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Bob Welch
	Robert Lynn Welch


	Born: November 3, 1956 in Detroit, MI
	56 years old
	Bats: R	Throws: R	Ht: 6'3"	Wt: 190

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Notes:
- Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1977 - (Round 1 / Pick 20)
- High School: Hazel Park (Ferndale, MI)
- College/Univ: Eastern Michigan University (1975-1977)

Comparison

Starting Pitchers				All Positions
Contemporaries	All-Time	Hall of Famers		Contemporaries	All-Time

#	Player	Yrs	Pos	WAR	HoF	DQ	Mil	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Roger Clemens	1984 - 2007	SP	140.3		PEDi		0.9	0.5	139.3	0.5
2	Tom Seaver	1967 - 1986	SP	110.4	Pl			3.9	0.5	106.2	0.2
3	Greg Maddux	1986 - 2008	SP	106.8				2.1	0.1	104.6	0.0
4	Randy Johnson	1988 - 2009	SP	102.1				-2.2	0.3	104.3	0.3
5	Phil Niekro	1964 - 1987	SP	96.6	Pl			-1.1	0.5	97.4	0.2
6	Bert Blyleven	1970 - 1992	SP	95.3	Pl			-1.2	0.4	96.5	0.4
7	Steve Carlton	1965 - 1988	SP	90.4	Pl			5.9	0.4	84.1	0.1
8	Nolan Ryan	1966 - 1993	SP	81.9	Pl			-2.2	0.6	83.9	0.4
9	Tom Glavine	1987 - 2008	SP	81.5				7.4	0.1	74.0	0.1
10	Curt Schilling	1988 - 2007	SP	79.9				-0.8	0.2	80.7	0.2
11	Rick Reuschel	1972 - 1991	SP	70.1				1.7	0.3	68.2	0.1
12	John Smoltz	1988 - 2009	SP	69.5				3.0	0.1	66.5	0.1
13	Jim Palmer	1965 - 1984	SP	69.4	Pl			1.4	0.2	68.1	0.3
14	Kevin Brown	1986 - 2005	SP	68.3		PEDm		-0.1	0.1	68.5	0.2
15	Don Sutton	1966 - 1988	SP	67.3	Pl			-1.7	0.5	68.6	0.2
16	David Cone	1986 - 2003	SP	62.5				0.8	0.3	61.7	0.2
17	Tommy John	1963 - 1989	SP	62.0				-0.2	0.1	62.3	0.2
18	Bret Saberhagen	1984 - 2001	SP	59.2				0.1	0.3	59.1	0.3
19	Chuck Finley	1986 - 2002	SP	58.4		PEDi		-0.1	0.4	58.5	0.4
20	Frank Tanana	1973 - 1993	SP	57.9				0.4	0.5	57.5	0.5
21	Dave Stieb	1979 - 1998	SP	57.2				0.2	0.4	57.0	0.4
22	Orel Hershiser	1983 - 2000	SP	56.8				4.9	0.3	51.7	0.2
23	Jerry Koosman	1967 - 1985	SP	53.9			VN	-3.4	0.4	57.1	0.2
24	David Wells	1987 - 2007	SP	53.6				0.2	0.5	53.5	0.5
25	Dwight Gooden	1984 - 2000	SP	53.1				4.8	0.3	48.2	0.1
26	Mark Langston	1984 - 1999	SP	50.7				0.4	0.3	50.3	0.3
27	Jamie Moyer	1986 - 2012	SP	50.4				0.2	0.5	50.1	0.4
28	Jimmy Key	1984 - 1998	SP	49.6				0.2	0.4	49.4	0.4
29	Dennis Martinez	1976 - 1998	SP	49.3				-0.3	0.5	49.5	0.3
30	Ron Guidry	1975 - 1988	SP	48.0				0.2	0.3	47.8	0.3
31	Frank Viola	1982 - 1996	SP	47.4				-0.0	0.3	47.4	0.3
32	Vida Blue	1969 - 1986	SP	45.5				0.4	0.3	45.0	0.2
33	Steve Rogers	1973 - 1985	SP	45.1				-0.4	0.2	45.3	0.1
34	Bob Welch	1978 - 1994	SP	44.2				0.6	0.3	43.5	0.2
35	Jack Morris	1977 - 1994	SP	44.1				0.3	0.4	43.8	0.4
36	John Candelaria	1975 - 1993	SP	42.4				2.2	0.3	40.1	0.3
37	Fernando Valenzuela	1980 - 1997	SP	42.1				4.5	0.2	37.4	0.1
38	Tom Candiotti	1983 - 1999	SP	41.5				-1.0	0.3	42.5	0.2
39	Danny Darwin	1978 - 1998	SP	40.5				0.0	0.5	40.5	0.5
40	Al Leiter	1987 - 2005	SP	40.2				-2.3	0.0	42.6	0.1
41	Charlie Hough	1970 - 1994	SP	39.5				-0.2	0.6	39.6	0.5
42	Mark Gubicza	1984 - 1997	SP	37.9				0.2	0.3	37.7	0.3
43	Jose Rijo	1984 - 2002	SP	36.7				1.6	0.2	35.0	0.1
44	Burt Hooton	1971 - 1985	SP	35.9				-0.9	0.3	36.6	0.1
45	Rick Rhoden	1974 - 1989	SP	35.8				5.5	0.3	30.2	0.1
46	Jerry Reuss	1969 - 1990	SP	35.5				2.3	0.4	33.1	0.2
47	Doyle Alexander	1971 - 1989	SP	35.5				0.5	0.5	34.9	0.4
48	Bruce Hurst	1980 - 1994	SP	34.8				-0.3	0.3	35.0	0.2
49	John Tudor	1979 - 1990	SP	34.6				0.2	0.2	34.3	0.1
50	Rick Sutcliffe	1976 - 1994	SP	34.3				3.0	0.2	31.2	0.1
51	Charlie Leibrandt	1979 - 1993	SP	33.8				-0.6	0.3	34.4	0.2
52	Sid Fernandez	1983 - 1997	SP	32.8				1.3	0.2	31.4	0.1
53	John Denny	1974 - 1986	SP	32.4				1.1	0.2	31.2	0.1
54	Mike Boddicker	1980 - 1993	SP	31.8				0.2	0.3	31.6	0.3
55	Greg Swindell	1986 - 2002	SP	30.9				0.6	0.3	30.2	0.3
56	Teddy Higuera	1985 - 1994	SP	30.7				0.1	0.2	30.6	0.2
57	Joe Niekro	1967 - 1988	SP	29.9				1.0	0.3	28.7	0.2
58	Doug Drabek	1986 - 1998	SP	29.9				1.9	0.2	27.8	0.1
59	Mike Moore	1982 - 1995	SP	28.5				0.3	0.4	28.2	0.4
60	Jack McDowell	1987 - 1999	SP	28.2				0.2	0.2	28.0	0.2
61	Scott Sanderson	1978 - 1996	SP	28.1				-1.6	0.3	29.6	0.2
62	Kevin Gross	1983 - 1997	SP	28.0				1.9	0.3	26.0	0.2
63	Floyd Bannister	1977 - 1992	SP	26.9				0.2	0.4	26.7	0.3
64	Dave Stewart	1978 - 1995	SP	26.8				0.7	0.4	26.1	0.4
65	Mike Morgan	1978 - 2002	SP	26.6				-2.4	0.3	28.9	0.2
66	Ken Forsch	1970 - 1986	SP	26.3				-0.8	0.3	27.1	0.2
67	Mike Flanagan	1975 - 1992	SP	26.3				0.3	0.4	26.0	0.4
68	Dennis Leonard	1974 - 1986	SP	26.3				0.2	0.3	26.1	0.3
69	Ramon Martinez	1988 - 2001	SP	26.2				0.1	0.2	26.1	0.1
70	Tim Belcher	1987 - 2000	SP	26.2				-0.7	0.3	26.8	0.2
71	Mario Soto	1977 - 1988	SP	26.0				-1.0	0.2	26.9	0.1
72	Bob Forsch	1974 - 1989	SP	25.1				5.9	0.2	19.1	0.1
73	Chris Bosio	1986 - 1996	SP	24.8				0.2	0.3	24.6	0.3
74	Bob Ojeda	1980 - 1994	SP	24.5				-0.3	0.3	24.7	0.2
75	Mike Krukow	1976 - 1989	SP	24.1				2.6	0.2	21.4	0.1
76	Ken Hill	1988 - 2001	SP	23.7				0.8	0.3	22.9	0.2
77	Bill Gullickson	1979 - 1994	SP	23.6				-0.4	0.3	23.9	0.1
78	Paul Splittorff	1970 - 1984	SP	23.5				0.8	0.3	22.8	0.4
79	Mike Torrez	1967 - 1984	SP	23.4				-0.7	0.3	24.1	0.3
80	Todd Stottlemyre	1988 - 2002	SP	23.2				2.1	0.1	21.1	0.2
81	Mike Scott	1979 - 1991	SP	22.8				-1.4	0.2	24.0	0.1
82	Erik Hanson	1988 - 1998	SP	22.4				-0.1	0.2	22.4	0.2
83	Rick Honeycutt	1977 - 1997	SP	22.3				0.8	0.5	21.4	0.5
84	Bob Knepper	1976 - 1990	SP	22.1				1.0	0.3	21.0	0.1
85	Mike Witt	1981 - 1993	SP	22.0				0.2	0.3	21.8	0.3
86	Ed Whitson	1977 - 1991	SP	21.8				-1.2	0.3	22.9	0.2
87	Larry Gura	1970 - 1985	SP	21.8				0.1	0.3	21.7	0.3
88	Jim Clancy	1977 - 1991	SP	21.3				0.0	0.4	21.3	0.4
89	Bob Tewksbury	1986 - 1998	SP	21.1				-0.4	0.2	21.5	0.1
90	Rick Reed	1988 - 2003	SP	21.1				1.0	0.1	20.2	0.1
91	Bud Black	1981 - 1995	SP	21.1				-0.0	0.3	21.1	0.3
92	Shane Rawley	1978 - 1989	SP	21.1				0.1	0.4	20.9	0.3
93	Zane Smith	1984 - 1996	SP	21.0				-0.0	0.2	20.9	0.1
94	Bill Swift	1985 - 1998	SP	20.9				2.1	0.3	18.8	0.2
95	Geoff Zahn	1973 - 1985	SP	20.7				-0.0	0.3	20.7	0.2
96	Tom Browning	1984 - 1995	SP	20.5				0.7	0.2	19.7	0.1
97	Scott McGregor	1976 - 1988	SP	20.4				0.2	0.3	20.2	0.3
98	Rick Mahler	1979 - 1991	SP	20.3				0.7	0.3	19.5	0.1
99	John Smiley	1986 - 1997	SP	20.2				0.2	0.1	20.0	0.1
100	Ron Darling	1983 - 1995	SP	20.2				1.1	0.2	19.0	0.1

	Bob Welch	1978 - 1994	SP	44.2				0.6	0.3	43.5	0.2

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com