Bob Welch

Position: Pitcher

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)

Debut: June 20, 1978 (Age 21-229d, 14,044th in major league history)
vs. HOU 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

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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Team Record in Appearances: 22-13 / in Starts: 22-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	258	4	Apr 9	LAD		SFG	L,1-8	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.2	9	7	7	2	3	2	0	13.50	8.44	23	3	6	0	0	9	19			1	1	1	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	.82	-0.338	1.01	-0.25%	-4.63	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out d6
2	259	9	Apr 14	LAD		HOU	W,3-2	GS-8		4	7.2	6	2	2	3	4	1	1	6.57	6.36	33	11	8	0	2	6	60			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	.84	0.062	.97	0.04%	1.19	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out d2
3	260	14	Apr 19	LAD	@	SDP	W,9-1	GS-9	W(1-1)	4	8.0	5	1	0	4	4	0	0	3.98	5.18	32	10	14	1	0	0	70			1	1	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.357	.93	0.24%	2.26	1b start tie	9b -2- 0 out a8
4	261	18	Apr 24	LAD		SDP	W,5-0	SHO	W(2-1)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.76	4.13	34	10	10	1	2	4	85			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.51	0.265	.67	0.21%	4.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
5	262	22	Apr 29	LAD	@	PIT	W,10-2	GS-7	W(3-1)	4	7.0	1	0	0	1	8	0	0	2.23	3.53	23	4	9	0	2	1	82			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.253	.59	0.17%	3.53	1b start tie	7b 3 out a6
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	263	27	May 5	LAD	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	W(4-1)	5	9.0	7	1	1	1	9	0	0	1.99	3.07	35	8	11	1	1	6	77			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.73	0.609	1.84	0.39%	3.68	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
7	264	32	May 10	LAD		STL	W,7-6	GS-7		4	6.1	9	5	5	2	4	1	0	2.61	3.26	30	11	5	0	0	8	37			0	0	0	27	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.25	-0.157	1.55	-0.12%	-0.72	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out a3
8	265	37	May 16	LAD	@	MON	L,3-10	GS-5	L(4-2)	5	4.0	8	7	6	4	3	0	0	3.40	3.34	24	10	6	1	0	1	19			1	0	0	20	3	0	1	0	0	1	.85	-0.238	1.12	-0.19%	-4.27	1b start tie	5b 1-3 0 out d5
9	266	42	May 23	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-2	GS-8	W(5-2)	6	7.1	5	2	2	3	9	2	0	3.29	3.55	29	5	10	3	0	2	66			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.280	1.04	0.16%	1.32	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 1 out a2
10	267	47	May 29	LAD		PHI	W,6-0	SHO	W(6-2)	5	9.0	3	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.88	3.36	31	13	6	2	0	3	86			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.45	0.254	.52	0.18%	4.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	268	51	Jun 2	LAD		NYM	W,6-3	GS-8	W(7-2)	3	8.0	5	3	3	2	6	1	0	2.93	3.40	29	7	13	3	2	1	64			0	2	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.164	1.02	0.09%	0.96	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
12	269	55	Jun 7	LAD	@	CIN	W,13-7	GS-8	W(8-2)	4	8.0	6	5	5	6	2	3	1	3.17	3.98	36	10	14	3	1	3	46			1	0	1	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.059	.63	-0.04%	-0.80	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a8
13	270	60	Jun 12	LAD		HOU	L,1-5	GS-8	L(8-3)	4	7.2	7	5	5	3	5	0	0	3.39	3.88	32	7	10	0	0	7	47			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	.99	0.012	1.17	0.01%	-0.27	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out d4
14	271	65	Jun 18	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-4	GS-8		5	8.0	8	3	3	3	8	1	0	3.39	3.86	33	9	5	1	0	8	59			2	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.190	1.08	0.12%	0.87	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
15	272	70	Jun 24	LAD		ATL	W,5-4	GS-6		5	5.1	6	3	3	3	5	2	0	3.47	4.05	24	3	11	6	1	2	46			1	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.106	.69	-0.05%	-0.94	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d3
16	273	75	Jun 29	LAD		SDP	L,0-3	GS-6	L(8-4)	4	6.0	8	3	3	1	7	0	1	3.52	3.91	27	11	7	3	0	0	50			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.076	.91	-0.05%	-0.03	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	274	79	Jul 4	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-4	GS-5	L(8-5)	4	5.0	6	3	2	1	3	0	0	3.53	3.85	23	9	10	4	0	0	47			0	0	0	21	2	1	1	0	1	1	.96	-0.124	.69	-0.05%	-0.48	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
18	275	84	Jul 8(2)	LAD	@	STL	L,7-8	GS-6		3	6.0	6	7	7	7	10	0	0	3.86	3.81	32	11	5	3	0	0	35			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	1	1	.76	-0.401	.37	-0.12%	-3.91	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
19	276	88	Jul 12	LAD	@	CHC	W,12-0	SHO	W(9-5)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.60	3.69	32	13	13	4	2	0	83			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.32	0.226	.14	0.06%	4.68	1b start tie	9b 3 out a12
20	277	90	Jul 17	LAD		PIT	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.46	3.58	28	7	11	0	0	5	73			0	0	1	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.369	.63	0.17%	2.96	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
21	278	94	Jul 22	LAD		STL	L,1-3	GS-9	L(9-6)	4	8.0	7	3	3	2	7	1	0	3.46	3.57	31	13	8	4	0	1	61			1	1	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.40	-0.188	.62	-0.05%	0.96	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out d2
22	279	99	Jul 27	LAD		SFG	W,6-5	GS-7		4	7.0	9	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.47	3.55	31	12	12	5	0	0	48			1	1	0	28	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.37	0.104	.63	0.03%	0.46	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	280	103	Aug 1	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-2	GS-9	W(10-6)	4	8.2	6	2	1	4	6	0	0	3.35	3.51	36	14	12	5	0	0	68			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	2	1	1.11	0.235	.58	0.07%	2.27	1b start a 1	9b 12- 2 out a3
24	281	108	Aug 7	LAD		ATL	L,3-4	GS-5	L(10-7)	5	5.0	5	4	4	1	3	2	0	3.46	3.63	20	10	4	1	0	2	43			0	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	0	.80	-0.226	.28	-0.05%	-1.53	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
25	282	112	Aug 11	LAD		CIN	W,7-2	GS-5	W(11-7)	3	5.0	2	1	1	3	6	1	0	3.41	3.66	20	4	6	1	0	1	62			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.165	.32	0.03%	1.47	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
26	283	117	Aug 16	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-1	GS-8		4	8.0	4	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.27	3.62	30	14	4	0	0	4	76			1	2	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.55	0.542	.49	0.10%	3.87	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
27	284	121	Aug 21(1)	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS-7		4	7.0	7	1	1	5	4	0	0	3.19	3.63	33	10	14	5	0	0	58			2	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	0.335	.25	0.03%	2.64	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
28	285	127	Aug 26	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS-6	L(11-8)	4	6.0	6	3	3	2	6	1	0	3.23	3.65	22	6	7	5	0	1	52			1	1	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.81	-0.086	.04	0.00%	-0.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
29	286	131	Aug 31	LAD		PHI	L,2-4	GS-8	L(11-9)	4	8.0	8	4	4	2	7	1	0	3.28	3.64	33	12	11	4	0	1	55			0	2	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.110	.01	0.00%	-0.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	287	136	Sep 6	LAD		NYM	W,3-2	GS-7		5	6.1	5	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.23	3.59	26	5	16	8	1	0	62			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.21	0.163	.00	0.00%	1.56	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a1
31	288	141	Sep 12	LAD	@	ATL	L,9-10	GS-7		5	6.2	9	8	8	2	3	0	1	3.46	3.58	33	10	8	0	2	9	25			0	0	0	29	2	0	1	0	1	1	1.04	-0.198	.00	0.00%	-2.84	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 2 out a3
32	289	146	Sep 17(2)	LAD		CIN	W,6-3	GS-7	W(12-9)	4	7.0	8	3	3	1	5	1	0	3.47	3.59	30	11	7	3	0	6	53			2	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.163	.00	0.00%	0.46	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
33	290	150	Sep 21	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-2	GS-8	W(13-9)	3	8.0	3	2	2	4	6	1	0	3.43	3.62	30	11	6	1	0	3	70			1	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.278	.00	0.00%	1.87	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
34	291	154	Sep 26	LAD		SDP	W,3-1	CG	W(14-9)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	8	0	0	3.34	3.54	33	10	10	1	0	4	78			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.394	.00	0.00%	3.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
35	292	159	Oct 1	LAD		SFG	W,7-0	SHO	W(15-9)	4	9.0	1	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.22	3.47	29	8	13	1	0	0	91			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	.37	0.205	.00	0.00%	4.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
							22-13		W-L:15-9	4.1	251.2	204	94	90	86	196	21	4	3.22	3.47	1027	1.00		12%	2%	98	59		---%	20	18	3	921	40	4	6	10	6	14	.98	3.318	.60	1.13%	33.21

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