Johnny Welaj
1939–1943 · bats R / throws R · Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators (1901-60)
293G
.250AVG
.298OBP
.323SLG
More career statistics
198H
4HR
74RBI
36SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 15 | 16 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 859 | 862 |
| Batting · RBI | 74 | 73 |
| Batting · Walks | 53 | 56 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 293 | 859 | 793 | 115 | 198 | 40 | 3 | 4 | 74 | 53 | 73 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 256 | .250 | .298 | .323 | .621 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1940-05-19 to 1940-05-27
11longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1940-06-04 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 146 | 414 | 107 | 1 | 35 | 22 | 35 | .276 | .312 | .349 |
| Away | 147 | 448 | 91 | 3 | 38 | 34 | 38 | .224 | .279 | .298 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 16 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .190 | .250 | .238 |
| May | 68 | 219 | 47 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 17 | .232 | .274 | .320 |
| June | 60 | 172 | 37 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 17 | .239 | .291 | .310 |
| July | 47 | 152 | 38 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 12 | .266 | .296 | .336 |
| August | 54 | 159 | 38 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 10 | .264 | .327 | .319 |
| September | 48 | 136 | 34 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 16 | .268 | .301 | .346 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 51 | 148 | 31 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 14 | .233 | .297 | .316 |
| chicago-white-sox | 44 | 143 | 36 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 10 | .269 | .301 | .321 |
| st-louis-browns | 43 | 134 | 34 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 16 | .274 | .321 | .331 |
| boston-red-sox | 42 | 99 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 7 | .253 | .303 | .356 |
| detroit-tigers | 40 | 134 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 12 | .223 | .284 | .264 |
| new-york-yankees | 38 | 112 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 10 | .190 | .223 | .248 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 22 | 64 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 4 | .290 | .312 | .452 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 13 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .370 | .393 | .481 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 63 | 201 | 55 | 1 | 33 | 13 | .274 | – | – |
| 1940 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 88 | 215 | 55 | 3 | 21 | 8 | .256 | – | – |
| 1941 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 49 | 96 | 20 | – | 5 | 3 | .208 | – | – |
| 1943 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 93 | 281 | 68 | – | 14 | 12 | .242 | – | – |