Mickey Welch

Full Name: Michael Francis Welch Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 5' 8"/160 First Game: May 1, 1880 Birthdate: July 4, 1859 Final Game: May 17, 1892 Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York MLB Experience: 13 years Died: July 30, 1941 Deathplace: Concord, New Hampshire Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973

Biography

Born on July 4, 1859 in Brooklyn, New York, Mickey Welch (Michael Francis Welch) played for the Troy Trojans, New York Gothams and New York Giants over the course of his 13 year career. Welch broke into the bigs on May 1, 1880 with the Troy Trojans, and put up a 2.54 ERA in 574 innings pitched in 1880, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Mickey Welch's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1885, when he posted a 1.66 ERA, won 44 games and struck out 258 batters. However, others believe that it was 1884, when he posted a 2.50 ERA, won 39 games and struck out 345 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1880	TRO	N	65	64	34	30	2.54	123	321	162	64	4	0	574	575	7	80	0	26	0
1881	TRO	N	40	40	21	18	2.67	104	186	109	40	4	0	368	371	7	78	0	11	0
1882	TRO	N	33	33	14	16	3.46	53	221	108	30	5	0	281	334	7	62	0	15	0
1883	NY	N	54	52	25	23	2.73	144	271	129	46	4	0	426	431	11	66	0	27	0
1884	NY	N	65	65	39	21	2.50	345	275	155	62	4	0	557.1	528	12	146	0	39	0
1885	NY	N	56	55	44	11	1.66	258	170	91	55	7	1	492	372	4	131	0	39	0
1886	NY	N	59	59	33	22	2.99	272	279	166	56	1	0	500	514	13	163	0	51	0
1887	NY	N	40	40	22	15	3.36	115	191	129	39	2	0	346	339	7	91	0	16	5
1888	NY	N	47	47	26	19	1.93	167	156	91	47	5	0	425.1	328	12	108	0	17	14
1889	NY	N	45	41	27	12	3.02	125	196	126	39	3	2	375	340	14	149	0	18	10
1890	NY	N	37	37	17	14	2.99	97	145	97	33	2	0	292.1	268	5	122	0	6	0
1891	NY	N	22	15	5	9	4.28	46	136	76	14	0	1	160	176	7	97	0	9	0
1892	NY	N	1	1	0	0	14.40	1	9	8	0	0	0	5	11	0	4	0	0	0
Total			564	549	307	210	2.71	1850	2556	1447	525	41	4	4802	4587	106	1297	0	274	29

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1880	TRO	N	P	65	0	0	35	86	21	4	0	0	0	0	0	.852
1880	TRO	N	OF	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333
1881	TRO	N	P	40	0	0	20	39	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	.894
1882	TRO	N	P	33	0	0	10	46	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	.848
1882	TRO	N	OF	8	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1883	NY	N	OF	38	0	0	42	9	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.750
1883	NY	N	P	54	0	0	29	54	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.798
1884	NY	N	P	65	0	0	25	78	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	.880
1884	NY	N	OF	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1885	NY	N	P	56	0	0	16	70	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.860
1886	NY	N	P	59	0	0	19	82	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.953
1886	NY	N	OF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1887	NY	N	P	40	0	0	17	51	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.850
1887	NY	N	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1888	NY	N	P	47	0	0	16	75	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.843
1889	NY	N	P	45	0	0	13	59	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1890	NY	N	P	37	0	0	10	43	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.930
1891	NY	N	P	22	0	0	7	21	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1892	NY	N	P	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	564	0	0	217	705	133	23	0	0	0	0	0	.874
Total			OF	59	0	0	48	9	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.740

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1880	TRO	N	66	251	25	72	0	27	.287	.301	.390	20	3	5	24	0	0	0	0	0
1881	TRO	N	40	148	12	30	0	11	.203	.208	.270	10	0	1	16	0	0	0	0	0
1882	TRO	N	38	151	26	37	1	17	.245	.269	.305	6	0	5	16	0	0	0	0	0
1883	NY	N	84	320	42	75	2	30	.234	.258	.325	13	5	10	38	0	0	0	0	0
1884	NY	N	71	249	47	60	3	29	.241	.287	.357	14	3	16	49	0	0	0	0	0
1885	NY	N	56	199	28	41	2	19	.206	.258	.276	8	0	14	39	0	0	0	0	0
1886	NY	N	59	213	17	46	0	18	.216	.241	.254	4	2	7	47	0	0	3	0	0
1887	NY	N	40	148	16	36	2	15	.243	.277	.338	4	2	6	1	1	0	2	0	0
1888	NY	N	47	169	16	32	2	10	.189	.199	.254	5	0	1	33	1	0	4	0	0
1889	NY	N	45	156	20	30	0	12	.192	.217	.237	5	1	5	27	0	0	0	0	0
1890	NY	N	37	123	15	22	0	10	.179	.241	.211	4	0	9	25	1	0	1	0	0
1891	NY	N	22	71	4	10	0	4	.141	.176	.141	0	0	3	13	0	0	0	0	0
1892	NY	N	1	3	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total			606	2201	268	492	12	202	.224	.252	.297	93	16	82	329	3	0	10	0	0

Transactions

• Signed by Troy Trojans (1880).
• Signed by New York Gothams (1883).