Johnny Welch
1926–1936 · bats L / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates
175G
.219AVG
.264OBP
.272SLG
More career statistics
50H
1HR
20RBI
0SB
35–41W–L
648.1IP
257K
4.66ERA
63GS
6SV
2Rare feats
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 · Plate appearances | 253 | 254 |
| Batting · RBI | 20 | 19 |
| Batting · Walks | 14 | 15 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,907 | 2,897 |
| Pitching · p er | 336 | 338 |
| Pitching · p hr | 36 | 34 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,945 | 1,946 |
| Pitching · p r | 383 | 386 |
| Pitching · p w | 262 | 259 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 175 | 253 | 228 | 27 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | .219 | .264 | .272 | .536 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 648.3 | 172 | 63 | 24 | 35 | 41 | 6 | 735 | 383 | 336 | 36 | 262 | 257 | 0 | 0 | 4.66 | 1.538 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1931-08-27 to 1931-09-12
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1935-06-19 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1935-07-11 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1934-06-02 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 84 | 124 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 25 | .189 | .210 | .216 |
| Away | 91 | 130 | 29 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 18 | .248 | .300 | .325 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 19 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | .125 | .176 | .125 |
| May | 32 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .312 |
| June | 29 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | .163 | .211 | .204 |
| July | 27 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | .259 | .333 | .333 |
| August | 40 | 69 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11 | .267 | .304 | .333 |
| September | 27 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | .256 | .250 | .326 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 25 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | .290 | .303 | .419 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 24 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | .179 | .304 | .205 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 24 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | .083 | .095 | .083 |
| st-louis-browns | 21 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .105 | .111 |
| cleveland-guardians | 21 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .185 | .185 | .222 |
| chicago-white-sox | 20 | 43 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .361 | .419 | .417 |
| new-york-yankees | 16 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .150 | .136 | .200 |
| new-york-giants | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 |  Chicago Cubs | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | .500 | 4 | – |
| 1927 | Chicago Cubs | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 1928 | Chicago Cubs | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 |
| 1931 | Chicago Cubs | 8 | 12 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .417 | 33 | 7 |
| 1932 |  Boston Red Sox | 23 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 3 | – | .250 | 72 | 26 |
| 1933 | Boston Red Sox | 47 | 37 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .162 | 129 | 68 |
| 1934 | Boston Red Sox | 41 | 73 | 15 | – | 6 | – | .205 | 206 | 91 |
| 1935 | Boston Red Sox | 31 | 50 | 9 | – | 6 | – | .180 | 143 | 49 |
| 1936 | Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates | 18 | 18 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .278 | 54 | 14 |