Johnny Welaj

John Ludwig Welaj

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 164 lb.

Born: May 27, 1914 in Moss Creek, PA
High School: Bound Brook HS (Bound Brook, NJ)(All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1939
Teams (by GP): Senators/Athletics 1939-1943

Final Game: September 27, 1943
Died: September 13, 2003 in Arlington, TX
Buried: Moore Memorial Gardens, Arlington, TX
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1936	22	MIN-min	A,AA	127	510	510		171	30	11	3						.335	.335	.455	.790		232					YOR,ALB · NYPL,IL
1937	23	MIN-min	A	125	452	452		127	25	7	0						.281	.281	.367	.648		166					TRE · NYPL
1938	24	MIN-min	A	98	355	355		99	19	8	2						.279	.279	.394	.673		140					TRE · EL
1939	25	MIN-min	A	24	93	93		25	7	0	0						.269	.269	.344	.613		32					SPF · EL
1939	25	WSH	AL	63	219	201	23	55	11	2	1	33	13	2	13	20	.274	.318	.363	.681	80	73	2	0	5	O987
1940	26	WSH	AL	88	242	215	31	55	9	0	3	21	8	7	19	20	.256	.322	.340	.662	77	73	4	2	3	O87/9
1941	27	WSH	AL	49	102	96	16	20	4	0	0	5	3	1	6	16	.208	.255	.250	.505	37	24	4	0	0	O7/89

1942	28	DET-NYY-min	AA	135	520	462	82	142	19	4	11	58	30	7	50	40	.307	.377	.437	.815		202	17	2	6		BFL,KCY · IL,AA
1943	29	PHA	AL	93	299	281	45	68	16	1	0	15	12	5	15	17	.242	.280	.306	.586	72	86	5	0	3	O987
1946	32	BOS-min	AAA	142	647	573	108	172	21	10	6	74	37		60	51	.300	.372	.403	.776		231	7	6	8		LOU · AA
1947	33	BOS-min	AAA	151	593	516	82	137	17	9	5	74	26		69	30	.266	.353	.362	.716		187	15	1	7		LOU · AA
1948	34	PHI-min	AAA	152	625	543	97	171	29	10	6	69	18		75	58	.315	.399	.438	.837		238		1	6		TTO · IL
1949	35	PHI-min	AAA	103	387	357	53	110	21	3	7	37	15		27	24	.308	.358	.443	.801		158		1	2		TTO · IL
1950	36	PHI-LAD-min	AAA	127	465	426	59	125	24	3	10	82	13		31	38	.293	.344	.434	.778		185		2	6		TTO,MTL · IL
1951	37	LAD-min	AAA	109	372	323	50	70	12	3	4	34	13		38	31	.217	.303	.310	.613		100		2	9		MTL · IL
1952	38	SYR	AAA	101	347	310	37	77	17	1	7	43	7		32	25	.248	.319	.377	.696		117		0	5		SYR · IL
1953	39	NYY-min	AAA	57	144	131	11	28	4	0	0	8	1		11	14	.214	.280	.244	.524		32		1	1		SYR · IL
1954	40	HAV	AAA	5	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0					HAV · IL
1956	42	MIN-min	D	35	66	66		17	3	1	0						.258	.258	.333	.591		22					ERI · PONY
4 Yrs				293	862	793	115	198	40	3	4	74	36	15	53	73	.250	.298	.323	.621	71	256	15	2	11
162 Game Avg.				162	477	438	64	109	22	2	2	41	20	8	29	40	.250	.298	.323	.621	71	142	8	1	6

WSH (3 yrs)				200	563	512	70	130	24	2	4	59	24	10	38	56	.254	.308	.332	.640	71	170	10	2	8
PHA (1 yr)				93	299	281	45	68	16	1	0	15	12	5	15	17	.242	.280	.306	.586	72	86	5	0	3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1939	25	WSH	AL	63	219	-6	2	0	0	-2	-6	-0.6	7	1	0.1	.491	.497	0.1	-0.2	1	$	O987
1940	26	WSH	AL	88	242	-6	-1	0	0	-1	-9	-0.9	6	-3	-0.2	.490	.495	-0.2	-0.1	-3	$	O87/9
1941	27	WSH	AL	49	102	-8	0	0	0	-1	-9	-0.9	2	-6	-0.6	.481	.494	-0.6	-0.1	-6	$	O7/89

1943	29	PHA	AL	93	299	-9	1	0	0	-2	-11	-1.3	6	-5	-0.6	.486	.492	-0.6	-0.3	-5	$	O987
4 Seasons				293	862	-30	2	0	0	-6	-35	-3.6	22	-13	-1.3	.488	.494	-1.3	-0.6	-13	$

WSH (3 yrs)				200	563	-21	1	0	0	-4	-24	-2.3	15	-8	-0.7	.488	.495	-0.7	-0.3	-8	$
PHA (1 yr)				93	299	-9	1	0	0	-2	-11	-1.3	6	-5	-0.6	.486	.492	-0.6	-0.3	-5	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1939	25	WSH	AL	219	155	25	4.3	107	.300	.274	.276	.318	.350	.363	.408	.681	.758	80	.423	-5.9	-0.6	.647	.209	.090	1.9
1940	26	WSH	AL	242	174	22	3.4	105	.271	.256	.271	.322	.342	.340	.410	.662	.753	77	.329	-6.6	-0.6	.556	.177	.084	4.4
1941	27	WSH	AL	102	81	6	2.0	102	.250	.208	.270	.255	.345	.250	.397	.505	.742	37	.169	-8.6	-0.8	.395	.125	.042	.0

1943	29	PHA	AL	299	226	24	2.9	86	.258	.242	.255	.280	.329	.306	.352	.586	.681	72	.379	-10.4	-1.2	.484	.142	.064	.0
4 Yrs				862	636	77	3.2	98	.271	.250	.266	.298	.340	.323	.387	.621	.727	71	.350	-31.6	-3.2	.531	.166	.073	7.2
162 Game Avg.				477	352	43	3.2	98	.271	.250	.266	.298	.340	.323	.387	.621	.727	71	.350	-31.6	-3.2	.531	.166	.073	4

WSH (3 yrs)				563	410	53	3.4	105	.279	.254	.273	.308	.346	.332	.407	.640	.753	71	.338	-21.2	-2.0	.557	.180	.078	6.9
PHA (1 yr)				299	226	24	2.9	86	.258	.242	.255	.280	.329	.306	.352	.586	.681	72	.379	-10.4	-1.2	.484	.142	.064	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1939	25	WSH	AL	219	0.5%	9.1%	5.9%	6.4%	26%	1.54	10.1	201.0	6.1	82%
1940	26	WSH	AL	242	1.2%	8.3%	7.9%	5.0%	22%	1.05	10.8	71.7	10.2	79%
1941	27	WSH	AL	102	0.0%	15.7%	5.9%	3.9%	20%	2.67	6.0		19.2	78%

1943	29	PHA	AL	299	0.0%	5.7%	5.0%	5.7%	25%	1.13	16.5		18.7	88%
4 Yrs				862	0.5%	8.5%	6.2%	5.5%	24%	1.38	10.9	198.3	10.7	83%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.1%	8.9%	6.2%	27%	1.02	9.8	67.2	8.5	79%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1939	25	63	219	201	23	55	11	2	1	33	13	2	13	20	.274	.318	.363	.681	80	73	2	0	5
1940	26	151	461	416	54	110	20	2	4	54	21	9	32	40	.264	.320	.351	.671	78	146	6	2	8
1941	27	200	563	512	70	130	24	2	4	59	24	10	38	56	.254	.308	.332	.640	71	170	10	2	8
1942	28	200	563	512	70	130	24	2	4	59	24	10	38	56	.254	.308	.332	.640	71	170	10	2	8
1943	29	293	862	793	115	198	40	3	4	74	36	15	53	73	.250	.298	.323	.621	71	256	15	2	11

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1939	25	66	227	209	22	55	11	2	1	31	13	13	21	.263	.306	.349	.656	22	63
1940	26	92	247	223	31	56	9	0	3	21	8	19	21	.251	.316	.332	.647	23	88
1941	27	51	106	100	16	21	4	0	0	5	3	6	17	.210	.255	.250	.505	6	49

1943	29	98	322	302	55	78	18	1	0	18	14	17	18	.258	.298	.325	.622	29	93
4 Yrs		307	902	834	124	210	42	3	4	75	38	55	77	.252	.300	.324	.623	80	293
162 Game Avg.		162	476	440	65	111	22	2	2	40	20	29	41	.252	.300	.324	.623	42	293

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