Tub Welch

{{Short description|American baseball player (1866–1901)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Tub Welch

|position=Catcher/First baseman

|image=

|bats=Unknown

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1866|7|23}}

|birth_place=St. Louis, Missouri

|death_date={{death date and age|1901|11|7|1866|7|23}}

|death_place=St. Louis, Missouri

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 12

|debutyear= 1890

|debutteam= Toledo Maumees

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 16

|finalyear=1895

|finalteam=Louisville Colonels

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.261

|stat2label=Stolen bases

|stat2value=9

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=22

|teams=

• Toledo Maumees (1890)
• Louisville Colonels (1895)

}}

James Thomas Welch (July 3, 1866 – November 7, 1901), nicknamed "Tub", was a catcher and first baseman for Major League Baseball in the 19th century. Welch was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 12, 1890, with the Toledo Maumees.