Mickey Welch

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-8, 160lb (173cm, 72kg)

Born: July 4, 1859 in Brooklyn, NY us

Died: July 30, 1941 in Concord, NH

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Queens, NY

Debut: May 1, 1880 (Age 20-302d, 451st in major league history)

Last Game: May 17, 1892 (Age 32-318d)

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1973. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Mickey Welch's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1880 season

Full Name: Michael Francis Welch

Nicknames: Smiling Mickey

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

62.3

307

210

ERA

2.71

565

549

4802.0

1850

WHIP

1.226

Summary of 106 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

8 leading off, 1 walk-off, 1 tying, 1 go ahead, 104 lacking some details

2 Tms
NYG	85
TRO	21

Platoon
vs RHB	81
vs LHB	21
vs ?HB	4

Home/Road
Away	62
Home	44

Outs
Unk	97
0	9

15 Opps
CHC	31
BSN	20
PHI	8
DTN	8
IND	7
PRO	6
BUF	6
WHS	6
WOR	4
SLM	3
CLV	2
CIN	2
PIT	1
CLV	1
BRO	1

58 Batters
Ed Williamson	10
Charlie Bennett	6
Cap Anson	5
Harry Stovey	4
Dan Brouthers	4
Jerry Denny	4
Dick Buckley	4
George Wood	3
Fred Pfeffer	3
Duke Farrell	3
Fred Dunlap	3
Joe Hornung	3
John Morrill	2
Ed Delahanty	2
Sam Thompson	2
Charley Jones	2
Jack Glasscock	2
Jimmy Ryan	2
Paul Hines	2
Billy O'Brien	2
Jack Manning	1
John O'Rourke	1
Charlie Bastian	1
King Kelly	1
Dell Darling	1
Hi Ebright	1
Old Hoss Radbourn	1
Jack Rowe	1
Silver Flint	1
George Gore	1
Dick Johnston	1
Bug Holliday	1
Lew Brown	1
John Reilly	1
Joe Mulvey	1
Jack Burdock	1
Malachi Kittridge	1
Jack Farrell	1
John Clarkson	1
Jack Carney	1
Ezra Sutton	1
Blondie Purcell	1
Hugh Duffy	1
Patsy Tebeau	1
Alex McKinnon	1
Bobby Lowe	1
Jim O'Rourke	1
Walt Wilmot	1
Marty Sullivan	1
Hardy Richardson	1
Dave Foutz	1
Abner Dalrymple	1
Billy Nash	1
Jim Whitney	1
Tom York	1
Fred Carroll	1
Tom Brown	1
Deacon White	1

25 Parks
PoloGrnds1SE (NYC)	19
WestSide Pk (CHI)	14
HaymakersGrd (TRO)	11
LakeFrontPk2 (CHI)	9
7th St Pk 3 (IND)	6
RecreationPk (DET)	5
StGeorgeCrkG (SAI)	5
Phil BB Grnd (PHI)	4
Polo Grnds 3 (NYC)	4
Polo Grnds 4 (NYC)	3
SouthEndGrd2 (BOS)	3
SouthEnd Grd (BOS)	3
League Pk I (CIN)	2
Troy BlClGnd (WAT)	2
MesserSt Grd (PRO)	2
AgCountyFG (WOR)	2
Swampoodle G (WAS)	2
LakeFrontPk1 (CHI)	2
Union Grnds (STL)	2
Olympic Pk I (BUF)	1
7th St Pk 2 (IND)	1
N.L. Pk I (CLE)	1
RecreationPk (PIT)	1
RecreationPk (PHI)	1
WashingtnPk2 (NYC)	1

Where Hit

13 Inside the Park

1 Bounced

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	79
2·HR gms	12
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

168 Runs

Inning
1	17
2	13
3	13
4	12
5	8
6	17
7	13
8	8
9	5

1-3	43
4-6	37
7-end	26

RelScore
Tied	1
-1	1
Unk	104

Tied	1
Behind	1
Unk	104

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	19
3B	17
C	16
LF	16
CF	10
2B	9
SS	9
RF	7
P	3

OrderPos
Unk	27
1st	20
3rd	14
4th	14
6th	13
2nd	7
8th	4
7th	3
5th	3
9th	1

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1880	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
1	1	1	1	1880-05-25	Charley Jones	BSN	@	TRO		t 4		1	1	7
2	2	2	1	1880-05-27	Charley Jones	BSN	@	TRO		t 7		1	1	7
3	3	3	1	1880-09-07	John O'Rourke	BSN	@	TRO		t 6		2	3	7
4	4	4	1	1880-09-14	Harry Stovey	WOR	@	TRO		t 1	0	1	1	3	Lead-Off
5	5	5	1	1880-09-17	Harry Stovey	WOR	@	TRO		t 1	0	1	1	3	Lead-Off
6	6	6	1	1880-09-21	Harry Stovey	WOR		TRO		b 4		1	1	3	IPHR
7	7	7	2	1880-09-21	Harry Stovey	WOR		TRO		b 7		1	1	3	IPHR
1881	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
8	8	1	1	1881-06-09	Lew Brown	DTN	@	TRO		t 2		1	6	3
9	9	2	1	1881-06-21	Dan Brouthers	BUF	@	TRO		t 8		1	3	7
10	10	3	2	1881-06-21	Hardy Richardson	BUF	@	TRO		t 8		1	4	8
11	11	4	1	1881-07-13	Fred Dunlap	CLV		TRO		b 1	0	1	1	4	Lead-Off
12	12	5	1	1881-07-26	Tom York	PRO	@	TRO		t 7		1		7
13	13	6	1	1881-09-15	Fred Dunlap	CLV	@	TRO		b 3		2	1	5
14	14	7	1	1881-09-20	Jack Rowe	BUF	@	TRO		b 9		1	7	6
1882	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
15	15	1	1	1882-05-02	Jerry Denny	PRO		TRO		t 6		2		5
16	16	2	1	1882-07-03	Charlie Bennett	DTN		TRO		b 5		1	3	2
17	17	3	1	1882-08-04	Blondie Purcell	BUF	@	TRO		t 1	0	1	1	7	Lead-Off
18	18	4	1	1882-08-17	George Gore	CHC	@	TRO		t 4		2		8
19	19	5	1	1882-08-31	Charlie Bennett	DTN		TRO		b 9		3	4	2
20	20	6	1	1882-09-07	Ed Williamson	CHC		TRO		t 1		2	3	5
21	21	7	1	1882-09-09	Ed Williamson	CHC		TRO		b 5		3	3	5
1883	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
22	22	1	1	1883-05-03	Jim Whitney	BSN	@	NYG		t 3		3		1
23	23	2	1	1883-06-01	Charlie Bennett	DTN	@	NYG		t 6		1	4	4
24	24	3	1	1883-06-08	Dan Brouthers	BUF	@	NYG		t 1		2	4	3
25	25	4	1	1883-06-28	Joe Hornung	BSN		NYG		b 2		2	3	7
26	26	5	1	1883-07-07	Jerry Denny	PRO	@	NYG		t 2		2		5
27	27	6	2	1883-07-07	Old Hoss Radbourn	PRO	@	NYG		t 2		1		1
28	28	7	1	1883-08-04	Ed Williamson	CHC		NYG		b 2		1	5	5
29	29	8	1	1883-08-30	John Morrill	BSN	@	NYG		t 1		3	5	3
30	30	9	2	1883-08-30	Jack Burdock	BSN	@	NYG		t 3		1		4
31	31	10	1	1883-09-01	Jerry Denny	PRO	@	NYG		t 2		1		5
32	32	11	1	1883-09-04	Joe Hornung	BSN	@	NYG		t 1	0	1	1	7	Lead-Off
1884	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
33	33	1	1	1884-05-31	Ezra Sutton	BSN		NYG		b 7		1		5
34	34	2	1	1884-06-11	Jack Manning	PHI	@	NYG		t 3		3		9
35	35	3	1	1884-06-18	Paul Hines	PRO		NYG		b 1	0	1	1	8	Lead-Off,IPHR
36	36	4	1	1884-07-05	Fred Pfeffer	CHC		NYG		b 4		1		4
37	37	5	2	1884-07-05	Silver Flint	CHC		NYG		b 7		2		2
38	38	6	1	1884-07-08	Ed Williamson	CHC		NYG		b 1			6	5
39	39	7	2	1884-07-08	Cap Anson	CHC		NYG		b 4		1	4	3
40	40	8	1	1884-09-24	Jim O'Rourke	BUF		NYG		b 7		1	1	2
41	41	9	1	1884-10-02	Cap Anson	CHC		NYG		b 6	0	1	4	3
42	42	10	1	1884-10-04	John Clarkson	CHC		NYG		b 5		2		1
43	43	11	2	1884-10-04	Ed Williamson	CHC		NYG		b 6		2	6	5
44	44	12	3	1884-10-04	Ed Williamson	CHC		NYG		b 8		1	6	5
1885	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
45	45	1	1	1885-05-13	George Wood	DTN	@	NYG		t 3		1	1	7
46	46	2	1	1885-07-06	Abner Dalrymple	CHC		NYG		b 2		1	1	7
47	47	3	1	1885-07-23	Jack Glasscock	SLM	@	NYG		t 3		2	1	6
48	48	4	1	1885-09-19	Sam Thompson	DTN		NYG		b 5		2	2	9
1886	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
49	49	1	1	1886-04-29	Dick Johnston	BSN	@	NYG		t 2		2		8	IPHR
50	50	2	1	1886-05-04	Charlie Bastian	PHI		NYG		b 4		3	7	4
51	51	3	1	1886-05-13	Ed Williamson	CHC		NYG		b 6		1	6	6
52	52	4	1	1886-05-24	Fred Dunlap	SLM		NYG		b 5		1	2	4	Cycle
53	53	5	1	1886-07-01	Fred Pfeffer	CHC		NYG		b 6		1	5	4
54	54	6	1	1886-07-05 (1)	Deacon White	DTN		NYG		b 3		1		5
55	55	7	1	1886-07-07	Ed Williamson	CHC		NYG		b 7		2	6	6
56	56	8	2	1886-07-07	Cap Anson	CHC		NYG		b 8		2	4	2
57	57	9	1	1886-08-13	John Morrill	BSN		NYG		b 4		2	7	6
58	58	10	1	1886-08-30	Alex McKinnon	SLM		NYG		b 7		2	2	3
59	59	11	1	1886-09-01	Charlie Bennett	DTN		NYG		b 7		1	8	2
60	60	12	1	1886-09-08 (1)	Jimmy Ryan	CHC		NYG		b 6		4	9	7
61	61	13	1	1886-09-15	Jack Farrell	WHS	@	NYG		t 1		3	3	4
1887	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
62	62	1	1	1887-05-05	King Kelly	BSN	@	NYG		t 3		1	3	9	IPHR
63	63	2	2	1887-05-05	Billy Nash	BSN	@	NYG		t 3		1	4	5	IPHR
64	64	3	1	1887-08-06	Marty Sullivan	CHC		NYG		b 4		2	3	7
65	65	4	1	1887-08-09	Jerry Denny	IND		NYG		b 6		1	3	5
66	66	5	1	1887-08-19	George Wood	PHI		NYG		b 6		2	1	7
67	67	6	1	1887-09-17	Ed Williamson	CHC		NYG		b 2		2	6	6
68	68	7	1	1887-09-20	Fred Carroll	PIT		NYG		b 4		1	1	3
1888	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
69	69	1	1	1888-04-23	Billy O'Brien	WHS		NYG	behind 0-1	b 9		1		3
70	70	2	1	1888-05-05	Dick Buckley	IND		NYG		b 9		1	8	5
71	71	3	1	1888-05-10	Fred Pfeffer	CHC		NYG		b 7		1		4
72	72	4	1	1888-05-14	Duke Farrell	CHC		NYG		b 1	0	1	1	8	Lead-Off
73	73	5	1	1888-06-08	Dell Darling	CHC	@	NYG		t 3		1		2	IPHR
74	74	6	1	1888-07-12	Dick Buckley	IND		NYG		b 4		1	8	2
75	75	7	2	1888-07-12	Paul Hines	IND		NYG	tied 6-6	b 9		3	3	8	Walk-Off
76	76	8	1	1888-07-14	Ed Williamson	CHC		NYG		b 2		2		6
77	77	9	1	1888-08-04	Joe Hornung	BSN		NYG		b 8		2	6	7
78	78	10	1	1888-08-15	Jimmy Ryan	CHC	@	NYG		t 5		2	1	8	IPHR
79	79	11	1	1888-08-27	Tom Brown	BSN	@	NYG		t 7		4	2	9	IPHR
80	80	12	1	1888-09-26 (1)	Billy O'Brien	WHS		NYG		b 4		1		3
1889	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
81	81	1	1	1889-04-30	Jack Carney	WHS	@	NYG		t 6		1	6	9	Bounced
82	82	2	2	1889-04-30	Hi Ebright	WHS	@	NYG		t 6		2	8	2
83	83	3	1	1889-05-06	George Wood	PHI		NYG		b 1	0	1	1	6	Lead-Off
84	84	4	1	1889-05-24	Duke Farrell	CHC	@	NYG		t 2		1	6	2
85	85	5	2	1889-05-24	Hugh Duffy	CHC	@	NYG		t 3		1	3	9
86	86	6	1	1889-06-11	Dan Brouthers	BSN	@	NYG		t 7		1		3
87	87	7	1	1889-06-26	Duke Farrell	CHC		NYG		b 6		2	6	2	IPHR
88	88	8	1	1889-07-13	Patsy Tebeau	CLV	@	NYG		t 4		2		5
89	89	9	1	1889-07-25	Walt Wilmot	WHS	@	NYG		t 1		2	2	7	IPHR
90	90	10	1	1889-08-08	Dick Buckley	IND		NYG		b 1		3	6	2
91	91	11	2	1889-08-08	Jack Glasscock	IND		NYG		b 5		2	2	6	Cycle
92	92	12	1	1889-08-20	Dan Brouthers	BSN		NYG		b 6		1		3
93	93	13	1	1889-08-23 (1)	Joe Mulvey	PHI	@	NYG		t 6		1		5
94	94	14	1	1889-09-24	Dick Buckley	IND		NYG		b 3		3	6	2
1890	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
95	95	1	1	1890-05-03	Dave Foutz	BRO		NYG		b 8		1	4	3
96	96	2	1	1890-06-05	Charlie Bennett	BSN	@	NYG		t 1		2		2
97	97	3	1	1890-06-23 (2)	Cap Anson	CHC		NYG		b 2		1	4	3
98	98	4	1	1890-06-27	John Reilly	CIN		NYG		b 8		1	4	3
99	99	5	1	1890-07-22	Malachi Kittridge	CHC		NYG		b 6		1		2
1891	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
100	100	1	1	1891-05-01	Sam Thompson	PHI		NYG		b 7		3	4	9
101	101	2	1	1891-05-22	Bug Holliday	CIN		NYG		b 1		2	4	7	IPHR
102	102	3	1	1891-06-13	Cap Anson	CHC	@	NYG		t 2		1	4	3	IPHR
103	103	4	1	1891-07-01	Ed Delahanty	PHI		NYG		b 3		2	3	8
104	104	5	1	1891-07-23	Ed Delahanty	PHI	@	NYG		t 5		2	3	8
105	105	6	1	1891-08-19	Charlie Bennett	BSN	@	NYG		t 6		2		2
106	106	7	1	1891-09-29 (1)	Bobby Lowe	BSN		NYG		b 8		2	2	8