Don Welchel

Donald Ray Welchel

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 3, 1957 in Atlanta, TX
High School: Lake Highlands HS (Dallas, TX)
School: Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, TX)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 7th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1982
Team: Orioles 1982-1983

Final Game: May 31, 1983
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1978	21	BAL-min	Rk,A	6	5	.545	2.34	14	13		0	0	0	104.0	91	35	27	2	30	0	10	0	0	1			1.163	7.9	0.2	2.6	0.9	0.33	BLD,MIA · APPY,FLOR
1979	22	BAL-min	A,AA	10	10	.500	3.38	27	27		5	0	0	181.0	181	81	68	7	73	1	40	1	0	2			1.403	9.0	0.3	3.6	2.0	0.55	MIA,CHR · FLOR,SOUL
1980	23	BAL-min	AA	9	12	.429	2.90	28	28		12	1	0	202.0	210	86	65	9	47	2	56	3	0	6			1.272	9.4	0.4	2.1	2.5	1.19	CHR · SOUL
1981	24	BAL-min	AA,AAA	14	8	.636	2.86	30	22	4	11	0	0	173.0	170	81	55	12	67	0	97	2	0	9			1.370	8.8	0.6	3.5	5.0	1.45	CHR,ROC · SOUL,IL
1982	25	BAL-min	AAA	12	7	.632	4.64	30	25	1	6	2	0	163.0	180	91	84	11	82	5	82	2	0	5			1.607	9.9	0.6	4.5	4.5	1.00	ROC · IL
1982	25	BAL	AL	1	0	1.000	8.31	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	6	4	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	22	53	1.846	12.5	0.0	4.2	6.2	1.50
1983	26	BAL-min	AAA	4	12	.250	4.64	18	18	0	3	0	0	110.2	128	65	57	11	46	0	61	1	0	5			1.572	10.4	0.9	3.7	5.0	1.33	ROC · IL
1983	26	BAL	AL	0	2	.000	5.40	11	0	3	0	0	0	26.2	33	18	16	1	10	1	16	0	0	1	124	74	1.613	11.1	0.3	3.4	5.4	1.60
1984	27	BAL-min	AAA,A	8	5	.615	3.28	13	13	0	3	0	0	79.2	75	33	29	1	39	1	53	0	0	7			1.431	8.5	0.1	4.4	6.0	1.36	ROC,HGR · IL,CARL
1985	28	BAL-min	AAA	7	4	.636	3.75	26	19	3	2	1	0	117.2	123	56	49	7	49	2	63	0	0	4			1.462	9.4	0.5	3.7	4.8	1.29	ROC · IL
1986	29	TEX-min	AAA	12	9	.571	3.99	25	25	0	1	0	0	160.0	159	80	71	5	74	1	95	2	1	9			1.456	8.9	0.3	4.2	5.3	1.28	OKC · AA
1987	30	KCR-min	AAA	7	4	.636	4.82	19	19	0	2	0	0	112.0	126	62	60	5	44	1	70	1	0	2			1.518	10.1	0.4	3.5	5.6	1.59	OMA · AA
1988	31	KCR-min	AAA	4	11	.267	3.90	37	8	20	0	0	3	97.0	97	49	42	7	32	1	71	0	7	8			1.330	9.0	0.6	3.0	6.6	2.22	OMA · AA
2 Yrs				1	2	.333	5.81	13	0	3	0	0	0	31.0	39	24	20	1	12	1	19	0	0	1	146	70	1.645	11.3	0.3	3.5	5.5	1.58
162 Game Avg.				5	10	.333	5.81	68	0	16	0	0	0	162	204	126	105	5	63	5	99	0	0	5	764	70	1.645	11.3	0.3	3.5	5.5	1.58

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1982	25	BAL	AL	4.1	2	6	12.46	5.34	0.31	-0.42	89.8	4.14	-4	-0.3	.8	0.0	-0.3	-4	.326	.498	$
1983	26	BAL	AL	26.2	11	18	6.08	4.24	0.04	-0.34	99.1	3.83	-7	-0.7	.7	0.0	-0.4	-4	.440	.496	$
2 Seasons				31.0	13	24	6.97	4.39	0.08	-0.35	97.8	3.87	-11	-1.0	.8	0.1	-0.7	-7	.422	.497	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1982	25	BAL	AL	2	22	20	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	.300	.364	.400	.764	.353	8	0	0	0	0	0	2
1983	26	BAL	AL	11	124	111	18	33	5	0	1	3	0	10	16	.297	.352	.369	.722	.337	41	2	0	2	1	1	3
2 Yrs				13	146	131	24	39	7	0	1	3	0	12	19	.298	.354	.374	.728	.339	49	2	0	2	1	1	5
162 Game Avg.				68	764	685	126	204	37	0	5	16	0	63	99	.298	.354	.374	.728	.339	256	10	0	10	5	5	26
MLB Averages																.261	.324	.389	.713	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1982	25	BAL	AL	-2.6	-0.2	22	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	.44	-0.2	-0.1	-3.0	-0.3	0.44	-2.1	0	1	1
1983	26	BAL	AL	-4.2	-0.4	128	-1.0	0.7	-1.7	.56	-0.2	-1.6	-7.9	-0.8	0.56	-2.9	1	2	8
2 Yrs				-6.8	-0.7	150	-1.2	0.8	-2.0	.54	-0.4	-1.7	-10.8	-1.0	0.54	-5.0	1	3	9

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1982	25	BAL	AL	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	100%	4	.442	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	6.5
1983	26	BAL	AL	11	11	3	0	2	11	5	45%	4	.561	1	2	8	1	1	9	8	3	9	2	9	1	7.3
2 Yrs				13	13	3	1	2	13	7	54%		.543	1	3	9	1	1	11	9	4	11	2	11	1	7.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1982	25	BAL	AL	22	59%	0.0%	13.6%	9.1%	9.1%	33%	0.67	77%	7	0	0%
1983	26	BAL	AL	124	61%	0.8%	12.9%	8.1%	4.8%	18%	1.91	77%	18	2	11%
2 Yrs				146	61%	0.7%	13.0%	8.2%	5.5%	21%	1.64	77%	25	2	8%
MLB Averages					43%	2.1%	13.4%	8.3%	6.7%	29%	1.09	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1982	25	BAL	AL	22	6			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	75%	2	0	0	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	26	BAL	AL	124	33			1	0	4	1	0	1	0	6	3	1	50%	3	1	0	50	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2 Yrs				146	39			1	0	4	1	0	1	0	10	6	2	60%	5	1	0	62	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MLB Averages																		53%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1982	25	1	0	1.000	8.31	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	6	4	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	22	53	1.846	12.5	0.0	4.2	6.2	1.50	53
1983	26	1	2	.333	5.81	13	0	3	0	0	0	31.0	39	24	20	1	12	1	19	0	0	1	146	70	1.645	11.3	0.3	3.5	5.5	1.58	70

Neutralized Pitching

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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	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1982	25	0	0		7.20	5.0	6	4	4	0	2	3	1.600	10.8	3.6	5.4	1.50	0.0	2
1983	26	1	1	.500	6.23	26.0	35	20	18	1	11	16	1.769	12.1	3.8	5.5	1.45	0.3	11
2 Yrs		1	1	.500	6.39	31.0	41	24	22	1	13	19	1.742	11.9		5.5	1.46	0.3	13

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