Bio
- Debut
- 1880
Bio
- Debut
- 1880
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 564
- W
- 307
- L
- 210
- ERA
- 2.71
- IP
- 4802.0
- K
- 1,850
- BB
- 1,297
- WHIP
- 1.23
| 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 | — | 65 | 34 | 30 | 2.54 | 574.0 | 123 | 80 | 1.14 |
| 1881 | — | 40 | 21 | 18 | 2.67 | 368.0 | 104 | 78 | 1.22 |
| 1882 | — | 33 | 14 | 16 | 3.46 | 281.0 | 53 | 62 | 1.41 |
| 1883 | SF | 54 | 25 | 23 | 2.73 | 426.0 | 144 | 66 | 1.17 |
| 1884 |  SF | 65 | 39 | 21 | 2.50 | 557.1 | 345 | 146 | 1.21 |
| 1885 | SF | 56 | 44 | 11 | 1.66 | 492.0 | 258 | 131 | 1.02 |
| 1886 | SF | 59 | 33 | 22 | 2.99 | 500.0 | 272 | 163 | 1.35 |
| 1887 | SF | 40 | 22 | 15 | 3.36 | 346.0 | 115 | 91 | 1.24 |
| 1888 | SF | 47 | 26 | 19 | 1.93 | 425.1 | 167 | 108 | 1.03 |
| 1889 | SF | 45 | 27 | 12 | 3.02 | 375.0 | 125 | 149 | 1.30 |
| 1890 | SF | 37 | 17 | 14 | 2.99 | 292.1 | 97 | 122 | 1.33 |
| 1891 | SF | 22 | 5 | 9 | 4.28 | 160.0 | 46 | 97 | 1.71 |
| 1892 | SF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.40 | 5.0 | 1 | 4 | 3.00 |
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
| 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 | — | 0 | 64 | 4 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1881 | — | 0 | 40 | 4 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1882 | — | 0 | 30 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1883 | SF | 0 | 46 | 4 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1884 | SF | 0 | 62 | 4 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1885 | SF | 0 | 55 | 7 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1886 | SF | 0 | 56 | 1 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1887 | SF | 0 | 39 | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1888 | SF | 0 | 47 | 5 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1889 | SF | 0 | 39 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1890 | SF | 0 | 33 | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1891 | SF | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1892 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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