New Ulm HALL OF FAME Member

Henry (Bruts) Welsch

Outfielder

Selected 1991

Lifetime Baseball Batting Stats Page

          Henry Welsch was one of only 39 New Ulm amateur players to hit over .300 for his career. (Over 1,200 players played baseball in New Ulm during the first 50 years of baseball there.) His lifetime .323 average placed him 24th on the all-time list.

          Henry hit over .300 in four of his seven seasons. His best was a .433 average in 29 games in 1947, his first season in New Ulm.

          In seven seasons, Welsch played in 221 games and compiled a .450 career slugging average. His 43 career doubles are seventh on all-time list, and he added 13 triples and 12 home runs in his career. Both his career total bases total of 381 and his career hits total are the 10^th highest in New Ulm history.

          Welsch often was involved in summer playgrounds and co-coached 1950 Midget State Championship team. He also coached at Trinity High School in New Ulm.

          Henry was the first New Ulm player to hit two home runs in one inning, which he did during  the third inning of an August 10, 1947 game at Franklin. He also had eight runs-batted-in in that game and shares the all-time with George Hayes for RBIs in a single game.