Mickey Welch
[edit] 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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 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
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 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
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 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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