Mickey Welch Baseball player

Michael Francis Welch Born as Michael Francis Walsh (July 4, 1859 – July 30, 1941), nicknamed "Smiling Mickey", was a Major League Baseball pitcher. 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. 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.

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Mickey Welch
Birth dateJuly 04, 1859
Birth place
New York
Date of deathJuly 30, 1941

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Baseball player

Career startMay 01, 1880
Career endMay 17, 1892
batting sideRight
former teams
San Francisco Giants
Troy Trojans (MLB team)
position
Pitcher
teams
San Francisco Giants
Troy Trojans (MLB team)
throwing sideRight

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