David Welch (baseball)

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23 innings. He was placed on the disabled list on 13 April with a concussion and was reinstated on 23 April.

Welch spent the 2008 season with the Double-A Huntsville Stars. He went 11–4 with a 3.90 ERA in 26 games, all starts. He had one shutout. Welch played all of the 2009 season in Huntsville. He was released by the Brewers during spring training 2010. [1]

Sydney Blue Sox

Welch was an integral part of the Sydney rotation along with Chris Oxspring. He finished the regular season with a league best 5–0 record with a 1.44 ERA. Welch threw a no-hitter against the Adelaide Bite in game one of the preliminary final series, the first in Australian Baseball League history. [2]

David was expected to resign either in the US, Japan or Korea during 2011, [3] but on 18 July 2011 announced his retirement from professional baseball. [4]

International career

In 2009, he was selected to play in the 2009 Baseball World Cup and posted an Australian record 13 strikeouts in only 7 innings against Chinese Taipei. [5]

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  2. Sydney thrashes Adelaide 8–0 Archived 30 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Ninemsn
  3. Welch finds right pitch to tempt Asian clubs Sydney Morning Herald
  4. David Welch Retires Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine The Australian Baseball Digest
  5. 19 September 2009. IBAF Notes on 10th Day of Baseball World Cup, International Baseball Federation. Accessed 21 September 2009.
David Welch
Sydney Blue Sox – No. 45
Pitcher
Born: (1983-06-02) 2 June 1983 (age 39)
Sydney
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
ABL debut
6 November, 2010, for the  Sydney Blue Sox