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Johnny Welaj

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 164lb (183cm, 74kg)

Born: May 27, 1914 in Moss Creek, PA us

Died: September 13, 2003 in Arlington, TX

Buried: Moore Memorial Gardens, Arlington, TX

High School: Bound Brook HS (Bound Brook, NJ)

Debut: May 2, 1939 (Age 24-340d, 8,657th in major league history)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1943 (Age 29-123d)
vs. SLB 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: John Ludwig Welaj

Pronunciation: \WELL-eye\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

793

198

.250

115

RBI

OBP

.298

SLG

.323

OPS

.621

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-41 / in Starts: 17-28
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	50 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 10 bases loaded PA and 10 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 219 PAs	33
Actual Runners on Base	123 (61-39-23) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 219 PAs	25
Avg. Runners on Base	147 (75-47-24)

Most Driven In
G Case	9
B Estalella	5
T Giuliani	4
B Lewis	2
J Krakauskas	1
S West	1
J Haynes	1
R Ferrell	1

Most Driven In By
J Bloodworth	3
T Wright	3
C Gelbert	2
B Lewis	2
B Estalella	2
C Travis	2
B Myer	1
S West	1

1939 Batting Game Log

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1939 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	10 (9)	May 2	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-7	2-5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	4	1.31	-0.005	3.93	-0.01%	0.06	RF
2	2	11	May 3	WSH	@	SLB	W,11-10	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	9						PH
3	3	13 (1)	May 5	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	4	1.24	-0.097	3.82	-0.18%	-0.58	RF
4	4	14	May 6	WSH	@	CHW	L,12-14	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.429	.500	.429	.929	9	1.10	0.055	3.11	0.09%	0.29	PH
5	5	15	May 7	WSH	@	CLE	L,7-8	8-GF(10)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.500	.375	.875	9	1.48	0.030	3.74	0.05%	0.28	PH LF
6	6	16	May 8	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	.455	.538	.455	.993	3	.72	0.007	1.71	0.01%	0.26	LF
7	7	17	May 10	WSH	@	DET	L,1-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.417	.500	.417	.917	9	1.86	-0.048	3.75	-0.06%	-0.63	PH
8	8	18	May 11	WSH	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.368	.294	.663	6	1.66	-0.229	3.02	-0.25%	-2.46	LF
9	9	19	May 14	WSH		BOS	L,4-5	CG(12)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	2	0	.238	.333	.238	.571	6						LF
10	10	27 (7)	May 23	WSH		CHW	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.320	.227	.547	6	3.57	-0.093	4.05	-0.06%	-0.25	PH
11	11	28	May 24	WSH		SLB	W,16-6	CG	6	5	1	3	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.296	.387	.370	.757	6	.53	0.154	.48	0.08%	2.82	LF
12	12	29	May 25	WSH		SLB	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.290	.371	.355	.726	6	.71	-0.032	.81	-0.02%	-0.51	LF
13	13	30	May 26	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.333	.314	.648	6	1.36	-0.154	1.70	-0.12%	-1.58	LF
14	14	31	May 27 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.326	.359	.685	6	.32	-0.008	.34	-0.01%	-0.96	RF
15	15	33 (1)	May 28	WSH	@	BOS	L,7-12	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.326	.357	.683	6	.63	-0.013	.45	-0.01%	-0.20	RF
16	16	35 (1)	May 30 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,1-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.234	.294	.319	.613	2	1.32	-0.230	.48	-0.05%	-1.95	LF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	17	42 (6)	Jun 6	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.294	.319	.613	4						RF
18	18	43	Jun 7 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.321	.333	.655	4	.45	0.017	.09	0.00%	0.77	RF
19	19	44	Jun 7 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,13-9	9-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		1	0	.255	.321	.333	.655	9	2.93	0.037	.72	0.01%	0.11	PR
20	20	45	Jun 8	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-7	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.316	.327	.643	4	1.62	-0.043	.48	-0.01%	-0.27	RF
21	21	46	Jun 9	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.316	.327	.643	4						RF
22	22	48 (1)	Jun 10 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,5-17	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.311	.321	.633	4	.33	0.007	.05	0.00%	0.64	RF
23	23	52 (3)	Jun 15 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.317	.624	4	1.27	-0.075	.07	0.00%	-0.29	RF
24	24	54 (1)	Jun 17	WSH		SLB	W,4-3	GS-7	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.258	.313	.339	.652	4	1.34	0.077	.04	0.00%	0.68	RF
25	25	55	Jun 19 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,1-2	10-GF(14)	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.304	.328	.632	5	3.52	-0.142	.21	-0.01%	-0.61	PR LF
26	26	58 (2)	Jun 21	WSH		CLE	L,8-9	8-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.242	.296	.318	.614	4	4.06	-0.291	.11	-0.01%	-1.02	RF
27	27	59	Jun 22	WSH		CLE	W,8-5	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.292	.313	.605	2	.60	-0.015	.01	0.00%	-0.18	RF
28	28	62 (2)	Jun 25	WSH		DET	L,5-6	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	.257	.307	.329	.635	2	.74	0.021	.01	0.00%	0.16	RF
29	29	63	Jun 26	WSH		BOS	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.304	.324	.628	2	1.02	-0.052	.02	0.00%	-0.59	RF
30	30	66 (2)	Jun 29 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,0-7	CG(6)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.293	.312	.604	1	.60	-0.047	.01	0.00%	-0.68	CF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	31	70 (3)	Jul 2 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,13-2	CG	6	6	1	4	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.318	.361	.680	1	.42	0.131	.00	0.00%	4.68	CF
32	32	72 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.304	.345	.649	1	.38	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-1.05	CF
33	33	73	Jul 5	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.264	.302	.341	.643	7	.96	-0.114	.01	0.00%	-1.24	LF
34	34	74	Jul 6	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-9	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.299	.337	.636	9	.25	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.27	PH
35	35	75	Jul 8 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.297	.344	.641	7	1.54	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.50	CF
36	36	76	Jul 8 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.295	.350	.645	7	.68	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.39	CF
37	37	78 (1)	Jul 9 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,10-3	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.309	.362	.671	3	.66	0.078	.00	0.00%	1.70	CF
38	38	79	Jul 13	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.306	.358	.665	3	2.30	-0.061	.00	0.00%	-0.20	CF
39	39	80	Jul 14	WSH	@	SLB	W,11-9	CG	5	5	2	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.310	.378	.689	3	1.30	0.194	.00	0.00%	2.53	LF CF
40	40	81	Jul 15	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	6	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.320	.379	.699	1	1.92	-0.089	.01	0.00%	0.48	LF
41	41	83 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			1	1	0	.281	.315	.372	.687	2						LF
42	42	87 (3)	Jul 21	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.321	.379	.700	2	.60	0.028	.00	0.00%	1.03	RF
43	43	89 (1)	Jul 23 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.318	.376	.694	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.19	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
44	44	113 (23)	Aug 19 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,6-8	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.316	.372	.688	3	2.10	0.051	.00	0.00%	0.31	CF
45	45	114	Aug 19 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.329	.379	.707	3	.91	0.089	.00	0.00%	1.07	CF
46	46	116 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,5-10	CG	5	5	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.331	.394	.725	3	.31	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.73	CF
47	47	117	Aug 22	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.290	.329	.391	.720	9	.36	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.12	PH
48	48	120 (2)	Aug 26	WSH	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.320	.380	.700	3	.93	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-1.20	CF
49	49	123 (2)	Aug 28	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-12	3-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.316	.375	.691	1	.10	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.47	RF
50	50	126 (2)	Aug 31	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.321	.374	.695	3	.79	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.20	CF
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
51	51	129 (2)	Sep 4 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1		0	0	1			0	1	0	.280	.325	.380	.705	3						CF
52	52	130	Sep 4 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.279	.323	.377	.700	3						CF
53	53	133 (2)	Sep 8	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.325	.377	.703	1	1.62	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.43	RF
54	54	135 (1)	Sep 10 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.333	.399	.732	1	.69	0.071	.00	0.00%	2.29	CF
55	55	136	Sep 10 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.335	.399	.734	1	1.20	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.50	RF
56	56	137	Sep 12	WSH		CHW	T,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.297	.339	.401	.740	3	1.14	0.036	.00	0.00%	0.94	CF
57	57	138	Sep 13 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,1-3	CG(11)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.299	.340	.401	.742	1	1.34	-0.011	.00	0.00%	0.11	RF
58	58	139	Sep 13 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	CG(8)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.333	.392	.726	1	1.55	-0.169	.00	0.00%	-1.10	RF
59	59	140	Sep 14	WSH		SLB	W,5-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	.285	.325	.382	.707	1	1.13	-0.146	.00	0.00%	-1.66	RF
60	60	141	Sep 15	WSH		SLB	L,5-9	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.279	.322	.374	.695	1						RF
61	61	142	Sep 16	WSH		SLB	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	1	0	.278	.320	.371	.692	6						RF
62	62	143	Sep 17	WSH		DET	L,2-3	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.278	.322	.369	.691	6						RF
63	63	144	Sep 18	WSH		DET	W,4-2	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.274	.318	.363	.681	1						RF
							21-41		219	201	23	55	11	2	1	33	13	0	20	0	4		0	2	13	2	.274	.318	.363	.681		1.09	-1.318	.50	-0.54%	1.07

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