Kip Wells
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 21, 1977 in Houston, TX
High School: Elkins (Missouri City, TX)
School: Baylor University
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed December 23, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 1999
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Standard Batting

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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
2000 23 CHW AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 24 CHW AL 3 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .167 .167 .167 .333 -13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 25 PIT NL 34 76 63 4 12 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 28 .190 .190 .270 .460 19 17 0 0 13 0 0 1
2003 26 PIT NL 33 73 68 8 13 3 0 1 5 0 0 1 23 .191 .203 .279 .482 23 19 0 0 4 0 0 1
2004 27 PIT NL 23 50 43 4 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 20 .186 .239 .302 .541 40 13 0 0 4 0 0 1
2005 28 PIT NL 32 61 57 4 9 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 26 .158 .172 .228 .400 5 13 0 1 3 0 0 1
2006 29 PIT NL 6 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .091 .091 .091 .182 -53 1 0 0 1 0 0 /1
2007 30 STL NL 34 54 53 7 17 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 19 .321 .321 .396 .717 85 21 0 0 1 0 0 1
2008 31 COL NL 15 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2009 32 TOT NL 33 17 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -52 1 0 0 6 0 0 1
2009 32 WSN NL 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2009 32 CIN NL 10 16 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -52 1 0 0 5 0 0 1
13 Seasons 214 357 319 29 62 10 1 4 17 1 0 4 138 .194 .207 .270 .476 23 86 0 1 33 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 270 241 22 47 8 1 3 13 1 0 3 104 .194 .207 .270 .476 23 65 0 1 25 0 0
PIT (5 yrs) 128 272 242 20 43 9 1 3 12 0 0 4 105 .178 .194 .260 .455 17 63 0 1 25 0 0
CHW (3 yrs) 4 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 .125 .125 .125 .250 -35 1 0 0 0 0 0
COL (1 yr) 15 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
STL (1 yr) 34 54 53 7 17 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 19 .321 .321 .396 .717 85 21 0 0 1 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 10 16 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -52 1 0 0 5 0 0
WSN (1 yr) 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 210 349 311 28 61 10 1 4 17 0 0 4 131 .196 .209 .273 .482 25 85 0 1 33 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 4 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 .125 .125 .125 .250 -35 1 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
2000 23 CHW AL 2 2 0 0.0 117 .000 .278 .000 .352 .000 .448 .000 .800 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2001 24 CHW AL 6 5 0 0.0 110 1.000 .167 .272 .167 .339 .167 .436 .333 .776 -13 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .400 .167 .000 .0
2002 25 PIT NL 76 64 4 1.7 109 .324 .190 .268 .190 .342 .270 .427 .460 .769 19 .126 -7.8 -0.8 .333 .079 .079 .0
2003 26 PIT NL 73 59 4 1.8 111 .273 .191 .271 .203 .343 .279 .435 .482 .778 23 .138 -8.0 -0.8 .364 .103 .088 .0
2004 27 PIT NL 50 39 3 2.1 110 .348 .186 .268 .239 .340 .302 .435 .541 .775 40 .163 -4.0 -0.4 .457 .186 .116
2005 28 PIT NL 61 51 2 1.0 107 .267 .158 .267 .172 .338 .228 .426 .400 .763 5 .058 -8.2 -0.8 .292 .070 .070 .0
2006 29 PIT NL 12 11 0 0.0 111 .333 .091 .270 .091 .340 .091 .438 .182 .778 -53 .000 -2.5 -0.2 .100 .000 .000
2007 30 STL NL 54 37 7 5.1 110 .485 .321 .272 .321 .341 .396 .434 .717 .775 85 .501 -1.5 -0.1 .583 .075 .075 .0
2008 31 COL NL 6 6 0 0.0 115 .000 .000 .278 .000 .351 .000 .443 .000 .794 -100 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
2009 32 TOT NL 17 16 0 0.0 108 .143 .091 .267 .091 .340 .091 .424 .182 .764 -52 .000 -2.5 -0.2 .100 .000 .000
2009 32 WSN NL 1 1 0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0
2009 32 CIN NL 16 15 0 0.0 108 .143 .091 .267 .091 .340 .091 .424 .182 .764 -52 .000 -2.5 -0.2 .100 .000 .000
13 Seasons 357 290 20 1.8 110 .328 .194 .269 .207 .341 .270 .431 .476 .773 23 .143 -37.7 -3.6 .358 .091 .075 1.6
162 Game Avg. 270 220 15 1.8 110 .328 .194 .269 .207 .341 .270 .431 .476 .773 23 .143 -37.7 -3.6 .358 .091 .075 1
PIT (5 yrs) 272 224 13 1.6 109 .299 .178 .269 .194 .341 .260 .431 .455 .772 17 .109 -30.6 -3.0 .342 .099 .083 .0
CHW (3 yrs) 8 7 0 0.0 112 1.000 .125 .274 .125 .342 .125 .440 .250 .782 -35 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .286 .125 .000 .0
COL (1 yr) 6 6 0 0.0 115 .000 .000 .278 .000 .351 .000 .443 .000 .794 -100 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
STL (1 yr) 54 37 7 5.1 110 .485 .321 .272 .321 .341 .396 .434 .717 .775 85 .501 -1.5 -0.1 .583 .075 .075 .0
CIN (1 yr) 16 15 0 0.0 108 .143 .091 .267 .091 .340 .091 .424 .182 .764 -52 .000 -2.5 -0.2 .100 .000 .000
WSN (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0
NL (8 yrs) 349 283 20 1.9 110 .324 .196 .269 .209 .341 .273 .431 .482 .772 25 .148 -36.0 -3.5 .360 .090 .077 .0
AL (5 yrs) 8 7 0 0.0 112 1.000 .125 .274 .125 .342 .125 .440 .250 .782 -35 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .286 .125 .000 .0

Ratio Batting*

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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
2000 23 CHW AL 2 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
2001 24 CHW AL 6 0.0% 83.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.2 0.00 17% 100% 0.0% 0%
2002 25 PIT NL 76 1.3% 36.8% 0.0% 4.0% 25% 2.3 63.0 12.6 2.78 4.57 45% 8% 12.5% 11%
2003 26 PIT NL 73 1.4% 31.5% 1.4% 5.5% 31% 23.00 3.0 68.0 13.6 1.16 1.44 60% 22% 5.6% 5%
2004 27 PIT NL 50 0.0% 40.0% 6.0% 8.0% 50% 6.67 2.2 0.75 1.50 46% 19% 0.0% 0%
2005 28 PIT NL 61 1.6% 42.6% 0.0% 3.3% 22% 2.2 57.0 28.5 2.33 2.50 49% 15% 11.1% 0%
2006 29 PIT NL 12 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.4 2.00 25% 25% 0.0% 0%
2007 30 STL NL 54 1.9% 35.2% 0.0% 3.7% 12% 2.8 53.0 10.6 2.00 1.86 61% 17% 10.0% 9%
2008 31 COL NL 6 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7 0.00 1.00 33% 0% 0.0% 0%
2009 32 TOT NL 17 0.0% 23.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.8 2.00 11.00 41% 15% 0.0% 0%
2009 32 WSN NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0%
2009 32 CIN NL 16 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.8 2.00 10.00 44% 17% 0.0% 0%
11 Seasons 357 1.1% 38.7% 1.1% 4.2% 24% 34.50 2.3 79.8 18.8 1.62 2.37 50% 16% 6.5% 5%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2000 23 CHW 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
2001 24 CHW AL 0 0 100% 1 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 25 PIT NL 0 0 27% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2003 26 PIT NL 0 0 54% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 22% 3 3 0 2 2 0 4 2 2
2004 27 PIT NL 0 0 36% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
2005 28 PIT NL 0 0 33% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 67% 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 29 PIT NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 30 STL NL 0 0 38% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 25% 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
2008 31 COL NL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 32 TOT NL 0 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 32 WSN NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 32 CIN NL 0 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 0 0 40% 91 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 28% 14 10 4 6 5 1 5 3 2
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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 % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2000 23 CHW AL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2001 24 CHW AL 6 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2002 25 PIT NL 76 13% 12 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.38 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 16 13 81% 19 0 0% 24 7 29% 51 4 8% 4 1 25% 5 3 60% 0
2003 26 PIT NL 73 29% 13 2 0 2 2 0 0 0.75 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 10 4 40% 17 0 0% 18 3 17% 36 4 11% 5 2 40% 2 1 50% 0
2004 27 PIT NL 50 22% 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.97 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 8 0 0% 7 3 43% 28 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
2005 28 PIT NL 61 38% 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.52 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 3 43% 8 0 0% 12 2 17% 34 1 3% 2 0 0% 4 2 50% 0
2006 29 PIT NL 12 8% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2007 30 STL NL 54 26% 17 5 0 1 1 0 1 0.15 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 33% 7 0 0% 7 0 0% 32 4 13% 4 1 25% 0 0 0
2008 31 COL NL 6 17% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 4 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
2009 32 TOT NL 17 12% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 86% 7 0 0% 7 4 57% 10 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 32 WSN NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 32 CIN NL 16 13% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 6 0 0% 6 3 50% 9 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 357 23% 62 12 0 5 3 0 1 0.91 4 0 7 2 2 1 3 0 54 33 61% 71 0 0% 83 20 24% 203 13 6% 18 4 22% 13 6 46% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
2000 23 CHW AL 2 8 4.00 6 75% 33% 67% 0% 0% 67% 0% 50% 0% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
2001 24 CHW AL 6 27 4.50 17 63% 29% 35% 29% 6% 71% 0% 44% 50% 67% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 40% 0 0 0
2002 25 PIT NL 76 232 3.05 182 78% 24% 26% 24% 26% 76% 0% 59% 66% 47% 0% 0 0 7% 5 1 1% 1 0 36% 0 0 0
2003 26 PIT NL 73 236 3.23 173 73% 24% 28% 20% 28% 76% 0% 56% 63% 36% 1% 1 0 3% 2 0 0% 0 0 9% 0 0 0
2004 27 PIT NL 50 163 3.26 118 72% 25% 31% 21% 23% 75% 0% 55% 58% 56% 4% 2 0 8% 4 2 4% 2 0 35% 0 0 0
2005 28 PIT NL 61 193 3.16 144 75% 18% 32% 26% 24% 82% 0% 61% 61% 52% 2% 1 0 3% 2 0 2% 1 0 15% 0 0 0
2006 29 PIT NL 12 47 3.92 36 77% 22% 42% 25% 11% 78% 0% 60% 46% 42% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 38% 0 0 0
2007 30 STL NL 54 191 3.54 143 75% 22% 24% 30% 24% 78% 0% 59% 70% 54% 0% 0 0 2% 1 1 0% 0 0 37% 0 0 0
2008 31 COL NL 6 21 3.50 15 71% 33% 13% 33% 20% 67% 0% 48% 80% 17% 0% 0 0 17% 1 1 0% 0 0 67% 0 0 0
2009 32 TOT NL 17 50 2.94 40 80% 20% 23% 25% 33% 80% 0% 64% 72% 41% 0% 0 0 6% 1 0 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
2009 32 WSN NL 1 1 1.00 1 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 32 CIN NL 16 49 3.06 39 80% 21% 23% 26% 31% 79% 0% 63% 71% 38% 0% 0 0 6% 1 0 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
10 Seasons 357 1168 3.27 874 75% 23% 28% 24% 24% 77% 0% 58% 63% 47% 1% 4 0 4% 16 5 1% 4 0 29% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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
2000 23 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 24 4 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 .125 .125 .125 .250 -35 1 0 0 0 0 0
2002 25 38 84 71 5 13 2 0 1 5 1 0 0 35 .183 .183 .254 .437 13 18 0 0 13 0 0
2003 26 71 157 139 13 26 5 0 2 10 1 0 1 58 .187 .193 .266 .459 18 37 0 0 17 0 0
2004 27 94 207 182 17 34 8 1 2 10 1 0 4 78 .187 .204 .275 .479 23 50 0 0 21 0 0
2005 28 126 268 239 21 43 9 1 3 12 1 0 4 104 .180 .197 .264 .460 19 63 0 1 24 0 0
2006 29 264 560 500 42 88 18 2 6 24 2 0 8 224 .176 .192 .256 .448 16 128 0 2 50 0 0
2007 30 166 334 303 28 61 10 1 4 17 1 0 4 131 .201 .214 .281 .495 28 85 0 1 26 0 0
2008 31 362 680 616 56 122 20 2 8 34 2 0 8 268 .198 .211 .276 .487 26 170 0 2 54 0 0
2009 32 214 357 319 29 62 10 1 4 17 1 0 4 138 .194 .207 .270 .476 23 86 0 1 33 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2000 23 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
2001 24 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
2002 25 34 63 63 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 28 .000 .000 .000 .000 4 34
2003 26 33 69 68 8 13 3 0 1 5 0 1 23 .191 .203 .279 .482 4 33
2004 27 23 46 43 3 8 3 1 0 0 0 3 20 .186 .239 .302 .541 3 23
2005 28 32 58 57 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 26 .000 .017 .000 .017 2 32
2006 29 6 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
2007 30 34 53 53 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 19 .000 .000 .000 .000 6 34
2008 31 15 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15
2009 32 33 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 33
10 Seasons 214 324 319 24 21 6 1 1 16 1 4 138 .066 .080 .100 .181 19 214
162 Game Avg. 162 245 241 18 16 5 1 1 12 1 3 104 .066 .080 .100 .181 14 214

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2002 NL  13 (3rd)

                                         

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