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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1978 LAD NL 21 P 23 13 111.1 19 6 12 1 0 .947 1.46 0.78 .953 1.91 0.72
1979 LAD NL 22 P 25 12 81.1 13 2 8 3 3 .769 1.11 0.40 .962 1.80 0.66
1980 LAD NL 23 P 32 32 213.2 42 15 26 1 3 .976 1.73 1.28 .950 1.91 0.69 AS
1981 LAD NL 24 P 23 23 141.1 22 4 18 0 1 1.000 1.40 0.96 .959 1.97 0.68
1982 LAD NL 25 P 36 36 235.2 47 19 26 2 0 .957 1.72 1.25 .951 1.96 0.70
1982 LAD NL 25 LF 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.60
1982 LAD NL 25 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1982 LAD NL 25 RF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.60
1983 LAD NL 26 P 31 31 204.0 44 14 27 3 1 .932 1.81 1.32 .952 1.92 0.68 CYA-8
1984 LAD NL 27 P 31 29 178.2 50 20 28 2 5 .960 2.42 1.55 .954 1.88 0.67
1985 LAD NL 28 P 23 23 167.1 45 15 27 3 1 .933 2.26 1.83 .953 1.92 0.68
1986 LAD NL 29 P 33 33 235.2 49 21 26 2 2 .959 1.79 1.42 .955 1.94 0.66
1987 LAD NL 30 P 35 35 251.2 63 25 38 0 3 1.000 2.25 1.80 .952 1.91 0.62 CYA-8
1988 OAK AL 31 P 36 36 244.2 49 16 32 1 2 .980 1.77 1.33 .961 1.78 0.67
1989 OAK AL 32 P 33 33 209.2 51 26 21 4 3 .922 2.02 1.42 .961 1.87 0.66
1990 OAK AL 33 P 35 35 238.0 51 20 31 0 2 1.000 1.93 1.46 .951 1.78 0.59 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1991 OAK AL 34 P 35 35 220.0 46 15 29 2 1 .957 1.80 1.26 .957 1.80 0.58
1992 OAK AL 35 P 20 20 123.2 19 5 13 1 1 .947 1.31 0.90 .953 1.72 0.56
1993 OAK AL 36 P 30 28 166.2 42 16 26 0 2 1.000 2.27 1.40 .950 1.79 0.56
1994 OAK AL 37 P 25 8 68.2 11 4 6 1 0 .909 1.31 0.40 .955 1.72 0.52
17 Seasons P 506 462 3092.0 663 243 394 26 30 .961 1.85 1.26 .954 1.87 0.64
1 Season LF 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.60
1 Season OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1 Season RF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.60
17 Seasons TOT 507 462 3093.0 663 243 394 26 30 .961 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.85 1.26 .915 1.87 0.64
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1978 LAD NL 21 23 13 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 LAD NL 22 25 12 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 LAD NL 23 34 32 34 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1981 LAD NL 24 23 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 LAD NL 25 38 36 38 37 36 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
1983 LAD NL 26 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 LAD NL 27 32 29 32 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 LAD NL 28 25 23 25 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1986 LAD NL 29 35 33 35 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1987 LAD NL 30 38 35 38 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1988 OAK AL 31 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 OAK AL 32 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 OAK AL 33 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 OAK AL 34 36 0 1 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 OAK AL 35 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 OAK AL 36 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 OAK AL 37 26 0 1 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 Seasons 520 267 306 507 506 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 12
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1978 LAD NL 21 451 79% 22% 12 92% 2 6 0 5 12 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1979 LAD NL 22 359 72% 20% 11 73% 1 2 0 1 8 2 4 3 0 1 2 3 3 2 2 1 4 50%
1980 LAD NL 23 935 76% 18% 35 86% 0 15 4 8 26 17 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 1 7 86%
1981 LAD NL 24 616 79% 23% 20 90% 0 5 1 4 18 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 100%
1982 LAD NL 25 1005 74% 22% 31 100% 1 19 4 13 27 23 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1983 LAD NL 26 862 73% 23% 31 87% 0 14 0 10 27 19 2 3 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 4 75%
1984 LAD NL 27 802 77% 22% 33 97% 0 19 0 11 26 19 4 2 0 2 0 1 4 1 4 0 9 100%
1985 LAD NL 28 706 81% 27% 34 94% 1 15 1 11 29 26 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 6 100%
1986 LAD NL 29 1016 76% 29% 24 88% 0 20 0 20 26 17 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 6 100%
1987 LAD NL 30 1069 73% 28% 41 93% 0 25 3 19 36 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 13 100%
1988 OAK AL 31 1077 77% 29% 35 100% 0 16 0 9 32 22 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 7 100%
1989 OAK AL 32 918 76% 31% 28 82% 0 22 2 18 22 14 3 4 0 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 5 60%
1990 OAK AL 33 1001 79% 33% 42 88% 0 19 3 13 31 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 7 71%
1991 OAK AL 34 982 79% 30% 28 96% 2 15 0 11 29 22 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 6 83%
1992 OAK AL 35 526 82% 30% 13 92% 0 5 0 4 13 11 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 100%
1993 OAK AL 36 763 83% 34% 32 94% 0 15 1 7 27 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 8 100%
1994 OAK AL 37 339 74% 25% 11 64% 0 4 1 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
17 Seasons 13427 77% 27% 461 91% 7 236 20 166 394 296 29 26 0 9 17 10 29 14 24 5 99 91%
MLB Averages 78% 29% 91% 88%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1982 LAD NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100% 100% 50% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100% 100% 50% 0
MLB Averages 59.0% 2.6% 56% 78% 32% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1982 LAD NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 100% 0% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 100% 0% 0
MLB Averages 43.6% 2.8% 56% 78% 32% 56%

* 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.

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