Bob Welch

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: November 3, 1956 in Detroit, MI us

Died: June 9, 2014 in Seal Beach, CA

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 14th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hazel Park HS (Hazel Park, MI) and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (20th) of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, MI).

High School: Hazel Park HS (Hazel Park, MI)

School: Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, MI)

Debut: June 20, 1978 (Age 21-229d, 14,044th in major league history)
vs. HOU 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 11, 1994 (Age 37-281d)
vs. SEA 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Bob Teaff, Jerry Kapstein

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Robert Lynn Welch

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

43.7

211

146

ERA

3.47

506

462

3092.0

1969

WHIP

1.270

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-10 / in Starts: 8-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 3

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	65	Jun 20	LAD		HOU	L,3-5	6-7		99	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.59	7	2	2	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.011	.12	0.01%	0.88	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
2	2	66	Jun 21	LAD		HOU	W,5-4	10-GF(11)	W(1-0)	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.00	-0.42	7	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.03	0.251	2.65	0.20%	0.88	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
3	3	69	Jun 24	LAD		CIN	W,4-3	8-GF	S(1)	2	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	-0.04	5	1	2	1	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.08	0.251	5.75	0.28%	0.85	8t 12- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
4	4	76	Jun 30(2)	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-2	GS-6	W(2-0)	5	6.0	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	0.00	0.29	23	4	8	1	1	5	68			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.308	2.18	0.43%	2.68	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	5	80	Jul 4	LAD		ATL	W,4-1	9-GF	S(2)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.48	3	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	0.137	3.76	0.17%	1.41	9t 12- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
6	6	85	Jul 8(2)	LAD	@	HOU	W,7-5	GS-5		3	4.2	8	5	5	0	0	0	0	2.65	1.06	22	7	7	1	0	8	28			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.40	-0.183	3.52	-0.28%	-1.39	1b start a 1	5b 1-3 2 out a1
7	7	88	Jul 14	LAD	@	STL	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.50	1.20	6	1	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.39	-0.095	.89	-0.13%	-1.56	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
8	8	90	Jul 16(1)	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.15	1.29	8	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.073	1.49	0.10%	0.99	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
9	9	92	Jul 17	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-3	9-GF	S(3)	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.05	1.33	2	0	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.27	0.208	11.31	0.27%	0.52	9b 1-- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
10	10	95	Jul 20	LAD	@	PIT	L,6-7	6-8		2	3.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.66	1.15	9	1	4	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.113	1.22	0.16%	1.41	6b --- 0 out d1	8b 3 out d1
11	11	99	Jul 24	LAD		CHC	W,3-2	GS-7		3	7.0	6	1	1	2	7	0	0	2.35	1.22	28	8	9	3	2	2	66			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.25	0.332	2.64	0.42%	2.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
12	12	104	Jul 30	LAD		PIT	L,3-5	7-8		5	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.20	1.24	6	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.028	.57	0.05%	0.88	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	13	110	Aug 5	LAD	@	SFG	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-0)	5	9.0	9	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.73	1.53	35	4	17	2	1	9	70			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	0.566	4.49	1.02%	3.86	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
14	14	115	Aug 10	LAD		SFG	W,12-2	GS-8	W(4-0)	4	8.0	5	2	2	2	6	2	0	1.81	2.10	31	8	11	0	2	4	68			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.098	2.25	0.27%	1.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out a10
15	15	120	Aug 16	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	W(5-0)	5	9.0	6	2	2	2	5	1	0	1.84	2.33	32	8	11	2	1	6	70			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	1	0	.78	0.241	2.84	0.53%	2.06	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
16	16	125	Aug 21	LAD	@	MON	L,2-4	GS-6	L(5-1)	4	6.0	7	3	2	2	3	2	0	1.95	2.76	26	7	7	0	1	7	49			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.156	4.56	-0.36%	-0.38	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
17	17	130	Aug 27	LAD		PHI	L,3-9	GS-7	L(5-2)	5	7.0	8	4	2	5	3	1	0	2.01	3.05	35	12	9	0	4	6	47			0	1	0	28	2	0	1	0	1	2	1.07	-0.153	4.17	-0.36%	-0.91	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	18	136	Sep 2(2)	LAD		NYM	L,3-5	GS-7		5	7.0	5	2	2	0	3	0	0	2.06	2.93	26	9	10	1	1	4	62			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.13	0.015	4.08	0.03%	1.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
19	19	141	Sep 8	LAD	@	HOU	L,0-5	GS-5	L(5-3)	5	5.0	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	2.26	2.91	22	6	9	0	0	7	41			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	1	0	.70	-0.163	1.94	-0.27%	-0.95	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
20	20	146	Sep 13	LAD		HOU	W,6-0	SHO	W(6-3)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.04	2.79	29	12	10	4	1	3	83			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.410	1.00	0.28%	3.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
21	21	151	Sep 18	LAD		CIN	L,0-4	GS-7	L(6-4)	4	6.2	7	4	4	5	5	0	0	2.27	2.83	32	4	11	2	2	7	44			1	0	0	25	1	0	1	1	1	0	1.18	-0.080	.13	-0.01%	-1.37	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out d4
22	22	156	Sep 24	LAD		SDP	W,4-0	SHO	W(7-4)	5	9.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	1	2.08	2.78	33	4	15	0	4	5	81			0	0	1	30	0	0	0	2	0	1	.80	0.317	.00	0.00%	3.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
23	23	161	Sep 30	LAD	@	SDP	W,7-0	6-8		5	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.02	2.83	12	4	4	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.054	.00	0.00%	1.22	6b --- 0 out a4	8b 3 out a7
							13-10		W-L:7-4,Sv:3	3.6	111.1	92	28	25	26	66	6	1	2.02	2.83	439	0.68		8%	9%	81	60	5	0%	2	5	1	402	14	2	2	8	6	4	1.02	2.583	2.46	2.81%	23.76

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