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Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Pitching Comparison

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Totals

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	311	205	.603	2.86	656	647	6	231	61	1	4783.0	3971	1674	1521	380	1390	116	3640	76	8	126	19369	5649	127	3.04	1.121	7.5	0.7	2.6	6.8
2	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	211	146	.591	3.47	506	462	20	61	28	8	3092.0	2894	1310	1191	267	1034	60	1969	79	45	55	12956	4145	106	3.71	1.270	8.4	0.8	3.0	5.7

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	3	3	.500	2.77	8	8	0	2	0	0	61.2	51	20	19	6	16	4	51	2	0	2	255	73		2.19	1.086	7.4	0.9	2.3	7.4
2	Bob Welch	21-35	1978	1992	3	3	.500	4.56	17	9	5	0	0	2	49.1	58	28	25	5	24	3	41	0	1	0	229	86		2.82	1.662	10.6	0.9	4.4	7.5

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Value

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	106.0	65.2
2	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	506	462	3092.0	43.4	15.9

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Totals Against

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	5649	17604	2796	675	120	409	164	71.38	14	316	187	111	.226	.283	.342	.626	79	.117	.262	1729	6026	1175	5437	5649
2	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	506	462	3092.0	4145	11635	2073	482	72	213	157	57.57	19	209	122	83	.249	.312	.371	.684	95	.123	.277	1370	4321	821	4007	4145

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	73	231	29	15	1	3	1	75.00	0	1	2	4	.221	.273	.372	.645		.152	.253	25	86	22	69	73
2	Bob Welch	21-35	1978	1992	17	9	49.1	86	194	34	17	2	7	1	87.50	2	1	2	2	.299	.373	.485	.857		.186	.353	44	94	24	82	86

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Starting & Relieving

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	454	70	60.3	9	1	11	1	50.0	6	9
2	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	280	61	53.9	28	8	29	6	57.1	20	44

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	6	75	62.3						0	0
2	Bob Welch	21-35	1978	1992	2	22	45.1	12	1	8	0	100.0	5	8

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Ratios

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	18.8	7.2	11.6
2	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	506	462	3092.0	15.2	8.0	7.2

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	20.0	6.3	13.7
2	Bob Welch	21-35	1978	1992	17	9	49.1	17.9	10.5	7.4

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Pitch Summary

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0		104
2	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	506	462	3092.0		98

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	100	100	64	64.00
2	Bob Welch	21-35	1978	1992	17	9	49.1	889	79	545	61.30

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Totals

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Tom Seaver	0	4	.000	5.24	6	6	0	0	0	0	34.1	37	21	20	5	15	2	14	0	0	2	149	1.515	9.7	1.3	3.9	3.7
2	Bob Welch	3	1	.750	2.23	6	5	1	1	1	1	36.1	24	9	9	1	19	0	29	1	0	1	152	1.183	5.9	0.2	4.7	7.2

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Game Logs

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Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Tom Seaver	NYM	1983-08-29 (1)	GS-8, L	8.0	10	5	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	36	14	32	10	0	0	1	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	41			-0.2	-1.38			0.88
2	Bob Welch	LAD	1983-08-29 (1)	GS-8, W	7.2	4	1	1	0	0	4	0	8	0	0	0	30	8	26	3	1	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	1	71			0.2	2.21			0.80
3	Tom Seaver	NYM	1983-05-22	GS-8, L	8.0	9	5	5	0	3	2	0	6	0	0	1	35	11	30	6	0	0	2	0	0	18	0	2	1	3	48			-0.1	-1.38			0.52
4	Bob Welch	LAD	1983-05-22	SHO, W	9.0	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	9	0	0	0	34	7	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	87			0.4	4.08			0.71
5	Tom Seaver	CIN	1981-08-12	GS-4, L	3.0	8	6	6	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	0	21	13	16	5	3	0	1	0	0	11	1	0	0	3	15			-0.6	-5.07			1.24
6	Bob Welch	LAD	1981-08-12	GS-4	4.0	5	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	19	7	16	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	2	35			-0.3	-2.33			0.99
7	Tom Seaver	CIN	1981-05-24 (1)	GS-3	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	11	3	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	58			0.2	1.32			0.81
8	Bob Welch	LAD	1981-05-24 (1)	GS-7, L	7.0	6	3	3	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	30	9	25	3	2	1	0	0	0	10	0	2	0	3	55			-0.1	0.09			0.70
9	Tom Seaver	CIN	1980-06-03	GS-6, L	5.1	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	19	3	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	57			0.0	0.43			0.63
10	Bob Welch	LAD	1980-06-03	GS-8, W	7.2	6	1	1	0	0	6	0	6	0	0	1	35	12	28	6	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	63			0.3	2.14			1.46
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Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bob Welch (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Welch (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1980	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
2	1981	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1983	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.143	.393	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Welch (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Welch (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1980	1980-06-03	CIN	LAD	tied 0-0	t2	---	2		Foul Popfly: 3B
2	1980	1980-06-03	CIN	LAD	down 2-0	t5	---	1		Walk
3	1981	1981-08-12	CIN	LAD	down 3-0	t3	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
4	1981	1981-08-12	CIN	LAD	ahead 3-4	t4	-2-	1		Flyball: RF; J. Nolan to 3B
5	1983	1983-05-22	NYM	LAD	down 2-0	b2	12-	2		Strikeout
6	1983	1983-05-22	NYM	LAD	down 3-0	b5	---	2		Single to LF
7	1983	1983-08-29 (1)	NYM	LAD	tied 1-1	b2	--3	2		Strikeout
8	1983	1983-08-29 (1)	NYM	LAD	down 3-1	b5	---	1		Groundout: P-1B

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Bob Welch (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Bob Welch (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1980	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1981	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1983	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	11	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	0	0

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Bob Welch (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Bob Welch (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1980	1980-06-03	LAD	CIN	ahead 0-2	b3	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1980	1980-06-03	LAD	CIN	ahead 1-2	b5	1--	2		Popfly: 2B
3	1981	1981-05-24 (1)	LAD	CIN	down 1-0	t3	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
4	1981	1981-08-12	LAD	CIN	ahead 0-3	b1	123	2		Strikeout
5	1983	1983-05-22	LAD	NYM	ahead 0-2	t2	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: C-2B/Sacrifice; B. Russell to 2B
6	1983	1983-05-22	LAD	NYM	ahead 0-3	t5	---	0		Single to RF
7	1983	1983-05-22	LAD	NYM	ahead 0-3	t7	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
8	1983	1983-08-29 (1)	LAD	NYM	down 1-0	t2	1-3	1		Reached on E1 (Ground Ball); G. Brock Scores/No RBI/unER; J. Fimple to 2B; B. Welch to 1B
9	1983	1983-08-29 (1)	LAD	NYM	ahead 1-3	t4	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
10	1983	1983-08-29 (1)	LAD	NYM	ahead 1-4	t6	1--	2		Groundout: SS unassisted/Forceout at 2B
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Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Comparison

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Totals

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	1315	99	202	28	5	12	86	4	0	108	485	.154	.219	.210	.429	22	276	22	4	121	4	0
2	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	306	668	582	26	88	7	1	2	30	0	1	22	171	.151	.186	.177	.363	2	103	4	3	59	2	0

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	21	20	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.100	.143	.200	.343	4	1	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Welch	21-35	1978	1992	17	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Value

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	3.9	3.7	3.6	0.3	-135	0	-3	0
2	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	306	668	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	-78	3	-1	0

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	45	314	333	1260	69	.231	173	-140	-14.9	.056	2.7	100.0	4
2	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	306	668	10	113	119	560	24	.209	54	-79	-8.1	.026	3.4	0.0	1

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	21	2	3	3	19	2	.143	2			.100	3.3		0
2	Bob Welch	21-35	1978	1992	17	7	0	0	0	7	0	.000	0			.000	1.5		0

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Win Probability

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	-11.9	-12.8	0.1	-136.53	-14.3	-136.40	0.94
2	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	306	668	-7.6	-7.9	-0.2	-80.19	-8.5	-83.00	0.93

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Totals

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Tom Seaver	6	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.111	.200	.111	.311	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Welch	6	13	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	0	0	1	0	0

Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Game Logs

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Bob Welch vs. Tom Seaver: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Tom Seaver	NYM	1983-08-29 (1)	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.059	0.00	0.00%	-0.49			P
2	Bob Welch	LAD	1983-08-29 (1)	*	8	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.75	0.055	2.73	0.12%	0.27			P
3	Tom Seaver	NYM	1983-05-22	*	8	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.033	0.83	-0.02%	-0.29			P
4	Bob Welch	LAD	1983-05-22	*	9	9	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	1	0	0	0.45	0.001	1.01	0.00%	0.38			P
5	Tom Seaver	CIN	1981-08-12	*	4	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.048	1.50	-0.04%	-0.49			P
6	Bob Welch	LAD	1981-08-12	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.034	2.09	-0.03%	-0.72			P
7	Tom Seaver	CIN	1981-05-24 (1)	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Bob Welch	LAD	1981-05-24 (1)	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.52	-0.025	0.78	-0.02%	-0.23			P
9	Tom Seaver	CIN	1980-06-03	*	6	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.59	0.022	1.62	0.04%	0.15			P
10	Bob Welch	LAD	1980-06-03	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.67	-0.035	2.08	-0.07%	-0.42			P
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Game data: Game data is only available for the American League, National League, and Federal League. Since 1901 for regular season data, since 1933 for the All-Star Game, and since 1903 for the Postseason.

Season data: Since 1871. Stats relying on play-by-play data are complete back to 1969, nearly complete back to 1950, and mostly complete back to 1912. Postseason data since 1903.

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