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Johnny Welch
John Vernon Welch

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 184 lb.

Debut May 22, 1926
Final Game August 26, 1936
Born December 2, 1906 in Washington, DC
Died September 2, 1940 in St.Louis, MO

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1926 19 CHC NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   3  0    4.3    5    2    1   0    1    0   0   0    16       0  2.08  3.86  186 1.385
 1927 20 CHC NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    0    1    1   0    3    1   0   0     7       0  9.00  3.88   43 3.000
 1928 21 CHC NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   3  0    4.0   13    7    7   0    0    2   0   0    23       0 15.75  3.86   25 3.250
 1931 24 CHC NL   2   1   8   3   1   0   3  0   33.7   39   16   14   2   10    7   1   0   148       0  3.74  3.86  103 1.455
 1932 25 BOS AL   4   6  20   8   3   1  10  0   72.3   93   46   42   3   38   26   3   2   343       0  5.23  4.57   87 1.811
 1933 26 BOS AL   4   9  47   7   1   0  30  3  129.0  142   81   66   6   67   68   2   1   586       0  4.60  4.41   96 1.620
 1934 27 BOS AL  13  15  41  22   8   1  14  0  206.3  223  112  103  14   76   91   8   5   913       1  4.49  4.72  105 1.449
 1935 28 BOS AL  10   9  31  19  10   1   5  2  143.0  155   82   71   4   53   48   4   3   628       0  4.47  4.72  106 1.455
 1936 29 TOT      2   1  18   4   1   0   5  1   54.7   65   36   31   7   14   14   0   2   243       0  5.10  4.79   94 1.445
         BOS AL   2   1   9   3   1   0   1  0   32.7   43   24   20   4    8    9   0   0   151       0  5.51  5.29   96 1.561
         PIT NL   0   0   9   1   0   0   4  1   22.0   22   12   11   3    6    5   0   2    92       0  4.50  4.06   90 1.273
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .461  35  41 172  63  24   3  74  6  648.3  735  383  336  36  262  257  18  13  2907       1  4.66  4.59   98 1.538
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  11  49  18   6   0  21  1  187.3  212  110   97  10   75   74   5   3   841   0   0  4.66  4.59   98 1.538
 Career High     13  15  47  22  10   1  30  3  206.3  223  112  103  14   76   91   8   5   913   0   1  4.47  4.79  106 1.445

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1926 19 CHC NL   3    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  437    1   0           0    
 1931 24 CHC NL   8   12    2    5   2  0   0    2   0      0   2  .417  .417  .583  164    7   0           0    
 1932 25 BOS AL  23   36    5    9   2  0   1    3   0  0   0   9  .250  .250  .389   64   14   1           0    
 1933 26 BOS AL  47   37    4    6   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   5  .162  .184  .189   -1    7   2           0    
 1934 27 BOS AL  41   74    5   15   1  0   0    7   0  0   2  17  .203  .224  .216   12   16   6           0    
 1935 28 BOS AL  31   50    8    9   2  0   0    6   0  0   8   9  .180  .293  .220   31   11   2           0    
 1936 29 TOT     18   18    3    5   1  0   0    1   0  0   3   1  .278  .381  .333   80    6   0           0   0
         BOS AL   9   11    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   1  .273  .385  .273   61    3   0           0    
         PIT NL   9    7    2    2   1  0   0    0   0      1   0  .286  .375  .429  114    3   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      175  228   27   50   9  0   1   20   0  0  14  43  .219  .264  .272   37   62  11   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        211   25   46   8  0   1   19   0  0  13  40  .219  .264  .272   37   57  10   0   0   0   0
 Career High     47   74    8   15   2  0   1    7   0  0   8  17                          16   6   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1926 19 CHC NL    1    0    1         104|1.000  .288|1.000  .348|1.000  .400|2.000  .748| 437         0.5   0.0     
 1931 24 CHC NL   12    7    3  11.4   105| .417  .288| .417  .347| .583  .406|1.000  .753| 164  .840   1.1   0.1     
 1932 25 BOS AL   37   28    4   3.8   110| .250  .284| .250  .355| .389  .417| .639  .772|  64  .379  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 1933 26 BOS AL   40   33    1   0.8   107| .162  .282| .184  .354| .189  .406| .373  .760|  -1  .038  -5.5  -0.5   0%
 1934 27 BOS AL   82   65    4   1.6   116| .203  .294| .224  .369| .216  .424| .440  .793|  12  .115 -10.3  -1.0   0%
 1935 28 BOS AL   60   43    3   1.9   117| .180  .296| .293  .370| .220  .428| .513  .797|  31  .141  -5.2  -0.5   0%
 1936 29 TOT      21   13    2   4.1   118| .278  .299| .381  .369| .333  .432| .714  .801|  80  .392  -0.4  -0.1   0%
         BOS AL   13    8    1   3.3   127| .273  .306| .385  .383| .273  .450| .658  .833|  61  .282  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         PIT NL    8    5    1   5.4   105| .286  .288| .375  .348| .429  .403| .804  .751| 114  .562   0.2   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       253  189   18   2.5   114| .219  .291| .264  .363| .272  .420| .536  .784|  37  .226 -22.1  -2.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1926 19 CHC NL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 2.51 0 4.3 1927 20 CHC NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.30 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1928 21 CHC NL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.27 2.25 2.48 0 4.0 1931 24 CHC NL P 8 2 7 0 0 1.000 .957 1.12 1.20 2.40 2.22 3 33.7 1932 25 BOS AL P 20 1 17 1 0 .947 .957 0.90 1.21 2.24 2.24 8 72.3 1933 26 BOS AL P 47 1 33 1 0 .971 .960 0.72 1.18 2.37 2.28 7 129.0 1934 27 BOS AL P 41 9 40 0 3 1.000 .955 1.20 1.11 2.14 2.14 22 206.3 1935 28 BOS AL P 31 5 27 1 2 .970 .950 1.03 1.12 2.01 2.15 19 143.0 1936 29 TOT P 18 2 10 1 0 .923 .952 0.67 1.10 1.97 2.12 4 54.7 BOS AL P 9 1 8 1 0 .900 .957 1.00 1.04 2.48 1.98 3 32.7 PIT NL P 9 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 0.33 1.16 1.23 2.33 1 22.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1926 19 CHC NL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 2.51 0 4.3 1927 20 CHC NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.30 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1928 21 CHC NL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.27 2.25 2.48 0 4.0 1931 24 CHC NL P 8 2 7 0 0 1.000 .957 1.12 1.20 2.40 2.22 3 33.7 1932 25 BOS AL P 20 1 17 1 0 .947 .957 0.90 1.21 2.24 2.24 8 72.3 1933 26 BOS AL P 47 1 33 1 0 .971 .960 0.72 1.18 2.37 2.28 7 129.0 1934 27 BOS AL P 41 9 40 0 3 1.000 .955 1.20 1.11 2.14 2.14 22 206.3 1935 28 BOS AL P 31 5 27 1 2 .970 .950 1.03 1.12 2.01 2.15 19 143.0 1936 29 TOT P 18 2 10 1 0 .923 .952 0.67 1.10 1.97 2.12 4 54.7 BOS AL P 9 1 8 1 0 .900 .957 1.00 1.04 2.48 1.98 3 32.7 PIT NL P 9 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 0.33 1.16 1.23 2.33 1 22.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 172 20 135 4 5 .975 .956 0.90 1.15 2.15 2.19 63 648.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 172 20 135 4 5 .975 .956 0.90 1.15 2.15 2.19 63 648
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts/9IP
1934 AL-3.97-8

Games
1933 AL-47-3

Strikeouts
1934 AL-91-10

SO to Walk
1934 AL-1.20-8

Losses
1934 AL-15-6

Wild Pitches
1934 AL-5-9

Hit Batsmen
1934 AL-8-1
1935 AL-4-6

Games Finished
1933 AL-30-3

Youngest Player
1926 NL-19-4
1927 NL-20-6
1928 NL-21-8

     

Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1826) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 1.0 (1899) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 4, 1936: Selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Boston Red Sox.

December 4, 1936: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Pittsburgh Pirates.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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