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Frank Welch

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 175lb (175cm, 79kg)

Born: August 10, 1897 in Birmingham, AL us

Died: July 25, 1957 in Birmingham, AL

Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL

Debut: September 9, 1919 (Age 22-030d, 4,793rd in major league history)
vs. DET 4 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 13, 1927 (Age 30-003d)
vs. PHA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1920 season

Full Name: Frank Tiguer Welch

Nicknames: Bugger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.4

2310

634

.275

310

RBI

295

OBP

.350

SLG

.398

OPS

.748

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1922 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1922 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 13	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
3	3	Apr 14	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 16	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 17	PHA	@	WSH	L,9-11	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 18	PHA	@	WSH	W,17-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 20	PHA		BOS	L,4-15	CG	52	9.0	0	0	2	2	0
8	8	Apr 22	PHA		BOS	L,1-7	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 24	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	41	10.1	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 25	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
11	11	Apr 26	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	12	Apr 27	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	13	Apr 28	PHA		WSH	L,4-9	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	Apr 29	PHA		WSH	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
15	15	Apr 30	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	PHA		WSH	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	17	May 2	PHA		WSH	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	18	May 3	PHA		NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	19	May 5	PHA		NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
20	20	May 6	PHA		NYY	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	21	May 8	PHA		CLE	L,4-14	CG	52	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
22	22	May 9	PHA		CLE	W,15-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	23	May 10	PHA		CLE	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	24	May 11	PHA		CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	25	May 12	PHA		SLB	L,4-13	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	26	May 13	PHA		SLB	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	27	May 15	PHA		SLB	W,13-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	28	May 16	PHA		CHW	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	29	May 17	PHA		CHW	W,3-1	CG	50	13.0	5	0	0	5	0
30	30	May 19	PHA		CHW	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
31	33 (2)	May 23	PHA		DET	L,5-6	GF	19	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	38 (4)	May 29	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	39	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	41 (1)	Jun 4	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	42	Jun 6	PHA	@	DET	L,1-14	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	43	Jun 7	PHA	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
37	44	Jun 8	PHA	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	45	Jun 9	PHA	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	46	Jun 10	PHA	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
40	47	Jun 11	PHA	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	47	8.2	4	1	1	6	0
41	48	Jun 12	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-11	CG	46	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
42	49	Jun 14	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	50	Jun 15	PHA	@	CHW	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	51	Jun 16	PHA	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	46	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
45	52	Jun 17	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	53	Jun 18	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	54	Jun 19	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	55	Jun 20	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	66 (10)	Jul 1 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	67	Jul 2	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	68	Jul 3	PHA		NYY	L,1-12	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	69	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	70	Jul 4 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	71	Jul 6	PHA		CHW	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	72	Jul 7	PHA		CHW	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	73	Jul 8 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	74	Jul 8 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	75	Jul 10	PHA		CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	76	Jul 11 (1)	PHA		DET	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	77	Jul 11 (2)	PHA		DET	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	78	Jul 12	PHA		DET	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	79	Jul 13	PHA		DET	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	80	Jul 15	PHA		CLE	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	81	Jul 17	PHA		CLE	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	82	Jul 18	PHA		CLE	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	83	Jul 19	PHA		SLB	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	84	Jul 20	PHA		SLB	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	85	Jul 21	PHA		SLB	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
69	86	Jul 22	PHA		SLB	L,1-10	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
70	87	Jul 23	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	88	Jul 24	PHA		WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	89	Jul 25 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
73	90	Jul 25 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	W,11-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	91	Jul 26	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	94 (2)	Jul 29	PHA	@	DET	L,2-13	GF	0	5.1	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	101 (6)	Aug 5	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-4	GF	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	102	Aug 6	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	103	Aug 7	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-12	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	104	Aug 8	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	105	Aug 9	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
81	106	Aug 11	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
82	107	Aug 15 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
83	108	Aug 15 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	109	Aug 16	PHA		CLE	W,10-9	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
85	110	Aug 17	PHA		CLE	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	111	Aug 18	PHA		SLB	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	112	Aug 19 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
88	113	Aug 19 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	114	Aug 21	PHA		SLB	W,7-6	GS	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	133 (18)	Sep 9 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	134	Sep 9 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
92	135	Sep 10 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
93	136	Sep 10 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	137	Sep 11	PHA		NYY	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	138	Sep 13	PHA	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
96	139	Sep 14	PHA	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	140	Sep 15	PHA	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	145 (4)	Sep 20 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	0	6.1	2	1	0	3	1
99	149 (3)	Sep 24	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-7	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	150	Sep 28 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,6-9	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	151	Sep 28 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,12-5	CG	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	153 (1)	Sep 29 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
103	154	Sep 30 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
104	155	Sep 30 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
							104gm			192	15	11	218	2