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Jimmy Welsh
James Daniel Welsh

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 174 lb.

Debut April 14, 1925
Final Game September 28, 1930
Born October 9, 1902 in Denver, CO
Died October 30, 1970 in Oakland, CA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1925 22 BSN NL 122  484   69  151  25  8   7   63   7  4  20  24  .312  .350  .440  108  213   9           8    
 1926 23 BSN NL 134  490   69  136  18 11   3   57   6     33  28  .278  .333  .378   99  185  32           8    
 1927 24 BSN NL 131  497   72  143  26  7   9   54  11     23  27  .288  .330  .423  107  210  28           8    
 1928 25 NYG NL 124  476   77  146  22  5   9   54   4     29  30  .307  .357  .431  104  205  13           8    
 1929 26 TOT NL  91  315   49   86  15  7   4   24   4     22  12  .273  .342  .403   86  127  14          11    
         NYG NL  38  129   25   32   7  0   2    8   3      9   3  .248  .331  .349   69   45   5           7    
         BSN NL  53  186   24   54   8  7   2   16   1     13   9  .290  .350  .441   98   82   9           4    
 1930 27 BSN NL 113  422   51  116  21  9   3   36   5     29  23  .275  .327  .389   74  164  10           4    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      715 2684  387  778 127 47  35  288  37  4 156 144  .290  .340  .411   97 1104 106   0   0  47   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        608   88  176  29 11   8   65   8  1  35  33  .290  .340  .411   97  250  24   0   0  11   0
 Career High    134  497   77  151  26 11   9   63  11  4  33  30  .312  .357  .440  108  213  32   0   0  11   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1925 22 BSN NL  521  346   72   5.5   106| .312  .288| .350  .345| .440  .412| .790  .757| 108  .539   6.1   0.6  63%
 1926 23 BSN NL  563  386   60   4.1    95| .278  .275| .333  .334| .378  .382| .711  .716|  99  .460  -0.3   0.0     
 1927 24 BSN NL  556  382   67   4.7    97| .288  .280| .330  .337| .423  .386| .753  .723| 107  .511   4.5   0.4     
 1928 25 NYG NL  526  343   71   5.6   110| .307  .291| .357  .356| .431  .414| .788  .771| 104  .565   2.0   0.2     
 1929 26 TOT NL  362  243   41   4.5   119| .273  .301| .342  .365| .403  .439| .745  .804|  86  .410  -7.4  -0.7     
         NYG NL  150  102   13   3.4   121| .248  .304| .331  .368| .349  .443| .680  .812|  69  .293  -6.2  -0.6     
         BSN NL  212  141   28   5.3   117| .290  .299| .350  .362| .441  .436| .791  .798|  98  .484  -1.2  -0.1     
 1930 27 BSN NL  465  316   53   4.5   124| .275  .308| .327  .366| .389  .458| .716  .824|  74  .377 -17.7  -1.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      2993 2016  364   4.8   107| .290  .290| .340  .349| .411  .412| .751  .762|  97  .482 -12.8  -1.0     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1925 22 BSN NL OF 116 237 27 11 7 .960 .967 2.28 2.33 7 1 109 2B 3 4 9 0 0 1.000 .970 4.33 5.60 1926 23 BSN NL OF 129 283 23 11 8 .965 .965 2.37 2.26 0 0 129 1927 24 BSN NL OF 129 377 24 13 6 .969 .970 3.11 2.35 1 121 11 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.00 10.20 1928 25 NYG NL OF 117 310 8 6 3 .981 .972 2.72 2.31 6 110 1 1929 26 TOT NL OF 86 220 10 7 2 .970 .973 2.67 2.38 31 56 2 NYG NL OF 35 43 4 3 1 .940 .973 1.34 2.38 30 7 0 BSN NL OF 51 177 6 4 1 .979 .973 3.59 2.38 1 49 2 1930 27 BSN NL OF 110 329 8 7 2 .980 .968 3.06 2.28 0 110 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1927 24 BSN NL 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.00 10.20 1925 22 BSN NL 2B 3 4 9 0 0 1.000 .970 4.33 5.60 1925 22 BSN NL OF 116 237 27 11 7 .960 .967 2.28 2.33 7 1 109 1926 23 BSN NL OF 129 283 23 11 8 .965 .965 2.37 2.26 0 0 129 1927 24 BSN NL OF 129 377 24 13 6 .969 .970 3.11 2.35 1 121 11 1928 25 NYG NL OF 117 310 8 6 3 .981 .972 2.72 2.31 6 110 1 1929 26 TOT NL OF 86 220 10 7 2 .970 .973 2.67 2.38 31 56 2 NYG NL OF 35 43 4 3 1 .940 .973 1.34 2.38 30 7 0 BSN NL OF 51 177 6 4 1 .979 .973 3.59 2.38 1 49 2 1930 27 BSN NL OF 110 329 8 7 2 .980 .968 3.06 2.28 0 110 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 687 1756 100 55 28 .971 .969 2.70 2.32 45 398 252 2B 3 4 9 0 0 1.000 .970 4.33 5.60 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.00 10.20 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 691 1764 109 55 28 .971 .969 2.71 2.34
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.

Hit By Pitch
1925 NL-8-2
1926 NL-8-3
1927 NL-8-2
1928 NL-8-2
1929 NL-11-1

Sac. Hits
1926 NL-32-2
1927 NL-28-2

Power/Speed Number
1927 NL-9.9-8

HOF Standards: Batting - 9.0 (1770) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1453) (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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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

January 10, 1928: Traded by the Boston Braves with Shanty Hogan to the New York Giants for Rogers Hornsby.

June 14, 1929: Traded by the New York Giants to the Boston Braves for Doc Farrell.

October 14, 1930: Traded by the Boston Braves with Bob Smith to the Chicago Cubs for Bill McAfee and Wes Schulmerich.


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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