retiring as a player, Welch lived in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He joined an Elks lodge and remained in the organization for more than 50 years. He owned a saloon for a while and after he sold it, he went into the dairy business with one of his sons. Welch spent summers in New York. He worked as an attendant at the Polo Grounds. In a 1911 book on baseball history, Welch was described as the owner of a hotel in Troy, New York. In 1912, he returned to New York, serving as an usher at the Polo Grounds and captivating fans with tales of his playing days. Welch and Keefe remained friends long after they retired from baseball. In July 1941, Welch had been staying with his grandson in Nashua when he had to be taken to a Concord hospital with complications of gangrene of the foot. He died there on July 30 at the age of 82 and was interred in Section 4, Range 17, Plot 2, Grave 6 of the Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, Queens, New York, under his birth name of Walsh. Welch was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1973. He was represented at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony by his elderly daughter, Julia Weiss. See also 300 win club List of Major League Baseball career wins leaders List of Major League Baseball annual saves leaders List of Major League Baseball career strikeout leaders Notes References Bibliography External links 1859 births 1941 deaths 19th-century baseball players National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Burials at Calvary Cemetery (Queens) American people of Irish descent Major League Baseball pitchers New York Giants (NL) players New York Gothams players Sportspeople from Brooklyn Baseball players from New York City Troy Trojans players Pittsburgh Allegheny players Holyoke (minor league baseball) players Troy Trojans (minor league) players People from Williamsburg, Brooklyn