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Historical player · 1978–1994

Bob Welch

B/T R/R · HT 75 · WT 190 · Born 11/3/1956 · From Detroit, MI USA · Debut 1978-06-20 · Final 1994-08-11

Career · batting

520

582

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.151 · 0.363

Career · pitching

506

462

3,092.0

W-L

211-146

1,969

ERA

3.47

WHIP

1.27

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Los Angeles Dodgers · 1978–1987

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#487 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 C. Abrams

↓ 1 R. Wolf

Hits

#425 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 R. Barajas

↓ 1 N. Sherry

RBI

#481 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 T. Benzinger

↓ 1 C. Ward

Runs

#542 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 W. Aybar

↓ 1 I. Benners

#498 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 R. Cullenbine

↓ 1 L. Burright

Career with the Oakland Athletics · 1988–1994

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#6,726 all-time MLB

↑ 1 M. Acosta

↓ 1 J. Zimmermann

Hits

#6,543 all-time MLB

↑ 1 K. Alexander

↓ 1 D. Wilson

RBI

#6,906 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Arauz

↓ 1 D. Young

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1978	Dodgers	NL	23	29	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	7	0.172	0.172	0.207
1979	Dodgers	NL	25	19	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	6	0.158	0.200	0.158
1980	Dodgers	NL	34	70	1	17	3	0	0	3	1	13	0.243	0.254	0.286
1981	Dodgers	NL	23	45	3	10	0	1	0	2	1	16	0.222	0.239	0.267
1982	Dodgers	NL	38	85	5	12	1	0	0	3	3	32	0.141	0.167	0.153
1983	Dodgers	NL	31	73	2	7	1	0	1	2	1	22	0.096	0.120	0.151
1984	Dodgers	NL	32	51	0	4	0	0	0	3	2	15	0.078	0.113	0.078
1985	Dodgers	NL	25	50	4	9	1	0	0	4	3	13	0.180	0.226	0.200
1986	Dodgers	NL	35	76	2	8	0	0	1	4	4	23	0.105	0.160	0.145
1987	Dodgers	NL	38	83	5	13	0	0	0	5	7	24	0.157	0.222	0.157
1988	Athletics	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1989	Athletics	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1990	Athletics	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1991	Athletics	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1992	Athletics	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1993	Athletics	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1994	Athletics	AL	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career			520	582	26	88	7	1	2	30	22	171	0.151	0.186	0.177

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1978	Dodgers	NL	7	4	23	13	3	111.3	92	25	26	66	2.02	1.06
1979	Dodgers	NL	5	6	25	12	5	81.3	82	36	32	64	3.98	1.40
1980	Dodgers	NL	14	9	32	32	0	213.7	190	78	79	141	3.29	1.26
1981	Dodgers	NL	9	5	23	23	0	141.3	141	54	41	88	3.44	1.29
1982	Dodgers	NL	16	11	36	36	0	235.7	199	88	81	176	3.36	1.19
1983	Dodgers	NL	15	12	31	31	0	204.0	164	60	72	156	2.65	1.16
1984	Dodgers	NL	13	13	31	29	0	178.7	191	75	58	126	3.78	1.39
1985	Dodgers	NL	14	4	23	23	0	167.3	141	43	35	96	2.31	1.05
1986	Dodgers	NL	7	13	33	33	0	235.7	227	86	55	183	3.28	1.20
1987	Dodgers	NL	15	9	35	35	0	251.7	204	90	86	196	3.22	1.15
1988	Athletics	AL	17	9	36	36	0	244.7	237	99	81	158	3.64	1.30
1989	Athletics	AL	17	8	33	33	0	209.7	191	70	78	137	3.00	1.28
1990	Athletics	AL	27	6	35	35	0	238.0	214	78	77	127	2.95	1.22
1991	Athletics	AL	12	13	35	35	0	220.0	220	112	91	101	4.58	1.41
1992	Athletics	AL	11	7	20	20	0	123.7	114	45	43	47	3.27	1.27
1993	Athletics	AL	9	11	30	28	0	166.7	208	98	56	63	5.29	1.58
1994	Athletics	AL	3	6	25	8	0	68.7	79	54	43	44	7.08	1.78
Career			211	146	506	462	8	3,092.0	2,894	1,191	1,034	1,969	3.47	1.27

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	506	462	3,092.0	243	394	26	30
OF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
2000	BBWAA	1	375	Ballot