Bob Welch
Born: November 3, 1956, Detroit, MI Died: June 9, 2014, Seal Beach, CAHeight: 6'3" Weight: 190 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: Eastern Michigan
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1978 Los Angeles NL 21 7 4 2.02 23 13 4 4 6 3 3 111.1 92 439 28 25 6 24 2 1 66 1979 Los Angeles NL 22 5 6 3.98 25 12 1 3 10 5 0 81.1 82 349 42 36 7 28 4 3 64 1980 Los Angeles NL 23 14 9 3.29 32 32 3 0 0 0 2 213.2 190 889 85 78 15 73 6 3 141 1981 Los Angeles NL 24 9 5 3.44 23 23 2 0 0 0 1 141.1 141 601 56 54 11 41 0 3 88 1982 Los Angeles NL 25 16 11 3.36 36 36 9 0 0 0 3 235.2 199 965 94 88 19 76 5 5 176 1983 Los Angeles NL 26 15 12 2.65 31 31 4 0 0 0 3 204.0 164 828 73 60 13 68 4 3 156 1984 Los Angeles NL 27 13 13 3.78 31 29 3 2 0 0 1 178.2 191 771 86 75 11 51 7 2 126 1985 Los Angeles NL 28 14 4 2.31 23 23 8 0 0 0 3 167.1 141 675 49 43 16 33 2 6 96 1986 Los Angeles NL 29 7 13 3.28 33 33 7 0 0 0 3 235.2 227 981 95 86 14 49 6 7 183 1987 Los Angeles NL 30 15 9 3.22 35 35 6 0 0 0 4 251.2 204 1027 94 90 21 80 6 4 196 1988 Oakland AL 31 17 9 3.64 36 36 4 0 0 0 2 244.2 237 1034 107 99 22 80 1 10 158 1989 Oakland AL 32 17 8 3.00 33 33 1 0 0 0 0 209.2 191 884 82 70 13 75 3 6 137 1990 Oakland AL 33 27 6 2.95 35 35 2 0 0 0 2 238.0 214 979 90 78 26 73 4 5 127 1991 Oakland AL 34 12 13 4.58 35 35 7 0 0 0 1 220.0 220 950 124 112 25 88 3 11 101 1992 Oakland AL 35 11 7 3.27 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 123.2 114 513 47 45 13 43 0 2 47 1993 Oakland AL 36 9 11 5.29 30 28 0 2 0 0 0 166.2 208 746 102 98 25 51 5 7 63 1994 Oakland AL 37 3 6 7.08 25 8 0 13 4 0 0 68.2 79 325 56 54 10 41 2 1 44 TOTALS 211 146 3.47 506 462 61 24 20 8 28 3092.0 2894 12956 1310 1191 267 974 60 79 1969
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1978 Los Angeles NL 23 402 28 92 128 14 2 6 4 6 2 5 24 2 1 66 8 .229 .318 .274 1979 Los Angeles NL 25 309 42 82 115 12 0 7 4 1 7 5 28 4 3 64 6 .265 .372 .339 1980 Los Angeles NL 32 785 85 190 258 17 3 15 12 10 24 8 73 6 3 141 11 .242 .329 .310 1981 Los Angeles NL 23 544 56 141 209 29 3 11 9 4 9 4 41 0 3 88 10 .259 .384 .312 1982 Los Angeles NL 36 868 94 199 295 29 5 19 7 4 14 13 76 5 5 176 11 .229 .340 .297 1983 Los Angeles NL 31 738 73 164 235 24 4 13 8 7 7 17 68 4 3 156 12 .222 .318 .291 1984 Los Angeles NL 31 699 86 191 272 32 8 11 10 2 15 9 51 7 2 126 12 .273 .389 .330 1985 Los Angeles NL 23 626 49 141 225 18 9 16 6 2 12 7 33 2 6 96 6 .225 .359 .272 1986 Los Angeles NL 33 904 95 227 323 46 4 14 7 8 22 9 49 6 7 183 15 .251 .357 .297 1987 Los Angeles NL 35 921 94 204 315 40 4 21 10 6 20 18 80 6 4 196 10 .221 .342 .289 1988 Oakland AL 36 923 107 237 354 41 5 22 12 8 16 11 80 1 10 158 14 .257 .384 .321 1989 Oakland AL 33 793 82 191 283 41 6 13 3 4 22 7 75 3 6 137 17 .241 .357 .312 1990 Oakland AL 35 886 90 214 346 42 6 26 6 5 10 7 73 4 5 127 25 .242 .391 .304 1991 Oakland AL 35 836 124 220 337 34 4 25 6 6 12 16 88 3 11 101 17 .263 .403 .341 1992 Oakland AL 20 462 47 114 166 11 1 13 3 3 8 5 43 0 2 47 14 .247 .359 .312 1993 Oakland AL 30 670 102 208 329 36 5 25 10 3 8 12 51 5 7 63 19 .310 .491 .368 1994 Oakland AL 25 272 56 79 131 16 3 10 5 4 5 4 41 2 1 44 2 .290 .482 .384
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1978 Los Angeles NL 21 23 29 3 5 6 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 .172 .207 .172 1979 Los Angeles NL 22 25 19 1 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 .158 .158 .200 1980 Los Angeles NL 23 34 70 1 17 20 3 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 0 .243 .286 .254 1981 Los Angeles NL 24 23 45 3 10 12 0 1 0 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 0 .222 .267 .239 1982 Los Angeles NL 25 38 85 5 12 13 1 0 0 3 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 32 0 .141 .153 .167 1983 Los Angeles NL 26 31 73 2 7 11 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 22 1 .096 .151 .120 1984 Los Angeles NL 27 32 51 0 4 4 0 0 0 3 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 15 1 .078 .078 .113 1985 Los Angeles NL 28 25 50 4 9 10 1 0 0 4 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 13 1 .180 .200 .226 1986 Los Angeles NL 29 35 76 2 8 11 0 0 1 4 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 23 0 .105 .145 .160 1987 Los Angeles NL 30 38 83 5 13 13 0 0 0 5 8 0 0 0 7 0 0 24 0 .157 .157 .222 1988 Oakland AL 31 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1989 Oakland AL 32 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1990 Oakland AL 33 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1991 Oakland AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1992 Oakland AL 35 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1993 Oakland AL 36 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1994 Oakland AL 37 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 484 582 26 88 103 7 1 2 30 59 2 0 1 22 0 3 171 4 .151 .177 .186
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1978 Los Angeles NL P 111.1 13 23 6 12 1 0 .947 1.46 2 5 1 1979 Los Angeles NL P 81.1 12 25 2 8 3 3 .769 1.11 7 5 0 1980 Los Angeles NL P 213.2 32 32 15 26 1 3 .976 1.73 24 8 1 1981 Los Angeles NL P 141.1 23 23 4 18 0 1 1.000 1.40 9 4 1 1982 Los Angeles NL P 235.2 36 36 19 26 2 0 .957 1.72 14 13 2 1982 Los Angeles NL RF 0.1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1982 Los Angeles NL LF 0.2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1983 Los Angeles NL P 204.0 31 31 14 27 3 1 .932 1.81 7 17 3 1984 Los Angeles NL P 178.2 29 31 20 28 2 5 .960 2.42 15 9 0 1985 Los Angeles NL P 167.1 23 23 15 27 3 1 .933 2.26 12 7 0 1986 Los Angeles NL P 235.2 33 33 21 26 2 2 .959 1.79 22 9 2 1987 Los Angeles NL P 251.2 35 35 25 38 0 3 1.000 2.25 20 18 3 1988 Oakland AL P 244.2 36 36 16 32 1 2 .980 1.77 16 11 1 1989 Oakland AL P 209.2 33 33 26 21 4 3 .922 2.02 22 7 3 1990 Oakland AL P 238.0 35 35 20 31 0 2 1.000 1.93 10 7 0 1991 Oakland AL P 220.0 35 35 15 29 2 1 .957 1.80 12 16 1 1992 Oakland AL P 123.2 20 20 5 13 1 1 .947 1.31 8 5 0 1993 Oakland AL P 166.2 28 30 16 26 0 2 1.000 2.27 8 12 1 1994 Oakland AL P 68.2 8 25 4 6 1 0 .909 1.31 5 4 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 14th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 5, 1974).
- Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (20th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1977).
- Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers with Matt Young to Oakland Athletics as part of 3-team trade in which Oakland Athletics sent Kevin Tapani and Wally Whitehurst to New York Mets; Los Angeles Dodgers sent Jack Savage to New York Mets; New York Mets sent Jesse Orosco to Los Angeles Dodgers; and Oakland Athletics sent Alfredo Griffin and Jay Howell to Los Angeles Dodgers (December 11, 1987).
- Granted free agency (November 5, 1990).
- Signed by Oakland Athletics (December 15, 1990).
- Granted free agency (October 26, 1994).
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