Johnny Welch

Full Name: John Vernon Welch	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/184	First Game: May 22, 1926
Birthdate: December 2, 1906	Final Game: August 26, 1936
Birthplace: Washington, D.C.	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: September 2, 1940
Deathplace: St. Louis, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Born on December 2, 1906 in Washington, D.C., Johnny Welch (John Vernon Welch) played for the Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 9 year career. Welch broke into the bigs on May 22, 1926 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 5.23 ERA in 72.1 innings pitched in 1932, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Johnny Welch's best season was 1934, when he posted a 4.49 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 91 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1926	CHI	N	3	0	0	0	2.08	0	2	1	0	0	0	4.1	5	0	1	0	0
1927	CHI	N	1	0	0	0	9.00	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
1928	CHI	N	3	0	0	0	15.75	2	7	7	0	0	0	4	13	0	0	0	0
1931	CHI	N	8	3	2	1	3.74	7	16	14	1	0	0	33.2	39	2	10	0	1
1932	BOS	A	20	8	4	6	5.23	26	46	42	3	1	0	72.1	93	3	38	2	3
1933	BOS	A	47	7	4	9	4.60	68	81	66	1	0	3	129	142	6	67	1	2
1934	BOS	A	41	22	13	15	4.49	91	112	103	8	1	0	206.1	223	14	76	5	8
1935	BOS	A	31	19	10	9	4.47	48	82	71	10	1	2	143	155	4	53	3	4
1936	PIT	N	9	1	0	0	4.50	5	12	11	0	0	1	22	22	3	6	2	0
1936	BOS	A	9	3	2	1	5.51	9	24	20	1	0	0	32.2	43	4	8	0	0
1936	Total		18	4	2	1	5.10	14	36	31	1	0	1	54.2	65	7	14	2	0
Total	NL		24	4	2	1	4.71	15	38	34	1	0	1	65	79	5	20	2	1
Total	AL		148	59	33	40	4.66	242	345	302	23	3	5	583.1	656	31	242	11	17
Total			172	63	35	41	4.66	257	383	336	24	3	6	648.1	735	36	262	13	18

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1926	CHI	N	P	3	0	0	0	0	.000
1927	CHI	N	P	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1928	CHI	N	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000
1931	CHI	N	P	8	2	7	0	0	1.000
1932	BOS	A	P	20	1	17	1	0	.947
1933	BOS	A	P	47	1	33	1	0	.971
1934	BOS	A	P	41	9	40	0	3	1.000
1935	BOS	A	P	31	5	27	1	2	.970
1936	PIT	N	P	9	1	2	0	0	1.000
1936	BOS	A	P	9	1	8	1	0	.900
1936	Total		P	18	2	10	1	0	.923
Total			P	172	20	135	4	5	.975

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH
1926	CHI	N	3	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	0	0	0
1927	CHI	N	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1928	CHI	N	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1931	CHI	N	8	12	2	5	0	2	.417	.417	.583	2	0	2	0
1932	BOS	A	23	36	5	9	1	3	.250	.250	.389	2	0	9	1
1933	BOS	A	47	37	4	6	0	1	.162	.184	.189	1	1	5	2
1934	BOS	A	41	74	5	15	0	7	.203	.224	.216	1	2	17	6
1935	BOS	A	31	50	8	9	0	6	.180	.293	.220	2	8	9	2
1936	PIT	N	9	7	2	2	0	0	.286	.375	.429	1	1	0	0
1936	BOS	A	9	11	1	3	0	1	.273	.385	.273	0	2	1	0
1936	Total		18	18	3	5	0	1	.278	.381	.333	1	3	1	0
Total	NL		24	20	4	8	0	2	.400	.429	.550	3	1	2	0
Total	AL		151	208	23	42	1	18	.202	.249	.245	6	13	41	11
Total			175	228	27	50	1	20	.219	.264	.272	9	14	43	11

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Claimed on waivers by Pittsburgh Pirates from Boston Red Sox (June 4, 1936).
Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Chicago White Sox (December 4, 1936).

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