Roy Welmaker
1936–1945 · bats B / throws L · ASE, ATN, Birmingham Black Barons, Homestead Grays, NNL, NNS, Philadelphia Stars
105G
.249AVG
.284OBP
.293SLG
More career statistics
56H
0HR
17RBI
0SB
40–23W–L
534.0IP
281K
4.06ERA
69GS
2SV
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 · Games | 105 | 95 |
| Batting · At bats | 225 | 163 |
| Batting · Doubles | 6 | 4 |
| Batting · Hits | 56 | 39 |
| Batting · Home runs | 0 | 2 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 244 | 175 |
| Batting · Runs | 29 | 28 |
| Batting · RBI | 17 | 4 |
| Batting · Triples | 2 | 3 |
| Batting · Walks | 11 | 8 |
| Pitching · Games | 87 | 81 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,331 | 1,718 |
| Pitching · p cg | 39 | 35 |
| Pitching · p er | 241 | 75 |
| Pitching · p gs | 69 | 61 |
| Pitching · p h | 562 | 462 |
| Pitching · p hr | 21 | 17 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,602 | 1,386 |
| Pitching · p k | 281 | 168 |
| Pitching · p r | 305 | 240 |
| Pitching · p w | 179 | 126 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 | 244 | 225 | 29 | 56 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | .249 | .284 | .293 | .577 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 534.0 | 87 | 69 | 39 | 40 | 23 | 2 | 562 | 305 | 241 | 21 | 179 | 281 | 0 | 0 | 4.06 | 1.388 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1937-07-20 to 1938-07-17
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Ten Strikeouts in Relief | 1945-05-06 | 1 in 3,062 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1945-09-03 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 10 strikeouts | 1940-05-19 | 1 in 113 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 |  Homestead Grays | 12 | 22 | 5 | – | – | – | .227 | 57 | 25 |
| 1937 | Homestead Grays | 9 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 1 | – | .526 | 42 | 16 |
| 1938 | Homestead Grays | 7 | 8 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .500 | 17 | 2 |
| 1939 | Homestead Grays, Philadelphia Stars | 15 | 25 | 2 | – | – | – | .080 | 69 | 21 |
| 1940 |  Philadelphia Stars | 14 | 16 | 4 | – | – | – | .250 | 33 | 21 |
| 1942 | Homestead Grays | 13 | 26 | 3 | – | – | – | .115 | 80 | 20 |
| 1944 | Homestead Grays | 4 | 10 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .200 | 20 | 9 |
| 1945 | Homestead Grays | 21 | 37 | 9 | – | 1 | – | .243 | 141 | 54 |