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: 11-6 / in Starts: 5-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1978	NLCS g1	Oct 4	LAD	@	PHI	W,9-5	5-GF	W(1-0)	3	4.1	2	1	1	0	5	1	0	2.08	3.28	16	64	48	12	8	5	4	0	1	2		2	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	.49	0.136	15.31	2.76%	1.21	5b 12- 2 out a3	9b end a 4
2	1978	WS g2	Oct 11	LAD		NYY	W,4-3	9-GF	S(1)	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.80	2.79	2	11	8	0	3	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.76	0.269	305.57	7.89%	0.85	9t 12- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
3	1978	WS g4	Oct 14	LAD	@	NYY	L,3-4	8-GF(10)	L(1-1)	2	2.1	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.45	2.31	10	46	31	3	8	0	4	0	2	2		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.56	-0.077	156.28	-2.58%	0.36	8b 12- 1 out tie	10b end d 1
4	1978	WS g6	Oct 17	LAD		NYY	L,2-7	6-7		2	1.1	2	2	2	1	2	1	0	4.15	3.74	7	27	14	1	4	0	3	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.131	32.51	-7.64%	-2.26	6t -2- 2 out d2	7t 3 out d5
1981 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1981	NLDS g3	Oct 9	LAD		HOU	W,6-1	9-GF		5	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.60	4					1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.005	2.05	0.03%	0.42	9t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
6	1981	NLCS g1	Oct 13	LAD		MON	W,5-1	8-9	H(1)	3	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.40	2.00	4	14	11	3	2	0	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.047	26.72	0.81%	-1.15	8t 1-- 1 out a2	9t -2- 0 out a4
7	1981	NLCS g4	Oct 17	LAD	@	MON	W,7-1	8-8	H(2)	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.86	1.31	2	12	7	1	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.58	0.166	136.56	4.11%	0.84	8b 12- 1 out a2	8b 3 out a2
8	1981	NLCS g5	Oct 19	LAD	@	MON	W,2-1	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	1.48	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.42	0.158	535.00	8.57%	0.40	9b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
9	1981	WS g4	Oct 24	LAD		NYY	W,8-7	GS-1		4	0.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	10.13	2.60	4	16	6	1	1	0	2	2	0	1	35			0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.259	75.64	-10.24%	-2.80	1t start tie	1t 123 0 out d1
1983 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
10	1983	NLCS g3	Oct 7	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-7	GS-2	L(0-1)	7	1.1	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	6.75	7.26	6	27	14	6	2	1	3	0	0	0	46			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.005	32.26	0.13%	0.05	1b start tie	2b 12- 1 out tie
1985 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1985	NLCS g3	Oct 12	LAD	@	STL	L,2-4	GS-3	L(0-1)	6	2.2	5	4	2	6	2	1	0	6.75	12.81	18	81	37	15	6	1	4	0	0	5	32			2	1	0	12	1	0	3	0	0	0	.92	-0.290	19.21	-3.33%	-3.38	1b start tie	3b 123 2 out d4
1988 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
12	1988	ALCS g3	Oct 8	OAK		BOS	W,10-6	GS-2		5	1.2	6	5	5	2	0	1	0	27.00	14.17	13	55	35	9	3	4	7	3	1	0	21			0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.09	-0.347	22.66	-4.70%	-4.15	1t start tie	2t --- 2 out d5
13	1988	WS g3	Oct 18	OAK		LAD	W,2-1	GS-6		9	5.0	6	1	1	3	8	0	0	8.10	4.57	24	95	58	12	9	6	7	5	1	0	56			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.103	52.45	-3.31%	-0.46	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out tie
1989 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
14	1989	ALCS g4	Oct 7	OAK	@	TOR	W,6-5	GS-6	W(1-0)	6	5.2	8	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.18	1.88	27	100	61	17	15	6	16	9	2	0	48			3	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	0.098	37.43	1.65%	0.44	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out a3
1990 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
15	1990	ALCS g2	Oct 7	OAK	@	BOS	W,4-1	GS-8	W(1-0)	4	7.1	6	1	1	3	4	0	0	1.23	2.94	31	118	74	25	5	17	7	2	2	0	63			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.49	0.239	38.17	3.36%	2.10	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a1
16	1990	WS g2	Oct 17	OAK	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-8		9	7.1	9	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.07	3.01	31	105	64	13	6	11	16	9	2	0	44			0	0	1	29	4	1	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.035	75.69	-0.89%	-0.23	1b start a 1	8b 1-3 1 out a1
1992 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1992	ALCS g4	Oct 11	OAK		TOR	L,6-7	GS-8		10	7.0	7	2	2	1	7	1	0	2.57	3.07	29	117	76	21	7	5	16	5	5	0	61			0	0	1	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	.61	0.110	18.69	1.80%	1.56	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out a5
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