Bob Welch
Robert Lynn Welch
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 3, 1956 in Detroit, MI
High School: Hazel Park (Ferndale, MI)
School: Eastern Michigan University
Drafted
by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 20, 1978
Final Game: August 11, 1994
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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1978 21 LAD NL 23 35 29 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .172 .172 .207 .379 6 6 0 0 6 0 0 1
1979 22 LAD NL 25 23 19 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .158 .200 .158 .358 -0 3 0 1 3 0 0 1
1980 23 LAD NL 34 76 70 1 17 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 13 .243 .254 .286 .539 51 20 0 0 5 0 0 1 AS
1981 24 LAD NL 23 53 45 3 10 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 16 .222 .239 .267 .506 46 12 0 0 7 0 0 1
1982 25 LAD NL 38 97 85 5 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 32 .141 .167 .153 .320 -9 13 0 0 7 2 0 1/79
1983 26 LAD NL 31 78 73 2 7 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 22 .096 .120 .151 .271 -25 11 1 1 3 0 0 1 CYA-8
1984 27 LAD NL 32 61 51 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 15 .078 .113 .078 .192 -45 4 1 0 8 0 0 1
1985 28 LAD NL 25 60 50 4 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 13 .180 .226 .200 .426 22 10 1 0 7 0 0 1
1986 29 LAD NL 35 86 76 2 8 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 23 .105 .160 .145 .305 -12 11 0 1 5 0 0 1
1987 30 LAD NL 38 98 83 5 13 0 0 0 5 0 0 7 24 .157 .222 .157 .379 4 13 0 0 8 0 0 1 CYA-8
1991 34 OAK AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 37 OAK AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Seasons 306 668 582 26 88 7 1 2 30 0 1 22 171 .151 .186 .177 .363 2 103 4 3 59 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 354 308 14 47 4 1 1 16 0 1 12 91 .151 .186 .177 .363 2 55 2 2 31 1 0
LAD (10 yrs) 304 667 581 26 88 7 1 2 30 0 1 22 171 .151 .186 .177 .363 2 103 3 3 59 2 0
OAK (7 yrs) 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
NL (10 yrs) 304 667 581 26 88 7 1 2 30 0 1 22 171 .151 .186 .177 .363 2 103 3 3 59 2 0
AL (7 yrs) 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1978 21 LAD NL 35 30 1 0.9 95 .227 .172 .262 .172 .330 .207 .385 .379 .715 6 .056 -3.7 -0.4 .250 .034 .034
1979 22 LAD NL 23 19 1 1.4 99 .231 .158 .268 .200 .333 .158 .397 .358 .730 -0 .112 -2.7 -0.3 .250 .000 .000
1980 23 LAD NL 76 58 5 2.3 94 .298 .243 .266 .254 .328 .286 .386 .539 .713 51 .251 -4.7 -0.5 .396 .057 .043
1981 24 LAD NL 53 42 3 1.9 89 .345 .222 .259 .239 .324 .267 .371 .506 .695 46 .201 -3.5 -0.4 .371 .067 .044
1982 25 LAD NL 97 82 3 1.0 93 .218 .141 .263 .167 .326 .153 .383 .320 .709 -9 .066 -12.4 -1.3 .219 .047 .012
1983 26 LAD NL 78 71 1 0.4 96 .120 .096 .262 .120 .330 .151 .388 .271 .719 -25 .012 -12.6 -1.3 .176 .055 .055 .0
1984 27 LAD NL 61 56 1 0.5 92 .111 .078 .261 .113 .326 .078 .379 .192 .705 -45 .019 -9.9 -1.0 .125 .039 .000
1985 28 LAD NL 60 49 3 1.6 92 .243 .180 .256 .226 .324 .200 .382 .426 .706 22 .153 -5.2 -0.6 .310 .080 .020
1986 29 LAD NL 86 73 2 0.7 92 .135 .105 .253 .160 .322 .145 .382 .305 .704 -12 .038 -11.6 -1.2 .235 .092 .039 .0
1987 30 LAD NL 98 78 4 1.4 104 .220 .157 .267 .222 .336 .157 .415 .379 .751 4 .094 -11.6 -1.2 .286 .084 .000
1994 37 OAK AL 1 2 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .262 .000 .332 .000 .416 .000 .748 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
17 Seasons 668 560 24 1.2 95 .209 .151 .262 .186 .328 .177 .388 .363 .715 2 .083 -78.2 -8.1 .255 .062 .026 .0
162 Game Avg. 354 296 13 1.2 95 .209 .151 .262 .186 .328 .177 .388 .363 .715 2 .083 -78.2 -8.1 .255 .062 .026
LAD (10 yrs) 667 558 24 1.2 95 .210 .151 .262 .186 .328 .177 .388 .363 .715 2 .083 -77.9 -8.1 .256 .062 .026 .0
OAK (7 yrs) 1 2 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .262 .000 .332 .000 .416 .000 .748 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
NL (10 yrs) 667 558 24 1.2 95 .210 .151 .262 .186 .328 .177 .388 .363 .715 2 .083 -77.9 -8.1 .256 .062 .026 .0
AL (7 yrs) 1 2 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .262 .000 .332 .000 .416 .000 .748 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1978 21 LAD NL NLCS PHI W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 24 LAD NL NLDS HOU W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 24 LAD NL NLCS MON W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 24 LAD NL WS NYY W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 26 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 28 LAD NL NLCS STL L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 33 OAK AL WS CIN L 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
5 Seasons (7 Series) 9 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 NLCS 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 LAD NL 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 OAK AL 33 as P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1978 21 LAD NL 35 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 2.9% 20% 4.1 29.0 2.67 63%
1979 22 LAD NL 23 0.0% 26.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.2 6.3 6.00 57%
1980 23 LAD NL 76 0.0% 17.1% 1.3% 4.0% 18% 13.00 5.4 23.3 1.37 75%
1981 24 LAD NL 53 0.0% 30.2% 1.9% 1.9% 10% 16.00 2.8 22.5 2.25 55%
1982 25 LAD NL 97 0.0% 33.0% 3.1% 1.0% 8% 10.67 2.7 28.3 1.27 57%
1983 26 LAD NL 78 1.3% 28.2% 1.3% 2.6% 29% 22.00 3.3 73.0 36.5 2.83 64%
1984 27 LAD NL 61 0.0% 24.6% 3.3% 0.0% 0% 7.50 3.4 17.0 3.10 59%
1985 28 LAD NL 60 0.0% 21.7% 5.0% 1.7% 11% 4.33 3.8 12.5 8.25 62%
1986 29 LAD NL 86 1.2% 26.7% 4.7% 1.2% 13% 5.75 3.3 76.0 19.0 2.57 60%
1987 30 LAD NL 98 0.0% 24.5% 7.1% 0.0% 0% 3.43 3.5 16.6 4.89 60%
1994 37 OAK AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
17 Seasons 668 0.3% 25.6% 3.3% 1.5% 11% 7.77 3.4 291.0 19.4 2.64 62% 0%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1978 21 LAD NL 3 0 60% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1979 22 LAD NL 0 0 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1980 23 LAD NL 0 0 6% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1981 24 LAD NL 1 0 27% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 25 LAD NL 0 0 33% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 26 LAD NL 1 0 13% 19 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 27 LAD NL 0 0 0% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 28 LAD NL 0 0 33% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 29% 5 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
1986 29 LAD NL 0 0 8% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1987 30 LAD NL 1 0 25% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1994 37 OAK AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 6 0 22% 181 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 10 29% 23 18 5 3 2 1 5 1 3
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1978 21 LAD NL 35 31% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 86% 8 0 0% 7 3 43% 23 2 9% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1979 22 LAD NL 23 30% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 0 0% 6 1 17% 16 3 19% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1980 23 LAD NL 76 13% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 11 0 0% 16 1 6% 39 3 8% 2 0 0% 6 0 0% 0
1981 24 LAD NL 53 25% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 88% 10 0 0% 12 4 33% 30 3 10% 0 0 3 3 100% 0
1982 25 LAD NL 97 23% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 70% 18 0 0% 25 6 24% 77 3 4% 8 3 38% 3 1 33% 0
1983 26 LAD NL 78 21% 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 60% 14 1 7% 16 3 19% 43 2 5% 2 1 50% 5 0 0% 0
1984 27 LAD NL 61 28% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 100% 11 1 9% 14 5 36% 39 4 10% 3 1 33% 5 2 40% 0
1985 28 LAD NL 60 33% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 88% 18 1 6% 15 2 13% 49 4 8% 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0
1986 29 LAD NL 86 40% 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 7 5 71% 14 0 0% 21 4 19% 59 3 5% 8 1 13% 8 5 63% 0
1987 30 LAD NL 98 43% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 80% 18 0 0% 22 7 32% 66 7 11% 3 1 33% 7 2 29% 0
1994 37 OAK AL 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 668 29% 88 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 19 1 1 1 1 0 73 59 81% 127 4 3% 154 36 23% 443 34 8% 31 8 26% 41 15 37% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1994 37 OAK AL 1 4 4.00 3 75% 0% 67% 0% 33% 100% 0% 75% 33% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 1 4 4.00 3 75% 0% 67% 0% 33% 100% 0% 75% 33% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1978 21 23 35 29 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .172 .172 .207 .379 6 6 0 0 6 0 0
1979 22 48 58 48 4 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 13 .167 .184 .188 .371 4 9 0 1 9 0 0
1980 23 82 134 118 5 25 4 0 0 7 0 0 1 26 .212 .225 .246 .471 32 29 0 1 14 0 0
1981 24 105 187 163 8 35 4 1 0 9 0 0 2 42 .215 .229 .252 .480 36 41 0 1 21 0 0
1982 25 143 284 248 13 47 5 1 0 12 0 0 5 74 .190 .207 .218 .425 20 54 0 1 28 2 0
1983 26 174 362 321 15 54 6 1 1 14 0 1 6 96 .168 .187 .202 .390 10 65 1 2 31 2 0
1984 27 206 423 372 15 58 6 1 1 17 0 1 8 111 .156 .177 .185 .363 2 69 2 2 39 2 0
1985 28 231 483 422 19 67 7 1 1 21 0 1 11 124 .159 .183 .187 .370 5 79 3 2 46 2 0
1986 29 266 569 498 21 75 7 1 2 25 0 1 15 147 .151 .180 .181 .360 2 90 3 3 51 2 0
1987 30 304 667 581 26 88 7 1 2 30 0 1 22 171 .151 .186 .177 .363 2 103 3 3 59 2 0
1988 31 304 667 581 26 88 7 1 2 30 0 1 22 171 .151 .186 .177 .363 2 103 3 3 59 2 0
1989 32 304 667 581 26 88 7 1 2 30 0 1 22 171 .151 .186 .177 .363 2 103 3 3 59 2 0
1990 33 304 667 581 26 88 7 1 2 30 0 1 22 171 .151 .186 .177 .363 2 103 3 3 59 2 0
1991 34 305 667 581 26 88 7 1 2 30 0 1 22 171 .151 .186 .177 .363 2 103 3 3 59 2 0
1992 35 305 667 581 26 88 7 1 2 30 0 1 22 171 .151 .186 .177 .363 2 103 3 3 59 2 0
1993 36 305 667 581 26 88 7 1 2 30 0 1 22 171 .151 .186 .177 .363 2 103 3 3 59 2 0
1994 37 306 668 582 26 88 7 1 2 30 0 1 22 171 .151 .186 .177 .363 2 103 4 3 59 2 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1978 21 23 29 29 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 23
1979 22 25 20 19 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 .000 .050 .000 .050 1 25
1980 23 34 73 72 1 19 3 0 0 3 0 1 13 .264 .274 .306 .580 6 34
1981 24 35 73 71 6 18 0 2 0 4 0 2 24 .254 .274 .310 .584 6 23
1982 25 38 93 87 5 14 1 0 0 3 0 4 32 .161 .194 .172 .366 3 38
1983 26 31 74 72 2 6 1 0 1 2 0 1 22 .083 .108 .139 .247 1 31
1984 27 32 56 53 0 6 0 0 0 4 0 3 15 .113 .161 .113 .274 1 32
1985 28 25 56 52 5 11 1 0 0 5 0 4 13 .212 .268 .231 .499 3 25
1986 29 35 86 79 3 11 0 0 1 5 0 6 23 .139 .209 .177 .387 3 35
1987 30 38 95 86 5 16 0 0 0 5 0 9 24 .186 .263 .186 .449 4 38
1994 37 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
11 Seasons 317 656 621 30 101 6 2 2 36 0 30 179 .163 .204 .188 .393 29 305
162 Game Avg. 162 335 317 15 52 3 1 1 18 0 15 91 .163 .204 .188 .393 15 305

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
2000 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

All-Star Games
1980 *
1990 (P)

Awards (yr lg award)
1990 AL Cy Young
1990 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1990 AL (9, 14%)
0.14 Career Shares (812th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1983 NL (8, 2%)
1987 NL (8, 2%)
1990 AL (1, 76%)
1 Cy Young
0.80 Career Shares (68th)

Salary s c a p y
1991 AL  $3,450,000 (7th)

                           
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