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Frank Welch
Frank Tiguer Welch (Bugger)

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

Debut September 9, 1919
Final Game August 11, 1927
Born August 10, 1897 in Birmingham, AL
Died July 25, 1957 in Birmingham, AL

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1919 21 PHA AL  15   54    5    9   1  1   2    7   0      7  10  .167  .262  .333   66   18   1           0    
 1920 22 PHA AL 100  360   43   93  17  5   4   40   2  9  26  41  .258  .312  .367   79  132   8           2    
 1921 23 PHA AL 115  403   48  115  18  6   7   45   6  0  34  43  .285  .347  .412   93  166  14           4    
 1922 24 PHA AL 114  375   43   97  17  3  11   49   3  4  40  40  .259  .335  .408   90  153  14           3    
 1923 25 PHA AL 125  421   56  125  19  9   4   55   1  4  48  40  .297  .374  .413  106  174  17           4    
 1924 26 PHA AL  94  293   47   85  13  2   5   31   2  3  35  27  .290  .372  .399   98  117  14           3    
 1925 27 PHA AL  85  202   40   56   5  4   4   41   2  1  29  14  .277  .373  .401   91   81  18           2    
 1926 28 PHA AL  75  174   26   49   8  1   4   23   2  5  26   9  .282  .381  .408  101   71  11           2    
 1927 29 BOS AL  15   28    2    5   2  0   0    4   0  2   5   1  .179  .303  .250   46    7   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      738 2310  310  634 100 31  41  295  18 28 250 225  .274  .350  .398   93  919  98   0   0  20   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        507   68  139  22  7   9   65   4  6  55  49  .274  .350  .398   93  202  22   0   0   4   0
 Career High    125  421   56  125  19  9  11   55   6  9  48  43  .297  .374  .413  106  174  18   0   0   4   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1919 21 PHA AL   62   46    5   2.9    96| .167  .277| .262  .344| .333  .373| .595  .716|  66  .353  -2.8  -0.3     
 1920 22 PHA AL  396  284   38   3.6   107| .258  .292| .312  .357| .367  .402| .679  .759|  79  .389 -12.3  -1.2  18%
 1921 23 PHA AL  455  302   58   5.2   114| .285  .300| .347  .365| .412  .421| .759  .786|  93  .505  -5.2  -0.5 100%
 1922 24 PHA AL  432  296   50   4.5   112| .259  .297| .335  .362| .408  .417| .743  .779|  90  .477  -6.2  -0.6  42%
 1923 25 PHA AL  490  317   63   5.3   109| .297  .291| .374  .361| .413  .403| .787  .764| 106  .558   3.9   0.4  20%
 1924 26 PHA AL  345  225   42   5.0   113| .290  .299| .372  .369| .399  .411| .771  .780|  98  .509  -0.5  -0.1  40%
 1925 27 PHA AL  251  165   30   4.9   121| .277  .308| .373  .380| .401  .432| .774  .812|  91  .477  -3.2  -0.3  66%
 1926 28 PHA AL  213  141   25   4.7   115| .282  .297| .381  .370| .408  .417| .789  .787| 101  .504   0.7   0.1  28%
 1927 29 BOS AL   34   26    2   2.0   109| .179  .291| .303  .358| .250  .408| .553  .766|  46  .171  -2.1  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2678 1802  313   4.6   112| .274  .296| .350  .364| .398  .412| .748  .776|  93  .485 -27.7  -2.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1919 21 PHA AL OF 15 38 2 4 0 .909 .957 2.67 2.16 0 15 0 1920 22 PHA AL OF 97 194 14 14 4 .937 .962 2.14 2.16 0 84 16 1921 23 PHA AL OF 104 251 16 16 1 .943 .960 2.57 2.21 3 93 8 1922 24 PHA AL OF 104 191 12 11 2 .949 .964 1.95 2.22 4 6 94 1923 25 PHA AL OF 117 253 13 9 4 .967 .965 2.27 2.26 0 0 117 1924 26 PHA AL OF 74 120 15 2 2 .985 .970 1.82 2.27 0 2 72 1925 27 PHA AL OF 57 85 6 3 3 .968 .965 1.60 2.27 0 0 57 1926 28 PHA AL OF 49 75 4 2 1 .975 .966 1.61 2.23 28 3 20 1927 29 BOS AL OF 6 9 3 0 1 1.000 .968 2.00 2.22 0 0 6
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1919 21 PHA AL OF 15 38 2 4 0 .909 .957 2.67 2.16 0 15 0 1920 22 PHA AL OF 97 194 14 14 4 .937 .962 2.14 2.16 0 84 16 1921 23 PHA AL OF 104 251 16 16 1 .943 .960 2.57 2.21 3 93 8 1922 24 PHA AL OF 104 191 12 11 2 .949 .964 1.95 2.22 4 6 94 1923 25 PHA AL OF 117 253 13 9 4 .967 .965 2.27 2.26 0 0 117 1924 26 PHA AL OF 74 120 15 2 2 .985 .970 1.82 2.27 0 2 72 1925 27 PHA AL OF 57 85 6 3 3 .968 .965 1.60 2.27 0 0 57 1926 28 PHA AL OF 49 75 4 2 1 .975 .966 1.61 2.23 28 3 20 1927 29 BOS AL OF 6 9 3 0 1 1.000 .968 2.00 2.22 0 0 6
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 623 1216 85 61 18 .955 .964 2.09 2.23 35 203 390 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 623 1216 85 61 18 .955 .964 2.09 2.23
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

At Bats per Home Run
1922 AL-34.1-7

HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2075) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

November, 1926: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Philadelphia Athletics.


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