The Braves gave up $50,000 in cash and players for Welsh after he hit .350 for Seattle
(Pacific Coast League). As Boston's right fielder, Welsh led NL outfielders in assists
in 1925 and 1926. He went to the Giants in a 1928 trade for Rogers Hornsby but was
returned to Boston in 1929.
(NLM)
FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
»July 25, 1926:
Braves coach Art Devlin is riding Reds 3B Babe Pinelli. Coming off the field in the third, Pinelli brushes against him. Devlin swings, starting one of the great baseball fights of the century. Police restore order, but not before Boston OF Frank Wilson is arrested and taken to jail for hitting a police inspector. In the fourth, Boston OF Jimmy Welsh crashes into C Val Picinich in a play at the plate. Picinich takes a poke at him, starting round two, and is ejected.
»January 10, 1928: After unsuccessful attempts to engineer a trade with Chicago, Cincinnati and Brooklyn, Giants owner Charles Stoneham announces "that in the best interests of the team" he has traded Rogers Hornsby to the Braves for a young catcher Shanty Hogan and journeyman OF Jimmy Welsh. Stoneham was not a fan of Hornsby abrasive style as fill-in manager for McGraw this past season, and thought that Hornsby welched on gambling debts. Hornsby was sued by a gambler, but in a civil case decided the previous December 21st in Missouri, where gambling is illegal, was found not liable.
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