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Name Team Age
Loose Canon Welch Retired (1962, Age 36) Died (1987, Age 61)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 22, Pick 343
(1950)		 RP R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Billy Williams League 0 10 years (139 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- A- C-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
D  D+ B 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
D- D- C+
Endurance Velocity Control
C  A  D+
Leadership   Mentor Value  
C+ B 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D  0 9/17/1926
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 4 10
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA
1950 PIT 1 7 9 9 0 0 0 0 48.0 72 40 38 1 29 36 2.10 7.13
1951 PIT 1 2 12 5 0 0 0 0 37.2 47 35 35 1 28 31 1.99 8.36
1952 PIT 1 1 7 3 1 1 3 0 25.2 28 15 13 0 12 16 1.56 4.56
1953 PIT 0 3 51 0 0 0 45 0 46.0 45 24 22 1 27 32 1.57 4.30
1954 PIT 2 8 64 0 0 0 43 0 56.1 68 48 45 3 40 38 1.92 7.19
1955 PIT 1 7 69 0 0 0 52 0 63.2 72 43 38 3 35 40 1.68 5.37
1956 PIT 2 3 62 0 0 0 51 0 61.2 58 23 18 2 25 49 1.35 2.63
1957 PIT 2 3 65 0 0 0 53 5 59.0 56 24 24 3 23 50 1.34 3.66
1958 PIT 5 6 64 0 0 0 45 5 61.1 67 34 32 3 28 49 1.55 4.70
1959 PIT 1 5 63 0 0 0 41 11 54.1 61 34 33 1 31 45 1.69 5.47
1960 PIT 5 7 70 0 0 0 47 11 69.0 81 47 42 3 30 50 1.61 5.48
1961 PIT 2 4 62 0 0 0 50 10 54.2 55 33 31 4 28 40 1.52 5.10
1962 PIT 1 5 37 0 0 0 8 5 33.2 48 35 35 0 26 35 2.20 9.36
2071 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
Total 24 61 635 17 1 1 438 47 671.0 758 435 406 25 362 511 1.67 5.45
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1962-11-01Loose Canon Welch has retired from the Pittsburgh Punishers
1952-09-20The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have promoted Mikey Valle to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have promoted Loose Canon Welch to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have sent Joe Batista to the minors. The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have sent Rafael Gunn to the minors.
1952-06-29The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have promoted Hacio Maradonna to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have sent Loose Canon Welch to the minors.
1952-06-08The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have promoted Loose Canon Welch to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have sent Hacio Maradonna to the minors.
1951-07-01The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have sent Loose Canon Welch down to the minors.
1951-06-15The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have promoted Loose Canon Welch to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have sent Jericho Mandalorae to the minors.
1951-05-07The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have promoted Hacio Maradonna to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have promoted Joe Batista to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have sent Loose Canon Welch to the minors. The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have sent Mikey Valle to the minors.
1950-10-13The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have promoted Loose Canon Welch to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have sent Hacio Maradonna to the minors.
1950-10-03The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have sent Johan Candini to the minors. The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have sent Loose Canon Welch to the minors. The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have designated She Mulleavy for assignment. The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have sent Dave Bando to the minors.
1950-09-03The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have promoted Loose Canon Welch to the major league team.
1950-04-23The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have promoted Gobi Valazquez to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have promoted Hacio Maradonna to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have sent Loose Canon Welch to the minors. The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have sent Oreo Torres to the minors.
1950-04-01The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have promoted Loose Canon Welch to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have sent Dave Bando to the minors.
1950-04-01The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have promoted Bob McMullin to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have sent Loose Canon Welch to the minors.
1950-04-01The Pittsburgh Iron Gorillas have renamed Emmett Wagner to Loose Canon Welch.