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Mark Fidrych League
10-14-2157
Gene Welch Third Base
Retired (1984, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .250 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .711 Status Deceased (2027) Option Years 0  
H 1516 Age at Death 79 Date of Birth 07-26-1948
HR 219 Drafted Round 3, Pick 48
(1969)		 Majors Svc Time 13 years
(78 games)
RBI 748
SB 86
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R A  Power vs. L B  Velocity D-   Mentor vR A 
Speed B- Bunt D  Control D-   Mentor vL A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B F  (0.9%) LF B- (58.5%) Arm B  WS Appearances 0
2B A  (91.9%) CF ---   Health C  LCS Appearances 0
3B A+ (100%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1971 3B CIN 139 139 1234.2 363 99 241 23 9 -19 2.48 .937
1972 3B CIN 139 139 1162.0 355 83 257 15 8 -15 2.63 .958
1973 3B CIN 139 139 1206.2 346 76 251 19 16 -3 2.44 .945
1974 3B CIN 105 105 939.0 295 84 196 15 13 -13 2.68 .949
2B CIN 19 19 173.1 93 30 54 9 4 -5 4.36 .903
1975 SS CIN-DET 42 42 348.0 185 73 95 17 18 -16 4.34 .908
2B CIN-DET 39 39 331.2 167 79 85 3 19 -12 4.45 .982
3B CIN-DET 34 32 284.0 91 20 66 5 3 -1 2.73 .945
1B CIN-DET 2 1 10.0 9 9 0 0 1 0 8.10 1.000
1976 SS DET 35 35 309.2 152 53 91 8 18 -13 4.19 .947
3B DET 21 1 42.2 18 4 14 0 1 -1 3.80 1.000
1B DET 1 1 9.0 13 12 1 0 0 0 13.00 1.000
1977 2B DET 29 29 254.0 153 56 94 3 20 -7 5.31 .980
SS DET 16 16 142.0 88 31 51 6 10 -2 5.20 .932
3B DET 23 12 119.0 38 9 28 1 1 0 2.80 .974
1978 LF DET-LAN 48 48 434.1 105 103 0 2 0 -3 2.13 .981
2B DET-LAN 42 42 371.1 205 78 120 7 23 -11 4.80 .966
3B DET-LAN 20 18 160.0 45 8 36 1 2 +3 2.48 .978
SS DET-LAN 3 3 26.0 22 6 14 2 1 0 6.92 .909
1979 LF LAN 126 125 1121.1 294 289 1 4 1 0 2.33 .986
1980 2B LAN 74 66 607.0 333 146 181 6 38 -15 4.85 .982
SS LAN 22 22 194.2 110 36 67 7 9 -8 4.76 .936
3B LAN 12 12 102.2 31 9 22 0 1 0 2.72 1.000
LF LAN 5 4 35.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 1.80 1.000
1981 3B LAN 107 107 938.1 331 72 252 7 8 -2 3.11 .979
2B LAN 14 14 122.1 64 29 34 1 7 -1 4.64 .984
SS LAN 1 1 9.0 6 2 3 1 0 0 5.00 .833
1982 3B ARI 76 64 580.1 199 61 126 12 11 +1 2.90 .940
2B ARI 38 38 319.1 175 66 107 2 21 0 4.88 .989
LF ARI 3 3 27.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 1.67 1.000
1B ARI 1 1 9.0 12 11 1 0 0 0 12.00 1.000
1983 3B ARI 116 102 923.1 271 62 196 13 16 +4 2.51 .952
2B ARI 13 12 100.0 60 26 33 1 8 0 5.31 .983
1B ARI 1 1 9.0 6 6 0 0 1 -1 6.00 1.000
1984 3B ARI-HOU 27 24 218.0 70 16 53 1 3 0 2.85 .986
2B ARI-HOU 2 2 18.0 10 6 4 0 1 -1 5.00 1.000
1B ARI-HOU 2 2 17.0 14 14 0 0 1 0 7.41 1.000
Pos Total 3B 958 894 7910.2 2453 603 1738 112 92 -46 2.66 .954
2B 270 261 2297.0 1260 516 712 32 141 -52 4.81 .975
LF 182 180 1617.2 411 404 1 6 1 -3 2.25 .985
SS 119 119 1029.1 563 201 321 41 56 -39 4.56 .927
1B 7 6 54.0 54 52 2 0 3 -1 9.00 1.000
Total 1536 1460 12908.2 4741 1776 2774 191 293 -141 3.17 .960
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1984-11-01Gene Welch has retired from the Houston Kolt 45s
1984-07-13The Houston Kolt 45s have acquired Gene Welch from the waiver wire.
1984-06-28The Arizona Scorpions have waived Gene Welch.
1983-03-25The Arizona Scorpions have placed Gene Welch on the trade block.
1982-03-25A trade has been completed between the Los Angeles Quake and the Arizona Scorpions. The Arizona Scorpions receive Gene Welch from the Los Angeles Quake in exchange for Phil Hill.
1978-05-17A trade has been completed between the Los Angeles Quake and the Detroit Suns. The Detroit Suns receive Al Roa, Draft Pick 1981 Round 1 LAN (Angel Hall) from the Los Angeles Quake in exchange for Ty Taylor, Gene Welch.
1975-08-29A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Redlegs and the Detroit Suns. The Detroit Suns receive Gene Welch, Ray Pena, Draft Pick 1977 Round 2 CIN (Mike Parker), Draft Pick 1978 Round 2 CIN (Charlie Wagner) from the Cincinnati Redlegs in exchange for Danny Erickson.
1975-07-17Gene Welch of the Cincinnati Redlegs is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1974-06-29Gene Welch of the Cincinnati Redlegs is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1971-04-01The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Jim Clarke to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Phil McIvor to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Gene Welch to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent John Linhart to the minors.
1969-04-08The Cincinnati Redlegs have acquired Gene Welch from the waiver wire.
1969-04-01The Baltimore Baboons have waived Gene Welch.