Frank Welch
1919–1927 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics
738G
.274AVG
.350OBP
.398SLG
More career statistics
634H
41HR
295RBI
18SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 2,310 | 2,311 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 28 | 30 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 225 | 228 |
| Batting · Runs | 310 | 312 |
| Batting · RBI | 295 | 305 |
| Batting · Walks | 250 | 251 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 738 | 2,678 | 2,310 | 310 | 634 | 100 | 31 | 41 | 295 | 250 | 225 | 18 | 28 | 20 | 0 | 919 | .274 | .350 | .398 | .748 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1921-05-30 to 1921-06-10
24longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Three Hits, Three Strikeouts | 1921-07-12 | 1 in 1,070 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1923-09-26 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 9 total bases | 1921-06-03 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 388 | 1419 | 343 | 28 | 177 | 140 | 128 | .282 | .340 | .418 |
| Away | 350 | 1259 | 291 | 13 | 128 | 111 | 100 | .266 | .319 | .375 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 64 | 236 | 60 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 18 | .290 | .322 | .420 |
| May | 139 | 496 | 111 | 4 | 39 | 48 | 50 | .260 | .321 | .379 |
| June | 141 | 569 | 144 | 12 | 80 | 47 | 46 | .289 | .336 | .427 |
| July | 164 | 586 | 133 | 7 | 66 | 57 | 47 | .263 | .324 | .356 |
| August | 121 | 437 | 116 | 7 | 50 | 41 | 39 | .309 | .359 | .451 |
| September | 98 | 305 | 60 | 6 | 29 | 34 | 25 | .232 | .308 | .359 |
| October | 11 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | .263 | .367 | .395 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 126 | 492 | 108 | 3 | 56 | 57 | 32 | .265 | .335 | .348 |
| detroit-tigers | 115 | 431 | 109 | 7 | 54 | 33 | 54 | .289 | .329 | .416 |
| st-louis-browns | 106 | 346 | 72 | 8 | 41 | 31 | 33 | .238 | .298 | .374 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 104 | 359 | 74 | 4 | 36 | 38 | 31 | .240 | .312 | .351 |
| new-york-yankees | 101 | 373 | 92 | 7 | 39 | 33 | 25 | .281 | .335 | .422 |
| chicago-white-sox | 92 | 329 | 87 | 6 | 38 | 30 | 20 | .309 | .356 | .443 |
| boston-red-sox | 92 | 346 | 92 | 6 | 41 | 28 | 32 | .301 | .347 | .444 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 15 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 7 | – | .167 | – | – |
| 1920 | Philadelphia Athletics | 100 | 361 | 93 | 4 | 41 | 2 | .258 | – | – |
| 1921 | Philadelphia Athletics | 115 | 402 | 115 | 7 | 46 | 6 | .286 | – | – |
| 1922 | Philadelphia Athletics | 114 | 376 | 97 | 11 | 52 | 3 | .258 | – | – |
| 1923 | Philadelphia Athletics | 125 | 421 | 125 | 4 | 54 | 1 | .297 | – | – |
| 1924 | Philadelphia Athletics | 94 | 293 | 85 | 5 | 36 | 2 | .290 | – | – |
| 1925 | Philadelphia Athletics | 85 | 202 | 56 | 4 | 43 | 2 | .277 | – | – |
| 1926 | Philadelphia Athletics | 75 | 174 | 49 | 4 | 22 | 2 | .282 | – | – |
| 1927 |  Boston Red Sox | 15 | 28 | 5 | – | 4 | – | .179 | – | – |