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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 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
1981 26 SDP NL 6 7 .462 3.78 22 19 2 4 2 0 123.2 122 55 52 9 41 4 51 1 2 1 512 87 1.318 8.9 0.7 3.0 3.7 1.24
1982 27 SDP NL 8 8 .500 4.91 28 20 7 3 1 0 139.1 146 88 76 16 63 2 48 3 0 2 618 71 1.500 9.4 1.0 4.1 3.1 0.76
1983 28 TOT NL 0 2 .000 4.42 23 6 6 0 0 0 59.0 59 35 29 7 20 1 22 4 0 5 254 82 1.339 9.0 1.1 3.1 3.4 1.10
1983 28 SDP NL 0 1 .000 2.51 7 1 3 0 0 0 14.1 13 5 4 2 2 0 5 0 0 3 59 145 1.047 8.2 1.3 1.3 3.1 2.50
1983 28 MON NL 0 1 .000 5.04 16 5 3 0 0 0 44.2 46 30 25 5 18 1 17 4 0 2 195 71 1.433 9.3 1.0 3.6 3.4 0.94
1985 30 TEX AL 2 5 .286 4.13 25 6 4 0 0 0 76.1 101 40 35 11 25 3 31 4 0 5 351 103 1.651 11.9 1.3 2.9 3.7 1.24
1986 31 CIN NL 6 9 .400 4.78 24 24 0 1 0 0 139.1 163 79 74 9 40 4 40 3 0 5 598 81 1.457 10.5 0.6 2.6 2.6 1.00
5 Yrs 22 31 .415 4.45 122 75 19 8 3 0 537.2 591 297 266 52 189 14 192 15 2 18 2333 82 1.451 9.9 0.9 3.2 3.2 1.02
162 Game Avg. 8 11 .415 4.45 42 26 7 3 1 0 186 204 103 92 18 65 5 66 5 1 6 805 82 1.451 9.9 0.9 3.2 3.2 1.02
SDP (3 yrs) 14 16 .467 4.28 57 40 12 7 3 0 277.1 281 148 132 27 106 6 104 4 2 6 1189 79 1.395 9.1 0.9 3.4 3.4 0.98
TEX (1 yr) 2 5 .286 4.13 25 6 4 0 0 0 76.1 101 40 35 11 25 3 31 4 0 5 351 103 1.651 11.9 1.3 2.9 3.7 1.24
CIN (1 yr) 6 9 .400 4.78 24 24 0 1 0 0 139.1 163 79 74 9 40 4 40 3 0 5 598 81 1.457 10.5 0.6 2.6 2.6 1.00
MON (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.04 16 5 3 0 0 0 44.2 46 30 25 5 18 1 17 4 0 2 195 71 1.433 9.3 1.0 3.6 3.4 0.94
NL (4 yrs) 20 26 .435 4.51 97 69 15 8 3 0 461.1 490 257 231 41 164 11 161 11 2 13 1982 79 1.418 9.6 0.8 3.2 3.1 0.98
AL (1 yr) 2 5 .286 4.13 25 6 4 0 0 0 76.1 101 40 35 11 25 3 31 4 0 5 351 103 1.651 11.9 1.3 2.9 3.7 1.24

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 GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1981 26 SDP NL 123.2 22 19 55 4.00 3.93 -0.20 0.13 94.9 4.03 -1 -0.1 .7 -0.1 0.8 8 .493 .499 $
1982 27 SDP NL 139.1 28 20 88 5.68 3.98 0.36 0.10 95.5 3.55 -35 -3.4 1.2 -0.1 -2.4 -20 .377 .479 $
1983 28 SDP NL 14.1 7 1 5 3.14 4.21 0.18 -0.23 102.7 3.90 1 0.1 .9 -0.0 0.2 3 .519 .501 $
1983 28 MON NL 44.2 16 5 30 6.04 4.18 0.27 -0.08 96.5 3.70 -12 -1.2 .7 0.0 -0.8 -7 .424 .492 $
1985 30 TEX AL 76.1 25 6 40 4.72 4.74 -0.12 -0.17 101.6 4.77 1 0.1 .7 -0.1 0.6 9 .502 .500 $
1986 31 CIN NL 139.1 24 24 79 5.10 4.13 -0.17 0.15 101.9 4.52 -10 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 5 .458 .494 $80,000
5 Seasons 537.2 122 75 297 4.97 4.14 0.01 0.06 98.1 4.11 -56 -5.6 .8 -0.4 -1.5 -3 .454 .494 $80,000
SDP (3 yrs) 277.1 57 40 148 4.80 3.97 0.10 0.10 95.6 3.78 -35 -3.5 1.0 -0.2 -1.4 -9 .439 .493 $
TEX (1 yr) 76.1 25 6 40 4.72 4.74 -0.12 -0.17 101.6 4.77 1 0.1 .7 -0.1 0.6 9 .502 .500 $
CIN (1 yr) 139.1 24 24 79 5.10 4.13 -0.17 0.15 101.9 4.52 -10 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 5 .458 .494 $80,000
MON (1 yr) 44.2 16 5 30 6.04 4.18 0.27 -0.08 96.5 3.70 -12 -1.2 .7 0.0 -0.8 -7 .424 .492 $

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
1981 26 SDP NL 22 512 462 55 122 20 4 9 10 10 41 51 .264 .323 .383 .707 .279 177 13 1 5 3 4 7
1982 27 SDP NL 28 618 545 88 146 23 5 16 7 7 63 48 .268 .346 .417 .762 .269 227 16 3 5 2 2 15
1983 28 MON NL 16 195 172 30 46 13 1 5 5 2 18 17 .267 .349 .442 .791 .272 76 7 4 0 1 1 5
1983 28 SDP NL 7 59 55 5 13 2 0 2 0 0 2 5 .236 .263 .382 .645 .229 21 1 0 2 0 0 2
1983 28 TOT NL 23 254 227 35 59 15 1 7 5 2 20 22 .260 .329 .427 .757 .261 97 8 4 2 1 1 7
1985 30 TEX AL 25 351 320 40 101 19 2 11 7 2 25 31 .316 .371 .491 .862 .323 157 7 4 1 1 3 4
1986 31 CIN NL 24 598 541 79 163 30 3 9 15 7 40 40 .301 .350 .418 .768 .310 226 24 3 10 4 4 8
5 Yrs 122 2333 2095 297 591 107 15 52 44 28 189 192 .282 .344 .422 .766 .289 884 68 15 23 11 14 41
162 Game Avg. 42 805 723 103 204 37 5 18 15 10 65 66 .282 .344 .422 .766 .289 305 23 5 8 4 5 14
MLB Averages .259 .324 .387 .711 .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
1981 26 SDP NL -5.7 -0.6 538 -0.8 8.8 -9.6 .98 -0.7 -0.1 -2.3 -0.3 0.98 -5.5 1 0 0
1982 27 SDP NL -24.1 -2.4 636 -2.7 9.7 -12.5 .96 -2.2 -0.7 -21.8 -2.2 0.96 -22.4 3 1 4
1983 28 TOT NL -6.2 -0.6 267 -0.4 3.7 -4.1 .84 -0.6 0.2 -6.1 -0.6 0.84 -8.6 3 2 12
1983 28 SDP NL 1.6 0.2 61 -0.1 1.0 -1.0 .91 0.1 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1 0.91 0.5 2 1 3
1983 28 MON NL -7.8 -0.8 206 -0.3 2.7 -3.1 .82 -0.7 0.3 -5.2 -0.5 0.82 -9.0 1 1 9
1985 30 TEX AL 0.5 0.0 361 -0.6 3.3 -4.0 .55 -1.2 0.0 -8.7 -0.8 0.55 -10.0 2 6 11
1986 31 CIN NL -11.7 -1.2 624 -0.6 10.8 -11.4 1.02 -0.9 0.4 -9.3 -0.9 1.02 -11.3 0 0 0
5 Yrs -47.1 -4.8 2426 -5.1 36.3 -41.5 .90 -5.6 -0.1 -48.3 -4.9 0.90 -57.8 9 9 27

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1981 26 SDP NL 22 19 6 7 6 0 3 7 12 .368 3 4 4 2 12 63% 50.5 80 19 13 6 4 8 3.7 3.6 6.3
1982 27 SDP NL 28 20 7 6 7 2 0 9 11 .450 2 4 3 1 9 45% 45.5 81 18 21 11 1 8 4.1 4.2 6.4
1983 28 TOT NL 23 6 0 0 6 0 0 2 4 .333 2 2 0 0 2 33% 45.0 58 27 14 5 0 5 4.5 6.0 4.4
1983 28 SDP NL 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 58.0 58 58 4 0 0 1 1.0 0.0 3.0
1983 28 MON NL 16 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 3 .400 2 2 0 0 2 40% 42.4 53 27 10 5 0 4 5.1 6.8 4.7
1985 30 TEX AL 25 6 1 4 1 0 0 2 4 .333 0 0 0 0 2 33% 39.2 56 20 15 3 0 4 3.5 3.2 4.8
1986 31 CIN NL 24 24 6 9 9 1 3 13 11 .542 3 4 1 0 13 54% 45.0 71 15 16 10 10 4 4.8 4.0 5.8
5 Yrs 122 75 20 26 29 3 6 33 42 .440 10 14 8 3 38 51% 46 81 15 79 35 15 29 4.2 4.0 5.9
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 98 -12 4.3 4.3 6.2

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1981 26 SDP NL 22 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 5 .975 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 4.0
1982 27 SDP NL 28 8 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 8 .956 3 1 4 0 3 5 2 6 2 2 2 1 4.1
1983 28 TOT NL 23 17 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 9% .842 3 2 12 2 3 12 8 9 12 2 12 2 5.8
1983 28 SDP NL 7 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 50% 5 .910 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 1 4 0 5.7
1983 28 MON NL 16 11 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0% 6 .821 1 1 9 0 1 10 6 5 8 1 8 2 5.8
1985 30 TEX AL 25 19 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 14 50% 3 .553 2 6 11 0 1 18 14 5 15 3 15 2 7.5
4 Yrs 98 47 19 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 48 19 40% .863 9 9 27 2 8 37 26 21 31 8 31 5 6.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1981 26 SDP NL 512 17% 1.8% 10.0% 8.0% 6.5% 27% 1.78 79% 97 13 13%
1982 27 SDP NL 618 22% 2.6% 7.8% 10.2% 7.1% 30% 1.41 78% 119 16 13%
1983 28 TOT NL 254 31% 2.8% 8.7% 7.9% 9.1% 39% 1.38 78% 40 8 20%
1983 28 SDP NL 59 34% 3.4% 8.5% 3.4% 6.8% 31% 1.38 81% 7 1 14%
1983 28 MON NL 195 30% 2.6% 8.7% 9.2% 9.7% 41% 1.38 77% 33 7 21%
1985 30 TEX AL 351 33% 3.1% 8.8% 7.1% 9.1% 32% 1.26 79% 68 7 10%
1986 31 CIN NL 598 16% 1.5% 6.7% 6.7% 7.0% 26% 1.88 83% 112 24 21%
5 Yrs 2333 22% 2.2% 8.2% 8.1% 7.5% 29% 1.57 80% 436 68 16%
MLB Averages 41% 2.1% 13.8% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.08 74% 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
1981 26 SDP NL 512 122 9 0 3 8 1 2 7 20 12 3 60% 7 1 0 186 10 10 50% 10 9 0 1 0 0 8 5 8 0
1982 27 SDP NL 618 146 16 0 18 14 2 6 10 44 20 6 45% 15 2 0 224 7 7 50% 6 7 1 0 0 0 7 6 4 0
1983 28 TOT NL 254 59 7 0 1 5 2 1 6 12 8 1 67% 7 5 0 97 5 2 71% 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 0
1983 28 SDP NL 59 13 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 100% 2 3 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1983 28 MON NL 195 46 5 0 1 3 2 1 4 11 7 1 64% 5 2 0 79 5 2 71% 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 0
1985 30 TEX AL 351 101 11 2 8 10 1 6 5 18 11 2 61% 4 5 1 147 7 2 78% 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1986 31 CIN NL 598 163 9 1 7 6 3 7 2 27 15 4 56% 8 5 0 228 15 7 68% 12 6 3 0 0 1 1 1 9 0
5 Yrs 2333 591 52 3 37 43 9 22 30 121 66 16 55% 41 18 1 882 44 28 61% 38 25 6 1 0 2 17 12 39 0
MLB Averages 54% 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+
1981 26 6 7 .462 3.78 22 19 2 4 2 0 123.2 122 55 52 9 41 4 51 1 2 1 512 87 1.318 8.9 0.7 3.0 3.7 1.24 87
1982 27 14 15 .483 4.38 50 39 9 7 3 0 263.0 268 143 128 25 104 6 99 4 2 3 1130 77 1.414 9.2 0.9 3.6 3.4 0.95 77
1983 28 14 17 .452 4.39 73 45 15 7 3 0 322.0 327 178 157 32 124 7 121 8 2 8 1384 78 1.401 9.1 0.9 3.5 3.4 0.98 78
1984 29 14 17 .452 4.39 73 45 15 7 3 0 322.0 327 178 157 32 124 7 121 8 2 8 1384 78 1.401 9.1 0.9 3.5 3.4 0.98 78
1985 30 16 22 .421 4.34 98 51 19 7 3 0 398.1 428 218 192 43 149 10 152 12 2 13 1735 83 1.449 9.7 1.0 3.4 3.4 1.02 83
1986 31 22 31 .415 4.45 122 75 19 8 3 0 537.2 591 297 266 52 189 14 192 15 2 18 2333 82 1.451 9.9 0.9 3.2 3.2 1.02 82

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1981 26 7 11 .389 5.04 168.0 202 104 94 15 68 69 2 1.607 10.8 3.6 3.7 1.01 0.8 22
1982 27 4 10 .286 5.91 131.0 155 96 86 17 67 45 3 1.695 10.6 4.6 3.1 0.67 1.2 28
1983 28 2 4 .333 5.14 56.0 62 36 32 7 21 21 4 1.482 10.0 3.4 3.4 1.00 1.1 23
1985 30 4 4 .500 4.44 73.0 102 40 36 11 25 30 4 1.740 12.6 3.1 3.7 1.20 1.4 25
1986 31 5 9 .357 5.26 130.0 165 84 76 9 40 37 3 1.577 11.4 2.8 2.6 0.93 0.6 24
5 Yrs 22 38 .367 5.23 558.0 686 360 324 59 221 202 16 1.625 11.1 3.3 0.91 1.0 122

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1981 NL  2 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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