LF Syd Welch #5
Age: 23 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Unhappy
10/08/1975
LF SYD WELCH #5 - AGE: 23 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
19 18 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .056 .105 .056 0 -0.3
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/18/1975 RIC Loss, 4-8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/15/1975 PBG Loss, 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/10/1975 @ LOU Loss, 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/09/1975 @ LOU Loss, 4-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/07/1975 COL Win, 4-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/05/1975 ROC Loss, 6-8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/02/1975 @ BUF Loss, 1-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/27/1975 @ JAX Loss, 7-9 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/26/1975 @ JAX Loss, 8-9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/25/1975 @ JAX Loss, 2-7 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:10/20/1951
Born in:Warren, OH
Nationality:American
Height:6' 2"
Weight:190 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Minor League Contract
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:None, None
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:5 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1970, 23rd Pick in Round 12
DIXIE LEAGUE 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 41 115 28 3 1 3 18 13 13 17 .243 .331 .365 .696 .329 .122 91
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 26 130 2 1 0 2 0 0 42 7 0 1 0.0 14.0 4.21 .1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   51 15 2 0 0 3 5 4 8 0 0 1 .294 .357 .333 .690
Versus Right   64 13 1 1 3 15 8 9 9 0 0 1 .203 .311 .391 .701
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   7 4 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .571 .625 .857 1.482
May   15 3 0 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 .200 .294 .400 .694
June   38 8 1 0 0 3 4 5 5 0 0 0 .211 .302 .237 .539
July   8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .625
August   47 11 1 0 2 7 5 6 9 0 0 1 .234 .333 .383 .716
Last Year   12 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 .231 .167 .397
2 Years Ago   5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Career   132 31 3 1 3 19 14 14 19 0 0 2 .235 .318 .341 .658
Home   60 16 2 1 2 7 8 7 9 0 0 0 .267 .343 .433 .777
Road   55 12 1 0 1 11 5 6 8 0 0 2 .218 .317 .291 .608
Grass   115 28 3 1 3 18 13 13 17 0 0 2 .243 .331 .365 .696
Day   17 6 0 1 0 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 .353 .450 .471 .921
Night   98 22 3 0 3 15 11 10 14 0 0 2 .224 .309 .347 .656
As Starter   100 25 3 1 3 18 12 12 14 0 0 2 .250 .342 .390 .732
As Reliever / Substitution   15 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 .200 .250 .200 .450
HEARTLAND LEAGUE 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 13 41 13 0 0 3 9 9 3 4 .317 .356 .537 .892 .400 .220 141
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 9 45 0 1 0 3 0 1 22 3 0 0 0.0 6.7 5.62 .3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   15 5 0 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .375 .533 .908
Versus Right   26 8 0 0 2 6 6 2 4 1 0 0 .308 .345 .538 .883
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
July   23 9 0 0 2 7 6 1 2 1 0 0 .391 .400 .652 1.052
August   18 4 0 0 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 .222 .300 .389 .689
Last Year   74 23 3 0 3 12 10 9 12 0 1 0 .311 .386 .473 .859
2 Years Ago   10 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 .300 .364 .300 .664
Career   125 39 3 0 6 22 19 13 18 1 2 0 .312 .374 .480 .854
Home   12 4 0 0 1 4 3 1 2 1 0 0 .333 .357 .583 .940
Road   29 9 0 0 2 5 6 2 2 0 0 0 .310 .355 .517 .872
Grass   41 13 0 0 3 9 9 3 4 1 0 0 .317 .356 .537 .892
Day   32 11 0 0 3 8 8 0 1 1 0 0 .344 .333 .625 .958
Night   9 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 .222 .417 .222 .639
As Starter   38 11 0 0 3 8 8 3 3 1 0 0 .289 .333 .526 .860
As Reliever / Substitution   3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333
UNION LEAGUE 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 19 18 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 .056 .105 .056 .161 .089 .000 -64
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 0 19 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 0.10 -0.3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000 .143
Versus Right   12 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533
June   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
July   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
September   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career   18 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 .056 .105 .056 .161
Home   9 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .111 .200 .111 .311
Road   9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Grass   18 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 .056 .105 .056 .161
Day   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Night   14 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 .071 .071 .071 .143
As Reliever / Substitution   18 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 .056 .105 .056 .161
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1970 Eau Claire - R 18 24 51 9 1 0 0 10 4 5 0 0 10 0 0 .176 .250 .196 .446 18 6 -0.8
1970 Mobile - A 18 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -142 -0.1
1971 Eau Claire - R 19 13 11 6 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .545 .583 .636 1.220 223 252 0.2
1971 Mobile - A 19 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 -7 39 0.0
1972 Eau Claire - R 20 28 61 23 3 0 1 9 7 10 0 1 16 0 0 .377 .458 .475 .934 146 156 0.5
1972 Mobile - A 20 27 52 17 2 0 1 6 8 7 0 0 5 0 0 .327 .407 .423 .830 141 138 0.3
1973 Eau Claire - R 21 10 36 14 4 0 0 6 5 5 0 1 5 0 0 .389 .452 .500 .952 128 137 0.2
1973 Mobile - A 21 36 72 18 4 0 2 8 11 20 1 0 10 0 1 .250 .419 .389 .808 122 120 0.4
1973 Evansville - A 21 9 10 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .300 .364 .300 .664 80 70 -0.0
1973 Nashville - AA 21 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 11 4 -0.0
1974 Mobile - A 22 44 111 38 4 0 2 12 15 19 0 0 18 0 2 .342 .438 .432 .871 138 148 0.6
1974 Evansville - A 22 36 74 23 3 0 3 12 10 9 0 0 12 0 0 .311 .386 .473 .859 133 125 0.4
1974 Nashville - AA 22 12 12 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .231 .167 .397 6 6 -0.1
1975 Evansville - A 23 13 41 13 0 0 3 9 9 3 0 1 4 0 0 .317 .356 .537 .892 141 141 0.3
1975 Nashville - AA 23 41 115 28 3 1 3 18 13 13 2 0 17 0 1 .243 .331 .365 .696 82 91 0.1
1975 Syracuse - AAA 23 19 18 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 .056 .105 .056 .161 -57 -64 -0.3
Total DIX 54 132 31 3 1 3 19 14 14 2 0 19 0 1 .235 .318 .341 .658 73 81
Total HL 58 125 39 3 0 6 22 19 13 0 1 18 0 0 .312 .374 .480 .854 131 125
Total UL 19 18 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 .056 .105 .056 .161 -57 -64
Total SEL 112 242 73 10 0 5 26 34 48 1 0 34 0 3 .302 .419 .405 .824 128 132
Total UMVA 75 159 52 9 0 1 26 17 21 0 2 33 0 0 .327 .401 .403 .804 107 112
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1970 Mobile - A 1B 3 1 9 1 2 10 0 1.000 9.1 9.64 +0.0 1.060
1970 Eau Claire - R 1B 21 11 84 7 10 94 3 .968 108.2 7.54 -3.2 .771
1971 Mobile - A 1B 1 1 9 1 0 10 0 1.000 9.2 9.31 +0.4 1.044
1971 Eau Claire - R 1B 5 1 3 3 1 6 0 1.000 13.0 4.15 +0.1 1.064
1971 Eau Claire - R 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.1 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 Mobile - A 1B 13 13 103 3 18 107 1 .991 98.0 9.73 -0.7 .969
1972 Eau Claire - R 1B 15 10 74 8 12 84 2 .976 96.1 7.66 -1.8 .868
1972 Eau Claire - R 2B 2 2 8 3 2 11 0 1.000 17.0 5.82 +0.3 1.129
1973 Nashville - AA 1B 1 1 13 0 0 13 0 1.000 10.2 10.97 +0.1 1.074
1973 Evansville - A 1B 2 1 4 2 2 6 0 1.000 9.0 6.00 +0.1 1.054
1973 Mobile - A 1B 20 10 78 9 7 87 0 1.000 111.1 7.03 +1.2 1.071
1973 Eau Claire - R 1B 1 1 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 8.0 5.62 +0.0 1.071
1973 Mobile - A 2B 7 5 11 8 2 20 1 .950 43.0 3.98 -0.3 .830
1973 Eau Claire - R 2B 7 7 13 18 4 33 2 .939 62.0 4.50 -0.8 .923
1973 Mobile - A LF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 6.0 0.00 -0.5 .000
1974 Nashville - AA 1B 4 0 8 0 2 8 0 1.000 8.0 9.00 +0.1 1.064
1974 Evansville - A 1B 11 8 75 5 12 80 0 1.000 81.1 8.85 +1.4 1.241
1974 Mobile - A 1B 29 19 185 12 19 200 3 .985 174.2 10.15 -0.0 1.013
1974 Nashville - AA 2B 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 1.0 18.00 +0.0 1.036
1974 Evansville - A 2B 1 0 0 2 2 3 1 .667 6.0 3.00 -0.5 .698
1974 Mobile - A 2B 3 1 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 6.0 4.50 +0.1 1.057
1974 Nashville - AA LF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.0 1.034
1974 Evansville - A LF 5 4 2 0 0 4 2 .500 38.2 0.47 -1.6 .512
1974 Mobile - A LF 6 5 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 42.0 1.29 -0.8 .861
1975 Syracuse - AAA 1B 2 0 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 6.0 13.50 +0.1 1.049
1975 Nashville - AA 1B 19 15 127 12 14 142 3 .979 143.1 8.73 -0.4 .994
1975 Evansville - A 1B 8 8 52 1 8 53 0 1.000 68.0 7.01 +0.2 1.069
1975 Nashville - AA 2B 2 0 3 3 1 6 0 1.000 3.2 14.73 +0.1 .796
1975 Evansville - A 2B 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.0 1.042
1975 Nashville - AA LF 13 11 19 0 0 19 0 1.000 100.0 1.71 -1.5 .866
1975 Evansville - A LF 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .500 7.0 1.29 -0.0 1.027
TOTAL 1B 155 100 838 64 107 914 12 .987 955.1 8.50 -2.5 .986
TOTAL 2B 25 15 37 38 12 79 4 .949 140.0 4.82 -0.8 .913
TOTAL LF 27 22 29 0 0 32 3 .906 194.2 1.34 -4.4 .806
PLAYER HISTORY
06/18/1970 Drafted in the 1970 first-year player draft out of high school (Dubach; Dubach, LA) by the Montreal Saints. (Round 12, Pick 23, 287th overall pick).
04/16/1972 Injured (viral infection),day-to-day for 4 days.
01/25/1973 Successfully completed training to learn a new position at the Montreal Saints development complex.
07/23/1973 Injured (torn thumb ligament),out for 2 months.
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