Mickey Welch

Michael “Mickey” Welch became the third pitcher in baseball history to reach 300 wins on July 28, 1890 against Pittsburgh. The only two hurlers that preceded him were Pud Galvin and Timothy Keefe. The right-hander relied on an assortment of off-speed pitches to keep him effective on the mound. He was able to find continued success using the number of different pitches he had in his artillery, and taking time to understand the players he was throwing to.

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Major League Baseball Umpire. Between 1894 and 1890, he pitched in the American Association and the National League which later hired him in 1895. He worked the First World Series in 1903 and would work nine more in his tenure. He was the senior umpire behind home plate at the Polo Grounds in which Fred Merkle committed his boner which cost the New York Giants the League pennant to the Chicago Cubs in 1908. He would go on to umpire over 2,700 games in over a thirty year career ending in 1927. (bio by: Robert)

Mickey Welch had the second shortest career of any 300-game winner in history. Read bio and statistics for this Hall of Fame pitcher.

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A far-from-giant Giant, pitcher Mickey Welch formed a cornerstone of the celebrated National League franchise founded in New York. Generously listed in baseball reference works as 5-feet-8 and 160 pounds, the undersized right-hander pitched and won the Giants’ [then Gothams’] inaugural NL game in 1883. Two years later, he compiled 17 consecutive pitching victories on the way to posting a 44-win season, still the all-time franchise record. By the time he departed the major league scene in early 1892, Welch had become only the third pitcher in big league history to record 300 wins.

Career: 307-210 (20th), 2.71 ERA (82nd), 1850 SO, P/OF, HOF in 1973, Giants/Gothams/... 1880-1892, t:R, 1x W-L% Leader, born in NY 1859, died 1941

Michael Francis Welch (July 4, 1859 – July 30, 1941), nicknamed "Smiling Mickey", was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He stood 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m) tall and weighed 160 pounds (73 kg). He was the third pitcher to accumulate 300 career victories. Welch was born in Brooklyn, New York, and played 13 seasons in the major leagues, three with the Troy Trojans, and 10 with the New York Gothams/Giants.[1] He was very successful with an effective curveball, a change of pace, and a version of the screwball. During his 13 major league seasons, he posted 20 or more wins nine times, seven in succession.[2]