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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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	10 (9)	May 2	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-7		14	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
2	13 (2)	May 5	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
3	15 (1)	May 7	WSH	@	CLE	L,7-8	GF	12	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
4	16	May 8	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	18 (1)	May 11	WSH	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	19	May 14	WSH		BOS	L,4-5	CG	0	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	28 (8)	May 24	WSH		SLB	W,16-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	29	May 25	WSH		SLB	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	30	May 26	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	31	May 27 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-11	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	33 (1)	May 28	WSH	@	BOS	L,7-12	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	35 (1)	May 30 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	42 (6)	Jun 6	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	43	Jun 7 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	45 (1)	Jun 8	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-7	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	46	Jun 9	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
17	48 (1)	Jun 10 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,5-17	CG	50	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	52 (3)	Jun 15 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
19	54 (1)	Jun 17	WSH		SLB	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	55	Jun 19 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,1-2	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	58 (2)	Jun 21	WSH		CLE	L,8-9	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	59	Jun 22	WSH		CLE	W,8-5	GS	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	62 (2)	Jun 25	WSH		DET	L,5-6	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	63	Jun 26	WSH		BOS	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	66 (2)	Jun 29 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,0-7	CG	30	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	70 (3)	Jul 2 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,13-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	72 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-11	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	73	Jul 5	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	75 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	76	Jul 8 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	78 (1)	Jul 9 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	79	Jul 13	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	80	Jul 14	WSH	@	SLB	W,11-9	GS	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	81	Jul 15	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	83 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
36	87 (3)	Jul 21	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	113 (25)	Aug 19 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	114	Aug 19 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	116 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,5-10	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
40	120 (3)	Aug 26	WSH	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	123 (2)	Aug 28	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-12	GF	35	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	126 (2)	Aug 31	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	129 (2)	Sep 4 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	130	Sep 4 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	133 (2)	Sep 8	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	135 (1)	Sep 10 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	136	Sep 10 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	137	Sep 12	WSH		CHW	T,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	138	Sep 13 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,1-3	CG	49	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	139	Sep 13 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	140	Sep 14	WSH		SLB	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	141	Sep 15	WSH		SLB	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
53	142	Sep 16	WSH		SLB	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	143	Sep 17	WSH		DET	L,2-3	CG	0	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	144	Sep 18	WSH		DET	W,4-2	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
							56gm			95	1	3	99	1