Mickey Welch
Michael Francis Welch
(Smiling Mickey)
 
Born: July 4, 1859 in Brooklyn, NY
Died: July 30, 1941 - 82 years old
Bats: R Throws: R Ht: 5'8" Wt: 160
(legend)
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Notes:
- Inducted into the Hall of Fame as a Player in 1973

Overall

Multi-Team Years
   
Wins Above Replacement
  
Win Shares
  
Win Shares Above Bench
Yr
Tm
Lg
TRN
NL
21.0
SP
256
574.0
 
6.5
1.2
-0.0
5.4
0.0
41.2
7.6
0.0
33.7
19.3
5.5
-0.1
13.9
TRN
NL
22.0
SP
149
368.0
 
5.6
-0.4
-0.0
6.0
0.0
25.7
0.0
0.0
25.7
12.3
-0.8
0.0
13.1
TRN
NL
23.0
SP
156
281.0
 
-1.3
0.2
-0.2
-1.4
-0.0
12.0
2.0
0.0
10.0
0.7
0.6
-0.2
0.3
NY1
NL
24.0
SP
330
426.0
 
3.4
0.2
-0.6
3.7
-0.1
29.9
2.6
0.0
27.3
12.2
0.7
-0.7
12.2
NY1
NL
25.0
SP
265
557.3
 
12.3
0.5
-0.3
12.1
-0.0
45.9
5.8
0.0
40.1
23.2
3.3
-0.1
20.0
NY1
NL
26.0
SP
213
492.0
 
10.7
0.2
-0.0
10.5
0.0
54.8
1.5
0.0
53.4
36.0
0.1
0.0
35.9
NY1
NL
27.0
SP
220
500.0
 
4.2
-0.6
-0.1
4.9
0.1
31.5
0.0
0.0
31.5
13.0
-1.0
-0.1
14.0
NY1
NL
28.0
SP
155
346.0
 
5.1
0.5
-0.1
4.7
-0.0
24.9
0.8
0.0
24.1
12.0
-0.1
-0.0
12.1
NY1
NL
29.0
SP
171
425.3
 
7.9
-0.1
-0.0
8.0
0.0
31.2
0.0
0.0
31.2
15.6
-0.5
0.0
16.0
NY1
NL
30.0
SP
161
375.0
 
6.2
-0.5
-0.0
6.7
0.0
28.4
0.0
0.0
28.4
15.5
-0.4
0.0
15.9
NY1
NL
31.0
SP
133
292.3
 
5.3
-0.2
-0.1
5.6
0.0
19.6
0.0
0.0
19.6
8.6
-1.0
0.0
9.5
NY1
NL
32.0
SP
74
160.0
 
-2.4
-0.4
-0.0
-2.0
-0.0
4.1
0.0
0.0
4.1
-1.7
-0.3
0.0
-1.5
NY1
NL
33.0
SP
3
5.0
 
-0.3
0.0
0.0
-0.3
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.0
-0.2
13
2
SP
2286
4802.0
  
63.1
0.7
-1.5
63.8
-0.1
349.5
20.3
0.0
329.1
166.4
6.2
-1.1
161.4
162 Game Average
137
288.7
  
3.8
0.0
-0.1
3.8
-0.0
  
21.0
1.2
0.0
19.8
  
10.0
0.4
-0.1
9.7
 
   
Wins Above Replacement
  
Win Shares
  
Win Shares Above Bench
Yr Tm    
3
P
561
1223.0
 
10.8
1.0
-0.2
10.0
-0.0
79.0
9.6
0.0
69.4
32.2
5.2
-0.2
27.3
10
P
1725
3579.0
 
52.3
-0.3
-1.3
53.8
-0.0
270.4
10.7
0.0
259.7
134.2
1.0
-0.9
134.1
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James