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Frank Welch was my mother's uncle, the brother of her mother. I believe you have his middle name misspelled. In the next generation,there was a John Tigner Douglas. I believe Tigner to be an ancestral family |
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{{short description|American baseball player (1897-1957)}}
'''Frank Tiguer Welch''' [''Bugger''] (August 10, 1897 – July 25, 1957) was an [[outfielder]] in [[Major League Baseball]] who played from {{by|1919}} through {{by|1927}} for the [[Oakland Athletics|Philadelphia Athletics]] (1919–1926) and [[Boston Red Sox]] (1927). Listed at 5' 9", 175 lb., Welch batted and threw [[right-handed]]. He was born in [[Birmingham, Alabama]]. ▼
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Frank Welch
|position=[[Outfielder]]
|image=Frank Welch 1922 card.jpg
|caption=
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date|1897|8|10}}
|birth_place=[[Birmingham, Alabama]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1957|7|25|1897|8|10}}
|death_place=Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 9
|debutyear=1919
|debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=August 13
|finalyear=1927
|finalteam=Boston Red Sox
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.274
|stat2label=[[Home run]]s
|stat2value=41
|stat3label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
|stat3value=295
|teams=
*[[Philadelphia Athletics]] ({{baseball year|1919}}–{{baseball year|1926}})
*[[Boston Red Sox]] ({{baseball year|1927}})
}}
▲'''Frank
In a nine-season career, Welch was a .274 hitter (634-for-2310) with 41 [[home run]]s and 295 [[run batted in|RBI]] in 738 games, including 310 [[run (baseball)|runs]], 100 [[double (baseball)|doubles]], 31 [[triple (baseball)|triples]], 18 [[stolen base]]s, and a .350 [[on-base percentage]]. On October 1, 1921, Welch became the last person to hit a home run off [[Babe Ruth]] in a major league game; the homer was the 10th and last the Babe would ever allow as a pitcher.
Welch died at the age of 59 in his
==External links==
{{baseballstats|br=w/welchfr01|brm=welch-001fra}}
*[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/W/Pwelcf101.htm Retrosheet]
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[[Category:Baseball players from Birmingham, Alabama]]
[[Category:1897 births]]
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