#23 Bob Welch, Starting Pitcher, 31 yrs, Kansas City Cobras

#23 Bob Welch, Starting Pitcher, 31 yrs, Kansas City Cobras
Sunday, 8/8/1988

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Bob Welch

11/3/1956
31
USA,MI,DETROIT
6"3
190

Starting Pitcher
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R

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2.5 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 15,000,000
1988
10 Year(s), 138 Days (1858 total Days)
129 Day(s)
11 Year(s), 82 Days (1974 total Days)
11 Year(s)
Not eligible

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	42	61	79	88-91 Mph
Versus LHB	37	57	76
Versus RHB	46	64	82
Talent	42	67	80

Pitching Ratings
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Holding Runners :

72
70
3

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	37	21	3	1	54
Versus LHP	33	21	3	1	54
Versus RHP	38	21	3	1	54
Talent	1	1	1	1	100

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22
20
3
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Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 23 (Range), .976 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 2
Outfield Arm : 6

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
6/19	LA	W 7-5	*	6	9	4	2	0	3
6/22	@KY	W 11-4	*	5.1	2	1	1	4	6	W
6/28	MIL	W 5-3	*	8	5	2	2	3	5	W	PoG
7/3	PHI	W 4-3	*	7.1	4	1	1	2	2	W	PoG
7/8	@EI	L 3-10	*	2.2	4	6	6	5	2	L
7/16	@OKL	W 15-7	*	3.2	8	7	7	0	2
7/22	HON	W 7-5	*	7	8	5	5	2	6
7/27	DW	L 1-2	*	6	6	2	1	1	5	L
8/2	LA	W 12-5	*	6.2	7	4	4	2	4
8/7	HON	W 16-6	*	3.2	5	5	3	1	2

Pitching Stats 1988

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	23	23	4	9	0	5.94	124.1	143	95	82	52	90	0	.0	0	8	34.8
Projected	34	34	6	13	0	5.94	183.0	211	140	121	77	133

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	0	0	.0	0	0	14.2	10.4	6.5	3.8	17	4	23.5	0	0	.0	5.44

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	292	90	14	2	12	55	59	35	50	0	0	0	.308	.377	.493	.870
vs. RHB	207	53	15	0	9	34	36	17	40	0	0	1	.256	.311	.459	.770

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	13	13	3	4	0	4.52	75.2	83	47	38	29	46
Road	10	10	1	5	0	8.14	48.2	60	48	44	23	44
This Week	2	2	0	0	0	6.10	10.1	12	9	7	3	6
Last Week	1	1	0	1	0	1.50	6.0	6	2	1	1	5

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	4	4	1	2	0	4.94	23.2	28	15	13	14	13
May	6	6	0	4	0	8.46	27.2	39	30	26	9	25
June	6	6	2	1	0	4.00	36.0	34	20	16	16	29
July	5	5	1	2	0	6.75	26.2	30	21	20	10	17
August	2	2	0	0	0	6.10	10.1	12	9	7	3	6

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1980	33	33	11	15	0	3.49	222.0	209	97	86	16	54	149	5	1	1.18	.283	OAK
1981	30	30	9	14	0	3.19	192.0	162	82	68	9	76	122	3	3	1.24	.263	OAK
1982	33	33	12	13	0	4.25	218.1	228	115	103	21	70	150	2	1	1.36	.306	OAK
1983	33	33	15	7	0	2.64	228.0	195	80	67	10	85	154	2	1	1.23	.270	OAK
1984	34	34	15	14	0	3.40	227.2	185	93	86	13	88	199	4	2	1.20	.273	OAK
1985	32	31	11	14	0	4.83	190.0	203	115	102	22	78	142	1	0	1.48	.308	OAK ChC
1986	19	18	7	5	0	4.76	109.2	126	62	58	8	40	82	0	0	1.51	.343	ChC KC
1987	32	32	13	10	0	5.14	199.2	212	118	114	28	80	125	1	0	1.46	.296	KC
1988	23	23	4	9	0	5.94	124.1	143	95	82	21	52	90	0	0	1.57	.314	KC
Total	269	267	97	101	0	4.03	1711.2	1663	857	766	148	623	1213	18	8	1.34	.292

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

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Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1985	3	3	1	0	0	3.66	19.2	21	8	8	12	9	0	0
1986	2	2	1	1	0	5.68	12.2	11	8	8	8	11	0	0
Total	5	5	2	1	0	4.45	32.1	32	16	16	20	20	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1980	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	OAK
1981	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	OAK
1982	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	OAK
1983	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	OAK
1984	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	OAK
1985	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	OAK ChC
1986	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ChC KC
1987	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	KC
Total	246	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 1988

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RANGE

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Pitcher

.968

124.1

2.24

Player History

Drafted in 5th round, 130th overall pick, by Oaktown in 1980...
Earned first career win on 4/15/1980...
1/31/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,421,429 through salary arbitration...
Injured on 9/8/1981 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks...
1/31/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,057,143 through salary arbitration...
1/31/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,057,143 through salary arbitration...
7/30/1983: Signed a contract extension with Oaktown, $15,000,000 per year, for 5 years.
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1983, going 5-1, 1.59...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1984, going 4-0, 1.64...
Traded from Oaktown to Charleston on 7/19/1985 (Going to OAK: 3B Wade Boggs, P Shane Rawley, P Jack Morris, LF Willie Wilson. Going to ChC: RF Howard Johnson, P Mike Jones, P Bret Saberhagen, LF
Vince Coleman, P Bob Welch)...
Traded from Charleston to Kansas City on 6/28/1986 (Going to KC: P Bob Welch. Going to ChC: P Mike Madden)...
Injured on 7/6/1986 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 9 weeks...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

ERA 1981 - 3.19 - 10th 1983 - 2.64 - 1st 1984 - 3.40 - 8th	WHIP 1980 - 1.18 - 5th 1983 - 1.23 - 6th 1984 - 1.20 - 7th	Losses 1980 - 15 - 8th 1981 - 14 - 8th 1984 - 14 - 6th	IP 1983 - 228.0 - 6th 1984 - 227.2 - 6th	K's 1980 - 149 - 6th 1983 - 154 - 6th 1984 - 199 - 5th
BB 1984 - 88 - 6th	CG 1984 - 4 - 10th	SHO 1981 - 3 - 4th 1984 - 2 - 8th

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