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Michael
Welch		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 215
 
Born: March 30, 1979 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2000 21 MT GE $ 1,076,000   6 5 6 6 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 7 6 5 5
2001 22 MT GE $ 1,076,000   6 5 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 4 3 4
2002 23 UT GE $ 1,076,000   7 5 7 6 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 4 4
2003 24 UT GE $ 1,076,000   8 6 7 7 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 9 9 5 4 5
2004 25 UT GE $ 1,076,000   8 6 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 9 9 9 5 4 5
2005 26 UT GE $ 1,076,000   8 6 7 7 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9 5 4 5
2006 27 UT GE $ 300,000   7 5 7 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 4 4 9 9 9 5 4 4
2007 28 PA FF $ 300,000   6 5 6 6 3 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5
2008 29 PA FF $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 3 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 3 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 8 7 4 3 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 1,076,000   8 6 7 7 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 9 9 6 5 5
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 30 PA FF $ 300,000 4 6 7 7 10 10 10 3 3 3
2010 31 PA FF $ 300,000 4 6 7 7 10 10 10 3 4 3
2011 32 PA FF $ 300,000 4 6 7 6 10 10 10 3 4 4
2012 33 PA FF $ 300,000 4 6 7 6 10 10 10 4 5 4
2013 34 PA FF $ 300,000 4 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4
2014 35 PA FF $ 300,000 4 5 6 6 10 10 10 3 4 3
2015 36 PA FF $ 300,000 4 5 6 6 9 10 10 3 4 4
2016 37 PA FF $ 300,000 4 5 6 6 9 10 10 3 4 4
2017 38 PA FF $ 300,000 4 5 6 6 9 9 9 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 4 5 6 6 9 9 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 4 6 7 7 10 10 10 4 5 4
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2000 21 MT GE $ 1,076,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1
2001 22 MT GE $ 1,076,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1
2002 23 UT GE $ 1,076,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1
2003 24 UT GE $ 1,076,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1
2004 25 UT GE $ 1,076,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1
2005 26 UT GE $ 1,076,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1
2006 27 UT GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1
2007 28 PA FF $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1
2008 29 PA FF $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 1,076,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 30 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2010 31 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2011 32 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2012 33 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2013 34 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2014 35 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2015 36 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2016 37 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2017 38 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2000 21 MT GE 5 7 .417 96 1 0 0 2 98.0 107 59 19 27 48 5.42 .280 .329 .537 .866 1.9
2001 22 MT GE 1 7 .125 46 1 0 0 1 44.7 56 24 8 15 27 4.84 .298 .348 .516 .864 1.0
2002 23 UT GE 4 5 .444 64 0 0 0 2 66.7 41 12 4 10 37 1.62 .177 .211 .284 .495 8.5
2003 24 UT GE 7 4 .636 62 0 0 0 2 65.3 64 26 7 11 32 3.58 .260 .295 .435 .730 5.7
2004 25 UT GE 2 4 .333 47 0 0 0 2 52.0 41 12 3 4 20 2.08 .219 .244 .337 .580 6.6
2005 26 UT GE 5 5 .500 40 0 0 0 2 37.3 37 19 6 4 20 4.58 .257 .273 .486 .759 2.9
2006 27 UT GE 3 0 1.000 34 0 0 0 1 42.7 42 19 6 5 10 4.01 .253 .275 .422 .697 2.3
2007 28 PA FF 3 2 .600 69 0 0 0 1 78.3 84 39 14 13 25 4.48 .272 .301 .505 .805 3.6
2008 29 PA FF 1 4 .200 45 0 0 0 0 53.3 70 34 16 5 24 5.74 .302 .317 .612 .929 0.0
    AAA   2 0 1.000 16 0 0 0 1 13.3 11 4 3 3 8 2.70 .224 .269 .510 .779  
2009 30 PA FF 4 7 .364 56 0 0 0 2 65.7 66 33 8 8 35 4.52 .254 .276 .423 .699 3.7
2010 31 PA FF 4 2 .667 50 0 0 0 1 60.7 61 20 4 4 21 2.97 .260 .273 .366 .639 5.8
2011 32 PA FF 7 5 .583 62 0 0 0 16 73.0 66 27 11 7 31 3.33 .241 .271 .401 .673 9.6
2012 33 PA FF 6 4 .600 40 0 0 0 1 56.7 42 13 6 5 21 2.06 .201 .226 .306 .532 7.2
2013 34 PA FF 3 5 .375 66 0 0 0 2 96.0 106 42 15 9 43 3.94 .273 .291 .448 .739 4.1
2014 35 PA FF 7 4 .636 67 0 0 0 3 89.7 87 35 11 10 45 3.51 .252 .278 .388 .666 6.9
2015 36 PA FF 10 2 .833 77 0 0 0 4 105.0 98 39 12 17 35 3.34 .246 .281 .367 .647 9.0
2016 37 PA FF 1 1 .500 28 0 0 0 1 31.7 33 14 2 5 16 3.98 .266 .290 .403 .693 1.1
2017 38 PA FF 1 4 .200 55 0 0 0 0 71.3 62 30 11 14 43 3.79 .233 .279 .383 .662 2.0
18 Years Sim 74 72 .507 1004 2 0 0 43 1187.9 1163 497 163 173 533 3.77 .254 .283 .426 .709 82.0
1 Years AAA 2 0 1.000 16 0 0 0 1 13.3 11 4 3 3 8 2.70 .224 .269 .510 .779  
Season Average 4 4 .500 55 0 0 0 2 66.0 64 27 9 9 29 3.77 .254 .283 .426 .709  
Career Highs 10 7 1.000 96 1 0 0 16 105.0 107 59 19 27 48 5.74 .302 .348 .612 .929  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   693 299 100 89 311   .252 .276 .425 .701
vs LH   470 198 63 84 222   .256 .288 .427 .715
Home 41 26 .612 481 0 0 0 16 565.6 576 251 82 92 253 3.99 .263 .292 .445 .738
Away 33 46 .418 523 2 0 0 28 622.3 587 246 81 81 280 3.56 .245 .270 .408 .678
Mar/Apr 13 11 .542 129 0 0 0 4 160.6 171 75 24 30 63 4.20 .269 .302 .457 .759
May 11 15 .423 183 2 0 0 5 214.3 219 105 31 35 95 4.41 .264 .294 .438 .732
June 16 13 .552 167 0 0 0 2 184.6 166 75 26 26 79 3.66 .237 .264 .417 .682
July 14 7 .667 166 0 0 0 14 190.3 184 77 25 23 94 3.64 .249 .271 .416 .688
August 11 12 .478 176 0 0 0 8 210.3 211 83 27 34 101 3.55 .259 .289 .413 .702
Sep/Oct 9 14 .391 183 0 0 0 11 227.6 212 82 30 25 101 3.24 .245 .266 .419 .684
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
2000 21 MT GE 96 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
2001 22 MT GE 46 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0.6 0.3
2003 24 UT GE 62 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2004 25 UT GE 47 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
2006 27 UT GE 35 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
2007 28 PA FF 69 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
2008 29 PA FF 45 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
2009 30 PA FF 56 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.5 0.2
2010 31 PA FF 50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2011 32 PA FF 62 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2012 33 PA FF 42 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2013 34 PA FF 66 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.4 0.0
2014 35 PA FF 67 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0
2015 36 PA FF 77 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
2016 37 PA FF 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
2017 38 PA FF 55 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
16 Years Sim 903 56 4 4 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 19 .071 .071 .125 .196 -2.4 0.5
162 Game Average 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .071 .071 .125 .196 -0.4  
Career Highs 96 6 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0.6  
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   41 3 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 .098 .098 .171 .268 -0.9
vs LH   15 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.4
Home 352 25 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .080 .080 .120 .200 -1.0
Away 351 31 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .065 .065 .129 .194 -1.3
RISP   15 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .067 .067 .133 .200 -0.6
Close/Late   14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.7
Mar/Apr 69 13 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .077 .077 .154 .231 -0.4
May 83 10 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.7
June 47 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
July 78 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.3
August 73 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1
Sep/Oct 42 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
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    
2000 21 MT GE P 96 1 98.0 4 14 1 2 .947 1.65    
2001 22 MT GE P 46 1 44.7 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.41    
2002 23 UT GE P 64 0 66.7 4 4 1 0 .889 1.08    
2003 24 UT GE P 62 0 65.3 6 5 0 2 1.000 1.52    
2004 25 UT GE P 47 0 52.0 7 6 0 3 1.000 2.25    
2005 26 UT GE P 40 0 37.3 0 7 0 0 1.000 1.69    
2006 27 UT GE P 34 0 42.7 1 10 1 0 .917 2.32    
2007 28 PA FF P 69 0 78.3 7 13 1 1 .952 2.30    
2008 29 PA FF P 45 0 53.3 0 7 0 0 1.000 1.18    
2009 30 PA FF P 56 0 65.7 5 4 0 0 1.000 1.23    
2010 31 PA FF P 50 0 60.7 3 7 0 1 1.000 1.48    
2011 32 PA FF P 62 0 73.0 2 11 0 1 1.000 1.60    
2012 33 PA FF P 40 0 56.7 5 8 0 0 1.000 2.06    
2013 34 PA FF P 66 0 96.0 7 8 1 1 .938 1.41    
2014 35 PA FF P 67 0 89.7 2 10 0 0 1.000 1.20    
2015 36 PA FF P 77 0 105.0 7 11 0 0 1.000 1.54    
2016 37 PA FF P 28 0 31.7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.99    
2017 38 PA FF P 55 0 71.3 5 4 0 1 1.000 1.14    
Career Totals   1004 2 1187.9 69 139 5 12 .977 1.58    
Career Highs   96 1 105.0 7 14 1 3 1.000 2.32    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2000 21 MT GE 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 4.3 4 3 1 2 3 6.24 .250 .333 .563 .896
2002 23 UT GE 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 4.3 3 0 0 0 2 0.00 .188 .188 .188 .375
2003 24 UT GE 0 1 .000 9 0 0 0 0 9.7 4 2 1 1 1 1.86 .133 .161 .233 .395
2005 26 UT GE 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 1 5.0 1 1 1 0 3 1.80 .059 .059 .235 .294
2010 31 PA FF 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.7 2 0 0 0 5 0.00 .154 .154 .154 .308
2012 33 PA FF 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 2 1 0 1 0 13.64 .667 .750 .667 1.417
2013 34 PA FF 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 8.0 12 5 2 0 2 5.63 .333 .333 .528 .861
2014 35 PA FF 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 4.3 8 5 2 1 4 10.39 .381 .409 .762 1.171
2015 36 PA FF 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 3 2 0 1 9.00 .357 .357 .857 1.214
2017 38 PA FF 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 7.0 4 1 0 0 3 1.29 .167 .167 .250 .417
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 1 .667 37 0 0 0 1 50.0 45 21 9 5 24 3.78 .237 .256 .421 .677
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
2017 38 PA FF 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
2000-4-96
2002-6-64
2007-8-69
CAR-21-1004
 Walks per 9IP
CAR-23-1.3
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
 
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History
Drafted in 14th round, 328th overall pick, by Montana Warriors in 2000
Earned first career win on 5/22/2000
Had first career hit (double) on 5/17/2001, off John Charity (WIS)
Injured on 6/22/2001 with a Torn Ligament Elbow, out for full season
Won World Championship with Utah in 2003
Traded from Utah to Pennsylvania on 3/1/2007 (Going to Uta: P D. Aquilar. Going to Pen: P M. Welch)
Injured on 4/24/2007 with a Pulled Bicep Tendon, out for 3-4 weeks
 
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