Mickey Welch stats

Last played for the San Francisco Giants, 1892

Pitcher

Age 167

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Mickey Welch played 13 MLB seasons, 1880 to 1892.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
564
W
307
L
210
ERA
2.71
IP
4,802.0
K
1,850
BB
1,297
WHIP
1.23
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.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.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
1880—6534302.54574.0123801.14
1881—4021182.67368.0104781.22
1882—3314163.46281.053621.41
1883SF5425232.73426.0144661.17
1884SF6539212.50557.13451461.21
1885SF5644111.66492.02581311.02
1886SF5933222.99500.02721631.35
1887SF4022153.36346.0115911.24
1888SF4726191.93425.11671081.03
1889SF4527123.02375.01251491.30
1890SF3717142.99292.1971221.33
1891SF22594.28160.046971.71
1892SF10014.405.0143.00

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
3
W
1
L
2
ERA
4.09
IP
22.0
K
3
BB
12
WHIP
1.50

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
0
CG
525
SHO
41
K/9
3.5
GB
0
FB
0
G/F
0.00
WP
0
Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
1880—06441.90000
1881—04042.50000
1882—03051.70000
1883SF04643.00000
1884SF06245.60000
1885SF05574.70000
1886SF05614.90000
1887SF03923.00000
1888SF04753.50000
1889SF03933.00000
1890SF03323.00000
1891SF01402.60000
1892SF0001.80000

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
167 yearsJul 4, 1859
Debut
1880

What were Mickey Welch's career stats?

Mickey Welch played 13 seasons for the Giants. He had 307 wins and 1,850 strikeouts with a 2.71 ERA over 4,802.0 innings. His best season was 1885: 44 wins, a 1.66 ERA and 258 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

13 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1880 to 1892

All-time career rank

  • 121st in strikeouts (pitching) (1,850)
  • 20th in wins (pitching) (307)

Among the 9,244 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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