Bill Karns vs. Mike Welch — Career Comparison

Bill Karns
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Welch
Gen XMassachusettsThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Bill Karns and Mike Welch are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bill Karns posted stronger numbers in ERA (6.35 vs 8.27) and home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 3.05). Mike Welch had the advantage in WHIP (1.597 vs 2.294). By the career numbers, Bill Karns had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bill Karns and Mike Welch

Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.59
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.35
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.53
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.87
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.53
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.87
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.53
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
6.35
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
8.27
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.35
6.35
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.27
8.27
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.48
8.48
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.74
7.74
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.26
7.26
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
27
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20.2
9
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
15.88
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
11.32
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.88
15.88
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.32
11.32
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.05
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
4.76
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.05
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.65
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
6.53
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.53
6.53
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
0.824
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.53
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.87
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
46.59
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
40.94
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.06
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
9.53
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
8.27
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.53
9.53
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.27
8.27
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.87
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.294
2.294
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.597
1.597
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
41.82
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
36.58
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.405
0.405
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.59
46.59
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.94
40.94

Fielding Stats for Bill Karns and Mike Welch

Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.59
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.35
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.87
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
27
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20.2
9
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.53
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.87
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.59
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.87
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.12
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.74
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.12
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.74
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Karns and Mike Welch

Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
2000
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
600
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
525
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
9.59
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.01
-0.87
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Mike Welch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Welch
Career
Per 600 PA