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Johnny Welch

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-3, 184lb (190cm, 83kg)

Born: December 2, 1906 in Washington, DC us

Died: September 2, 1940 in St. Louis, MO

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, MO

Debut: May 22, 1926 (Age 19-171d, 6,403rd in major league history)
vs. BSN 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 26, 1936 (Age 29-268d)
vs. BRO 3.2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1932 season

Full Name: John Vernon Welch

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.1

ERA

4.66

172

648.1

257

WHIP

1.538

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Team Record in Appearances: 5-15 / in Starts: 3-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 12, Entered with runners on base: 4

1932 Pitching Game Log

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1932 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	16	93	Jul 26	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	3.13	34	19	6	1	2	8	64			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	3	0	0	.76	0.314	.00	0.00%	3.89	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
2	17	98	Jul 31(1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-13	GS-	L(1-1)	4	2.0	5	7	6	3	0	1	0	5.73	5.07	14						17						10					0
3	18	99	Jul 31(2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-7			-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.25	4.88	3												3					0
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
4	19	103	Aug 5	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-7	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	4.1	7	5	4	4	0	0	1	6.06	5.24	24	6	6	0	1	7	27			1	1	0	17	3	0	1	1	0	1	1.05	-0.162	.00	0.00%	-2.63	1b start tie	5b -2- 1 out d5
5	20	105	Aug 7	BOS	@	DET	L,1-3	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.40	4.87	7	3	3	1	2	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.083	.00	0.00%	1.85	7b -2- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
6	21	107	Aug 9(2)	BOS	@	DET	L,7-9	2-6	L(1-3)	1	3.1	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	5.82	4.82	17	10	0	0	0	5		1	0	1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.197	.00	0.00%	-0.84	2b -2- 2 out d5	6b 12- 0 out tie
7	22	113	Aug 14(2)	BOS		PHA	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-3)	4	9.0	8	0	0	1	3	0	1	4.11	4.23	34	16	5	1	1	8	73			0	1	1	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.623	.00	0.00%	4.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
8	23	116	Aug 18	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	14-GF(15)	W(3-3)	3	1.2	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.18	4.25	9	1	4	0	2	3		1	1	0	0	0	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.76	-0.251	.00	0.00%	-1.73	14t -2- 1 out tie	15t end tie
9	24	119	Aug 21(2)	BOS		DET	L,2-4			2	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.05	4.29	4												3					0
10	25	121	Aug 23	BOS		DET	L,4-5	GS-8	L(3-4)	1	7.1	13	5	5	3	6	0	0	4.43	3.95	36	10	4	1	2	13	35			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.47	-0.296	.00	0.00%	-1.24	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out tie
11	26	125	Aug 27	BOS		CHW	W,13-10	1-8		3	6.1	10	5	4	4	5	0	0	4.60	3.84	35	7	9	0	2	10		1	1	1	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	0	3	1.44	-0.298	.00	0.00%	-2.38	1t -2- 2 out d4	8t 12- 0 out a1
12	27	129	Aug 30	BOS		CLE	W,6-2	CG	W(4-4)	2	9.0	4	2	1	6	3	0	0	4.02	3.88	37	9	15	2	2	4	70			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	.66	0.149	.00	0.00%	2.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
Sept				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
13	28	133	Sep 4	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-8	GS-	L(4-5)	4	6.0	8	5	5	5	3	0	1	4.35	3.97	32						34						26					0
14	29	141	Sep 13	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-9	GS-2	L(4-6)	8	1.2	6	6	6	3	1	1	0	5.09	4.25	14	2	3	1	1	5	17			0	0	0	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	.72	-0.340	.00	0.00%	-5.34	1b start tie	2b 1-3 2 out d6
15	30	142	Sep 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-9	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	7	5	5	0	1	1	0	5.62	4.38	13	2	3	0	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-3.74	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 9
16	31	145	Sep 17	BOS	@	DET	L,0-5			2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.54	4.35	3												3					0
17	32	146	Sep 18	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6			0	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.40	4.29	6												6					0
18	33	148	Sep 20	BOS		WSH	L,1-4	9-GF		1	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.58	4.31	6	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.126	.00	0.00%	-1.45	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 3
19	34	151	Sep 22	BOS		WSH	L,2-4	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.50	4.33	5	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.55	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
20	35	152	Sep 23	BOS		NYY	L,0-3	8-GF		0	2.0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	5.47	4.31	10	2	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.040	.00	0.00%	0.10	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
							5-15		W-L:4-6	2.1	72.1	93	49	44	38	26	3	3	5.47	4.31	343	1.51		5%	10%	75	42	4	50%	3	4	1	298	14	5	2	7	0	6	1.01	-0.555	.00	0.00%	-5.06

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