How Bob Welch's Fielding Percentage Compares to Similar Players

Bob Welch posted a career Fielding Percentage of 96.08, near the league average of 97.5 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Fielding Percentage season came in 1981, posting 100.0, near the league average of 97.73 that year. The lowest point came in 1979 at 76.92, well below the league average of 97.86 that year. The Fielding Percentage trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 95.65 in 1991 to 94.74 in 1992 and 100.0 in 1993. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. One of the more consistent Fielding Percentage producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 16 seasons.

Bob Welch Lifetime Fielding Percentage

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Bob Welch
Fielding Percentage
Career96.08
Season Avg.96.08
162 Game Avg.96.08
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Bob Welch Fielding Percentage Per Season

Bob Welch's Fielding Percentage for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bob Welch Fielding Percentage per season line chart

Bob Welch Fielding Percentage by Team

Bob Welch's career Fielding Percentage totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bob Welch career Fielding Percentage by team bar chart

Bob Welch Fielding Percentage Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bob Welch's career Fielding Percentage shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Bob Welch Fielding Percentage year-over-year waterfall chart

Bob Welch Fielding Percentage Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bob Welch's seasonal Fielding Percentage alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Bob Welch Fielding Percentage distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bob Welch Fielding Percentage — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bob Welch's MLB career with Fielding Percentage alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Bob Welch Fielding Percentage season-by-season breakdown table