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Jimmy
Welsh		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 179
 
Born: October 9, 1902 in Usa, CO, DENVER
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1932   
All-Star Selections 1930    1934   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 27 SLC NL $ 4,614,286   94 94 85 41 44 43 63 76 72 3 7 6 96 99 98
1931 28 CIN NL $ 6,000,000   10 10 9 5 5 5 7 9 8 1 1 1 10 10 10
1932 29 CIN NL $ 6,000,000   10 10 9 5 5 5 7 9 8 1 1 1 10 10 10
1933 30 CIN NL $ 6,000,000   10 10 9 5 5 5 7 9 8 1 1 1 10 10 10
1934 31 CIN NL $ 8,500,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 7 8 8 1 1 1 10 10 10
1935 32 CIN NL $ 8,500,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 7 8 8 1 1 1 10 10 10
1936 33 CIN NL $ 8,500,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 8 8 1 1 1 9 10 10
1937 34 CIN NL $ 3,000,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 7 6 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 3,000,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 7 6 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,500,000   94 94 85 41 44 43 63 76 72 3 7 6 96 99 98
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 27 SLC NL 154 626 90 205 20 9 15 113 9 4 19 4 .327 .348 .460 .808 89.6 15.4
1931 28 CIN NL 158 631 91 213 27 8 16 106 19 9 24 7 .338 .360 .482 .842 96.4 20.7
1932 29 CIN NL 129 516 72 189 33 6 7 87 0 0 22 7 .366 .396 .494 .890 86.3 19.3
1933 30 CIN NL 152 597 73 172 25 7 9 83 11 3 28 14 .288 .323 .399 .722 73.1 10.0
1934 31 CIN NL 149 628 87 208 30 8 13 110 8 6 23 8 .331 .357 .467 .824 89.6 14.4
1936 33 CIN NL 84 308 48 104 15 4 10 54 2 2 15 8 .338 .372 .510 .881 53.0 11.7
1937 34 CIN NL 72 110 18 30 6 2 2 16 0 0 10 3 .273 .331 .418 .749 14.4 2.7
7 Years Sim 898 3416 479 1121 156 44 72 569 49 24 141 51 .328 .356 .463 .819 502.4 94.1
162 Game Average 616 86 202 28 7 12 102 8 4 25 9 .328 .356 .463 .819 90.6  
Career Highs 158 631 91 213 33 9 16 113 19 9 28 14 .366 .396 .510 .890 96.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2351 350 810 119 29 59 423 38 16 105 27 .345 .373 .495 .868 391.8
vs LH   1065 129 311 37 15 13 146 11 8 36 24 .292 .319 .392 .711 123.2
Home 459 1705 250 568 76 21 37 299 26 13 69 29 .333 .360 .467 .828 261.7
Away 439 1711 229 553 80 23 35 270 23 11 72 22 .323 .353 .458 .811 253.4
RISP   983 0 320 48 10 15 443 0 0 72 15 .326 .365 .440 .805 150.9
Pinch Hitting   90 14 29 2 1 0 11 0 0 7 2 .322 .367 .367 .734 12.0
Close/Late   420 48 147 15 5 4 70 0 0 38 8 .350 .403 .438 .842 70.0
Mar/Apr 147 534 77 179 21 8 14 96 4 5 21 4 .335 .360 .483 .843 83.8
May 161 649 93 218 31 7 14 113 8 3 30 9 .336 .364 .470 .834 102.1
June 148 592 73 186 25 6 14 90 5 5 23 7 .314 .342 .448 .790 83.0
July 158 583 82 185 26 11 7 83 12 6 23 11 .317 .346 .436 .782 80.6
August 152 566 89 196 28 7 14 96 11 2 28 8 .346 .377 .495 .871 96.4
Sep/Oct 132 492 65 157 25 5 9 91 9 3 16 12 .319 .347 .445 .793 69.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1930 27 SLC NL RF 148 147 1308.7 282 2 13 1 .956 1.95   2.7
    CF 4 0 7.0 2 0 1 0 .667 2.57    
1931 28 CIN NL RF 144 144 1300.7 339 0 12 0 .966 2.35   4.6
    CF 12 0 20.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.21    
1932 29 CIN NL CF 125 123 1097.3 344 6 8 2 .978 2.87   4.6
    LF 1 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1933 30 CIN NL CF 143 142 1268.3 392 4 17 0 .959 2.81   3.1
    RF 8 1 23.0 5 0 2 0 .714 1.96    
1934 31 CIN NL CF 80 79 718.7 232 4 5 1 .979 2.96   3.8
    RF 66 63 563.0 139 3 6 1 .959 2.27    
1936 33 CIN NL RF 72 69 617.0 136 2 4 1 .972 2.01   1.7
    CF 10 4 47.7 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.02    
1937 34 CIN NL CF 19 16 126.7 41 0 1 0 .976 2.91   0.4
    RF 5 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  RF 444 424 3819.3 901 7 37 3 .961 2.14   9.0
  CF 393 364 3286.0 1032 14 32 3 .970 2.86   11.8
  LF 1 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
Career Totals   838 788 7110.3 1935 21 69 6 .966 2.48   20.9
Career Highs   156 147 1321.0 397 7 19 2 .978 2.87    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1931 28 CIN NL 4 16 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 4 16 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1931-8-.338
1932-1-.366
1934-5-.331
CAR-9-.328
 On-Base Pct
1932-4-.396
 Slugging Pct
1932-9-.494
 OPS
1932-5-.890
 Games
1931-1-158
1933-2-152
1934-7-149
 At-Bats
1930-7-626
1931-5-631
1933-2-597
1934-1-628
Hits
1930-6-205
1931-3-213
1932-7-189
1934-2-208
 Total Bases
1930-10-288
1931-7-304
1934-6-293
 Singles
1930-5-161
1931-5-162
1932-3-143
1934-1-157
 Triples
1930-4-9
1934-7-8
 Homeruns
1930-10-15
1931-9-16
 RBIs
1930-4-113
1931-10-106
1934-3-110
Stolen Bases
1931-4-19
1933-5-11
1934-8-8
 Caught Stealing
1931-4-9
1934-9-6
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 62    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Dick Cox (918)
  5. Goose Goslin (916)
  6. Danny Taylor (915)
  7. Eddie Wilson (913)
  8. Al Simmons (912)
  9. Harold Baines (908)
  10. Kiki Cuyler (906)
History
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off Stew Bolen (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/23/1930, off Tommy Thomas (NYG)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/25/1930, hitting .577 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1930 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Middletown on 7/26/1930
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Tampa Bay on 8/18/1930
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/6/1931 to a 3-year deal worth $6,000,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 5/18/1931, hitting .536 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1931, hitting .376 with 3 HR, 23 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Chicago (N) on 8/2/1931
Injured on 4/16/1932 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 4 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1932, hitting .462 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1932
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Tampa Bay on 9/15/1933
10/15/1933: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $8,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
Injured on 3/22/1935 with a Inflamed Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Pittsburgh on 7/8/1936
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 7/10/1936
Injured on 7/23/1936 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/8/1937 to a 1-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Injured on 5/21/1937 with a Strained Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 6 weeks
 
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