League Leaders Who Led?
Mickey Welch

Mickey Welch

1880–1892  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  5'8", 160 lb  ·  b. 1859 Brooklyn, NY

Career 307–210 · 2.71 ERA · 1,850 SO · 4802.0 IP · 607 G · 492 H · 12 HR · 202 RBI · .224 AVG

No league-leading finishes. This player never placed in the top 25 of a tracked category. The season record below is the full story.
Clubs 300 Win Club 20 Win Seasons ×9 Sub-2.00 ERA Seasons ×2 300 Strikeout Seasons
Team records #1 Troy Trojans career ERA #1 Troy Trojans career W #1 Troy Trojans career SO #1 Troy Trojans career WHIP #1 Troy Trojans career IP #1 Troy Trojans 1880 W #1 Giants 1885 W #1 Giants 1884 SO #1 Troy Trojans 1880 IP #1 Giants 1884 IP

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Pitcher Putouts — #3 — 1880 #3 1883 #3
Complete Games — #2 — 1880 #2 1885 #2 1886 #3 1889 #3
Shutouts — #2 — 1882 #2 1883 #2 1885 #2 1889 #3
Innings Pitched — #2 — 1885 #2 1886 #3
Saves — #2 — 1885 #3 1889 #2
Strikeouts — #2 — 1885 #2
Wins — #2 — 1885 #2
Earned Run Average — #2 — 1885 #2 1889 #3

Pitching

13 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1880 TRN NL 34 30 2.54 65 64 0 574.0 575 162 7 80 123 1.14
1881 TRN NL 21 18 2.67 40 40 0 368.0 371 109 7 78 104 1.22
1882 TRN NL 14 16 3.46 33 33 0 281.0 334 108 7 62 53 1.41
1883 NY1 NL 25 23 2.73 54 52 0 426.0 431 129 11 66 144 1.17
1884 NY1 NL 39 21 2.50 65 65 0 557.1 528 155 12 146 345 1.21
1885 NY1 NL 44 11 1.66 56 55 1 492.0 372 91 4 131 258 1.02
1886 NY1 NL 33 22 2.99 59 59 0 500.0 514 166 13 163 272 1.35
1887 NY1 NL 22 15 3.36 41 40 0 346.0 339 129 7 91 115 1.24
1888 NY1 NL 26 19 1.93 47 47 0 425.1 328 91 12 108 167 1.03
1889 NY1 NL 27 12 3.02 45 41 2 375.0 340 126 14 149 125 1.30
1890 NY1 NL 17 14 2.99 37 37 0 292.1 268 97 5 122 97 1.33
1891 NY1 NL 5 9 4.28 22 15 1 160.0 177 76 7 97 46 1.71
1892 NY1 NL 0 0 14.40 1 1 0 5.0 11 8 0 4 1 3.00
Career — — 307 210 2.71 565 549 4 4802.0 4,588 1,447 106 1,297 1,850 1.23

Batting

13 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1880 TRN NL 66 251 25 72 20 3 0 27 5 24 0 .287 .301 .390 .691
1881 TRN NL 40 148 12 30 10 0 0 11 1 16 0 .203 .208 .270 .478
1882 TRN NL 38 151 26 37 6 0 1 17 5 16 0 .245 .269 .305 .574
1883 NY1 NL 84 320 42 75 13 5 2 30 10 38 0 .234 .258 .325 .583
1884 NY1 NL 71 249 47 60 14 3 3 29 16 49 0 .241 .287 .357 .644
1885 NY1 NL 56 199 28 41 8 0 2 19 14 39 0 .206 .258 .276 .535
1886 NY1 NL 59 213 17 46 4 2 0 18 7 47 3 .216 .241 .254 .494
1887 NY1 NL 41 148 16 36 4 2 2 15 6 1 2 .243 .277 .338 .615
1888 NY1 NL 47 169 16 32 5 0 2 10 1 33 4 .189 .199 .254 .453
1889 NY1 NL 45 156 20 30 5 1 0 12 5 27 0 .192 .217 .237 .455
1890 NY1 NL 37 123 15 22 4 0 0 10 9 25 1 .179 .241 .211 .452
1891 NY1 NL 22 71 4 10 0 0 0 4 3 13 0 .141 .176 .141 .317
1892 NY1 NL 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Career — — 607 2,201 268 492 93 16 12 202 82 329 10 .224 .252 .297 .549

Fielding

2 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1880 TRN NL P 65 — 574.0 35 86 21 4 142 .852 1.86
OF 2 — 14.0 1 0 2 0 3 .333 0.50
1881 TRN NL P 40 — 368.0 20 39 7 3 66 .894 1.48
1882 TRN NL P 33 — 281.0 10 46 10 4 66 .849 1.70
OF 8 — 27.0 5 0 1 0 6 .833 0.63
1883 NY1 NL P 54 — 426.0 29 54 21 2 104 .798 1.54
OF 38 — 257.0 42 9 17 2 68 .750 1.34
1884 NY1 NL P 65 — 557.0 25 78 14 6 117 .880 1.59
OF 7 — 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1885 NY1 NL P 56 — 492.0 16 70 14 0 100 .860 1.54
1886 NY1 NL P 59 — 500.0 19 82 5 0 106 .953 1.71
OF 3 — 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1887 NY1 NL P 41 — 346.0 17 51 12 0 80 .850 1.66
OF 1 — 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1888 NY1 NL P 47 — 425.0 16 75 17 1 108 .843 1.94
1889 NY1 NL P 45 — 375.0 13 59 4 2 76 .947 1.60
1890 NY1 NL P 37 — 292.0 10 43 4 1 57 .930 1.43
1891 NY1 NL P 22 — 160.0 7 21 4 0 32 .875 1.27
1892 NY1 NL P 1 — 5.0 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
Career — — P 565 — 4801.0 217 705 133 23 1,055 .874 1.63
— — OF 59 — 305.0 48 9 20 2 77 .740 0.97