Ed Wells

Edwin Lee Wells (Satchelfoot)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 183 lb.

Born: June 7, 1900 in Ashland, OH
School: Bethany College (Bethany, WV) (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 1923
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Yankees/Browns 1923-1934

Final Game: September 17, 1934
Died: May 1, 1986 in Montgomery, AL
Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1923	23	DET	AL	0	0		5.40	7	0	6	0	0	0	10.0	11	6	6	0	6	6	0	0	0	44	74	1.700	9.9	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
1924	24	DET	AL	6	8	.429	4.06	29	15	8	5	0	4	102.0	117	58	46	2	42	33	1	0	0	465	101	1.559	10.3	0.2	3.7	2.9	0.79
1925	25	DET	AL	6	9	.400	6.23	35	14	13	5	0	2	134.1	190	106	93	8	62	45	2	3	4	638	69	1.876	12.7	0.5	4.2	3.0	0.73
1926	26	DET	AL	12	10	.545	4.15	36	26	5	9	4	0	178.0	201	101	82	7	76	58	2	0	0	778	97	1.556	10.2	0.4	3.8	2.9	0.76
1927	27	DET	AL	0	1	.000	6.75	8	1	2	0	0	1	20.0	28	16	15	3	5	5	0	0	0	91	63	1.650	12.6	1.4	2.3	2.3	1.00

1928	28	BIR	A	25	7	.781	2.78	38						291.0	296	110	90		71							1.261	9.2		2.2			BIR · SOUA
1929	29	NYY	AL	13	9	.591	4.33	31	23	5	10	3	0	193.1	179	102	93	19	81	78	1	1	2	830	89	1.345	8.3	0.9	3.8	3.6	0.96
1930	30	NYY	AL	12	3	.800	5.20	27	21	3	7	0	0	150.2	185	101	87	11	49	46	4	0	1	679	83	1.553	11.1	0.7	2.9	2.7	0.94
1931	31	NYY	AL	9	5	.643	4.32	27	10	12	6	0	2	116.2	130	68	56	7	37	34	1	1	2	498	93	1.431	10.0	0.5	2.9	2.6	0.92
1932	32	NYY	AL	3	3	.500	4.26	22	0	14	0	0	2	31.2	38	19	15	1	12	13	0	0	0	144	97	1.579	10.8	0.3	3.4	3.7	1.08
1933	33	SLB	AL	6	14	.300	4.20	36	22	12	10	0	1	203.2	230	113	95	13	63	58	1	0	1	907	110	1.439	10.2	0.6	2.8	2.6	0.92
1934	34	SLB	AL	1	7	.125	4.79	33	8	12	2	0	1	92.0	108	60	49	7	35	27	0	0	3	413	104	1.554	10.6	0.7	3.4	2.6	0.77
1935	35	HOL	AA	9	20	.310	4.33	39						264.0	297	136	127		55							1.333	10.1		1.9			HOL · PCL
1936	36	BOS-min	AA	9	13	.409	4.32	30						196.0	238	106	94		60							1.520	10.9		2.8			SDG,SLE · PCL
11 Yrs				68	69	.496	4.65	291	140	92	54	7	13	1232.1	1417	750	637	78	468	403	12	5	13	5487	91	1.530	10.3	0.6	3.4	2.9	0.86
162 Game Avg.				11	11	.496	4.65	46	22	15	9	1	2	194	224	118	101	12	74	64	2	1	2	866	91	1.530	10.3	0.6	3.4	2.9	0.86

DET (5 yrs)				24	28	.462	4.90	115	56	34	19	4	7	444.1	547	287	242	20	191	147	5	3	4	2016	85	1.661	11.1	0.4	3.9	3.0	0.77
NYY (4 yrs)				37	20	.649	4.59	107	54	34	23	3	4	492.1	532	290	251	38	179	171	6	2	5	2151	88	1.444	9.7	0.7	3.3	3.1	0.96
SLB (2 yrs)				7	21	.250	4.38	69	30	24	12	0	2	295.2	338	173	144	20	98	85	1	0	4	1320	108	1.475	10.3	0.6	3.0	2.6	0.87

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1923	23	DET	AL	10.0	7	0	6	5.40	5.03	0.00	0.00	102.0	5.13	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.496	.500	$
1924	24	DET	AL	101.2	29	15	58	5.13	4.94	0.08	0.00	98.5	4.79	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.4	8	.484	.497	$
1925	25	DET	AL	135.1	35	14	106	7.05	5.16	0.10	0.00	97.0	4.91	-33	-2.8	1.0	-0.1	-1.7	-16	.419	.482	$
1926	26	DET	AL	178.0	36	26	101	5.11	4.80	-0.23	0.00	99.6	5.01	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.1	1.3	18	.495	.499	$
1927	27	DET	AL	20.0	8	1	16	7.20	4.40	-0.07	0.00	103.6	4.63	-6	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-3	.434	.497	$

1929	29	NYY	AL	193.1	31	23	102	4.75	4.88	0.12	0.00	90.1	4.28	-10	-0.9	1.0	-0.1	0.7	13	.470	.494	$
1930	30	NYY	AL	150.2	27	21	101	6.03	5.09	-0.24	0.00	94.8	5.05	-17	-1.5	1.0	-0.1	-0.2	3	.446	.491	$
1931	31	NYY	AL	116.2	27	10	68	5.25	4.77	-0.06	0.00	95.9	4.63	-9	-0.8	1.0	-0.0	0.2	6	.471	.495	$
1932	32	NYY	AL	31.2	22	0	19	5.40	5.06	-0.13	0.00	98.8	5.13	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.2	3	.495	.499	$
1933	33	SLB	AL	203.2	36	22	113	4.99	5.46	-0.12	0.00	108.2	6.04	22	2.2	1.0	-0.1	3.9	48	.560	.513	$
1934	34	SLB	AL	92.0	33	8	60	5.87	5.74	-0.09	0.00	101.1	5.89	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.8	11	.500	.500	$
11 Seasons				1233.0	291	140	750	5.47	5.08	-0.06	0.00	98.4	5.07	-60	-5.2	1.0	-0.6	5.3	92	.482	.497	$

DET (5 yrs)				445.0	115	56	287	5.80	4.93	-0.05	0.00	98.8	4.91	-46	-4.1	1.0	-0.2	-0.3	8	.465	.495	$
NYY (4 yrs)				492.1	107	54	290	5.30	4.93	-0.05	0.00	93.5	4.65	-36	-3.3	1.0	-0.2	0.9	25	.470	.495	$
SLB (2 yrs)				295.2	69	30	173	5.27	5.55	-0.11	0.00	106.0	6.00	22	2.2	1.0	-0.2	4.7	59	.532	.507	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1923	23	DET	AL	44	0.0%	13.6%	13.6%			68%
1924	24	DET	AL	464	0.4%	7.1%	9.1%	2.2%	9%	79%
1925	25	DET	AL	643	1.2%	7.0%	9.6%	3.0%	10%	78%
1926	26	DET	AL	778	0.9%	7.5%	9.8%	1.9%	8%	79%
1927	27	DET	AL	91	3.3%	5.5%	5.5%			84%

1929	29	NYY	AL	830	2.3%	9.4%	9.8%	4.6%	21%	75%
1930	30	NYY	AL	679	1.6%	6.8%	7.2%	3.4%	12%	82%
1931	31	NYY	AL	508	1.4%	6.7%	7.3%	5.5%	22%	83%
1932	32	NYY	AL	144	0.7%	9.0%	8.3%			78%
1933	33	SLB	AL	895	1.5%	6.5%	7.0%	3.9%	15%	83%
1934	34	SLB	AL	413	1.7%	6.5%	8.5%	2.9%	11%	81%
11 Yrs				5489	1.4%	7.3%	8.5%	3.3%	13%	80%
MLB Averages					1.2%	7.6%	8.0%	3.2%	13%	80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1923	23	0	0		5.40	7	0	6	0	0	0	10.0	11	6	6	0	6	6	0	0	0	44	74	1.700	9.9	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00	74
1924	24	6	8	.429	4.18	36	15	14	5	0	4	112.0	128	64	52	2	48	39	1	0	0	509	98	1.571	10.3	0.2	3.9	3.1	0.81	98
1925	25	12	17	.414	5.30	71	29	27	10	0	6	246.1	318	170	145	10	110	84	3	3	4	1147	80	1.737	11.6	0.4	4.0	3.1	0.76	80
1926	26	24	27	.471	4.81	107	55	32	19	4	6	424.1	519	271	227	17	186	142	5	3	4	1925	86	1.661	11.0	0.4	3.9	3.0	0.76	86
1927	27	24	28	.462	4.90	115	56	34	19	4	7	444.1	547	287	242	20	191	147	5	3	4	2016	85	1.661	11.1	0.4	3.9	3.0	0.77	85
1928	28	24	28	.462	4.90	115	56	34	19	4	7	444.1	547	287	242	20	191	147	5	3	4	2016	85	1.661	11.1	0.4	3.9	3.0	0.77	85
1929	29	37	37	.500	4.73	146	79	39	29	7	7	637.2	726	389	335	39	272	225	6	4	6	2846	86	1.565	10.2	0.6	3.8	3.2	0.83	86
1930	30	49	40	.551	4.82	173	100	42	36	7	7	788.1	911	490	422	50	321	271	10	4	7	3525	85	1.563	10.4	0.6	3.7	3.1	0.84	85
1931	31	58	45	.563	4.75	200	110	54	42	7	9	905.0	1041	558	478	57	358	305	11	5	9	4023	86	1.546	10.4	0.6	3.6	3.0	0.85	86
1932	32	61	48	.560	4.74	222	110	68	42	7	11	936.2	1079	577	493	58	370	318	11	5	9	4167	87	1.547	10.4	0.6	3.6	3.1	0.86	87
1933	33	67	62	.519	4.64	258	132	80	52	7	12	1140.1	1309	690	588	71	433	376	12	5	10	5074	90	1.528	10.3	0.6	3.4	3.0	0.87	90
1934	34	68	69	.496	4.65	291	140	92	54	7	13	1232.1	1417	750	637	78	468	403	12	5	13	5487	91	1.530	10.3	0.6	3.4	2.9	0.86	91

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1923	23	0	1	.000	5.40	10.0	11	7	6	0	6	6	0	1.700	9.9	5.4	5.4	1.00	0.0	7
1924	24	7	5	.583	3.63	109.0	118	49	44	2	42	35	1	1.468	9.7	3.5	2.9	0.83	0.2	29
1925	25	5	10	.333	5.43	141.0	186	94	85	8	61	47	2	1.752	11.9	3.9	3.0	0.77	0.5	35
1926	26	9	10	.474	4.10	178.0	205	90	81	7	78	58	2	1.590	10.4	3.9	2.9	0.74	0.4	36
1927	27	1	1	.500	6.00	21.0	28	16	14	3	5	5	0	1.571	12.0	2.1	2.1	1.00	1.3	8

1929	29	10	12	.455	4.21	203.0	186	106	95	20	84	82	1	1.330	8.2	3.7	3.6	0.98	0.9	31
1930	30	7	10	.412	4.56	160.0	183	90	81	11	48	49	4	1.444	10.3	2.7	2.8	1.02	0.6	27
1931	31	6	6	.500	4.27	116.0	132	61	55	7	38	34	1	1.466	10.2	2.9	2.6	0.89	0.5	27
1932	32	2	1	.667	3.71	34.0	38	16	14	1	12	14	0	1.471	10.1	3.2	3.7	1.17	0.3	22
1933	33	15	10	.600	3.28	228.0	222	92	83	13	61	65	1	1.241	8.8	2.4	2.6	1.07	0.5	36
1934	34	6	5	.545	3.60	100.0	101	44	40	7	33	29	0	1.340	9.1	3.0	2.6	0.88	0.6	33
11 Yrs		68	71	.489	4.14	1300.0	1410	665	598	79	468	424	12	1.445	9.8		2.9	0.91	0.5	291

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1933 AL 3.9 (7th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1929 AL .591 (10th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1929 AL 1.345 (9th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1929 AL 8.333 (2nd)
Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1933 AL 2.784 (8th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1929 AL 3.631 (9th)	Saves s c a p y 1924 AL 4 (6th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1926 AL 4 (1st) 1929 AL 3 (5th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1929 AL 19 (3rd) 1933 AL 13 (9th)	Losses s c a p y 1933 AL 14 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 12 (1363), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 1 (1990), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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