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.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 28	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	9	Apr 29	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	10	May 1	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
4	11	May 2 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
5	12	May 2 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	13	May 4	PHA		WSH	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
7	14	May 5	PHA		WSH	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	15	May 6	PHA		WSH	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
9	16	May 7	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
10	17	May 8	PHA	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	18	May 9 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-13	GS	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	21 (2)	May 13	PHA	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	0	13.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	22	May 14	PHA	@	DET	W,7-6	GF	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	23	May 15	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	24	May 16 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
16	28 (3)	May 23 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-9	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
17	35 (6)	May 31 (1)	PHA		DET	L,0-7	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	39 (3)	Jun 3	PHA		CLE	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	40	Jun 4	PHA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	46 (5)	Jun 12	PHA		NYY	L,5-14	GF	12	3.0	1	0	1	2	0
21	49 (2)	Jun 15 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	56 (6)	Jun 20 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,3-7	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	59 (2)	Jun 23	PHA		BOS	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	60	Jun 24	PHA		BOS	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	63 (2)	Jun 27 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-9	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	65 (1)	Jun 30	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	66	Jul 1	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	43	10.1	3	0	0	3	0
28	67	Jul 2	PHA	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	40	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
29	68	Jul 3	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	69	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	70	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	71	Jul 5 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	72	Jul 5 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	73	Jul 6	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	74	Jul 8	PHA	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	75	Jul 9	PHA	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
37	87 (11)	Jul 25 (1)	PHA		DET	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	88	Jul 25 (2)	PHA		DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	89	Jul 26	PHA		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
40	90	Jul 27	PHA		SLB	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	91	Jul 28	PHA		SLB	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	92	Jul 30	PHA		SLB	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	93	Jul 31 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	94	Jul 31 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	95	Aug 1 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	96	Aug 1 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,9-15	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	97	Aug 2	PHA		CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
48	98	Aug 6	PHA		NYY	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	99	Aug 7	PHA		NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	100	Aug 8 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
51	101	Aug 8 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,4-8	GS	40	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
52	102	Aug 11 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,5-10	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
53	103	Aug 11 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	104	Aug 12	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	105	Aug 13	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
56	106	Aug 14	PHA	@	CLE	L,9-12	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	107	Aug 15 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	40	10.2	0	0	0	0	0
58	108	Aug 15 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	109	Aug 17	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	110	Aug 18	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	111	Aug 19	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	115 (3)	Aug 22 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	0		3	0	0	3	0
63	116	Aug 23 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	0	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	124 (7)	Sep 3	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-4	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	126 (1)	Sep 5	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-5	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	132 (5)	Sep 12 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
67	137 (4)	Sep 19 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,0-14	GF	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	139 (1)	Sep 22 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,0-6	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	145 (5)	Sep 26 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
70	146	Sep 26 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	147	Sep 27 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	148	Sep 27 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
							75gm			139	3	8	150	0