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
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