Johnny Welaj

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Full Name: John Ludwig Welaj	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/164	First Game: May 2, 1939
Birthdate: May 27, 1914	Final Game: September 27, 1943
Birthplace: Moss Creek, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 4 years
Died: September 13, 2003
Deathplace: Arlington, Texas
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
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Johnny Welaj (John Ludwig Welaj) was born on May 27, 1914 in Moss Creek, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on May 2, 1939 for the Washington Senators. In 1939, his rookie year, he hit .274 with 1 home run and 33 RBI. Welaj played for the Washington Senators and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 4 year career.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1939	WAS	A	63	201	23	55	1	33	.274	.318	.363	11	2	13	20	0	5	13	0	2
1940	WAS	A	88	215	31	55	3	21	.256	.322	.340	9	0	19	20	2	3	8	0	4
1941	WAS	A	49	96	16	20	0	5	.208	.255	.250	4	0	6	16	0	0	3	0	4
1943	PHI	A	93	281	45	68	0	15	.242	.280	.306	16	1	15	17	0	3	12	0	5
Total			293	793	115	198	4	74	.250	.298	.323	40	3	53	73	2	11	36	0	15

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1939	WAS	A	OF	55	0	0	113	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1940	WAS	A	OF	53	0	0	132	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1941	WAS	A	OF	19	0	0	47	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1943	PHI	A	OF	72	0	0	187	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.960
Total			OF	199	0	0	479	6	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.970

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Traded by Washington Senators with Ken Chase to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Stan Spence and Jack Wilson (December 13, 1941).
Selected by Philadelphia Athletics from Detroit Tigers in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 2, 1942).

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