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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 10:00AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB 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 64 1.650 12.6 1.4 2.3 2.3 1.00
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 90 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 98 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
11 Seasons 68 69 .496 4.65 291 140 92 54 7 13 1232.1 1417 750 637 78 468 403 12 5 13 5487 92 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 92 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 89 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1923 23 DET AL 10.0 0 6 6 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
1924 24 DET AL 102.0 15 58 64 1 1.0 6 0.3 $
1925 25 DET AL 134.1 14 106 88 1 1.0 -18 -1.9 $
1926 26 DET AL 178.0 26 101 107 -3 1.0 6 1.1 $
1927 27 DET AL 20.0 1 16 12 0 1.0 -4 -0.3 $
1929 29 NYY AL 193.1 23 102 124 2 1.0 22 0.9 $
1930 30 NYY AL 150.2 21 91 105 -3 1.0 14 0.9 $
1931 31 NYY AL 116.2 10 68 77 -1 1.0 9 0.2 $
1932 32 NYY AL 31.2 0 19 21 0 1.0 2 0.1 $
1933 33 SLB AL 203.2 22 113 130 -2 1.0 17 2.7 $
1934 34 SLB AL 92.0 8 60 61 -1 1.0 1 0.7 $
11 Seasons 1232.1 140 740 795 -6 1.0 55 4.7 $
DET (5 yrs) 444.1 56 287 277 -1 1.0 -10 -0.8 $
NYY (4 yrs) 492.1 54 280 327 -2 1.0 47 2.1 $
SLB (2 yrs) 295.2 30 173 191 -3 1.0 18 3.4 $

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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
1923 23 DET AL 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1924 24 DET AL 29 35 33 2 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 .212 .212 .273 .485 25 9 0 2 1
1925 25 DET AL 35 46 43 8 12 1 2 0 6 0 1 2 9 .279 .311 .395 .706 80 17 0 1 1
1926 26 DET AL 36 74 73 6 15 3 1 0 7 1 0 1 12 .205 .216 .274 .490 27 20 0 0 1
1927 27 DET AL 8 7 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 48 2 0 0 /1
1929 29 NYY AL 31 84 74 8 17 0 0 0 7 0 0 6 8 .230 .296 .230 .526 41 17 1 3 1
1930 30 NYY AL 29 62 58 10 15 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 .259 .283 .259 .542 41 15 0 2 1
1931 31 NYY AL 28 48 45 9 10 2 1 0 7 0 0 1 6 .222 .239 .311 .550 47 14 0 2 1
1932 32 NYY AL 24 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -59 0 0 1 1
1933 33 SLB AL 38 78 71 5 14 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 11 .197 .230 .225 .455 18 16 0 4 1
1934 34 SLB AL 33 24 22 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .045 .087 .091 .178 -55 2 0 1 1
11 Seasons 298 467 433 50 93 11 4 0 38 1 1 17 74 .215 .246 .259 .505 31 112 1 16
162 Game Avg. 162 254 235 27 51 6 2 0 21 1 1 9 40 .215 .246 .259 .505 31 61 1 9
DET (5 yrs) 115 163 157 17 36 6 3 0 16 1 1 3 34 .229 .244 .306 .549 41 48 0 3
NYY (4 yrs) 112 202 183 28 42 2 1 0 18 0 0 10 17 .230 .273 .251 .525 39 46 1 8
SLB (2 yrs) 71 102 93 5 15 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 23 .161 .196 .194 .389 0 18 0 5

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1923 23 DET AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1924 24 DET AL 35 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1925 25 DET AL 46 -2 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1
1926 26 DET AL 74 -9 0 0 0 0 5 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1927 27 DET AL 7 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1929 29 NYY AL 84 -6 0 0 0 0 7 3 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1
1930 30 NYY AL 62 -5 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ 1
1931 31 NYY AL 48 -4 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
1932 32 NYY AL 8 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1933 33 SLB AL 78 -8 0 0 0 0 5 2 -1 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ 1
1934 34 SLB AL 24 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
11 Seasons 467 -47 1 0 0 0 33 15 2 0.4 2 0.2 0.2 $
DET (5 yrs) 163 -17 0 0 0 0 10 5 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $
NYY (4 yrs) 202 -17 1 0 0 0 16 7 7 0.8 7 0.7 0.1 $
SLB (2 yrs) 102 -13 0 0 0 0 7 3 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1923 DET AL 23 P 7 0 0 10.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.29 .960 2.70 2.70
1924 DET AL 24 P 29 15 5 102.0 35 4 30 1 1 .971 3.00 1.17 .959 2.53 2.49
1925 DET AL 25 P 35 14 5 134.1 43 8 34 1 1 .977 2.81 1.20 .960 2.66 2.64
1926 DET AL 26 P 36 26 9 178.0 42 9 30 3 3 .929 1.97 1.08 .957 2.66 2.63
1927 DET AL 27 P 8 1 0 20.0 10 1 8 1 0 .900 4.05 1.13 .959 2.61 2.59
1929 NYY AL 29 P 31 23 10 193.1 28 5 21 2 2 .929 1.21 0.84 .958 2.34 2.31
1930 NYY AL 30 P 27 21 7 150.2 28 6 21 1 1 .964 1.61 1.00 .946 2.20 2.17
1931 NYY AL 31 P 27 10 6 116.2 25 6 17 2 1 .920 1.77 0.85 .954 2.21 2.19
1932 NYY AL 32 P 22 0 0 31.2 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.99 0.32 .959 2.25 2.23
1933 SLB AL 33 P 36 22 10 203.2 44 11 31 2 0 .955 1.86 1.17 .960 2.28 2.27
1934 SLB AL 34 P 33 8 2 92.0 28 5 23 0 2 1.000 2.74 0.85 .956 2.14 2.11
11 Seasons P 291 140 54 1232.1 292 57 222 13 11 .955 2.04 0.96 .957 2.39 2.37
11 Seasons TOT 291 140 54 1232.1 292 57 222 13 11 .955 2.04 0.96 .957 2.39 2.37
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1934 AL  1.000 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (829), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 12 (1351), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1554), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1984), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Bill Krueger (960)
  2. Fred Heimach (955)
  3. Jack Wilson (953)
  4. Randy Lerch (952)
  5. Phil Collins (950)
  6. Pete Schourek (949)
  7. Sterling Hitchcock (949)
  8. Jumbo Elliott (948)
  9. Johnny Marcum (946)
  10. Carlos Silva (943)
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  5. Horacio Ramirez (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Phil Collins (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Vern Kennedy (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Hank Johnson (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jumbo Elliott (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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