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Chris Welsh

Christopher Charles Welsh

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 14, 1955 in Wilmington, DE
School: University of South Florida (Tampa, FL)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 21st round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1981
Teams (by GP): Padres/Rangers/Reds/Expos 1981-1986

Final Game: October 5, 1986
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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1981 26 SDP NL 22 46 41 4 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 .146 .186 .171 .357 5 7 0 0 3 0 0 1
1982 27 SDP NL 28 50 42 4 11 3 0 0 11 0 1 3 13 .262 .311 .333 .644 84 14 1 0 5 0 0 1
1983 28 TOT NL 23 19 18 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .222 .263 .222 .485 37 4 1 0 0 0 0 1
1983 28 SDP NL 7 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1983 28 MON NL 16 15 14 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .286 .333 .286 .619 74 4 1 0 0 0 0 1
1985 30 TEX AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 31 CIN NL 24 48 42 3 5 2 0 1 4 1 0 2 19 .119 .159 .238 .397 7 10 0 0 4 0 0 1
5 Yrs 122 163 143 11 26 6 0 1 18 1 1 8 51 .182 .225 .245 .470 33 35 2 0 12 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 216 190 15 35 8 0 1 24 1 1 11 68 .182 .225 .245 .470 33 46 3 0 16 0 0
SDP (3 yrs) 57 100 87 8 17 4 0 0 12 0 1 5 29 .195 .239 .241 .481 39 21 1 0 8 0 0
TEX (1 yr) 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 24 48 42 3 5 2 0 1 4 1 0 2 19 .119 .159 .238 .397 7 10 0 0 4 0 0
MON (1 yr) 16 15 14 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .286 .333 .286 .619 74 4 1 0 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 97 163 143 11 26 6 0 1 18 1 1 8 51 .182 .225 .245 .470 33 35 2 0 12 0 0
AL (1 yr) 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 Awards
1981 26 SDP NL 22 46 -5 -0 0 0 5 -0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1982 27 SDP NL 28 50 -0 -1 -0 0 6 4 0.5 2 6 0.5 .517 .503 0.5 0.0 6 $ 1
1983 28 SDP NL 7 4 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .492 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
1983 28 MON NL 16 15 -0 -0 0 0 2 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .508 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1985 30 TEX AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1986 31 CIN NL 24 48 -6 0 0 0 6 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $80,000 1
5 Seasons 122 163 -13 -1 -0 0 19 5 0.6 5 10 0.5 .504 .501 0.5 0.1 10 $80,000
SDP (3 yrs) 57 100 -7 -1 -0 0 11 4 0.4 3 7 0.4 .507 .501 0.4 0.0 7 $
TEX (1 yr) 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
CIN (1 yr) 24 48 -6 0 0 0 6 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $80,000
MON (1 yr) 16 15 -0 -0 0 0 2 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .508 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $

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
1981 26 SDP NL 46 38 2 1.4 87 .231 .146 .255 .186 .320 .171 .366 .357 .686 5 .126 -5.1 -0.5 .257 .073 .024
1982 27 SDP NL 50 38 4 2.8 91 .379 .262 .261 .311 .323 .333 .379 .644 .702 84 .327 -0.8 -0.1 .485 .119 .071
1983 28 TOT NL 19 15 1 1.8 95 .286 .222 .262 .263 .330 .222 .388 .485 .717 37 .171 -1.6 -0.2 .333 .056 .000
1983 28 SDP NL 4 4 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .260 .000 .328 .000 .385 .000 .712 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1983 28 MON NL 15 11 1 2.4 96 .364 .286 .262 .333 .330 .286 .388 .619 .719 74 .267 -0.5 -0.1 .455 .071 .000
1986 31 CIN NL 48 41 2 1.3 101 .182 .119 .266 .159 .337 .238 .401 .397 .738 7 .102 -5.7 -0.6 .351 .190 .119 1.0
5 Yrs 163 132 9 1.8 93 .275 .182 .261 .225 .327 .245 .383 .470 .710 33 .179 -13.1 -1.4 .358 .119 .063 1.0
162 Game Avg. 216 175 12 1.8 93 .275 .182 .261 .225 .327 .245 .383 .470 .710 33 .179 -13.1 -1.4 .358 .119 .063 1
SDP (3 yrs) 100 80 6 2.0 89 .293 .195 .258 .239 .322 .241 .373 .481 .695 39 .211 -6.9 -0.7 .347 .092 .046
CIN (1 yr) 48 41 2 1.3 101 .182 .119 .266 .159 .337 .238 .401 .397 .738 7 .102 -5.7 -0.6 .351 .190 .119 1.0
MON (1 yr) 15 11 1 2.4 96 .364 .286 .262 .333 .330 .286 .388 .619 .719 74 .267 -0.5 -0.1 .455 .071 .000

Ratio Batting*

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
1981 26 SDP NL 46 0.0% 32.6% 4.4% 2.2% 17% 7.50 2.7 41.0 1.09 57%
1982 27 SDP NL 50 0.0% 26.0% 6.0% 6.0% 27% 4.33 3.2 3.8 2.83 58%
1983 28 TOT NL 19 0.0% 21.1% 5.3% 0.0% 0% 4.00 4.5 9.0 2.67 74%
1983 28 SDP NL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.0 2.00 75%
1983 28 MON NL 15 0.0% 20.0% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 3.00 4.7 7.0 3.00 73%
1986 31 CIN NL 48 2.1% 39.6% 4.2% 6.3% 60% 9.50 2.2 42.0 10.5 1.56 46%
5 Yrs 163 0.6% 31.3% 4.9% 4.3% 27% 6.38 2.8 143.0 7.9 1.76 56%
MLB Averages 2.1% 13.8% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.63 6.5 42.4 8.5 1.08 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1981 26 SDP NL -5.0 -0.5 46 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 .98 -0.5 -0.1 -6.8 -0.7 1.05 -5.4 0
1982 27 SDP NL -0.8 -0.1 51 0.5 0.9 -0.5 .76 0.1 0.5 2.2 0.2 0.88 1.4 0
1983 28 TOT NL -1.6 -0.2 19 -0.3 0.2 -0.4 1.03 -0.2 -0.1 -1.6 -0.2 1.03 -1.8 0
1983 28 SDP NL -1.1 -0.1 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.08 -0.1 -0.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.90 -1.1 0
1983 28 MON NL -0.5 -0.1 15 -0.2 0.2 -0.3 1.01 -0.1 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1 1.06 -0.8 0
1985 30 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
1986 31 CIN NL -5.7 -0.6 49 -0.6 0.5 -1.1 .99 -0.4 -0.3 -3.9 -0.4 0.93 -3.0 0
5 Yrs -13.0 -1.4 165 -1.0 1.9 -2.9 .92 -1.0 -0.1 -10.0 -1.1 0.96 -8.7 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1981 26 SDP NL 0 0 50% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1
1982 27 SDP NL 1 0 29% 22 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 14% 6 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1983 28 TOT NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 28 SDP NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 28 MON NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 31 CIN NL 0 0 33% 7 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
5 Yrs 1 0 30% 46 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 21% 9 8 1 2 0 1 3 2 1

Situational Hitting*

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
1981 26 SDP NL 46 65% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 8 0 0% 10 2 20% 31 1 3% 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 0
1982 27 SDP NL 50 68% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 4 1 25% 7 3 43% 25 11 44% 4 3 75% 0 0 0
1983 28 TOT NL 19 84% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 4 0 0% 17 2 12% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1983 28 SDP NL 4 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1983 28 MON NL 15 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 3 0 0% 14 2 14% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1986 31 CIN NL 48 73% 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 5 4 80% 8 0 0% 9 1 11% 29 3 10% 3 0 0% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 163 71% 26 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 14 12 86% 25 2 8% 30 6 20% 102 17 17% 11 4 36% 2 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 59% 82% 11% 35% 15% 52% 55%

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 SF IBB
1981 26 22 46 41 4 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 .146 .186 .171 .357 5 7 0 0 3 0 0
1982 27 50 96 83 8 17 4 0 0 12 0 1 5 28 .205 .250 .253 .503 46 21 1 0 8 0 0
1983 28 73 115 101 8 21 4 0 0 14 0 1 6 32 .208 .252 .248 .500 44 25 2 0 8 0 0
1984 29 73 115 101 8 21 4 0 0 14 0 1 6 32 .208 .252 .248 .500 44 25 2 0 8 0 0
1985 30 98 115 101 8 21 4 0 0 14 0 1 6 32 .208 .252 .248 .500 44 25 2 0 8 0 0
1986 31 122 163 143 11 26 6 0 1 18 1 1 8 51 .182 .225 .245 .470 33 35 2 0 12 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1981 26 33 74 65 9 12 2 0 0 2 0 4 23 .185 .232 .215 .447 3 22
1982 27 28 51 43 5 12 3 0 0 13 0 3 13 .279 .326 .349 .675 5 28
1983 28 23 19 18 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 .222 .263 .222 .485 1 23
1986 31 24 49 43 4 6 2 0 1 5 1 2 19 .140 .178 .256 .434 2 24
4 Yrs 108 193 169 18 34 7 0 1 22 1 10 59 .201 .246 .260 .506 11 97
162 Game Avg. 162 290 254 27 51 11 0 2 33 2 15 89 .201 .246 .260 .506 17 97

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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