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Don
Welch		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 190
 
Born: August 28, 1998 in Usa
 
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
2016 17 NV GE     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2
2017 18 NV GE     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
2018 19 DC FF     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
2019 20 DC FF     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
2020 21 VA FF $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
2021 22 VA FF $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
2022 23 VA FF     3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
2023 24 VA FF $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
2024 25 VA FF $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
2025 26 VA FF $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
2026 27 VA FF $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
2027 28 VA FF $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
2028 29 VA FF $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
2029 30 VA FF $ 350,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2016 17 A   136 444 39 96 23 4 2 34 13 5 35 83 .216 .273 .300 .573 36.3  
2017 18 A   81 113 19 29 4 2 1 14 2 0 15 9 .257 .344 .354 .698 14.8  
2018 19 A   104 351 39 98 15 3 2 32 13 8 32 39 .279 .339 .356 .696 42.2  
2019 20 A   135 520 79 126 22 6 5 43 4 2 60 51 .242 .321 .337 .657 58.4  
2020 21 VA FF 30 55 8 8 1 0 0 4 2 0 4 10 .145 .217 .164 .380 1.6 0.0
    AA   10 38 3 9 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 4 .237 .293 .237 .530 2.6  
    A   86 342 48 100 20 3 3 40 8 4 35 31 .292 .358 .395 .753 47.7  
2021 22 VA FF 14 7 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 .286 .250 .429 .679 1.2 0.2
    AA   113 400 53 103 24 3 10 59 9 4 37 39 .258 .320 .408 .728 52.2  
2022 23 AA   136 559 54 115 30 4 7 55 9 9 54 64 .206 .276 .311 .587 47.3  
2023 24 AA   136 564 75 151 37 7 9 63 13 6 49 64 .268 .326 .406 .732 73.3  
2024 25 VA FF 23 33 6 8 1 0 0 3 1 1 3 5 .242 .316 .273 .589 2.4 0.0
    AAA   61 210 29 43 12 1 5 30 5 2 25 21 .205 .289 .343 .632 22.1  
2025 26 VA FF 10 16 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 .250 .294 .500 .794 2.4 0.6
    AAA   120 469 60 105 19 8 8 40 8 5 48 63 .224 .296 .350 .646 49.7  
2026 27 VA FF 45 36 6 9 3 0 0 4 3 2 3 6 .250 .300 .333 .633 3.2 0.1
2027 28 VA FF 40 50 7 6 2 0 0 1 1 3 2 9 .120 .170 .160 .330 -0.7 0.0
2028 29 VA FF 47 27 8 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 8 .185 .214 .185 .399 0.7 0.0
    AAA   8 20 2 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 4 .250 .348 .400 .748 3.0  
2029 30 VA FF 55 65 8 16 1 2 0 3 1 1 3 11 .246 .290 .323 .613 5.7 0.4
    AAA   7 26 4 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 .269 .387 .346 .733 4.0  
8 Years Sim 264 289 45 58 11 3 0 20 12 9 16 52 .201 .252 .260 .512 16.4 1.3
4 Years AAA 196 725 95 160 34 10 13 72 15 7 81 91 .221 .303 .349 .652 78.9  
4 Years AA 395 1561 185 378 91 14 26 179 32 20 143 171 .242 .312 .368 .680 175.4  
5 Years A 542 1770 224 449 84 18 13 163 40 19 177 213 .254 .323 .344 .667 199.4  
13 Years Minors 1133 4056 504 987 209 42 52 414 87 46 401 475 .243 .315 .354 .669 453.7  
162 Game Average 177 27 35 6 1 0 12 7 5 9 31 .201 .252 .260 .512 10.1  
Career Highs 55 65 8 16 3 2 0 4 3 3 4 11 .286 .316 .500 .794 5.7  
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   224 36 43 10 2 0 17 10 8 12 40 .192 .244 .254 .498 10.7
vs LH   65 9 15 1 1 0 3 2 1 4 12 .231 .282 .277 .559 4.9
Home 126 123 18 20 1 1 0 7 8 4 5 22 .163 .212 .187 .399 2.7
Away 138 166 27 38 10 2 0 13 4 5 11 30 .229 .282 .313 .595 12.9
RISP   77 0 15 3 0 0 19 0 0 6 14 .195 .244 .234 .478 4.2
Pinch Hitting   15 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .133 .133 .267 .400 0.3
Close/Late   55 28 17 5 0 0 7 0 0 8 9 .309 .400 .400 .800 8.7
Mar/Apr 25 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.6
May 44 33 8 11 3 1 0 7 6 2 3 5 .333 .378 .485 .863 6.0
June 42 51 8 5 1 0 0 2 1 2 3 12 .098 .145 .118 .263 -1.1
July 46 73 9 12 2 1 0 5 1 1 6 12 .164 .238 .219 .457 3.0
August 50 51 9 12 3 0 0 4 2 0 2 11 .235 .316 .294 .610 4.0
Sep/Oct 52 69 10 18 2 1 0 2 1 2 2 11 .261 .278 .319 .597 5.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2020 21 VA FF SS 23 15 142.7 21 48 3 10 .958 4.35   0.2
    2B 2 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2021 22 VA FF 2B 6 1 18.0 1 8 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
    SS 5 0 9.0 1 6 0 1 1.000 7.00   0.1
2024 25 VA FF SS 8 5 46.0 5 9 0 3 1.000 2.74   0.2
    CF 3 3 27.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.33   0.1
    2B 5 0 8.0 2 3 0 3 1.000 5.63   0.0
    LF 2 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    3B 4 0 7.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2025 26 VA FF CF 4 3 26.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.81   0.1
    3B 3 1 13.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 4.15   0.1
    2B 2 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 .500 2.25   0.0
2026 27 VA FF 3B 13 1 44.3 3 10 0 1 1.000 2.64   0.2
    2B 17 0 36.0 14 16 1 2 .968 7.50   0.3
    CF 6 1 20.3 7 2 0 1 1.000 3.98   0.1
    SS 3 0 8.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
2027 28 VA FF CF 7 5 44.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.27   0.2
    SS 11 2 34.0 1 16 2 2 .895 4.50   0.1
    2B 8 3 32.3 5 15 0 1 1.000 5.57   0.2
    3B 5 0 8.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2028 29 VA FF 2B 7 0 21.0 8 9 0 6 1.000 7.29   0.2
    CF 8 1 19.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 4.74   0.1
    3B 9 0 19.0 2 7 0 0 1.000 4.26   0.2
    SS 7 0 7.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
    RF 1 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42    
2029 30 VA FF 2B 19 8 88.7 16 43 1 4 .983 5.99   0.5
    CF 10 2 34.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.38   0.1
    3B 8 3 33.0 4 3 1 1 .875 1.91   0.0
    SS 5 0 10.0 3 7 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.1
    1B 2 0 10.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.0
    LF 2 0 7.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
  SS 62 22 256.7 33 91 5 18 .961 4.35   0.7
  2B 66 12 212.0 47 96 3 16 .979 6.07   1.3
  CF 39 15 172.3 64 2 0 1 1.000 3.45   0.7
  3B 43 5 125.3 12 29 1 2 .976 2.94   0.6
  LF 6 0 16.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.86    
  1B 3 0 12.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
  RF 2 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   221 54 799.6 173 218 9 37 .978 4.40   3.3
Career Highs   46 15 182.7 45 53 3 10 1.000 5.33    
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
2025 26 VA FF 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2026 27 VA FF 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
History
Drafted in 4th round, 76th overall pick, by Nevada in 2016
Injured on 6/7/2018 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 3-4 weeks
Traded from Nevada to D.C. on 6/21/2018 (Going to DC: SS Don Welch. Going to NV: P Han Harmon)
Injured on 9/4/2018 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/27/2019 with a Blister On Finger, out for 6 days
Had first career hit on 7/15/2020, off Amadeo Villerreal (LA)
Injured on 5/20/2023 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 8/20/2023 with a Stiff Knee, out for one week
Injured on 8/24/2023 with a Stiff Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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