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Frank Welch

Frank Tiguer Welch (Bugger)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 10, 1897 in Birmingham, AL (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1919
Teams (by GP): Athletics/RedSox 1919-1927

Final Game: August 13, 1927
Died: July 25, 1957 in Birmingham, AL
Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1919 21 PHA AL 15 62 54 5 9 1 1 2 7 0 7 10 .167 .262 .333 .596 66 18 0 1 8O
1920 22 PHA AL 100 396 360 43 93 17 5 4 40 2 9 26 41 .258 .312 .367 .679 79 132 2 8 O89
1921 23 PHA AL 115 455 403 48 115 18 6 7 45 6 0 34 43 .285 .347 .412 .759 93 166 4 14 *O8/79
1922 24 PHA AL 114 432 375 43 97 17 3 11 49 3 4 40 40 .259 .335 .408 .743 91 153 3 14 *O9/87
1923 25 PHA AL 125 490 421 56 125 19 9 4 55 1 4 48 40 .297 .374 .413 .788 106 174 4 17 *O9/7
1924 26 PHA AL 94 345 293 47 85 13 2 5 31 2 3 35 27 .290 .372 .399 .771 98 117 3 14 O9/8
1925 27 PHA AL 85 251 202 40 56 5 4 4 41 2 1 29 14 .277 .373 .401 .774 91 81 2 18 O9
1926 28 PHA AL 75 213 174 26 49 8 1 4 23 2 5 26 9 .282 .381 .408 .789 101 71 2 11 O79/8
1927 29 BOS AL 15 34 28 2 5 2 0 0 4 0 2 5 1 .179 .303 .250 .553 46 7 0 1 /O9
9 Seasons 738 2678 2310 310 634 100 31 41 295 18 28 250 225 .274 .350 .398 .748 93 919 20 98
162 Game Avg. 162 588 507 68 139 22 7 9 65 4 55 49 .274 .350 .398 .748 93 202 4 22
PHA (8 yrs) 723 2644 2282 308 629 98 31 41 291 18 26 245 224 .276 .351 .400 .751 93 912 20 97
BOS (1 yr) 15 34 28 2 5 2 0 0 4 0 2 5 1 .179 .303 .250 .553 46 7 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1919 21 PHA AL 62 -3 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 8O
1920 22 PHA AL 396 -13 -3 0 0 -8 -3 13 -14 -1.4 -6 -0.6 -0.8 $ O89
1921 23 PHA AL 455 -10 1 0 0 -2 -3 15 1 0.1 3 0.3 -0.2 $ *O8/79
1922 24 PHA AL 432 -4 -2 0 0 0 -5 14 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ *O9/87
1923 25 PHA AL 490 4 -1 0 0 8 -5 16 22 2.2 14 1.4 0.8 $ *O9/7
1924 26 PHA AL 345 0 0 0 0 -2 -3 11 6 0.6 8 0.8 -0.2 $ O9/8
1925 27 PHA AL 251 -3 2 0 0 -2 -3 8 2 0.2 4 0.4 -0.2 $ O9
1926 28 PHA AL 213 1 -2 0 0 -1 -2 7 3 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $ O79/8
1927 29 BOS AL 34 -2 -1 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /O9
9 Seasons 2678 -30 -6 0 0 -7 -24 87 20 2.0 27 2.7 -0.7 $
PHA (8 yrs) 2644 -28 -5 0 0 -7 -24 86 22 2.2 29 2.9 -0.7 $
BOS (1 yr) 34 -2 -1 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1919 PHA AL 21 CF 15 15 15 43 37 2 4 0 .907 2.60 .961 2.64
1919 PHA AL 21 OF 15 15 15 44 38 2 4 0 .909 2.67 .958 2.26
1920 PHA AL 22 OF 97 96 94 222 194 14 14 4 .937 2.14 .962 2.25
1920 PHA AL 22 CF 68 67 66 163 143 9 11 2 .933 2.24 .966 2.55
1920 PHA AL 22 RF 29 29 28 59 51 5 3 2 .949 1.93 .958 1.91
1921 PHA AL 23 OF 104 101 97 283 251 16 16 2 .943 2.57 .960 2.33
1921 PHA AL 23 CF 98 97 94 275 244 16 15 2 .945 2.65 .962 2.67
1921 PHA AL 23 LF 4 3 2 7 6 0 1 0 .857 1.50 .959 2.38
1921 PHA AL 23 RF 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 .960 1.97
1922 PHA AL 24 OF 104 99 98 214 191 12 11 2 .949 1.95 .964 2.31
1922 PHA AL 24 RF 94 91 90 194 173 11 10 2 .948 1.96 .954 1.85
1922 PHA AL 24 CF 6 5 5 13 11 1 1 0 .923 2.00 .968 2.70
1922 PHA AL 24 LF 4 3 3 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 .969 2.40
1923 PHA AL 25 OF 117 114 113 275 253 13 9 4 .967 2.27 .965 2.38
1923 PHA AL 25 RF 111 109 108 269 247 13 9 4 .967 2.34 .960 2.12
1923 PHA AL 25 LF 5 5 5 7 6 0 1 0 .857 1.20 .966 2.36
1924 PHA AL 26 OF 74 73 72 137 120 15 2 2 .985 1.82 .970 2.39
1924 PHA AL 26 RF 71 70 69 140 124 14 2 2 .986 1.94 .968 2.02
1924 PHA AL 26 CF 3 3 3 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .973 2.80
1925 PHA AL 27 OF 57 42 41 94 85 6 3 3 .968 1.60 .965 2.43
1925 PHA AL 27 RF 57 42 41 94 85 6 3 3 .968 1.60 .966 2.08
1926 PHA AL 28 OF 49 39 35 81 75 4 2 1 .975 1.61 .966 2.34
1926 PHA AL 28 LF 28 24 22 49 46 2 1 1 .980 1.71 .965 2.30
1926 PHA AL 28 RF 20 14 12 31 28 2 1 0 .968 1.50 .964 2.00
1926 PHA AL 28 CF 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 .970 2.73
1927 BOS AL 29 OF 6 6 5 12 9 3 0 1 1.000 2.00 .964 2.35
1927 BOS AL 29 RF 6 6 5 12 9 3 0 1 1.000 2.00 .955 1.97
9 Seasons OF 623 585 570 1362 1216 85 61 19 .955 2.09 .964 2.34
8 Seasons RF 391 362 354 800 718 54 28 14 .965 1.97 .961 2.01
6 Seasons CF 193 188 184 498 438 29 31 4 .938 2.42 .963 2.63
4 Seasons LF 41 35 32 72 67 2 3 1 .958 1.68 .965 2.32
9 Seasons TOT 623 585 570 1362 1216 85 61 19 .955 2.09 .964 2.34
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1923 AL  0.8 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1922 AL  34.1 (7th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1920 AL  14 (4th)
1921 AL  16 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1921 AL  2.65 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1922 AL  1.96 (2nd)
1923 AL  2.34 (2nd)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1922 AL  .949 (4th)
1923 AL  .967 (1st)

                           

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1931), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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