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Dick Welteroth

Richard John Welteroth

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: August 3, 1927 in Williamsport, PA
High School: St. Mary's HS (Williamsport, PA)
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 16, 1948
Team: Senators 1948-1950

Final Game: June 15, 1950
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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
1948 20 WSH AL 2 1 .667 5.51 33 2 14 0 0 1 65.1 73 43 40 6 50 16 1 0 4 311 79 1.883 10.1 0.8 6.9 2.2 0.32
1949 21 WSH AL 2 5 .286 7.36 52 2 25 0 0 2 95.1 107 83 78 6 89 37 1 0 3 464 58 2.056 10.1 0.6 8.4 3.5 0.42
1950 22 WSH AL 0 0 3.00 5 0 3 0 0 0 6.0 5 5 2 0 6 2 0 0 0 29 158 1.833 7.5 0.0 9.0 3.0 0.33
3 Yrs 4 6 .400 6.48 90 4 42 0 0 3 166.2 185 131 120 12 145 55 2 0 7 804 67 1.980 10.0 0.6 7.8 3.0 0.38
162 Game Avg. 3 4 .400 6.48 65 3 30 0 0 2 121 134 95 87 9 105 40 1 0 5 582 67 1.980 10.0 0.6 7.8 3.0 0.38

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
1948 20 WSH AL 65.1 33 2 43 5.92 5.19 -0.26 0.00 101.1 5.51 -3 -0.3 .7 -0.0 0.1 3 .491 .498 $
1949 21 WSH AL 95.1 52 2 83 7.84 4.95 -0.33 0.00 100.9 5.33 -26 -2.5 .8 0.0 -1.8 -18 .451 .484 $
1950 22 WSH AL 6.0 5 0 5 7.50 5.10 -0.15 0.00 110.5 5.80 -1 -0.1 .4 0.0 0.0 -1 .478 .499 $
3 Seasons 166.2 90 4 131 7.07 5.05 -0.30 0.00 101.3 5.42 -31 -3.0 .8 0.0 -1.7 -16 .467 .494 $

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
1948 20 WSH AL 33 286 254 43 73 6 3 6 2 3 50 16 .287 .407 .406 .812 .289 103 8 1 6 0 1
1949 21 WSH AL 52 399 360 83 107 11 7 6 7 4 89 37 .297 .438 .417 .854 .319 150 11 1 14 0 4
1950 22 WSH AL 5 29 23 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 6 2 .217 .379 .348 .727 .238 8 0 0 0 0 1
3 Yrs 90 714 637 131 185 18 11 12 9 7 145 55 .290 .423 .410 .833 .304 261 19 2 20 0 6
162 Game Avg. 65 517 461 95 134 13 8 9 7 5 105 40 .290 .423 .410 .833 .304 189 14 1 14 0 4
MLB Averages .264 .343 .373 .717 .279

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 20 WSH AL -7.6 -0.7 297 -0.3 2.9 -3.2 .59 -1.0 0.4 -3.5 -0.3 0.59 -7.6 5 2 20
1949 21 WSH AL -30.3 -2.9 412 -1.5 3.2 -4.7 .58 -1.5 -1.1 -20.3 -1.9 0.58 -19.3 8 8 27
1950 22 WSH AL -0.1 -0.0 29 -0.2 0.0 -0.3 .28 -0.1 -0.7 -2.1 -0.2 0.28 -1.6 1 0 4
3 Yrs -38.0 -3.6 738 -2.0 6.2 -8.2 .57 -2.5 -1.0 -25.9 -2.5 0.57 -28.5 14 10 51

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
1948 20 WSH AL 33 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 38.5 57 20 9 6 2 0 6.9 7.5 6.0
1949 21 WSH AL 52 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27.0 29 25 26 16 0 1 4.5 0.0 5.5
2 Yrs 85 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 .250 0 1 0 0 1 25% 33 57 20 35 22 2 1 5.7 6.0 5.8
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 104 -9 4.7 4.8 6.6

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
1948 20 WSH AL 33 31 14 1 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 20 5 25% 7 .592 5 2 20 2 2 25 9 20 19 3 19 4 5.2
1949 21 WSH AL 52 50 25 2 3 1 2 0 200% 4 3 45 15 33% 8 .576 8 8 27 5 3 40 22 26 23 13 24 12 5.1
1950 22 WSH AL 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 8 .283 1 0 4 0 1 4 2 3 2 1 2 0 3.6
3 Yrs 90 86 42 3 4 2 3 0 150% 6 4 69 22 32% .571 14 10 51 7 6 69 33 49 44 17 45 16 5.0

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%
1948 20 WSH AL 311 56% 2.1% 5.6% 17.5% 5.2% 21% 1.24 81% 79 8 10%
1949 21 WSH AL 464 60% 1.5% 9.3% 22.3% 6.0% 22% 0.85 79% 131 11 8%
1950 22 WSH AL 29 69% 0.0% 6.9% 20.7% 6.9% 40% 0.45 72% 7 0 0%
3 Yrs 804 59% 1.7% 7.7% 20.3% 5.7% 22% 0.97 80% 217 19 9%
MLB Averages 49% 2.6% 13.6% 14.6% 7.5% 23% 0.95 109% 10%

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
1948 20 WSH AL 286 73 6 1 25 4 1 1 4 25 7 4 28% 1 4 1 117 2 3 40% 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 25
1949 21 WSH AL 399 107 6 0 36 3 2 1 4 48 25 2 52% 4 3 0 191 7 4 64% 6 3 0 1 1 0 3 0 3 65
1950 22 WSH AL 29 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 1 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 714 185 12 1 62 7 3 2 8 75 34 6 45% 6 7 1 323 9 7 56% 8 4 0 3 1 0 4 0 8 90
MLB Averages 53% 56%

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+
1948 20 2 1 .667 5.51 33 2 14 0 0 1 65.1 73 43 40 6 50 16 1 0 4 311 79 1.883 10.1 0.8 6.9 2.2 0.32 79
1949 21 4 6 .400 6.61 85 4 39 0 0 3 160.2 180 126 118 12 139 53 2 0 7 775 65 1.985 10.1 0.7 7.8 3.0 0.38 65
1950 22 4 6 .400 6.48 90 4 42 0 0 3 166.2 185 131 120 12 145 55 2 0 7 804 67 1.980 10.0 0.6 7.8 3.0 0.38 67

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
1948 20 3 4 .429 5.32 66.0 74 43 39 6 51 16 1 1.894 10.1 7.0 2.2 0.31 0.8 33
1949 21 2 8 .200 7.29 95.0 108 86 77 6 90 37 1 2.084 10.2 8.5 3.5 0.41 0.6 52
1950 22 0 0 3.00 6.0 5 2 2 0 6 2 0 1.833 7.5 9.0 3.0 0.33 0.0 5
3 Yrs 5 12 .294 6.36 167.0 187 131 118 12 147 55 2 2.000 10.1 3.0 0.37 0.6 90

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
1949 AL  52 (2nd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1949 AL  25 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1948 AL  born 1927-08-03 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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