91 | 68 | 1.30 | 0 |
| 1947 | BOS | 33 | 18 | 8 | 2.95 | 228.2 | 110 | 73 | 1.21 | 1 |
| 1948 | BOS | 38 | 16 | 10 | 3.56 | 245.1 | 116 | 92 | 1.34 | 2 |
| 1949 | BOS | 33 | 14 | 12 | 3.85 | 212.2 | 87 | 97 | 1.49 | 2 |
| 1950 | BOS | 39 | 15 | 10 | 4.18 | 206.2 | 81 | 81 | 1.44 | 4 |
| 1951 |  CHW | 28 | 7 | 6 | 3.62 | 146.2 | 67 | 51 | 1.28 | 3 |
| 1952 | CHW | 29 | 14 | 10 | 2.51 | 200.2 | 101 | 60 | 1.12 | 1 |
| 1953 | CHW | 23 | 5 | 5 | 3.67 | 100.2 | 50 | 37 | 1.32 | 1 |
| 1954 | BOS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2.2 | 1 | 1 | 2.25 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV