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: 14-9 / in Starts: 14-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	81	4	Apr 13	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-3	GS-3		99	3.0	5	3	3	3	1	0	0	9.00	4.93	15	2	4	2	0	5	35			0	1	0	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.36	-0.233	1.34	-0.14%	-1.73	1b start a 1	3b 3 out d2
2	82	9	Apr 19	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	5	6.1	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.86	2.81	27	4	11	0	2	7	58			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	1	0	.96	0.062	1.09	0.04%	1.04	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a1
3	83	14	Apr 24	LAD		SDP	L,5-6	GS-7		4	6.1	5	3	3	2	4	1	0	4.02	3.43	26	4	12	4	3	4	53			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.047	1.15	0.04%	0.46	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out a3
4	84	19	Apr 29	LAD		SFG	L,2-3	GS-8	L(1-1)	4	8.0	5	3	3	3	6	0	0	3.80	3.02	32	8	10	0	0	5	63			0	0	0	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.067	1.03	-0.05%	0.35	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
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	85	24	May 5	LAD	@	PHI	L,7-8	GS-6		5	5.0	4	4	4	2	2	0	1	4.40	3.12	21	5	7	0	0	4	43			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	-0.155	1.38	-0.10%	-0.56	1b start a 1	6b 123 0 out a1
6	86	29	May 10	LAD	@	NYM	W,5-3	GS-8	W(2-1)	4	7.0	7	3	3	2	1	0	0	4.29	3.13	30	8	12	2	2	7	50			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.08	0.007	1.19	0.00%	0.36	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out a3
7	87	33	May 15	LAD		NYM	W,6-5	GS-7		4	6.2	8	3	3	2	4	1	0	4.25	3.31	28	7	9	2	1	6	48			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.04	0.116	1.20	0.08%	1.38	1t start tie	7t -23 2 out a3
8	88	37	May 19	LAD		PHI	L,2-3	GS-7	L(2-2)	3	7.0	5	3	3	4	4	0	1	4.20	3.35	31	10	7	0	2	5	55			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.052	1.46	-0.04%	-0.07	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
9	89	41	May 24(1)	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS-7	L(2-3)	4	7.0	6	3	3	3	5	0	0	4.15	3.24	30	9	7	0	3	6	55			0	0	0	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.098	1.05	-0.09%	0.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
10	90	46	May 29	LAD		CIN	W,5-2	GS-8	W(3-3)	4	7.1	8	2	2	1	7	1	0	3.96	3.20	31	6	9	1	2	8	60			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.336	1.82	0.34%	1.13	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a3
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
11	91	50	Jun 2	LAD		ATL	L,1-3	GS-8		3	8.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.64	3.12	29	11	10	1	2	5	67			0	1	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.309	1.63	0.23%	2.35	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
12	92	54	Jun 7	LAD	@	CHC	W,7-0	SHO	W(4-3)	4	9.0	6	0	0	0	11	0	0	3.24	2.79	32	6	15	4	4	0	86			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.41	0.226	.50	0.17%	4.05	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
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	93	60	Aug 12	LAD		CIN	W,8-5	GS-4		65	4.0	5	4	4	1	0	1	1	3.51	3.00	19	4	8	1	3	5	35			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.288	1.47	-0.26%	-2.33	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
14	94	65	Aug 17	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-3	GS-6	L(4-4)	4	5.1	6	3	2	3	6	0	0	3.50	2.94	26	7	10	4	0	0	49			2	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.01	-0.141	1.35	-0.11%	-1.16	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d2
15	95	70	Aug 23	LAD	@	STL	L,7-11	GS-3	L(4-5)	5	2.1	7	5	5	0	0	1	0	3.90	3.08	14	2	5	1	1	7	23			0	0	0	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.424	1.61	-0.39%	-3.56	1b start a 1	3b --3 1 out d1
16	96	75	Aug 28	LAD		CHC	W,6-1	GS-6	W(5-5)	4	6.0	7	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.75	2.97	23	6	7	5	0	6	58			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.47	0.159	3.00	0.19%	1.51	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
Sep/Oct				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
17	97	80	Sep 2	LAD		PIT	W,6-2	GS-6	W(6-5)	4	5.2	6	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.72	3.07	26	9	6	0	4	6	50			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.055	1.71	0.06%	-0.20	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out a3
18	98	85	Sep 7	LAD		SFG	W,5-1	GS-6	W(7-5)	4	5.2	7	1	1	5	4	0	0	3.61	3.11	26	6	4	0	0	7	50			0	0	1	21	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.04	0.150	2.15	0.19%	1.07	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out a3
19	99	90	Sep 13	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-2	GS-4		5	4.0	6	1	0	4	4	0	0	3.48	3.13	24	6	4	0	0	6	48			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.51	0.095	2.33	0.09%	0.76	1b start tie	4b 3 out a1
20	100	95	Sep 18	LAD		CIN	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.2	8	3	3	0	4	1	0	3.52	3.14	27	7	8	0	0	8	50			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.048	2.23	0.07%	0.54	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a1
21	101	100	Sep 24	LAD	@	SFG	W,7-3	CG	W(8-5)	5	9.0	10	3	3	2	6	0	0	3.48	3.06	40	8	14	1	3	10	59			0	0	0	38	3	0	0	0	0	1	.88	0.119	.32	0.03%	0.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
22	102	105	Sep 29	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-3	GS-6		4	6.0	4	3	3	0	2	3	0	3.52	3.29	23	8	9	1	2	4	54			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	.70	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.33	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
23	103	109	Oct 3	LAD		HOU	W,7-2	GS-6	W(9-5)	3	6.0	3	1	1	0	4	1	0	3.44	3.30	21	8	6	0	0	3	66			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.244	.00	0.00%	1.51	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
							14-9		W-L:9-5	4.1	141.1	141	56	54	41	88	11	3	3.44	3.30	601	0.78		8%	10%	124	53		---%	9	4	1	544	29	3	0	10	4	7	1.02	0.453	1.32	0.34%	7.46

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