Chris Welsh
San Diego Padres 1981–1982; Montreal Expos 1983; San Diego Padres 1983; Texas Rangers 1985; Cincinnati Reds 1986
Percentile snapshot
1981 season — qualified pitchers
of 88 qualified 1981 pitchers (min 110 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 22 | 46 | 41 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .146 | .186 | .171 | .357 | -2.3 | 5.1 | .176 | 0.4 |
| 1982 | 28 | 50 | 42 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | .262 | .311 | .333 | .644 | 87.4 | 84.7 | .305 | -0.7 |
| 1983 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .263 | .222 | .485 | 35.8 | 38.0 | .236 | 0.1 |
| 1985 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.8 |
| 1986 | 24 | 48 | 42 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .119 | .159 | .238 | .397 | -4.6 | 6.7 | .184 | -0.1 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 122 | 52 | 41 | 51 | 9 | 123.7 | 3.78 | 1.318 | 3.71 | 3.81 | 115.4 | 87.2 | 0.4 |
| 1982 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 146 | 76 | 63 | 48 | 16 | 139.3 | 4.91 | 1.500 | 3.10 | 4.97 | 143.4 | 70.6 | -0.7 |
| 1983 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 29 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 59.0 | 4.42 | 1.339 | 3.36 | 4.69 | 131.1 | 80.9 | 0.1 |
| 1985 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 35 | 25 | 31 | 11 | 76.3 | 4.13 | 1.651 | 3.66 | 4.94 | 118.0 | 101.5 | 0.8 |
| 1986 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 163 | 74 | 40 | 40 | 9 | 139.3 | 4.78 | 1.457 | 2.58 | 3.94 | 102.3 | 80.5 | -0.1 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986-07-05 | CIN @ PHI Gameday | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1983-06-05 | WSH @ SF Gameday | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 1982-05-31 | SD @ CHC Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 1986-07-10 | CIN @ WSH Gameday | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1982-07-03 | SF @ SD Gameday | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-08-27 | TEX @ CWS Gameday | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981-06-07 | SD @ STL Gameday | 9.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 1982-05-10 | SD @ NYM Gameday | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981-04-21 | SF @ SD Gameday | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982-06-12 | HOU @ SD Gameday | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.