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 (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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

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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
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	239	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

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	-min	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	-min	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 Seasons				293	859	793	115	198	40	3	4	74	36	15	53	73	.250	.298	.323	.621	71	256	15	2	11
162 Game Avg.				162	475	438	64	109	22	2	2	41	20	8	29	40	.250	.298	.323	.621	71	142	8	1	6

WSH (3 yrs)				200	560	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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1939	25	WSH	AL	219	-8	2	0	0	0	-2	7	-1	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$	O987
1940	26	WSH	AL	239	-8	-1	0	0	0	-1	6	-4	-0.3	-4	-0.4	0.1	$	O87/9
1941	27	WSH	AL	102	-9	1	0	0	0	-1	3	-6	-0.6	-6	-0.6	0.0	$	O7/89

1943	29	PHA	AL	299	-9	3	0	0	0	-2	7	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	O987
4 Seasons				859	-34	5	0	0	0	-6	23	-12	-1.1	-12	-1.2	0.1	$

WSH (3 yrs)				560	-25	2	0	0	0	-4	16	-11	-0.9	-11	-1.1	0.2	$
PHA (1 yr)				299	-9	3	0	0	0	-2	7	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1939	WSH	AL	25	OF	55	46	41	118	113	2	3	1	.975	2.09	.969	2.44
1939	WSH	AL	25	RF	26	20	16	49	47	1	1	1	.980	1.85	.962	2.08
1939	WSH	AL	25	CF	17	16	15	45	44	1	0	0	1.000	2.65	.977	2.87
1939	WSH	AL	25	LF	13	10	10	24	22	0	2	0	.917	1.69	.966	2.38
1940	WSH	AL	26	OF	53	48	47	136	132	1	3	0	.978	2.51	.970	2.40
1940	WSH	AL	26	CF	35	34	34	103	100	1	2	0	.981	2.89	.976	2.78
1940	WSH	AL	26	LF	16	12	12	23	22	0	1	0	.957	1.38	.963	2.33
1940	WSH	AL	26	RF	3	2	1	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	2.67	.970	2.10
1941	WSH	AL	27	OF	19	17	17	48	47	0	1	0	.979	2.47	.973	2.41
1941	WSH	AL	27	LF	13	11	11	33	33	0	0	0	1.000	2.54	.975	2.31
1941	WSH	AL	27	CF	3	3	3	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	2.33	.976	2.80
1941	WSH	AL	27	RF	3	3	3	8	7	0	1	0	.875	2.33	.969	2.13
1943	PHA	AL	29	OF	72	61	58	198	187	3	8	0	.960	2.64	.977	2.47
1943	PHA	AL	29	RF	32	32	30	82	75	3	4	0	.951	2.44	.973	2.21
1943	PHA	AL	29	CF	28	18	17	74	71	0	3	0	.959	2.54	.978	2.79
1943	PHA	AL	29	LF	15	11	11	42	41	0	1	0	.976	2.73	.979	2.40
	4 Seasons			OF	199	172	163	500	479	6	15	1	.970	2.44	.973	2.44
	4 Seasons			CF	83	71	69	229	222	2	5	0	.978	2.70	.977	2.80
	4 Seasons			RF	64	57	50	147	137	4	6	1	.959	2.20	.969	2.15
	4 Seasons			LF	57	44	44	122	118	0	4	0	.967	2.07	.972	2.35
	4 Seasons			TOT	199	172	163	500	479	6	15	1	.970	2.44	.973	2.44

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Transactions

December 13, 1941: Traded by the Washington Senators with Ken Chase to the Boston Red Sox for Stan Spence and Jack Wilson.
November 2, 1942: Drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Detroit Tigers in the 1942 rule 5 draft.

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