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Bob Welch
Robert Lynn Welch

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 190 lb.
School Eastern Michigan

MLB Debut June 20, 1978
Final Game August 11, 1994
Born November 3, 1956 in Detroit, MI
Died June 9, 2014 (age 57)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1978 21 LAN NL   7   5  .583  24  12   1   6   0   0   99.0   87   405   39   33  11   28   2   3   77   2  1  3.00  
 1979 22 LAN NL   5   8  .385  60   0   0  40  22   0   76.1   72   333   35   32   6   32   1   2   72   0  0  3.77  
 1980 23 LAN NL  12   9  .571  30  30   4   0   0   2  219.2  190   911   96   86  20   85   0   1  147  10  7  3.52  
 1981 24 LAN NL  11   8  .579  32  32   0   0   0   0  204.1  201   854   77   69  14   65   3   4  135   6  0  3.04  
 1982 25 LAN NL  14   9  .609  32  32   1   0   0   0  215.1  164   874   78   72  16   72   0   3  161   4  0  3.01  CY-11
 1983 26 LAN NL  12  12  .500  33  32   0   0   0   0  199.0  179   833   94   82  24   65   4   2  153   8  2  3.71  
 1984 27 LAN NL   8  10  .444  31  31   0   0   0   0  175.1  188   744  104   88  17   45   3   2  126   0  3  4.52  
 1985 28 LAN NL   6   5  .545  17  17   1   0   0   0  105.0   82   412   25   21  12   15   0   0   79   2  0  1.80  
 1986 29 CHA AL  13  17  .433  33  33  12   0   0   1  243.1  270  1062  135  117  26   63   3   8  183   2  0  4.33  
 1987 30 CHA AL  20   7  .741  33  33  13   0   0   2  258.2  205  1067  109  102  27   99   1   5  203   2  8  3.55  CY-2
 1988 31 OAA AL  25   7  .781  35  34   7   1   1   2  254.2  205  1029   89   86  21   74   2  11  145   5 10  3.04  CY-1
 1989 32 OAA AL  14   9  .609  35  34   5   1   0   1  219.1  226   926  104   94  14   70   3   8  137   3  0  3.86  
 1990 33 OAA AL  14  11  .560  35  35   9   0   0   2  249.2  249  1065  117  101  23   77   9   7  117   2  2  3.64  
 1991 34 OAA AL   6  21  .222  36  35   4   0   0   0  223.2  280  1050  177  161  31  102   7   7  121   3  2  6.48  
 1992 35 OAA AL   5   5  .500  24  20   1   1   0   1  128.1  129   549   56   56  10   52   0   2   39   1  0  3.93  
 1993 36 OAA AL   6  19  .240  30  29   0   0   0   0  169.0  229   765  132  120  28   44   0   3   78   2  0  6.39  
 1994 37 OAA AL   0   8  .000   9   9   1   0   0   0   44.2   61   225   53   47   6   30   2   1   33   4  2  9.47  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 17 Seasons     178 170  .511 529 448  59  49  23  11 3085.1 3017 13104 1520 1367 306 1018  40  69 2006  56 37  3.99
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With LAN      75  66  .532 259 186   7  46  22   2 1294.0 1163  5366  548  483 120  407  13  17  950  32 13  3.36
   With OAA      70  80  .467 204 196  27   3   1   6 1289.1 1379  5609  728  665 133  449  23  39  670  20 16  4.64
   With CHA      33  24  .579  66  66  25   0   0   3  502.0  475  2129  244  219  53  162   4  13  386   4  8  3.93
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     211 146  .591 506 462  61  20   8  28 3092.0 2894 12956 1310 1191 267 1034  60  79 1969  55 45  3.47
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1978 21 LAN NL  43   38   3.5   1  3.58   24   4   0  .167   1    7    4  .571    4    4  .500   38   
 1979 22 LAN NL  43   36   4.2  27         10   3   0  .300   2    2    0  .000    4    1  .800  -41   
 1980 23 LAN NL  52   89   3.7   0  4.13   74  13   1  .176   0   11    8  .727   18    8  .692   -6   
 1981 24 LAN NL  42   94   4.2   0  4.97   71  14   0  .197   0    5    5 1.000   21   14  .600  -37   
 1982 25 LAN NL  53   71   2.9   0  4.28   65  10   0  .154   1    7    5  .714    5    2  .714  -65   
 1983 26 LAN NL  50   85   3.8   0  3.31   63   7   0  .111   7   13    6  .462   19    8  .704   45   
 1984 27 LAN NL  40   86   4.4   0  4.68   60   4   0  .067   4   11    7  .636   18    6  .750  -25   
 1985 28 LAN NL  44   31   2.6   0  3.82   38   7   0  .184   0    1    1 1.000    2    0 1.000  -59   
 1986 29 CHA AL  55  133   4.8   0  3.94    0   0   0  .000   4    7    4  .571   13    8  .619   68   
 1987 30 CHA AL  53  103   3.6   0  6.00    1   0   0  .000   0   12   11  .917    8    5  .615   -1   
 1988 31 OAA AL  47   90   3.2   1  5.06    3   0   0  .000   3   11    7  .636   14   13  .519 -101   
 1989 32 OAA AL  41  104   4.3   0  4.38    5   1   0  .200   4    6    4  .667   21   13  .618    3   
 1990 33 OAA AL  53  123   4.4   0  4.94    1   0   0  .000   0    8    7  .875    7    1  .875    1   
 1991 34 OAA AL  41  169   6.8   0  4.83    1   0   0  .000   3    8    5  .625    5    3  .625   77   
 1992 35 OAA AL  55   59   4.2   1  4.20    0   0   0  .000   1    2    2 1.000    8    3  .727   -6   
 1993 36 OAA AL  50  128   6.8   0  3.48    0   0   0  .000   0    7    7 1.000   12    3  .800  -16   
 1994 37 OAA AL  56   43   8.6   0  2.11    1   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    6    1  .857   41   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 17 Seasons         1491   4.3  30        417  63   1  .151  30  119   84  .706  185   93  .665   -5   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 23.7 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 54.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1980 NLCS  LAN MON   W    1  1.29   0-0   0  1   7.0   3   1   3   5
      WS    LAN NYA   W    1  4.70   0-1   0  1   7.2   6   4   5   3
 1982 NLCS  LAN MON   L    1  0.00   1-0   0  1   6.0   2   0   1   5
 1987 ALCS  CHA BOA   L    2  8.16   0-2   0  2  14.1  20  13  16  14
 1988 ALCS  OAA BOA   W    2  9.31   1-0   0  2   9.2  17  10   7   5
      WS    OAA CIN   L    3  1.26   2-0   0  2  14.1   7   2   9   4
 1989 ALCS  OAA TOA   L    1  0.00   1-0   0  1   5.2   2   0   3   3
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1978  LAN   73-89   Billy Vanson
 1979  LAN   82-80   Billy Vanson
 1980  LAN   94-68   Billy Vanson
 1981  LAN   94-68   Billy Vanson
 1982  LAN   94-68   Billy Vanson
 1983  LAN   87-75   Billy Vanson
 1984  LAN   92-70   Billy Vanson
 1985  LAN   88-74   Billy Vanson
 1986  CHA   63-99   Ben Lea
 1987  CHA  102-60   Ben Lea
 1988  OAA  102-60   Drew Kennedy
 1989  OAA   97-65   Drew Kennedy
 1990  OAA   84-78   Drew Kennedy
 1991  OAA   62-100  Drew Kennedy
 1992  OAA   77-85   Drew Kennedy
 1993  OAA   60-102  Drew Kennedy
 1994  OAA   72-90   Drew Kennedy

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