Bob Welch

Positions: Starting Pitcher, Rightfielder and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: November 3, 1956 in Detroit, MI us

Died: June 9, 2014 in Seal Beach, CA

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 14th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hazel Park HS (Hazel Park, MI) and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (20th) of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, MI).

High School: Hazel Park HS (Hazel Park, MI)

School: Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, MI)

Last Game: August 11, 1994 (Age 37-281d)
vs. SEA 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Bob Teaff, Jerry Kapstein

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Robert Lynn Welch

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

43.7

211

146

ERA

3.47

506

462

3092.0

1969

WHIP

1.270

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1977	20	-2.7	San Antonio	TL	AA	LAD	4	5	.444	4.44	5.58	14	14		1	1	0	71.0	94	44	35	3	17	0	56	4	0	4		1.563	11.9	0.4	2.2	7.1	3.29
1978	21	-4.0	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	LAD	5	1	.833	3.78	4.30	11	11		2	0	0	69.0	72	33	29	8	19	1	53	3	2	3		1.319	9.4	1.0	2.5	6.9	2.79
1978	21	-7.0	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	7	4	.636	2.02	2.26	23	13	6	4	3	3	111.1	92	28	25	6	26	2	66	1	2	2	439	1.060	7.4	0.5	2.1	5.3	2.54
1979	22	-6.2	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	5	6	.455	3.98	4.65	25	12	10	1	0	5	81.1	82	42	36	7	32	4	64	3	0	0	349	1.402	9.1	0.8	3.5	7.1	2.00
1980	23	-5.3	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	14	9	.609	3.29	3.58	32	32	0	3	2	0	213.2	190	85	78	15	79	6	141	3	5	7	889	1.259	8.0	0.6	3.3	5.9	1.78
1981	24	-4.7	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	9	5	.643	3.44	3.57	23	23	0	2	1	0	141.1	141	56	54	11	41	0	88	3	0	2	601	1.288	9.0	0.7	2.6	5.6	2.15
1982	25	-3.7	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	16	11	.593	3.36	3.59	36	36	0	9	3	0	235.2	199	94	88	19	81	5	176	5	1	5	965	1.188	7.6	0.7	3.1	6.7	2.17
1983	26	-2.5	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	15	12	.556	2.65	3.22	31	31	0	4	3	0	204.0	164	73	60	13	72	4	156	3	6	4	828	1.157	7.2	0.6	3.2	6.9	2.17
1984	27	-1.1	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	13	13	.500	3.78	4.33	31	29	0	3	1	0	178.2	191	86	75	11	58	7	126	2	2	4	771	1.394	9.6	0.6	2.9	6.3	2.17
1985	28	5.5	Vero Beach	FLOR	A	LAD	0	0		2.12	2.12	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.0	15	4	4	0	1	0	9	0	0	0		0.941	7.9	0.0	0.5	4.8	9.00
1985	28	-0.2	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	14	4	.778	2.31	2.64	23	23	0	8	3	0	167.1	141	49	43	16	35	2	96	6	4	7	675	1.052	7.6	0.9	1.9	5.2	2.74
1986	29	0.7	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	7	13	.350	3.28	3.63	33	33	0	7	3	0	235.2	227	95	86	14	55	6	183	7	1	2	981	1.197	8.7	0.5	2.1	7.0	3.33
1987	30	1.8	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	15	9	.625	3.22	3.36	35	35	0	6	4	0	251.2	204	94	90	21	86	6	196	4	4	4	1027	1.152	7.3	0.8	3.1	7.0	2.28
1988	31	2.5	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	17	9	.654	3.64	3.94	36	36	0	4	2	0	244.2	237	107	99	22	81	1	158	10	13	3	1034	1.300	8.7	0.8	3.0	5.8	1.95
1989	32	3.5	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	17	8	.680	3.00	3.52	33	33	0	1	0	0	209.2	191	82	70	13	78	3	137	6	0	5	884	1.283	8.2	0.6	3.3	5.9	1.76
1990	33	4.6	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	27	6	.818	2.95	3.40	35	35	0	2	2	0	238.0	214	90	78	26	77	4	127	5	2	2	979	1.223	8.1	1.0	2.9	4.8	1.65
1991	34	5.5	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	12	13	.480	4.58	5.07	35	35	0	7	1	0	220.0	220	124	112	25	91	3	101	11	2	3	950	1.414	9.0	1.0	3.7	4.1	1.11
1992	35	6.1	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	11	7	.611	3.27	3.42	20	20	0	0	0	0	123.2	114	47	45	13	43	0	47	2	0	1	513	1.270	8.3	0.9	3.1	3.4	1.09
1993	36	7.3	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	9	11	.450	5.29	5.51	30	28	0	0	0	0	166.2	208	102	98	25	56	5	63	7	0	1	746	1.584	11.2	1.4	3.0	3.4	1.13
1994	37	7.9	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	3	6	.333	7.08	7.34	25	8	4	0	0	0	68.2	79	56	54	10	43	2	44	1	3	3	325	1.777	10.4	1.3	5.6	5.8	1.02
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (17 seasons)					Majors		211	146	.591	3.47	3.81	506	462	20	61	28	8	3092.0	2894	1310	1191	267	1034	60	1969	79	45	55	12956	1.270	8.4	0.8	3.0	5.7	1.90
Minors (3 seasons)					Minors		9	6	.600	3.90	4.64	28	28	0	3	1	0	157.0	181	81	68	11	37	1	118	7	2	7		1.389	10.4	0.6	2.1	6.8	3.19
All Levels (18 Seasons)							220	152	.591	3.49	3.85	534	490	20	64	29	8	3249.0	3075	1391	1259	278	1071	61	2087	86	47	62	12956	1.276	8.5	0.8	3.0	5.8	1.95