Batting average .000 At-bats 2 | Name Milt Welch Role Baseball player | |
Milton Edward Welch (born July 26, 1924) is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He was born in Farmersville, Illinois and played in one game for the Detroit Tigers, on June 5 during the 1945 Detroit Tigers season. He is the oldest in a group of nearly 1,500 players who have appeared in exactly one Major League game.
Welch began his professional career with the Lockport Cubs of the class D Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League in 1943. His best season in the minors was with the Hagerstown Owls of the class B Interstate League in 1944, when he had a batting average of .302 in 441 at bats. After his appearance with the major league Tigers he continued to play minor league baseball. His last professional season was in 1947 with the Danville Leafs of the Carolina League.