Johnny Welch

{{Short description|American baseball player (1906–1940)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Johnny Welch

|image=JohhnyWelchGoudeycard.jpg

|image_size=200px

|position=Pitcher

|birth_date={{Birth date|1906|12|2}}

|birth_place=Washington, D.C., U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1940|9|2|1906|12|2}}

|death_place=St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 22

|debutyear=1926

|debutteam=Chicago Cubs

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 26

|finalyear=1936

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=35–41

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.66

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=257

|teams=

• Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1926}}–{{mlby|1928}}, {{mlby|1931}})
• Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1932}}–{{mlby|1936}})
• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{mlby|1936}})

}}

Johnny Welch (December 2, 1906 – September 2, 1940{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/welchjo01.shtml |title=Johnny Welch Stats |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher=sports-reference.com |access-date=February 7, 2021}}) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played in the major leagues for nine years. Welch died from tuberculosis at age 33 and is buried at Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4oEwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA420 |title=The Baseball Necrology: The Post-Baseball Lives and Deaths of over 7,600 Major League Players and Others |first1=Bill |last1=Lee |date=2003 |publisher=McFarland Publishing |isbn=978-0786415397}}{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/johnny-welch/ |title=Johnny Welch |first1=Bill |last1=Nowlin |website=sabr.org |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=February 7, 2021}}