David Wells
David Lee Wells (Boomer)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: May 20, 1963 in Torrance, CA
High School: Point Loma (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1987
Final Game: September 28, 2007
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1987 TOR AL 24 P 18 2 29.1 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.84 0.33 .950 1.84 0.67
1988 TOR AL 25 P 41 0 64.1 10 5 5 0 1 1.000 1.40 0.24 .960 1.78 0.67
1989 TOR AL 26 P 54 0 86.1 21 9 11 1 0 .952 2.08 0.37 .962 1.87 0.66
1990 TOR AL 27 P 43 25 189.0 39 7 32 0 1 1.000 1.86 0.91 .951 1.78 0.59
1991 TOR AL 28 P 40 28 198.1 42 5 35 2 1 .952 1.82 1.00 .957 1.80 0.58
1992 TOR AL 29 P 41 14 120.0 24 9 14 1 1 .958 1.72 0.56 .954 1.72 0.56
1993 DET AL 30 P 32 30 187.0 33 10 22 1 0 .970 1.54 1.00 .952 1.79 0.56
1994 DET AL 31 P 16 16 111.1 17 5 12 0 0 1.000 1.37 1.06 .953 1.72 0.52
1995 TOT MLB 32 P 29 29 203.0 39 15 22 2 2 .949 1.64 1.28 .959 1.81 0.52 AS
1995 DET AL 32 P 18 18 130.1 29 11 16 2 1 .931 1.86 1.50 .962 1.79 0.53
1995 CIN NL 32 P 11 11 72.2 10 4 6 0 1 1.000 1.24 0.91 .950 1.85 0.51
1996 BAL AL 33 P 34 34 224.1 55 15 39 1 4 .982 2.17 1.59 .960 1.77 0.52
1997 NYY AL 34 P 32 32 218.0 41 8 29 4 2 .902 1.53 1.16 .959 1.71 0.49
1998 NYY AL 35 P 30 30 214.1 38 8 27 3 1 .921 1.47 1.17 .961 1.78 0.50 AS,CYA-3,MVP-16
1999 TOR AL 36 P 34 34 231.2 37 7 30 0 2 1.000 1.44 1.09 .949 1.69 0.47
2000 TOR AL 37 P 35 35 229.2 29 8 18 3 1 .897 1.02 0.74 .959 1.62 0.46 AS,CYA-3,MVP-17
2001 CHW AL 38 P 16 16 100.2 18 4 10 4 1 .778 1.25 0.88 .961 1.75 0.49
2002 NYY AL 39 P 31 31 206.1 31 6 24 1 2 .968 1.31 0.97 .958 1.69 0.48
2003 NYY AL 40 P 31 30 213.0 39 7 32 0 2 1.000 1.65 1.26 .954 1.73 0.49
2004 SDP NL 41 P 31 31 195.2 46 7 38 1 1 .978 2.07 1.45 .965 1.84 0.47
2005 BOS AL 42 P 30 30 184.0 25 3 19 3 2 .880 1.08 0.73 .956 1.69 0.46
2006 TOT MLB 43 P 13 13 75.1 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 0.96 0.62 .962 1.61 0.42
2006 BOS AL 43 P 8 8 47.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.96 0.63 .960 1.55 0.41
2006 SDP NL 43 P 5 5 28.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.95 0.60 .967 1.72 0.44
2007 TOT NL 44 P 29 29 157.4 32 7 22 3 0 .906 1.66 1.00 .969 1.68 0.40
2007 SDP NL 44 P 22 22 118.2 25 5 19 1 0 .960 1.82 1.09 .968 1.68 0.40
2007 LAD NL 44 P 7 7 38.2 7 2 3 2 0 .714 1.16 0.71 .971 1.68 0.40
21 Seasons P 660 489 3439.0 630 149 451 30 25 .952 1.57 0.91 .958 1.74 0.53
21 Seasons TOT 660 489 3439.0 630 149 451 30 25 .952 1.57 0.91 .910 1.74 0.53
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1987 TOR AL 24 18 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 TOR AL 25 41 0 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 TOR AL 26 54 0 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 TOR AL 27 43 0 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 TOR AL 28 40 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 TOR AL 29 41 0 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 DET AL 30 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 DET AL 31 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 DET AL 32 18 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CIN NL 32 11 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 BAL AL 33 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 NYY AL 34 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 NYY AL 35 30 1 1 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 TOR AL 36 34 2 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 TOR AL 37 35 2 2 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 CHW AL 38 16 1 1 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 NYY AL 39 31 2 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 NYY AL 40 31 2 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 SDP NL 41 31 29 29 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 BOS AL 42 30 2 2 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 BOS AL 43 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 SDP NL 43 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 SDP NL 44 22 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 LAD NL 44 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Seasons 660 86 86 660 660 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1987 TOR AL 24 141 69% 22% 4 75% 0 2 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1988 TOR AL 25 294 69% 29% 6 100% 0 5 1 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1989 TOR AL 26 374 72% 27% 10 100% 0 9 2 7 10 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1990 TOR AL 27 793 80% 27% 26 96% 0 7 2 4 30 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 9 100%
1991 TOR AL 28 848 81% 30% 22 100% 0 5 1 2 35 19 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 100%
1992 TOR AL 29 554 81% 28% 12 92% 0 9 0 7 15 8 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 67%
1993 DET AL 30 810 77% 29% 25 68% 0 10 1 8 23 17 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 67%
1994 DET AL 31 481 80% 30% 12 83% 0 5 1 4 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1995 DET AL 32 556 78% 32% 15 93% 1 11 0 10 16 11 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 100%
1995 CIN NL 32 308 79% 32% 7 86% 1 4 1 3 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 100%
1996 BAL AL 33 981 81% 33% 47 83% 1 15 4 9 38 25 3 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 3 1 9 78%
1997 NYY AL 34 954 78% 31% 31 84% 0 8 1 6 29 19 2 4 0 1 3 0 2 2 2 0 4 100%
1998 NYY AL 35 870 78% 31% 29 93% 0 8 1 5 28 25 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 50%
1999 TOR AL 36 1028 77% 32% 27 100% 0 7 0 7 30 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 3 100%
2000 TOR AL 37 999 79% 31% 21 81% 1 8 1 7 18 14 0 3 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 7 71%
2001 CHW AL 38 451 82% 30% 12 83% 0 4 1 3 10 7 1 4 0 0 4 2 1 1 1 0 4 50%
2002 NYY AL 39 894 79% 30% 27 100% 2 4 3 1 25 20 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 5 100%
2003 NYY AL 40 910 86% 36% 31 97% 0 7 2 5 32 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 6 100%
2004 SDP NL 41 815 85% 39% 41 85% 0 7 1 5 38 31 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 16 81%
2005 BOS AL 42 798 83% 39% 18 83% 0 3 0 2 19 12 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 6 83%
2006 BOS AL 43 210 85% 40% 4 100% 0 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 SDP NL 43 122 85% 40% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2007 SDP NL 44 546 82% 32% 21 86% 0 5 0 4 19 15 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 80%
2007 LAD NL 44 169 83% 38% 2 100% 0 2 0 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Seasons 14906 80% 32% 452 89% 6 147 24 106 450 320 21 30 4 6 20 12 25 15 21 4 107 84%
MLB Averages 75% 31% 90% 84%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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