Bob Welch

Robert Lynn "Bob" Welch (born November 3, 1956) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1978–87) and Oakland Athletics (1988–94). He played in college for Eastern Michigan. Welch was best known for his blazing fastball, and he is the last pitcher to win 27 games in a single season. He also had a well-respected split-fingered pitch that was displayed on a baseball card.

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Filmography

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Acting Credits

1992

1992 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

Himself - Oakland Athletics Pitcher

1990

Sunday Night Baseball (TV Show)

Himself - Oakland Athletics Pitcher

1990

1990 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Pitcher

1981

1981 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

Himself - Los Angeles Dodgers Pitcher

1980

1980 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Pitcher

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Pitching Stats

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Major League pitching statistics for Bob Welch.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1978	LAD	7-4	2.02	23	13	4	3	3	111	92	28	25	26	66
1979	LAD	5-6	3.98	25	12	1	0	5	81	82	42	36	32	64
1980	LAD	14-9	3.29	32	32	3	2	0	213	190	85	78	79	141
1981	LAD	9-5	3.44	23	23	2	1	0	141	141	56	54	41	88
1982	LAD	16-11	3.36	36	36	9	3	0	235	199	94	88	81	176
1983	LAD	15-12	2.65	31	31	4	3	0	204	164	73	60	72	156
1984	LAD	13-13	3.78	31	29	3	1	0	178	191	86	75	58	126
1985	LAD	14-4	2.31	23	23	8	3	0	167	141	49	43	35	96
1986	LAD	7-13	3.28	33	33	7	3	0	235	227	95	86	55	183
1987	LAD	15-9	3.22	35	35	6	4	0	251	204	94	90	86	196
1988	OAK	17-9	3.64	36	36	4	2	0	244	237	107	99	81	158
1989	OAK	17-8	3.00	33	33	1	0	0	209	191	82	70	78	137
1990	OAK	27-6	2.95	35	35	2	2	0	238	214	90	78	77	127
1991	OAK	12-13	4.58	35	35	7	1	0	220	220	124	112	91	101
1992	OAK	11-7	3.27	20	20	0	0	0	123	114	47	45	43	47
1993	OAK	9-11	5.29	30	28	0	0	0	166	208	102	98	56	63
1994	OAK	3-6	7.08	25	8	0	0	0	68	79	56	54	43	44
Career		211-146	-	506	462	61	28	8	-	2894	1310	1191	1034	1969

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Bob Welch.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1978	LAD	23	13	111	6	12	1	0	0.947
1979	LAD	25	12	81	2	8	3	3	0.769
1980	LAD	32	32	213	15	26	1	3	0.976
1981	LAD	23	23	141	4	18	0	1	1.000
1982	LAD	37	36	236	19	26	2	0	0.957
1983	LAD	31	31	204	14	27	3	1	0.932
1984	LAD	31	29	178	20	28	2	5	0.960
1985	LAD	23	23	167	15	27	3	1	0.933
1986	LAD	33	33	235	21	26	2	2	0.959
1987	LAD	35	35	251	25	38	0	3	1.000
1988	OAK	36	36	244	16	32	1	2	0.980
1989	OAK	33	33	209	26	21	4	3	0.922
1990	OAK	35	35	238	20	31	0	2	1.000
1991	OAK	35	35	220	15	29	2	1	0.957
1992	OAK	20	20	123	5	13	1	1	0.947
1993	OAK	30	28	166	16	26	0	2	1.000
1994	OAK	25	8	68	4	6	1	0	0.909
Career		507	462	-	243	394	26	30	-

Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Bob Welch.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1978	LAD	23	29	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	7	0.172	0.172	0.207
1979	LAD	25	19	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	6	0.158	0.200	0.158
1980	LAD	34	70	1	17	3	0	0	3	1	13	0.243	0.254	0.286
1981	LAD	23	45	3	10	0	1	0	2	1	16	0.222	0.239	0.267
1982	LAD	38	85	5	12	1	0	0	3	3	32	0.141	0.167	0.153
1983	LAD	31	73	2	7	1	0	1	2	1	22	0.096	0.120	0.151
1984	LAD	32	51	0	4	0	0	0	3	2	15	0.078	0.113	0.078
1985	LAD	25	50	4	9	1	0	0	4	3	13	0.180	0.226	0.200
1986	LAD	35	76	2	8	0	0	1	4	4	23	0.105	0.160	0.145
1987	LAD	38	83	5	13	0	0	0	5	7	24	0.157	0.222	0.157
1988	OAK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1989	OAK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1990	OAK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1991	OAK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1992	OAK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1993	OAK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1994	OAK	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career		306	582	26	88	7	1	2	30	22	171	-	-	-

First Name	Robert
Middle Name	Lynn
Last Name	Welch
Full Name at Birth	Robert Lynn Welch
Age	56
Date of Birth	November 3, 1956
Birthplace	Detroit, MI
Height	6' 3" (190 cm)
Weight	190 lbs (86.2 kg)
Star Sign	Scorpio
Nationality	American
High School	Hazel Park (Ferndale, MI)
University	Eastern Michigan University
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Pitcher
Bats	Right
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	20 June 1978
Last MLB Game	11 August 1994
Draft	Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft.