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: 12-13 / in Starts: 5-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 4

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 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	24	5	Apr 9	LAD	@	HOU	W,2-1	GS-5	W(1-0)	99	5.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.80	2.53	19	4	9	2	0	3	58			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.099	2.20	0.11%	1.21	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
2	25	10	Apr 14	LAD		ATL	W,6-5	GS-8	W(2-0)	4	8.0	4	3	2	3	6	1	1	2.08	3.66	30	5	11	1	2	4	67			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	.76	0.177	1.06	0.15%	0.72	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
3	26	15	Apr 20	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-6		5	6.0	4	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.37	3.26	24	5	9	1	0	4	58			2	0	0	22	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.06	0.026	1.45	0.02%	0.62	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
4	27	20	Apr 25	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.52	3.13	23	2	11	1	4	5	55			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.004	1.21	0.00%	0.91	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
May				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	28	25	May 1	LAD	@	MON	L,3-7	GS-6	L(2-1)	5	6.0	8	4	3	2	5	0	0	2.90	2.93	27	4	8	0	2	8	45			0	1	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.231	1.02	-0.14%	-1.21	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
6	29	30	May 7	LAD		NYM	W,5-2	9-GF	S(1)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.81	2.86	3	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.066	.68	0.03%	0.84	9t 1-- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
7	30	31	May 8	LAD		NYM	W,3-2	8-GF	S(2)	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.65	2.82	8	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.11	0.270	2.57	0.13%	0.93	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
8	31	35	May 12	LAD		MON	W,4-3	11-GF(11)	W(3-1)	3	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	2.83	3.22	5	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.312	1.59	-0.24%	-0.54	11t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
9	32	37	May 15	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-4	9-GF(10)	W(4-1)	2	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.68	3.30	7	3	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.98	0.339	4.58	0.31%	1.01	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 1
10	33	38	May 16	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-3	8-GF(8)	BS(1)	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.65	3.29	2	0	1	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.44	-0.476	7.13	-0.46%	-1.23	8b 123 2 out a1	8b end d 1
11	34	42	May 20	LAD	@	CIN	W,6-4	9-GF	S(3)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.58	3.23	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.75	0.085	2.68	0.08%	0.47	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
12	35	44	May 22	LAD	@	SDP	L,6-7	8-9	BS(2)	1	2.0	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.68	3.23	12	2	3	2	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.45	-0.098	4.09	-0.07%	-0.13	8b --- 0 out a1	9b 3 out tie
13	36	48	May 27	LAD		CIN	W,8-7	8-GF	S(4)	4	2.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.55	3.20	10	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.50	0.270	6.87	0.25%	0.93	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
14	37	49	May 28	LAD		CIN	L,2-3	10-10		0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.70	3.49	5	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.312	1.70	-0.31%	-0.54	10t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out d1
15	38	52	May 31	LAD		SFG	W,12-10	7-GF	S(5)	2	2.1	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.76	3.41	12	2	4	3	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.058	2.16	0.06%	-0.65	7t 12- 2 out a3	9t end a 2
Jun				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
16	39	53	Jun 1	LAD	@	STL	L,7-8	11-GF(11)	BL(4-2)	0	0.2	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.11	3.42	6	0	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.05	-0.807	7.58	-0.73%	-1.95	11b --- 0 out a1	11b end d 1
17	40	58	Jun 6	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-5	8-GF(8)	BL(4-3)	4	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.28	3.65	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	-0.567	2.42	-0.38%	-1.64	8b --3 2 out a1	8b end d 1
18	41	66	Jun 16	LAD		PIT	L,3-6	GS-7	L(4-4)	9	7.0	9	6	5	2	8	1	0	3.69	3.59	31	5	7	0	0	9	43			1	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	.76	-0.364	.52	-0.15%	-2.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
19	42	71	Jun 22	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(4-5)	5	8.0	5	3	1	2	7	0	1	3.36	3.40	33	12	6	1	1	5	69			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.03	-0.004	.65	0.00%	1.03	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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
20	43	88	Jul 10	LAD	@	NYM	W,7-4	GS-4		17	3.2	2	3	2	2	2	1	0	3.44	3.59	17	6	5	0	1	2	47			2	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	.94	-0.222	.03	-0.01%	-1.42	1b start tie	4b 1-- 2 out d2
21	44	93	Jul 15	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-10	GS-3	L(4-6)	4	2.1	5	5	5	3	3	0	0	3.99	3.60	14	2	1	0	0	5	27			0	1	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.212	.04	0.00%	-2.44	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d3
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
22	45	140	Sep 6	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-6	7-8		52	1.2	3	3	3	1	3	0	0	4.28	3.54	8	0	1	1	0	3		0	0	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.43	7b --- 0 out d2	8b 12- 2 out d3
23	46	148	Sep 15	LAD		CIN	L,1-2	GS-4		8	4.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.05	3.48	15	4	5	0	2	3	57			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.208	.00	0.00%	1.86	1t start tie	4t 3 out tie
24	47	153	Sep 20	LAD		SFG	W,3-0	GS-5	W(5-6)	4	5.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	3.79	3.42	19	7	9	4	0	0	61			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.261	.00	0.00%	2.33	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
25	48	158	Sep 26	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-4	GS-3		5	3.0	4	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.98	3.57	13	5	5	3	0	1	39			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.222	.00	0.00%	-1.69	1b start tie	3b 3 out d1
							12-13		W-L:5-6,Sv:5,BSv:4	3.5	81.1	82	42	36	32	64	7	3	3.98	3.57	349	0.77		11%	7%	71	52	7	57%	7	5	0	309	12	0	4	6	1	7	1.39	-1.972	1.40	-1.34%	-3.75

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