John Clarkson vs Mickey Welch

John ClarksonMickey Welch

John Clarkson and Mickey Welch compared on their MLB careers: John Clarkson played 12 seasons, 1882 to 1894, Mickey Welch 13 seasons, 1880 to 1892. John Clarkson has 328 wins to Mickey Welch's 307.

Who has the better career numbers?

John Clarkson and Mickey Welch career totals
531GP564
328W307
178L210
2.8ERA2.7
4536.1IP4,802
1,978K1,850
1,191BB1,297
1.2WHIP1.2
5SV4

How do they compare in the postseason?

John Clarkson and Mickey Welch postseason
8GP3
0R0
64H21

Where each stands all time

John Clarkson and Mickey Welch all-time places
99th (1,978)Strikeouts (pitching)121st (1,850)
12th (328)Wins (pitching)20th (307)

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

  • John Clarkson: 0 championships; none on file
  • Mickey Welch: 0 championships; none on file

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.

John Clarkson and Mickey Welch season by season
W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.
1st1882124.50188034302.54
2nd18841032.14188121182.67
3rd188553161.85188214163.46
4th188636172.41188325232.73
5th188738213.08188439212.50
6th188833202.76188544111.66
7th188949192.73188633222.99
8th189026183.27188722153.36
9th189133192.79188826191.93
10th189225162.48188927123.02
11th189316174.45189017142.99
12th18948104.421891594.28
13th————18920014.40

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA