Dan Dobbek

Dan Dobbek
Outfielder
Born: December 6, 1934 (1934-12-06) (age 76) Ontonagon, Michigan
Batted: Left	Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 9, 1959 for the Washington Senators
Last MLB appearance
October 1, 1961 for the Minnesota Twins
Career statistics
Batting average	.208
Home runs	15
Runs batted in	49
Teams
Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins (1959–1961)

Daniel John Dobbek (born December 6, 1934, at Ontonagon, Michigan) is a retired American professional baseball player. An outfielder, he played one full season and parts of two others for the Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins franchise of Major League Baseball; his only full MLB campaign, 1960, was as a member of the last "original" Washington Senators team that moved to the Twin Cities for 1961. Dobbek appeared in 110 games for that team, including 58 in center field, batting .218 in 288 at bats with 10 home runs and 30 runs batted in.

Dan Dobbek attended Western Michigan University and signed with Washington in 1955. He threw right-handed, batted left-handed, and was listed at 6 feet (1.8 m) and 195 pounds (88 kg). His first professional season, with the 1956 Hobbs Sports of the Class B Southwestern League, was his finest: he batted .340 with 23 home runs in 129 games. He missed the 1957–1958 seasons due to military service.^[1]

He was recalled from the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts — after hitting 23 home runs in the Southern Association — in September 1959. But while Dobbek showed some power during his MLB service, he batted only .208 in 198 games and 433 at bats, including a lowly .168 for the Twins' in their 1961 debut season in Minnesota.^[2] He spent part of that season with the Twins' Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs affiliate, then was traded in a waiver deal to the Cincinnati Reds for catcher Jerry Zimmerman in January 1962. He spent the remainder of his playing career in the minors, retiring after the 1963 season.

References

1. ^ Baseball Reference
2. ^ Baseball Reference

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference

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Name	Dobbek, Dan
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Date of birth	December 6, 1934
Place of birth	Ontonagon, Michigan
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