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Billy Welsh Season 2009

Pos.RHP
Weight194 lbs
Height6-3
YearRedshirt Senior
HometownWestlake, Ohio
Previous SchoolTennessee Tech
B/TR/R

2007 Game-by-Game Stats

Career:

  • Tied for eighth on career saves list with seven.

2008 Season (Senior):

  • Appeared in 13 games before being sidelined in early April with mononucleosis.
  • Saved all three games of Bearcat sweep at Connecticut (4/5-4/6).
  • Allowed just four runs in 17.1 innings, with all four coming in single outing (vs. Miami (Ohio), 4/1).
  • Earned the win with 3.2 shutout innings of relief vs. USF (3/22; game 2).

2007 Season (Junior):

  • Tied for 14th on the UC single season saves list with four. Also tied for 10th in the BIG EAST in the category.
  • Struck out season-high three in three different outings.
  • Worked season-best 3.2 innings at Pittsburgh (3/25).
  • Pitched three hitless innings in Bearcats' debut at Florida Atlantic (2/9).
  • Picked up saves in consecutive outings at Austin Peay (2/19) and North Carolina A&T (2/24).
  • Preserved series opening victory over Notre Dame (4/5) with one inning save.

At Tennessee Tech: Appeared in 18 games, with six starts in two seasons ... held a 2-1 record as a freshman and a 1-2 mark during sophomore campaign ... turned in best career outing against Canisius as a sophomore, allowing just one unearned run and two hits, with five strikeouts.

High School: A two-time first team all-conference choice at Westlake High ... was 9-0 with a 1.30 ERA as a senior, earning first team all-county honors... finished career with a 18-4 record, 160 strikeouts and four shutouts ... also played first base, hitting .380 with four home runs during career.

Personal: Born Sept. 18, 1985 ... son of Bill and Melody Welsh.

Academic Major: Communications.

Honors: Bearcat Scholar (2007).


Welsh's Career Statistics

Year ERA W-L App GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO
2005* 9.00 2-1 14 2 0 0 38.0 65 44 38 16 16
2006* 4.94 1-2 4 4 0 0 23.2 24 15 13 13 12
2007 3.62 1-2 16 0 0 4 27.1 25 15 11 10 17
2008 2.08 1-0 13 0 0 3 17.1 11 4 4 1 7
Career! 3.02 2-2 29 0 0 7 44.2 36 19 15 11 24
*at Tennessee Tech; !Cincinnati totals only

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Senior
2008

RHP
6-2 / 194 lbs