Johnny Welaj

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 164lb (183cm, 74kg)

Born: May 27, 1914 in Moss Creek, PA us

Died: September 13, 2003 in Arlington, TX

Buried: Moore Memorial Gardens, Arlington, TX

High School: Bound Brook HS (Bound Brook, NJ)

Debut: May 2, 1939 (Age 24-340d, 8,657th in major league history)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1943 (Age 29-123d)
vs. SLB 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: John Ludwig Welaj

Pronunciation: \WELL-eye\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

793

198

.250

115

RBI

OBP

.298

SLG

.323

OPS

.621

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	23 (22)	May 14	WSH	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	24	May 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-18	CG	49	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	25	May 18	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	26	May 19	WSH	@	CHW	W,12-10	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	27	May 20	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	28	May 21	WSH	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	42	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
7	29	May 22	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	30	May 23	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	52	11.2	3	0	0	3	0
9	31	May 25	WSH		PHA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	32	May 26	WSH		PHA	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	33	May 27	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	34	May 28 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	35	May 28 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	36	May 29	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
15	37	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	43	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
16	38	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,14-2	CG	27	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	39	Jun 1	WSH		DET	L,3-12	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	40	Jun 2	WSH		DET	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	41	Jun 3	WSH		DET	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
20	42	Jun 4 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,7-2	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
21	43	Jun 4 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
22	44	Jun 5	WSH		CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
23	45	Jun 6	WSH		CLE	L,4-5	CG	47	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
24	46	Jun 7	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	47	Jun 8	WSH		CHW	L,6-12	CG	0	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
26	48	Jun 9	WSH		CHW	L,3-4	CG	44	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	49	Jun 10	WSH		SLB	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	50	Jun 11	WSH		SLB	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	52 (1)	Jun 14	WSH	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
30	53	Jun 15 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,1-11	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	54	Jun 15 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	56 (1)	Jun 18	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	39	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
33	57	Jun 19	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	60 (2)	Jun 22	WSH	@	SLB	W,11-10	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	67 (6)	Jun 30 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	70 (2)	Jul 2	WSH		NYY	L,2-6	GS	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
37	95 (24)	Jul 28 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	114 (18)	Aug 20	WSH		SLB	L,3-6	GF	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	115	Aug 21	WSH		SLB	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	116	Aug 23	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	13.0	5	0	0	5	0
41	117	Aug 24 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	118	Aug 24 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	119	Aug 25	WSH		CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	120	Aug 26	WSH		CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	121	Aug 29 (1)	WSH		DET	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	122	Aug 29 (2)	WSH		DET	L,0-6	CG	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	127 (4)	Sep 2 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	130 (2)	Sep 5 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	134 (3)	Sep 8 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,0-4	CG	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	149 (14)	Sep 24 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-9	GF	17	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	151 (1)	Sep 27	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-24	CG	53	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	153 (1)	Sep 28 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,1-7	CG	46	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
53	154	Sep 29	WSH		NYY	L,3-4	CG	51	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
							54gm			115	1	3	119	0