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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: 4-4 / in Starts: 3-0

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 7, Entered with runners on base: 4

1931 Pitching Game Log

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1931 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	8	129	Aug 26(2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-4	GS-1		99	0.2	3	4	4	1	0	2	0	54.00	46.64	6	1	1	0	0	3	29			0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.257	.04	-0.01%	-2.86	1b start tie	1b --3 2 out d3
2	9	131	Aug 27(2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,11-4	7-GF	W(1-0)	0	2.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	15.00	12.14	9	3	3	1	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.119	.01	0.00%	0.76	7b 123 2 out tie	9b end a 7
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
3	10	135	Sep 2(2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-8	5-GF(8)		5	3.1	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	8.53	7.24	13	5	3	1	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.004	.00	0.00%	0.72	5b -2- 2 out d5	8b end d 4
4	11	138	Sep 5	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	2-10	L(1-1)	2	8.1	5	1	1	1	1	0	1	4.30	5.18	32	10	14	3	3	5		2	1	0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	0.404	.00	0.00%	3.33	2b 12- 0 out d2	10b 12- 1 out tie
5	12	141	Sep 7(2)	CHC		STL	L,3-8	8-GF		1	2.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.78	4.82	8	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.003	.00	0.00%	0.03	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
6	13	144	Sep 12	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	7	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.16	4.31	36	13	12	2	2	7	65			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	0	.88	0.372	.00	0.00%	2.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
7	14	148	Sep 16(2)	CHC		BSN	W,8-7	GS-4		3	3.1	9	5	4	2	0	0	0	4.03	4.38	19	10	1	1	0	6	22			1	0	0	15	2	0	0	2	0	0	.99	-0.299	.00	0.00%	-3.89	1t start tie	4t --3 1 out d5
8	15	154	Sep 21	CHC		NYG	L,7-15	3-7		4	4.2	9	1	1	3	0	0	0	3.74	4.47	25	9	5	1	2	8		2	2	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.02	-0.009	.00	0.00%	0.26	3t 1-3 1 out d8	7t 3 out d10
							4-4		W-L:2-1	2.7	33.2	39	16	14	10	7	2	1	3.74	4.47	148	1.32		9%	7%	35	39	8	38%	1	0	0	134	7	2	0	3	0	1	.70	0.323	.00	-0.01%	0.99

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