Bob Welch vs Tom Glavine

Bob Welch Tom Glavine

Bob Welch and Tom Glavine compared on their MLB careers: Bob Welch played 17 seasons, 1978 to 1994, Tom Glavine 22 seasons, 1987 to 2008. Bob Welch has 211 wins to Tom Glavine's 305. Bob Welch won 2 titles, Tom Glavine won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Bob Welch and Tom Glavine career totals

506	GP	682
211	W	305
146	L	203
3.5	ERA	3.5
3091.1	IP	4413.1
1,969	K	2,607
1,034	BB	1,500
1.3	WHIP	1.3
8	SV	0

How do they compare in the postseason?

Bob Welch and Tom Glavine postseason

17	GP	35
15	R	91
58	H	191

Where each stands all time

Bob Welch and Tom Glavine all-time places

103rd (1,969)	Strikeouts (pitching)	30th (2,607)
92nd (211)	Wins (pitching)	21st (305)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Bob Welch: 2 championships; AL Cy Young
Tom Glavine: 1 championship; NL Silver Slugger ×4, NL Cy Young ×2, World Series MVP

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Bob Welch and Tom Glavine season by season

1st	1978	7	4	2.03	1987	2	4	5.54
2nd	1979	5	6	4.00	1988	7	17	4.56
3rd	1980	14	9	3.28	1989	14	8	3.68
4th	1981	9	5	3.45	1990	10	12	4.28
5th	1982	16	11	3.36	1991	20	11	2.55
6th	1983	15	12	2.65	1992	20	8	2.76
7th	1984	13	13	3.78	1993	22	6	3.20
8th	1985	14	4	2.31	1994	13	9	3.97
9th	1986	7	13	3.28	1995	16	7	3.08
10th	1987	15	9	3.22	1996	15	10	2.98
11th	1988	17	9	3.64	1997	14	7	2.96
12th	1989	17	8	3.00	1998	20	6	2.47
13th	1990	27	6	2.95	1999	14	11	4.12
14th	1991	12	13	4.58	2000	21	9	3.40
15th	1992	11	7	3.27	2001	16	7	3.57
16th	1993	9	11	5.29	2002	18	11	2.96
17th	1994	3	6	7.08	2003	9	14	4.52
18th	—	—	—	—	2004	11	14	3.60
19th	—	—	—	—	2005	13	13	3.53
20th	—	—	—	—	2006	15	7	3.82
21st	—	—	—	—	2007	13	8	4.45
22nd	—	—	—	—	2008	2	4	5.54

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA