Chris Welsh

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: April 14, 1955 in Wilmington, DE us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 24th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of South Florida (Tampa, FL) and the New York Yankees in the 21st round of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of South Florida (Tampa, FL).

High Schools: All Saints School (Kenwood, OH), St. Xavier HS (Cincinnati, OH)

School: University of South Florida (Tampa, FL)

Debut: April 12, 1981 (Age 25-363d, 14,428th in major league history)
vs. SFG 6.0 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: October 5, 1986 (Age 31-174d)
vs. SDP 7.0 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1981 season

Full Name: Christopher Charles Welsh

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

ERA

4.45

122

537.2

192

WHIP

1.451

Summary of 52 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 4 tying, 17 go ahead

4 Tms
SDP	27
TEX	11
CIN	9
MON	5

Platoon
vs RHB	43
vs LHB	9

Home/Road
Away	30
Home	22

Outs
2	22
1	15
0	15

17 Opps
SFG	8
HOU	7
ATL	6
LAD	5
STL	4
BAL	4
MON	3
CIN	2
NYY	2
NYM	2
PIT	2
BOS	2
OAK	1
CHC	1
SEA	1
PHI	1
CHW	1

42 Batters
Jack Clark	3
Ken Oberkfell	2
Dale Murphy	2
Al Oliver	2
Dave Kingman	2
Alan Ashby	2
José Cruz	2
George Hendrick	2
Steve Yeager	2
Pedro Guerrero	1
Tim Hulett	1
Eddie Murray	1
Art Howe	1
Bob Brenly	1
Leon Durham	1
Mike Vail	1
Phil Bradley	1
Jim Rice	1
Candy Maldonado	1
Luis Pujols	1
Floyd Rayford	1
Mike Easler	1
Jim Morrison	1
Dick Davis	1
Rennie Stennett	1
Rufino Linares	1
Chili Davis	1
Greg Brock	1
Gene Tenace	1
Bob Horner	1
Tim Raines	1
Joel Youngblood	1
Don Baylor	1
Terry Harper	1
Ellis Valentine	1
Lee Lacy	1
Phil Garner	1
Mike Young	1
Johnny Bench	1
Rickey Henderson	1
Mike Diaz	1
Steve Garvey	1

17 Parks
Qualcomm St (SAN)	8
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	8
Arlington St (ARL)	6
Dodger Stad (LOS)	4
3Com Park (SFO)	4
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	4
Astrodome (HOU)	3
Busch Stad (STL)	3
Stade Olymp. (MON)	3
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1

Where Hit
7	24
9	8
8	3
78	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	36
2·HR gms	5
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	30
1--	7
12-	5
123	3
--3	3
-2-	3
1-3	1

86 Runs
RISP	15
0 on	30
1 on	13
2 on	6
3 on	3
Any on	22

Inning
1	5
2	4
3	6
4	10
5	9
6	8
7	2
8	6
9	1
Extra	1

1-3	15
4-6	27
7-end	10

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	5
+2	1
+1	7
Tied	13
-1	8
-2	2
-3	3
-4..	7

Ahead	19
Tied	13
Behind	20

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	12
RF	10
1B	8
3B	7
C	5
CF	4
2B	2
DH	2
PH	1
PH/DH	1

OrderPos
5th	12
6th	10
3rd	9
4th	8
7th	5
1st	3
2nd	3
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	22
Low Lev	22

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1981-04-12	Rennie Stennett	SFG		SDP	behind 3-5	b 6	2	---	1	6	4	13%	30%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1981-05-02	Dave Kingman	NYM		SDP	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	--3	2	4	7	12%	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Stearns Scores
3	3	3	1	1981-05-07	Tim Raines	MON		SDP	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	7	11%	65%	Lead-Off,IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
4	4	4	1	1981-05-23	Rufino Linares	ATL		SDP	behind 1-6	b 5	1	12-	3	1	7	15%	23%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Gómez Scores; T. Harper Scores
5	5	5	1	1981-06-07	George Hendrick	STL		SDP	behind 0-5	b 6	2	---	1	4	9	3%	5%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	6	1	1981-08-18	Gene Tenace	STL		SDP	behind 1-4	b 8	1	1--	2	5	3	15%	22%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Lezcano Scores
7	7	7	1	1981-08-29 (1)	Ken Oberkfell	STL	@	SDP	ahead 4-0	t 4	0	---	1	7	5	4%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	8	1	1981-09-07	Johnny Bench	CIN		SDP	ahead 2-1	b 6	2	---	1	5	3	12%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	9	1	1981-09-27	Jack Clark	SFG	@	SDP	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	1	3	9	14%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1982-05-01	Dick Davis	PHI	@	SDP	behind 0-3	t 4	2	-2-	2	6	9	17%	32%		Home Run; B. Díaz Scores
11	11	2	1	1982-05-15	Al Oliver	MON		SDP	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	3	12%	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	3	1	1982-06-07	Mike Vail	CIN	@	SDP	behind 2-6	t 8	1	1--	2	5	7	6%	9%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Driessen Scores/unER
13	13	4	1	1982-06-28	Steve Yeager	LAD		SDP	tied 0-0	b 2	2	1--	2	7	2	21%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Marshall Scores
14	14	5	2	1982-06-28	Pedro Guerrero	LAD		SDP	behind 2-3	b 6	0	1--	2	3	9	31%	75%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Roenicke Scores
15	15	6	1	1982-07-03	Jack Clark	SFG	@	SDP	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	---	1	4	9	10%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	7	1	1982-07-18	Al Oliver	MON	@	SDP	ahead 6-2	t 6	2	---	1	4	3	3%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	8	1	1982-07-24	Ellis Valentine	NYM	@	SDP	behind 0-1	t 4	1	--3	2	5	9	19%	62%		Home Run; G. Foster Scores
18	18	9	1	1982-07-29	Dale Murphy	ATL		SDP	tied 1-1	b 3	2	---	1	3	8	13%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	10	2	1982-07-29	Dale Murphy	ATL		SDP	ahead 4-1	b 5	1	---	1	3	8	5%	93%		Home Run
20	20	11	1	1982-08-03	Luis Pujols	HOU		SDP	behind 1-3	b 4	1	---	1	8	2	13%	37%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	12	2	1982-08-03	Art Howe	HOU		SDP	behind 2-3	b 5	2	12-	3	7	5	43%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Garner Scores; A. Knicely Scores
22	22	13	1	1982-08-23 (2)	Jim Morrison	PIT		SDP	behind 0-3	b 5	2	---	1	3	5	9%	22%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	14	1	1982-09-06	Alan Ashby	HOU		SDP	behind 0-1	b 4	1	1--	2	6	2	27%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Cruz Scores
24	24	15	1	1982-09-13	Steve Garvey	LAD		SDP	tied 3-3	b 16	2	---	1	5	3	47%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	16	1	1982-09-27	Alan Ashby	HOU	@	SDP	ahead 4-3	t 9	2	12-	3	6	2	14%	99%		Home Run; B. Doran Scores; P. Garner Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1983-04-16	Steve Yeager	LAD		SDP	ahead 7-4	b 7	1	---	1	7	2	3%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	2	1	1983-04-23	George Hendrick	STL		SDP	ahead 5-4	b 6	0	---	1	5	9	11%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	3	1	1983-05-18	Greg Brock	LAD	@	MON	ahead 11-3	t 8	2	1--	2	5	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Guerrero Scores
29	29	4	1	1983-06-05	Jack Clark	SFG		MON	behind 0-4	b 4	0	---	1	4	9	7%	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	5	2	1983-06-05	Chili Davis	SFG		MON	behind 1-9	b 5	2	---	1	3	8	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	6	3	1983-06-05	Joel Youngblood	SFG		MON	behind 2-9	b 5	2	1-3	3	6	4	6%	7%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Clark Scores; J. Leonard Scores
32	32	7	1	1983-07-01	Leon Durham	CHC		MON	ahead 5-2	b 5	2	---	1	5	7	5%	93%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1985-06-02	Jim Rice	BOS		TEX	ahead 11-3	b 7	0	---	1	3	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep CF)
34	34	2	1	1985-06-09 (2)	Dave Kingman	OAK		TEX	tied 5-5	b 8	0	---	1	4	DH	27%	87%		Home Run
35	35	3	1	1985-06-24	Phil Bradley	SEA		TEX	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	7	10%	63%		Home Run
36	36	4	1	1985-07-11	Don Baylor	NYY		TEX	ahead 7-4	b 4	2	123	4	6	PH/DH	11%	98%		Home Run; D. Mattingly Scores; D. Winfield Scores; B. Wynegar Scores
37	37	5	1	1985-07-28	Rickey Henderson	NYY	@	TEX	behind 0-8	t 5	0	-2-	2	1	8	2%	4%		Home Run; D. Berra Scores
38	38	6	1	1985-08-10	Floyd Rayford	BAL	@	TEX	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	1	8	5	11%	50%		Home Run
39	39	7	2	1985-08-10	Lee Lacy	BAL	@	TEX	tied 1-1	t 3	1	--3	2	2	9	14%	69%		Home Run; R. Dempsey Scores
40	40	8	3	1985-08-10	Eddie Murray	BAL	@	TEX	ahead 3-1	t 3	1	1--	2	4	3	14%	85%		Home Run; C. Ripken Scores
41	41	9	1	1985-08-17	Mike Young	BAL		TEX	ahead 6-2	b 4	2	12-	3	6	7	7%	98%		Home Run; C. Ripken Scores; E. Murray Scores
42	42	10	1	1985-09-02	Mike Easler	BOS	@	TEX	ahead 3-0	t 3	1	123	4	6	DH	11%	96%		Home Run; W. Boggs Scores; B. Buckner Scores; T. Armas Scores
43	43	11	1	1985-09-05	Tim Hulett	CHW	@	TEX	ahead 10-4	t 8	0	---	1	2	PH	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1986-06-17	Phil Garner	HOU	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	5	10%	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	2	1	1986-06-21	Bob Horner	ATL	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	3	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	3	2	1986-06-21	Ken Oberkfell	ATL	@	CIN	behind 1-2	t 5	0	---	1	7	5	14%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	4	1	1986-08-13	Candy Maldonado	SFG	@	CIN	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	123	4	5	9	26%	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Thompson Scores; J. Youngblood Scores; W. Clark Scores
48	48	5	1	1986-08-25	Mike Diaz	PIT		CIN	behind 2-3	b 6	1	---	1	5	7	20%	54%		Home Run
49	49	6	1	1986-09-17	José Cruz	HOU	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 4	2	-2-	2	6	7	23%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Garner Scores
50	50	7	2	1986-09-17	José Cruz	HOU	@	CIN	ahead 2-1	t 8	2	12-	3	6	7	22%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Davis Scores; K. Bass Scores
51	51	8	1	1986-09-22	Bob Brenly	SFG	@	CIN	behind 2-3	t 6	0	---	1	3	5	17%	50%		Home Run (Deep CF)
52	52	9	1	1986-10-01	Terry Harper	ATL		CIN	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	7	11%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)