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Casper Wells

Casper Charles Wells (twitter: @UpstateBaller)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: November 23, 1984 in Grand Rapids, MI
High School: Schenectady HS (Schenectady, NY)
School: Towson University (Towson, MD)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 14th round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 15, 2010 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Tigers/WhiteSox/Athletics 2010-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$505k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.040, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: Select Sports Group [*]
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2010 25 DET AL 36 99 93 14 30 6 1 4 17 0 1 6 19 .323 .364 .538 .901 141 50 2 0 0 0 0 9/78
2011 26 TOT AL 95 241 215 30 51 11 0 11 27 3 2 18 71 .237 .317 .442 .759 110 95 3 7 1 0 2 97/8D
2011 26 DET AL 64 125 113 16 29 10 0 4 12 1 0 9 29 .257 .323 .451 .774 108 51 2 2 1 0 0 9/87D
2011 26 SEA AL 31 116 102 14 22 1 0 7 15 2 2 9 42 .216 .310 .431 .742 111 44 1 5 0 0 2 7/D98
2012 27 SEA AL 93 316 285 42 65 12 3 10 36 3 0 26 80 .228 .302 .396 .698 98 113 3 4 1 0 0 798/D
2013 28 TOT AL 20 35 33 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 13 .152 .200 .182 .382 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 /7D98
2013 28 OAK AL 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /7D
2013 28 CHW AL 17 30 28 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 12 .179 .233 .214 .448 22 6 0 0 0 0 0 /7D98
4 Yrs 244 691 626 88 151 30 4 25 81 6 3 52 183 .241 .311 .422 .732 103 264 8 11 2 0 2
162 Game Avg. 162 459 416 58 100 20 3 17 54 4 2 35 121 .241 .311 .422 .732 103 175 5 7 1 0 1
SEA (2 yrs) 124 432 387 56 87 13 3 17 51 5 2 35 122 .225 .304 .406 .710 101 157 4 9 1 0 2
DET (2 yrs) 100 224 206 30 59 16 1 8 29 1 1 15 48 .286 .341 .490 .831 123 101 4 2 1 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 17 30 28 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 12 .179 .233 .214 .448 22 6 0 0 0 0 0
OAK (1 yr) 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2010 25 DET AL 36 99 7 -0 -0 5 -1 11 1.2 4 15 1.5 .532 .507 1.0 0.4 10 9/78
2011 26 DET AL 64 125 1 1 0 4 -2 5 0.5 5 10 1.0 .508 .503 0.6 0.3 6 $418,000 9/87D
2011 26 SEA AL 31 116 1 -0 0 4 -1 3 0.4 4 8 0.8 .512 .502 0.4 0.3 4 7/D98
2012 27 SEA AL 93 316 0 -1 0 4 -3 -0 -0.0 12 12 1.1 .500 .500 0.8 0.1 8 $488,200 798/D
2013 28 OAK AL 3 5 -1 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .445 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 /7D
2013 28 CHW AL 17 30 -3 -1 0 2 -1 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .485 .498 -0.3 0.2 -3 /7D98
4 Seasons 244 691 5 -2 1 19 -8 15 1.6 26 41 4.2 .507 .502 2.2 1.2 22 $906,200
SEA (2 yrs) 124 432 1 -2 0 8 -5 3 0.4 16 20 1.9 .503 .501 1.1 0.4 12 $488,200
DET (2 yrs) 100 224 9 1 0 9 -3 16 1.7 8 24 2.5 .517 .505 1.6 0.7 15 $418,000
CHW (1 yr) 17 30 -3 -1 0 2 -1 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .485 .498 -0.3 0.2 -3
OAK (1 yr) 3 5 -1 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .445 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2010 25 DET AL 99 66 17 6.9 102 .371 .323 .263 .364 .331 .538 .411 .901 .742 141 .670 4.8 0.5 .833 .269 .215 .0
2011 26 TOT AL 241 170 31 4.9 95 .301 .237 .254 .317 .318 .442 .402 .759 .720 110 .526 2.7 0.3 .716 .293 .205 4.7
2011 26 DET AL 125 87 17 5.2 100 .313 .257 .261 .323 .326 .451 .412 .774 .738 108 .557 1.4 0.1 .733 .283 .195 1.6
2011 26 SEA AL 116 83 14 4.5 90 .283 .216 .246 .310 .310 .431 .390 .742 .700 111 .491 1.4 0.1 .699 .304 .216 3.1
2012 27 SEA AL 316 224 36 4.3 91 .282 .228 .245 .302 .309 .396 .395 .698 .704 98 .471 -0.7 -0.1 .655 .270 .168 4.6
2013 28 TOT AL 35 28 2 1.9 102 .250 .152 .261 .200 .327 .182 .419 .382 .746 5 .168 -4.5 -0.5 .286 .091 .030
2013 28 OAK AL 5 5 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .251 .000 .315 .000 .402 .000 .717 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2013 28 CHW AL 30 23 2 2.3 104 .313 .179 .263 .233 .329 .214 .422 .448 .751 22 .224 -3.1 -0.3 .348 .107 .036
4 Yrs 691 488 86 4.7 95 .301 .241 .252 .311 .316 .422 .401 .732 .717 103 .512 2.4 0.2 .679 .268 .181 9.7
162 Game Avg. 459 324 57 4.7 95 .301 .241 .252 .311 .316 .422 .401 .732 .717 103 .512 2 0 .679 .268 .181 6
SEA (2 yrs) 432 307 50 4.4 91 .282 .225 .246 .304 .309 .406 .394 .710 .703 101 .477 0.7 0.1 .667 .279 .181 7.7
DET (2 yrs) 224 153 34 6.0 101 .340 .286 .262 .341 .328 .490 .412 .831 .740 123 .611 6.2 0.6 .776 .277 .204 1.8
CHW (1 yr) 30 23 2 2.3 104 .313 .179 .263 .233 .329 .214 .422 .448 .751 22 .225 -3.1 -0.3 .348 .107 .036
OAK (1 yr) 5 5 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .251 .000 .315 .000 .402 .000 .717 -100 -1.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2010 25 DET AL 99 4.0% 19.2% 6.1% 11.1% 37% 3.17 4.9 23.3 5.5 0.76 0.69 71% 16% 10.8% 12%
2011 26 TOT AL 241 4.6% 29.5% 7.5% 9.1% 43% 3.94 3.0 19.5 8.0 0.68 0.96 55% 16% 16.9% 23%
2011 26 DET AL 125 3.2% 23.2% 7.2% 11.2% 48% 3.22 3.9 28.3 9.4 0.50 0.78 64% 20% 8.9% 17%
2011 26 SEA AL 116 6.0% 36.2% 7.8% 6.9% 36% 4.67 2.4 14.6 6.8 1.00 1.29 46% 10% 35.0% 33%
2012 27 SEA AL 316 3.2% 25.3% 8.2% 7.9% 39% 3.08 3.6 28.5 7.9 0.64 0.68 62% 17% 10.6% 24%
2013 28 TOT AL 35 0.0% 37.1% 5.7% 2.9% 20% 6.50 2.5 33.0 1.00 0.67 57% 5% 0.0% 30%
2013 28 OAK AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.0 0.33 0.33 80% 0% 0.0% 67%
2013 28 CHW AL 30 0.0% 40.0% 6.7% 3.3% 20% 6.00 2.3 28.0 1.29 0.83 53% 6% 0.0% 14%
4 Yrs 691 3.6% 26.5% 7.5% 8.5% 39% 3.52 3.4 25.0 7.7 0.69 0.76 60% 16% 12.3% 22%
MLB Averages 2.6% 19.1% 8.2% 7.6% 33% 2.34 4.7 35.1 8.3 0.82 1.10 69% 19% 7.6% 13%

Win Probability*

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2010 25 DET AL 4.8 0.5 101 0.5 2.3 -1.9 1.10 0.5 -0.0 8.2 0.8 0.93 7.9 1.26 7
2011 26 TOT AL 2.7 0.3 248 -0.0 3.7 -3.8 .86 0.2 -0.2 3.0 0.3 0.95 -0.1 1.34 3
2011 26 DET AL 1.4 0.1 127 -0.2 1.7 -1.9 .81 0.1 -0.3 1.0 0.1 0.97 -0.3 1.34 3
2011 26 SEA AL 1.4 0.1 121 0.1 2.0 -1.9 .92 0.1 0.1 2.0 0.2 0.94 0.2 0
2012 27 SEA AL -0.2 -0.0 322 -0.1 5.3 -5.4 .98 -0.5 0.4 1.3 0.1 0.94 -2.7 1.33 7
2013 28 TOT AL -4.5 -0.5 35 -0.7 0.2 -0.9 1.18 -0.4 -0.2 -4.4 -0.4 0.99 -4.6 0.97 8
2013 28 OAK AL -1.4 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.03 -0.1 -0.0 -1.6 -0.2 1.03 -1.4 0.00 2
2013 28 CHW AL -3.1 -0.3 30 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 1.20 -0.3 -0.1 -2.9 -0.3 0.98 -3.2 1.29 6
4 Yrs 2.8 0.3 706 -0.3 11.6 -11.9 .96 -0.3 -0.1 8.1 0.8 0.95 0.4 1.20 25

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2010 25 DET AL 4 0 31% 47 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 38% 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1
2011 26 TOT AL 2 0 29% 88 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 4 50% 7 5 1 2 1 1 7 1 6
2011 26 DET AL 1 0 33% 56 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 56% 3 2 0 1 1 0 5 0 5
2011 26 SEA AL 1 0 24% 32 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 43% 4 3 1 1 0 1 2 1 1
2012 27 SEA AL 2 0 38% 106 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 1 2 2 5 47% 15 11 4 7 3 3 10 1 8
2013 28 TOT AL 0 0 29% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 25% 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
2013 28 OAK AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 28 CHW AL 0 0 29% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 25% 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
4 Yrs 8 0 33% 258 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 1 3 4 13 45% 28 19 8 11 6 4 21 4 15

Situational Batting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2010 25 DET AL 99 53% 30 5 0 7 2 0 0 1.26 4 0 2 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 19 2 11% 6 2 33% 60 14 23% 4 4 100% 3 1 33% 0
2011 26 TOT AL 241 46% 51 8 1 3 1 0 0 1.34 11 0 6 6 5 7 4 0 2 1 50% 43 3 7% 26 4 15% 146 18 12% 13 4 31% 10 1 10% 0
2011 26 DET AL 125 66% 29 4 1 3 1 0 0 1.34 4 0 5 1 3 1 3 0 2 1 50% 24 2 8% 16 2 13% 80 10 13% 6 2 33% 8 1 13% 0
2011 26 SEA AL 116 24% 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 5 2 6 1 0 0 0 19 1 5% 10 2 20% 66 8 12% 7 2 29% 2 0 0% 0
2012 27 SEA AL 316 48% 65 7 0 7 2 0 1 1.33 10 0 7 3 7 4 6 0 3 1 33% 59 3 5% 27 3 11% 176 28 16% 17 5 29% 14 7 50% 0
2013 28 TOT AL 35 43% 5 2 0 8 1 0 0 0.97 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 2 0 0% 22 1 5% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
2013 28 OAK AL 5 80% 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2013 28 CHW AL 30 37% 5 2 0 6 1 0 0 1.29 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 2 0 0% 19 1 5% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
4 Yrs 691 47% 151 22 1 25 6 0 1 1.20 25 0 17 12 13 12 13 0 5 2 40% 126 8 6% 61 9 15% 404 61 15% 36 14 39% 28 10 36% 0
MLB Averages 55% 69% 11% 32% 14% 51% 55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2010 25 DET AL 99 369 3.73 239 65% 20% 20% 29% 31% 80% 0% 52% 75% 46% 4% 4 0 13% 13 7 9% 9 4 42% 0 0 0
2011 26 TOT AL 241 956 3.97 604 63% 24% 20% 32% 24% 76% 2% 48% 73% 36% 2% 6 0 11% 27 18 9% 22 14 32% 0 0 0
2011 26 DET AL 125 482 3.86 303 63% 19% 19% 34% 28% 81% 0% 51% 77% 44% 1% 1 0 12% 15 13 10% 13 9 31% 0 0 0
2011 26 SEA AL 116 474 4.09 301 64% 28% 22% 30% 20% 72% 5% 46% 69% 28% 4% 5 0 10% 12 5 8% 9 5 33% 0 0 0
2012 27 SEA AL 318 1234 3.88 768 62% 22% 24% 27% 27% 78% 0% 49% 69% 37% 4% 12 2 13% 42 20 7% 23 14 23% -2 0 0
2013 28 TOT AL 35 131 3.74 82 63% 30% 29% 16% 24% 70% 0% 44% 58% 31% 6% 2 0 14% 5 2 11% 4 4 23% 0 0 0
2013 28 OAK AL 5 15 3.00 10 67% 10% 30% 20% 40% 90% 0% 60% 67% 20% 0% 0 0 40% 2 2 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2013 28 CHW AL 30 116 3.87 72 62% 33% 29% 15% 22% 67% 0% 41% 56% 33% 7% 2 0 10% 3 0 13% 4 4 25% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 693 2690 3.88 1693 63% 23% 22% 28% 26% 77% 1% 49% 71% 38% 3% 24 2 13% 87 47 8% 58 36 28% -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 46% 79% 26% 5% 14% 9% 24%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2010 25 36 99 93 14 30 6 1 4 17 0 1 6 19 .323 .364 .538 .901 141 50 2 0 0 0 0
2011 26 131 340 308 44 81 17 1 15 44 3 3 24 90 .263 .330 .471 .801 119 145 5 7 1 0 2
2012 27 224 656 593 86 146 29 4 25 80 6 3 50 170 .246 .317 .435 .752 109 258 8 11 2 0 2
2013 28 244 691 626 88 151 30 4 25 81 6 3 52 183 .241 .311 .422 .732 103 264 8 11 2 0 2

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2010 25 36 100 94 15 31 6 1 4 18 0 6 19 .330 .370 .543 .913 19 36
2011 26 95 245 218 33 54 12 0 12 30 3 19 71 .248 .328 .468 .796 31 95
2012 27 93 326 292 50 72 13 3 11 42 3 29 80 .247 .323 .425 .748 39 93
2013 28 20 35 33 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 13 .152 .200 .182 .382 1 20
4 Yrs 244 706 637 99 162 32 4 27 91 6 56 183 .254 .325 .444 .770 90 244
162 Game Avg. 162 469 423 66 108 21 3 18 60 4 37 121 .254 .325 .444 .770 60 244



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