Curt Welch
[edit] Biography
Curt Welch (Curtis Benton Welch) was born on February 10, 1862 in Williamsport, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on May 1, 1884 for the Toledo Maumees. In 1884, his rookie year, he hit .224 with 0 home runs and 0 RBI. Welch played for the Toledo Maumees, St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds and Louisville Colonels over the course of his 10 year career.
Most people believe that Curt Welch's best season was 1887, when he stole 89 bases, hit for a .278 average and knocked in 108 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1884
| TOL
| a
| 109
| 425
| 61
| 95
| 0
| 0
| .224
| .248
| .304
| 24
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1885
| STL
| a
| 112
| 432
| 84
| 117
| 3
| 69
| .271
| .318
| .370
| 18
| 8
| 23
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1886
| STL
| a
| 138
| 563
| 114
| 158
| 2
| 95
| .281
| .332
| .393
| 31
| 13
| 29
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 59
| 0
| 0
|
| 1887
| STL
| a
| 131
| 544
| 98
| 151
| 3
| 108
| .278
| .322
| .379
| 32
| 7
| 25
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 89
| 0
| 0
|
| 1888
| PHI
| a
| 136
| 549
| 125
| 155
| 1
| 61
| .282
| .355
| .357
| 22
| 8
| 33
| 0
| 29
| 0
| 95
| 0
| 0
|
| 1889
| PHI
| a
| 125
| 516
| 134
| 140
| 0
| 39
| .271
| .375
| .370
| 39
| 6
| 67
| 30
| 19
| 0
| 66
| 0
| 0
|
| 1890
| PHI
| a
| 103
| 396
| 100
| 106
| 2
| 40
| .268
| .392
| .356
| 21
| 4
| 49
| 0
| 32
| 0
| 64
| 0
| 0
|
| 1890
| BAL
| a
| 19
| 68
| 16
| 9
| 0
| 5
| .132
| .253
| .191
| 4
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
|
| 1890
| TOT
| a
| 122
| 464
| 116
| 115
| 2
| 45
| .248
| .372
| .332
| 25
| 4
| 58
| 0
| 34
| 0
| 72
| 0
| 0
|
| 1891
| BAL
| a
| 132
| 514
| 122
| 138
| 3
| 55
| .268
| .400
| .368
| 22
| 10
| 77
| 42
| 36
| 0
| 50
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| CIN
| N
| 25
| 94
| 14
| 19
| 1
| 7
| .202
| .299
| .277
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 8
| 6
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| BAL
| N
| 63
| 237
| 42
| 56
| 1
| 22
| .236
| .363
| .278
| 1
| 3
| 36
| 9
| 11
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| TOT
| N
| 88
| 331
| 56
| 75
| 2
| 29
| .227
| .345
| .278
| 1
| 5
| 43
| 17
| 17
| 0
| 21
| 0
| 0
|
| 1893
| LOU
| N
| 14
| 47
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 2
| .170
| .400
| .191
| 1
| 0
| 16
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 102
| 378
| 61
| 83
| 2
| 31
| .220
| .353
| .267
| 2
| 5
| 59
| 21
| 19
| 0
| 22
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 1005
| 4007
| 854
| 1069
| 14
| 472
| .267
| .345
| .361
| 213
| 61
| 322
| 72
| 154
| 0
| 431
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 1107
| 4385
| 915
| 1152
| 16
| 503
| .263
| .345
| .353
| 215
| 66
| 381
| 93
| 173
| 0
| 453
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1884
| TOL
| a
| C
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1884
| TOL
| a
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1884
| TOL
| a
| OF
| 107
| 0
| 0
| 207
| 24
| 29
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .888
|
| 1884
| TOL
| a
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1885
| STL
| a
| OF
| 112
| 0
| 0
| 236
| 25
| 15
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1886
| STL
| a
| OF
| 138
| 0
| 0
| 297
| 19
| 16
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1886
| STL
| a
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .600
|
| 1887
| STL
| a
| OF
| 123
| 0
| 0
| 336
| 29
| 23
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1887
| STL
| a
| 2B
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 18
| 12
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .765
|
| 1887
| STL
| a
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1888
| PHI
| a
| OF
| 135
| 0
| 0
| 272
| 23
| 15
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1888
| PHI
| a
| 2B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .636
|
| 1889
| PHI
| a
| OF
| 125
| 0
| 0
| 282
| 30
| 26
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1890
| PHI
| a
| OF
| 103
| 0
| 0
| 225
| 24
| 22
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .919
|
| 1890
| PHI
| a
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1890
| BAL
| a
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1890
| BAL
| a
| OF
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 35
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1890
| TOT
| a
| OF
| 120
| 0
| 0
| 260
| 27
| 23
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .926
|
| 1890
| TOT
| a
| CF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1891
| BAL
| a
| 2B
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 48
| 79
| 8
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1891
| BAL
| a
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1891
| BAL
| a
| OF
| 113
| 0
| 0
| 258
| 25
| 16
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1892
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 60
| 2
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .925
|
| 1892
| BAL
| N
| OF
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 129
| 4
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .905
|
| 1892
| TOT
| N
| CF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1892
| TOT
| N
| OF
| 88
| 0
| 0
| 189
| 6
| 19
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .911
|
| 1893
| LOU
| N
| OF
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .912
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 77
| 102
| 26
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .873
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 27
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1075
| 0
| 0
| 2366
| 210
| 185
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1890
| PHI
| a
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 54.00
| 1
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Toledo Blue Stockings to St. Louis Browns with Sam Barkley, Charlie Morton, Tony Mullane and Tom Poorman for $2500 (only $1909.30 paid) (October 24, 1884).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns with Bill Gleason to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Fred Mann, Chippy McGarr, Jocko Milligan and $3000 (November 21, 1887).
- Released by Baltimore Orioles (July 13, 1892).
- Signed by Cincinnati Reds (@July 16, 1892).
- Released by Cincinnati Reds (September, 1892).
[edit] Trivia
[edit] Video Gallery
Add Videos
[edit] Picture Gallery
Add Pictures
[edit] See Also
[edit] Categories