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Curt Welch
Curtis Benton Welch

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 175 lb.

Debut May 1, 1884
Final Game May 23, 1893
Born February 11, 1862 in East Liverpool, OH
Died August 29, 1896 in E.Liverpool, OH

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1884 22 TOL AA 109  425   61   95  24  5   0    0   0     10      .224  .248  .304   77  129               4    
 1885 23 STL AA 112  432   84  117  18  8   3   69   0     23      .271  .318  .370  112  160               7    
 1886 24 STL AA 138  563  114  158  31 13   2   95  59     29      .281  .332  .393  123  221              14    
 1887 25 STL AA 131  544   98  151  32  7   3  108  89     25      .278  .322  .379   86  206              11    
 1888 26 PHA AA 136  549  125  155  22  8   1   61  95     33      .282  .355  .357  128  196              29    
 1889 27 PHA AA 125  516  134  140  39  6   0   39  66     67  30  .271  .375  .370  114  191              19    
 1890 28 TOT AA 122  464  116  115  25  4   2   45  72     58      .248  .372  .332  107  154              34    
         PHA AA 103  396  100  106  21  4   2   40  64     49      .268  .392  .356  122  141              32    
         BAL AA  19   68   16    9   4  0   0    5   8      9      .132  .253  .191   26   13               2    
 1891 29 BAL AA 132  514  122  138  22 10   3   55  50     77  42  .268  .400  .368  119  189              36    
 1892 30 TOT NL  88  331   56   75   1  5   2   29  21     43  17  .227  .345  .278   87   92              17    
         BLN NL  63  237   42   56   1  3   1   22  14     36   9  .236  .363  .278   92   66              11    
         CIN NL  25   94   14   19   0  2   1    7   7      7   8  .202  .299  .277   75   26               6    
 1893 31 LOU NL  14   47    5    8   1  0   0    2   1     16   4  .170  .400  .191   65    9               2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons    1107 4385  915 1152 215 66  16  503 453  0 381  93  .263  .345  .353  107 1547   0   0   0 173   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        642  134  169  31 10   2   74  66  0  56  14  .263  .345  .353  107  226   0   0   0  25   0
 Career High    138  563  134  158  39 13   3  108  95  0  77  42  .282  .400  .393  128  221   0   0   0  36   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1884 22 TOL AA  439  330   31   2.5    70| .224  .248| .248  .286| .304  .337| .552  .624|  77  .378 -10.4  -1.2     
 1885 23 STL AA  462  315   49   4.2    77| .271  .257| .318  .303| .370  .344| .688  .648| 112  .586   6.5   0.7     
 1886 24 STL AA  606  405   70   4.5    78| .281  .251| .332  .315| .393  .335| .725  .650| 123  .618  14.1   1.6     
 1887 25 STL AA  580  393   64   4.2   106| .278  .293| .322  .358| .379  .395| .701  .753|  86  .480 -11.9  -1.2     
 1888 26 PHA AA  611  394   63   4.2    71| .282  .244| .355  .302| .357  .323| .712  .625| 128  .622  19.5   2.3     
 1889 27 PHA AA  602  376   68   4.7    91| .271  .265| .375  .337| .370  .360| .745  .697| 114  .560  14.4   1.5     
 1890 28 TOT AA  556  349   52   3.9    86| .248  .259| .372  .338| .332  .341| .704  .679| 107  .508   9.5   1.0     
         PHA AA  477  290   49   4.4    85| .268  .258| .392  .336| .356  .339| .748  .675| 122  .566  15.8   1.7     
         BAL AA   79   59    3   1.3    93| .132  .270| .253  .350| .191  .355| .444  .705|  26  .126  -6.3  -0.7     
 1891 29 BAL AA  627  376   69   4.8    93| .268  .264| .400  .347| .368  .356| .768  .703| 119  .578  18.7   1.9     
 1892 30 TOT NL  391  256   29   3.0    83| .227  .254| .345  .327| .278  .340| .623  .667|  87  .408  -2.8  -0.3     
         BLN NL  284  181   22   3.2    83| .236  .255| .363  .329| .278  .341| .641  .670|  92  .440   0.0   0.0     
         CIN NL  107   75    7   2.4    80| .202  .250| .299  .324| .277  .335| .576  .659|  75  .326  -2.9  -0.3     
 1893 31 LOU NL   65   39    3   2.0    99| .170  .276| .400  .352| .191  .375| .591  .728|  65  .167  -0.6  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     4939 3233  498   4.0    84| .263  .260| .345  .326| .353  .349| .698  .675| 107  .534  57.0   6.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1890 28 PHA AA   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    6    6    6   0    0    1   0   0     0       0 54.00  3.82    7 6.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    6    6    6   0    0    1   0   0     0       0 54.00  3.83    7 6.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68  0   68.0  408  408  408   0    0   68   0   0     0   0   0 54.00  3.83    7 6.000

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1884 22 TOL AA OF 107 207 24 29 3 .888 .846 2.16 1.61 1 106 0 2B 2 0 3 0 1 1.000 .909 1.50 5.90 C 2 0 2 1 0 .667 .909 1.00 7.15 1 1B 1 5 0 1 0 .833 .962 5.00 10.50 1885 23 STL AA OF 112 236 25 15 5 .946 .879 2.33 1.83 0 112 0 1886 24 STL AA OF 138 297 19 16 4 .952 .877 2.29 1.75 0 138 0 2B 2 3 0 2 1 .600 .909 1.50 6.00 1887 25 STL AA OF 123 336 29 23 7 .941 .898 2.97 2.01 0 123 0 2B 8 21 18 12 3 .765 .907 4.88 5.96 1B 1 13 0 0 0 1.000 .970 13.00 9.60 1888 26 PHA AA OF 135 272 23 15 6 .952 .907 2.19 1.79 0 135 0 2B 3 5 2 4 0 .636 .921 2.33 5.53 1889 27 PHA AA OF 125 282 30 26 10 .923 .903 2.50 1.96 0 125 0 1890 28 TOT AA OF 120 260 27 23 9 .926 .916 2.39 1.79 0 120 0 PHA AA OF 103 225 24 22 8 .919 .916 2.42 1.79 0 103 0 P 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 1.90 18.00 1.80 0 1.0 BAL AA OF 17 35 3 1 1 .974 .916 2.24 1.79 0 17 0 1B 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 4.50 10.20 1891 29 BAL AA OF 113 258 25 16 4 .946 .907 2.50 1.83 1 112 0 2B 21 48 79 8 14 .941 .914 6.05 5.25 SS 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .870 1.00 5.05 1892 30 TOT NL OF 88 189 6 19 2 .911 .912 2.22 1.86 1 88 0 BLN NL OF 63 129 4 14 1 .905 .912 2.11 1.86 0 63 0 CIN NL OF 25 60 2 5 1 .925 .912 2.48 1.86 1 25 0 1893 31 LOU NL OF 14 29 2 3 0 .912 .914 2.21 2.14 14 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1884 22 TOL AA 1B 1 5 0 1 0 .833 .962 5.00 10.50 1887 25 STL AA 1B 1 13 0 0 0 1.000 .970 13.00 9.60 1890 28 BAL AA 1B 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 4.50 10.20 1884 22 TOL AA 2B 2 0 3 0 1 1.000 .909 1.50 5.90 1886 24 STL AA 2B 2 3 0 2 1 .600 .909 1.50 6.00 1887 25 STL AA 2B 8 21 18 12 3 .765 .907 4.88 5.96 1888 26 PHA AA 2B 3 5 2 4 0 .636 .921 2.33 5.53 1891 29 BAL AA 2B 21 48 79 8 14 .941 .914 6.05 5.25 1884 22 TOL AA C 2 0 2 1 0 .667 .909 1.00 7.15 1 1884 22 TOL AA OF 107 207 24 29 3 .888 .846 2.16 1.61 1 106 0 1885 23 STL AA OF 112 236 25 15 5 .946 .879 2.33 1.83 0 112 0 1886 24 STL AA OF 138 297 19 16 4 .952 .877 2.29 1.75 0 138 0 1887 25 STL AA OF 123 336 29 23 7 .941 .898 2.97 2.01 0 123 0 1888 26 PHA AA OF 135 272 23 15 6 .952 .907 2.19 1.79 0 135 0 1889 27 PHA AA OF 125 282 30 26 10 .923 .903 2.50 1.96 0 125 0 1890 28 TOT AA OF 120 260 27 23 9 .926 .916 2.39 1.79 0 120 0 PHA AA OF 103 225 24 22 8 .919 .916 2.42 1.79 0 103 0 BAL AA OF 17 35 3 1 1 .974 .916 2.24 1.79 0 17 0 1891 29 BAL AA OF 113 258 25 16 4 .946 .907 2.50 1.83 1 112 0 1892 30 TOT NL OF 88 189 6 19 2 .911 .912 2.22 1.86 1 88 0 BLN NL OF 63 129 4 14 1 .905 .912 2.11 1.86 0 63 0 CIN NL OF 25 60 2 5 1 .925 .912 2.48 1.86 1 25 0 1893 31 LOU NL OF 14 29 2 3 0 .912 .914 2.21 2.14 14 0 0 1890 28 PHA AA P 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 1.90 18.00 1.80 0 1.0 1891 29 BAL AA SS 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .870 1.00 5.05
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1075 2366 210 185 50 .933 .894 2.40 1.83 17 1059 0 2B 36 77 102 26 19 .873 .913 4.97 5.51 1B 4 27 0 1 0 .964 .971 6.75 10.12 C 2 0 2 1 0 .667 .909 1.00 7.15 1 SS 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .870 1.00 5.05 P* 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 1.90 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1120 2470 318 213 69 .929 .896 2.49 1.99
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1885   WS    STL CHC     T   7  27   5   4  1  1  0   0   0   0  .148  .148  .259   0                
 1886   WS    STL CHC     W   6  20   7   7  2  0  0   1   3   4  .350  .435  .450   2                
 1887   WS    STL DTN     L  15  58   6  12  3  1  1   8   0   2  .207  .207  .345   1                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        1-1  28 105  18  23  6  2  1   9   3   6  .219  .241  .343   3                
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

On-base %
1888 AA-.355-9
1891 AA-.400-8

Slugging %
1886 AA-.393-10

Games
1885 AA-112-1
1886 AA-138-7
1888 AA-136-6

At Bats
1886 AA-563-9
1888 AA-549-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1886 AA-606-9
1888 AA-611-4
1891 AA-627-9

Runs
1885 AA-84-10
1886 AA-114-7
1888 AA-125-4
1889 AA-134-9
1890 AA-116-5
1891 AA-122-7

Hits
1886 AA-158-7
1888 AA-155-9

Total Bases
1886 AA-221-4

Doubles
1884 AA-24-6
1885 AA-18-10
1886 AA-31-3
1887 AA-32-8
1888 AA-22-9
1889 AA-39-1
1890 AA-25-10
1891 AA-22-10

RBI
1885 AA-69-7
1886 AA-95-3
1887 AA-108-4

Bases on Balls
1891 AA-77-10

Stolen Bases
1886 AA-59-3
1887 AA-89-7
1888 AA-95-3
1889 AA-66-7
1890 AA-72-4
1891 AA-50-8
Car-453-49

Singles
1888 AA-124-6

Runs Created
1886 AA-70-10

Extra-Base Hits
1886 AA-46-3
1889 AA-45-7

Times on Base
1888 AA-217-4
1891 AA-251-5

Hit By Pitch
1885 AA-7-7
1886 AA-14-3
1887 AA-11-6
1888 AA-29-1
1889 AA-19-2
1890 AA-34-1
1891 AA-36-1
1892 NL-17-2
Car-173-12

Outs
1887 AA-393-9

Black Ink: Batting - 3 (507) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 74 (321) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.3 (1075) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 25.0 (662) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  7. Tommy McCarthy (928) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tom Brown (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tom Brown (909)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

October 24, 1884: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Toledo Blue Stockings.

November 21, 1887: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Bill Gleason to the Philadelphia Athletics for Fred Mann, Chippy McGarr, Jocko Milligan, and $3,000.

July 13, 1892: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

July 16, 1892: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

September, 1892: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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