Win–loss record 74–69 Role Baseball player Name Chuck Dobson | Strikeouts 758 Earned run average 3.78 | |
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Charles Thomas Dobson (born January 10, 1944) is a retired professional baseball player who played 9 seasons for the Kansas City and Oakland Athletics, and the California Angels of Major League Baseball. He is featured in the photograph of the first live action in game photo ever to appear on a baseball card. He is the player sliding into home on Thurman Munson's 1971 Topps #5 baseball card. Chuck was the winning pitcher in the game which took place on July 16, 1970.
Dobson made his Major League debut for the Kansas City Athletics on April 19, 1966. This marked the first time that a starting pitcher made "his big league debut in his team's home opener in the state in which he was born". This feat was repeated 51 years later by Kyle Freeland of the Colorado Rockies.
