MLB / Players

Johnny Welch

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 184 lb

BornDecember 2, 1906 · Washington, DC, USA

MLB debutMay 22, 1926

Final gameAugust 26, 1936

Seasons9 (1926–1936)

Chicago Cubs 1926–1928; Chicago Cubs 1931; Boston Red Sox 1932–1936; Pittsburgh Pirates 1936

Percentile snapshot

1934 season — qualified pitchers

79.4

61.8

11.8

39.2

SHO

37.3

223

36.3

103

24.5

25.5

73.5

22.5

206.3

63.7

ERA

4.49

37.3

WHIP

1.449

40.2

K/9

3.97

61.8

FIP

4.38

38.2

FIP-

93.9

64.7

ERA+

103.8

sWAR

2.3

55.9

of 103 qualified 1934 pitchers (min 153 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

5.8

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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1926	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	471.3	439.9	.930	0.2
1927	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0
1928	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5
1931	8	12	12	2	5	2	0	2	0	2	.417	.417	.583	1.000	167.5	164.8	.448	0.6
1932	23	37	36	5	9	2	1	3	0	9	.250	.250	.389	.639	57.5	64.7	.282	0.2
1933	47	40	37	4	6	1	0	1	1	5	.162	.184	.189	.373	-9.0	-1.8	.176	0.8
1934	41	82	74	5	15	1	0	7	2	17	.203	.224	.216	.440	4.2	11.8	.209	2.3
1935	31	60	50	8	9	2	0	6	8	9	.180	.293	.220	.513	34.9	31.5	.262	1.7
1936	18	21	18	3	5	1	0	1	3	1	.278	.381	.333	.714	87.4	82.4	.347	0.5

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1926	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	4.3	2.08	1.385	0.00	3.60	94.2	183.9	0.2
1927	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	1.0	9.00	3.000	9.00	9.99	259.5	42.8	0.0
1928	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	7	0	2	0	4.0	15.75	3.250	4.50	1.77	45.6	24.6	-0.5
1931	8	3	2	1	0	1	0	39	14	10	7	2	33.7	3.74	1.455	1.87	4.31	110.4	104.3	0.6
1932	20	8	4	6	0	3	1	93	42	38	26	3	72.3	5.23	1.811	3.24	4.65	105.9	84.0	0.2
1933	47	7	4	9	3	1	0	142	66	67	68	6	129.0	4.60	1.620	4.74	4.19	96.1	94.6	0.8
1934	41	22	13	15	0	8	1	223	103	76	91	14	206.3	4.49	1.449	3.97	4.38	93.9	103.8	2.3
1935	31	19	10	9	2	10	1	155	71	53	48	4	143.0	4.47	1.455	3.02	3.98	85.6	104.0	1.7
1936	18	4	2	1	1	1	0	65	31	14	14	7	54.7	5.10	1.445	2.30	5.23	112.0	92.9	0.5

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

175

253

228

RBI

.2193

OBP

.2645

SLG

.2719

OPS

.5364

Pitching

G (P)

172

SHO

648

SO (P)

257

BB allowed

262

ERA

4.664

WHIP

1.5378

K/9

3.57

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	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1932-08-09	BOS @ DET Gameday	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	5
1932-07-26	BOS @ CWS Gameday	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	4
1934-09-09	BOS @ DET Gameday	5	0	2	0	0	2	0	2
1934-08-09	BOS @ ATH Gameday	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	2
1934-08-25	CWS @ BOS Gameday	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	2

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1933-08-24	BOS @ CWS Gameday	9.0	8	1	1	4	10	0
1934-06-18	BAL @ BOS Gameday	8.2	5	5	5	6	8	0
1934-05-29	BOS @ ATH Gameday	7.0	2	1	1	2	8	1
1935-06-29	BOS @ ATH Gameday	9.0	6	6	4	3	6	0
1935-08-25	BOS @ CLE Gameday	9.0	7	2	2	1	6	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.