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36- JOHNNY WELCH (IF)

Posted by Chiefs Baseball on May 25 2017 at 05:00PM PDT in 2010 Season
Hometown: Medford, MA College: St. Anselm Professional: Can-Am/Frontier
Made a welcomed return to the Chiefs' lineup in 2017 after missing the entire 2016 season due to injury....Hit a team best and overall .386 last season with seven homers and 21 RBI's...Johnny hit .393 in 2015 with four homers and 18 RBI's...Was named the ICL MVP and Outstanding Hitter in 2014 when he led the Chiefs offensively to the 2014 ICL championship with an overall .430 average (46-107), that included leading the circuit in both home runs with nine and RBI's with 46 in just 34 games..... Spent seven seasons (2007-2013) playing professional baseball in both the Can-Am and Frontier League…Started his pro career with the North Shore Spirit of the Can-Am League in 2007…..Was with the Spirit prior to moving on to the Brockton Rox in 2008 before spending the next three seasons playing for Florence, KY of the Frontier League…...Returned to the Can-Am League in 2011 and had stints with Pittsfield, the Worcester Tornadoes, and the Rockland Boulders….Hit 75 homers as a pro and knocked in 262 runs in 461 games…...Had double digit home run seasons five times during his pro career....... Hit 15 round-trippers twice in both 2011 & 2012 and added 14 HR’s in 2010, 13 in 2009 and 10 in 2008……Hit a career best .303 for Florence in 2010 and followed that up with a .302 average in 2011 with 46 RBI's.......Knocked in 51 runs in 2009 and was among the Frontier League leaders.......Is currently 5th on the Chiefs all-time home run list with 20....One of the best power hitters to ever come out of the Greater Boston area, Johnny starred at Malden Catholic before heading north to take his talents to St. Anselm’s in New Hampshire… image

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