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class="infobox-full-data"><b>Died:</b> November 22, 2006<span style="display:none">(2006-11-22)</span> (aged 64)<br /><a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego, California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Batted:</b> Right</div><div><b>Threw:</b> Right</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">May 31, 1967, for the Detroit Tigers</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last MLB appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">September 19, 1977, for the Cleveland Indians</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" 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title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> (<a href="/wiki/1973_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1973 Major League Baseball season">1973</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> (<a href="/wiki/1973_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1973 Major League Baseball season">1973</a>–<a href="/wiki/1975_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1975 Major League Baseball season">1975</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> (<a href="/wiki/1976_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1976 Major League Baseball season">1976</a>–<a href="/wiki/1977_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1977 Major League Baseball season">1977</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-highlights"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> (<a href="/wiki/1972_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1972</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> champion (<a href="/wiki/1968_World_Series" title="1968 World Series">1968</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Patrick Edward Dobson, Jr.</b> (February 12, 1942 – November 22, 2006) was an American right-handed <a href="/wiki/Starting_pitcher" title="Starting pitcher">starting pitcher</a> in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> who played for the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> (1967–69), <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> (1970), <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> (1971–72), <a 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He was best known for being one of four Orioles pitchers to <a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">win</a> 20 games in their <a href="/wiki/1971_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1971 Major League Baseball season">1971</a> season. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Baseball_career">Baseball career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pat_Dobson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Baseball career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dobson was born in <a href="/wiki/Depew,_New_York" title="Depew, New York">Depew, New York</a>. He signed with Detroit in <a href="/wiki/1959_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1959 Major League Baseball season">1959</a>. After spending seven years in the <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">minor leagues</a> and winter ball, pitching both in <a href="/wiki/Relief_pitcher" title="Relief pitcher">relief</a> and starting,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he made his debut with the big team in the <a href="/wiki/1967_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1967 Major League Baseball season">1967</a> season after starting the season 4–1 with a 1.47 ERA in six starts for the AAA <a href="/wiki/Toledo_Mud_Hens" title="Toledo Mud Hens">Toledo Mud Hens</a>. Dobson would spend the next <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> years as a reliever and spot starter for the Tigers including pitching <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">4<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings of relief in the team's 1968 World Series victory over the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unable to claim a spot in the Tigers' rotation of <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Lolich" title="Mickey Lolich">Mickey Lolich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denny_McLain" title="Denny McLain">Denny McLain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Earl_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Earl Wilson (baseball)">Earl Wilson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Sparma" title="Joe Sparma">Joe Sparma</a>, Dobson was traded to San Diego in <a href="/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1969 Major League Baseball season">1969</a> along with Dave Campbell for a young <a href="/wiki/Joe_Niekro" title="Joe Niekro">Joe Niekro</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After going 14–15 with 185 <a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">strikeouts</a> and a 3.76 <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">earned run average</a> as the staff ace for the last-place Padres, he was traded along with <a href="/wiki/Tom_Dukes" title="Tom Dukes">Tom Dukes</a> to Baltimore for <a href="/wiki/Enzo_Hern%C3%A1ndez" title="Enzo Hernández">Enzo Hernández</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Phoebus" title="Tom Phoebus">Tom Phoebus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fred_Beene" title="Fred Beene">Fred Beene</a> and <a href="/wiki/Al_Severinsen" title="Al Severinsen">Al Severinsen</a> on December 1, 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1971 Dobson had a winning streak of 12 games (including nine consecutive complete games) and a scoreless inning streak of 23. On September 24, he recorded his 20th win, a 7–0 <a href="/wiki/Shutouts_in_baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Shutouts in baseball">shutout</a> against the Indians. Dobson posted a 20–8, 187, 2.90 season record, and was part of the Orioles' "Big Four" pitching staff along with <a href="/wiki/Dave_McNally" title="Dave McNally">Dave McNally</a> (21–5), <a href="/wiki/Mike_Cuellar" title="Mike Cuellar">Mike Cuellar</a> (20–9), and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Palmer" title="Jim Palmer">Jim Palmer</a> (20–10). Baltimore went on to win 101 games, with the distinction of having four 20-game winners in a season; only one other team in MLB history, the <a href="/wiki/1920_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1920 Major League Baseball season">1920</a> <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a>, have had four 20-game winners. On November 2, 1971, Dobson threw a 2–0 <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> in Tokyo. It was the first no-hit game in the Japanese-American baseball exhibition history. Dobson was an <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> in <a href="/wiki/1972_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1972 Major League Baseball season">1972</a>. His 2.65 ERA was a major improvement from his 20-win season, but he went 16–18, tying for the AL lead in <a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">losses</a> with Yankee <a href="/wiki/Mel_Stottlemyre" title="Mel Stottlemyre">Mel Stottlemyre</a>. </p><p>In a transaction primarily driven by the Orioles' need for a power-hitting catcher, he was dealt along with <a href="/wiki/Davey_Johnson" title="Davey Johnson">Davey Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Oates" title="Johnny Oates">Johnny Oates</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roric_Harrison" title="Roric Harrison">Roric Harrison</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> for <a href="/wiki/Earl_Williams_(1970s_catcher)" title="Earl Williams (1970s catcher)">Earl Williams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Duncan" title="Taylor Duncan">Taylor Duncan</a> on the last day of the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Meetings" title="Winter Meetings">Winter Meetings</a> on December 1, 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After starting the 1973 season 3–7, Dobson was sent to the Yankees on June 7 for four minor league players (none of whom panned out). Escaping Atlanta, he again blossomed and finished the season with a 9–8 record for the Yankees. Dobson started the 1974 campaign weakly, achieving only a 6–11 record by mid–season. However, Dobson anchored the Yankees' pitching staff in the second half of the season, finishing with a 19–15 record and a 3.07 ERA, the best numbers that year for a Yankee pitcher. After a slumping 11–14, 4.07 in <a href="/wiki/1975_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1975 Major League Baseball season">1975</a>, Dobson was traded to the Indians, and recovered in <a href="/wiki/1976_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1976 Major League Baseball season">1976</a> with a 16–12, 3.48 record. The <a href="/wiki/1977_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1977 Major League Baseball season">1977</a> season proved to be his last, as Dobson compiled a 3–12, 6.16 record. He was released by the Indians during spring training of 1978. </p><p>In his 11-season career Dobson had a record of 122–129, with 1,301 strikeouts, a 3.54 earned run average, 74 <a href="/wiki/Complete_game" title="Complete game">complete games</a>, 14 shutouts, 19 <a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">saves</a>, and <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">2,120<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> <a href="/wiki/Innings_pitched" title="Innings pitched">innings pitched</a> in 414 games. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life">Later life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pat_Dobson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Later life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After his playing days, Dobson became a pitching coach for the Brewers, Padres, Royals and Orioles. From 1989 to 1990, he was the manager of the <a href="/wiki/Fort_Myers_Sun_Sox" title="Fort Myers Sun Sox">Fort Myers Sun Sox</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Senior_Professional_Baseball_Association" title="Senior Professional Baseball Association">Senior Professional Baseball Association</a>, leading the team to a 37–35 record and a playoff berth in his first season and an 11–14 record at the time of the league's demise on December 26, 1990. In 1997, Dobson joined the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> organization and worked as an advance major league scout and assistant to general manager <a href="/wiki/Brian_Sabean" title="Brian Sabean">Brian Sabean</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hardballtimes1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hardballtimes1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006 Dobson died from <a href="/wiki/Leukemia" title="Leukemia">leukemia</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego</a> at the age of 64, one day after being diagnosed with the disease.<sup id="cite_ref-hardballtimes1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hardballtimes1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1968_WS.shtml">"1968 World Series - Detroit Tigers over St. Louis Cardinals (4-3) - Baseball-Reference.com"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=1968+World+Series+-+Detroit+Tigers+over+St.+Louis+Cardinals+%284-3%29+-+Baseball-Reference.com&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fpostseason%2F1968_WS.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APat+Dobson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dobsopa01.shtml">"Pat Dobson Stats - Baseball-Reference.com"</a>. 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href="https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/02/archives/as-send-epstein-to-rangers-scheinblum-nelson-to-reds-orioles-obtain.html">Durso, Joseph. "A's Send Epstein to Rangers; Scheinblum, Nelson to Reds," <i>The New York Times</i>, Saturday, December 2, 1972.</a> Retrieved April 12, 2020</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hardballtimes1-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-hardballtimes1_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hardballtimes1_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/cooperstown-confidential-thinking-of-pat-dobson/">"Cooperstown Confidential: Thinking of Pat Dobson - The Hardball Times"</a>. <i>www.hardballtimes.com</i>. December 23, 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.hardballtimes.com&rft.atitle=Cooperstown+Confidential%3A+Thinking+of+Pat+Dobson+-+The+Hardball+Times&rft.date=2011-12-23&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hardballtimes.com%2Fmain%2Farticle%2Fcooperstown-confidential-thinking-of-pat-dobson%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APat+Dobson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pat_Dobson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Career statistics from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/113410">MLB</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dobsopa01.shtml">Baseball Reference</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=1003345">Fangraphs</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2673783">"Former Orioles 20-game winner Dobson dies at 64"</a> ESPN.com</li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #78FF78;">Sporting positions </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Cal_McLish" title="Cal McLish">Cal McLish</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> <a href="/wiki/Coach_(baseball)" title="Coach (baseball)">pitching coach</a> </b><br />1982–1984 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Herm_Starrette" title="Herm Starrette">Herm Starrette</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Galen_Cisco" title="Galen Cisco">Galen Cisco</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> <a href="/wiki/Coach_(baseball)" title="Coach (baseball)">pitching coach</a> </b><br />1988–1990 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Roarke" title="Mike Roarke">Mike Roarke</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Funk_(baseball)" title="Frank Funk (baseball)">Frank Funk</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> <a href="/wiki/Coach_(baseball)" title="Coach (baseball)">pitching coach</a> </b><br />1991 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Guy_Hansen" title="Guy Hansen">Guy Hansen</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Flanagan_(baseball)" title="Mike Flanagan (baseball)">Mike Flanagan</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> <a href="/wiki/Coach_(baseball)" title="Coach (baseball)">pitching coach</a> </b><br />1996 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a 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