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Historical player · 1880–1892 · ★ Hall of Fame 1973

Mickey Welch

B/T R/R · HT 68 · WT 160 · Born 7/4/1859 · From Brooklyn, NY USA · Debut 1880-05-01 · Final 1892-05-17

Career · batting

607

2,201

492

RBI

202

AVG/OPS

0.224 · 0.549

Career · pitching

565

549

4,802.0

W-L

307-210

1,850

ERA

2.71

WHIP

1.23

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the New York Giants · 1883–1892

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#266 on the Giants

↑ 1 M. Alou

↓ 1 H. Zimmerman

Hits

353

#158 on the Giants

↑ 1 C. Hiller

↓ 3 L. Wade

RBI

147

#166 on the Giants

↑ 1 S. Leslie

↓ 2 B. Gilbert

#269 on the Giants

↑ 1 E. Allen

↓ 1 J. Bean

Runs

205

#135 on the Giants

↑ 3 B. Gilbert

↓ 2 E. Stanky

#228 on the Giants

↑ 1 D. Kuiper

↓ 1 M. Dorgan

Career with the Troy Trojans · 1880–1882

#5 on the Trojans

↑ 1 B. Ewing

Hits

139

#8 on the Trojans

↑ 26 B. Ewing

↓ 51 T. Keefe

RBI

#7 on the Trojans

↑ 4 B. Ewing

↓ 5 J. Cassidy

Runs

#8 on the Trojans

↑ 33 J. Evans

↓ 4 B. Holbert

#10 on the Trojans

↑ 7 B. Ewing

↓ 1 F. Hankinson

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#3,965 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Aaron

↓ 1 E. Young

Hits

492

#2,787 all-time MLB

↑ 1 C. Abbey

↓ 1 D. Stearns

RBI

202

#2,927 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Hulswitt

↓ 1 J. Yeager

#4,406 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Abreu

↓ 1 T. Aaron

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1880	Troy Trojans	NL	66	251	25	72	20	3	0	27	0	5	24	0.287	—	0.390
1881	Troy Trojans	NL	40	148	12	30	10	0	0	11	0	1	16	0.203	—	0.270
1882	Troy Trojans	NL	38	151	26	37	6	0	1	17	0	5	16	0.245	—	0.305
1883	Gothams	NL	84	320	42	75	13	5	2	30	0	10	38	0.234	—	0.325
1884	Gothams	NL	71	249	47	60	14	3	3	29	0	16	49	0.241	—	0.357
1885	Giants	NL	56	199	28	41	8	0	2	19	0	14	39	0.206	—	0.276
1886	Giants	NL	59	213	17	46	4	2	0	18	3	7	47	0.216	—	0.254
1887	Giants	NL	41	148	16	36	4	2	2	15	2	6	1	0.243	—	0.338
1888	Giants	NL	47	169	16	32	5	0	2	10	4	1	33	0.189	—	0.254
1889	Giants	NL	45	156	20	30	5	1	0	12	0	5	27	0.192	—	0.237
1890	Giants	NL	37	123	15	22	4	0	0	10	1	9	25	0.179	—	0.211
1891	Giants	NL	22	71	4	10	0	0	0	4	0	3	13	0.141	—	0.141
1892	Giants	NL	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.333	—	0.333
Career			607	2,201	268	492	93	16	12	202	10	82	329	0.224	0.252	0.297

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1880	Troy Trojans	NL	34	30	65	64	0	574.0	575	162	80	123	2.54	1.14
1881	Troy Trojans	NL	21	18	40	40	0	368.0	371	109	78	104	2.67	1.22
1882	Troy Trojans	NL	14	16	33	33	0	281.0	334	108	62	53	3.46	1.41
1883	Gothams	NL	25	23	54	52	0	426.0	431	129	66	144	2.73	1.17
1884	Gothams	NL	39	21	65	65	0	557.3	528	155	146	345	2.50	1.21
1885	Giants	NL	44	11	56	55	1	492.0	372	91	131	258	1.66	1.02
1886	Giants	NL	33	22	59	59	0	500.0	514	166	163	272	2.99	1.35
1887	Giants	NL	22	15	41	40	0	346.0	339	129	91	115	3.36	1.24
1888	Giants	NL	26	19	47	47	0	425.3	328	91	108	167	1.93	1.03
1889	Giants	NL	27	12	45	41	2	375.0	340	126	149	125	3.02	1.30
1890	Giants	NL	17	14	37	37	0	292.3	268	97	122	97	2.99	1.33
1891	Giants	NL	5	9	22	15	1	160.0	177	76	97	46	4.28	1.71
1892	Giants	NL	0	0	1	1	0	5.0	11	8	4	1	14.40	3.00
Career			307	210	565	549	4	4,802.0	4,588	1,447	1,297	1,850	2.71	1.23

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	565	0	4,801.0	217	705	133	23
OF	59	0	305.0	48	9	20	2

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Status
1973	Veterans	Inducted
1964	Veterans	Ballot
1963	Veterans	Ballot
1962	Veterans	Ballot
1961	Veterans	Ballot
1959	Veterans	Ballot
1957	Veterans	Ballot
1955	Veterans	Ballot
1953	Veterans	Ballot