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 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
1999 CHW AL 22 P 7 7 35.2 9 4 3 2 0 .778 1.77 1.00 .956 1.69 0.47
2000 CHW AL 23 P 20 20 98.2 16 6 5 5 0 .688 1.00 0.55 .969 1.62 0.46
2001 CHW AL 24 P 40 20 133.1 31 9 19 3 1 .903 1.89 0.70 .958 1.75 0.49
2002 PIT NL 25 P 33 33 198.1 45 12 30 3 1 .933 1.91 1.27 .964 1.83 0.48
2003 PIT NL 26 P 31 31 197.1 44 7 32 5 0 .886 1.78 1.26 .959 1.85 0.48
2004 PIT NL 27 P 24 24 138.1 28 7 18 3 1 .893 1.63 1.04 .968 1.84 0.47
2005 PIT NL 28 P 33 33 182.0 41 6 33 2 4 .951 1.93 1.18 .961 1.75 0.46
2006 TOT MLB 29 P 9 9 44.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.81 0.44 .975 1.68 0.42
2006 PIT NL 29 P 7 7 36.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.74 0.43 .967 1.71 0.43
2006 TEX AL 29 P 2 2 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 0.50 1.000 1.58 0.40
2007 STL NL 30 P 34 26 162.2 35 10 21 4 0 .886 1.72 0.91 .969 1.68 0.40
2008 TOT MLB 31 P 25 2 37.2 9 1 7 1 0 .889 1.91 0.32 .956 1.67 0.42
2008 COL NL 31 P 15 2 27.1 8 1 6 1 0 .875 2.30 0.47 .962 1.71 0.43
2008 KCR AL 31 P 10 0 10.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.87 0.10 .900 1.57 0.42
2009 TOT NL 32 P 33 7 72.2 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.24 0.30 .960 1.71 0.42
2009 WSN NL 32 P 23 0 26.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.71 0.22 .960 1.71 0.42
2009 CIN NL 32 P 10 7 46.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.97 0.50 .960 1.71 0.42
11 Seasons P 289 212 1301.0 272 65 179 28 7 .897 1.69 0.84 .963 1.76 0.45
11 Seasons TOT 289 212 1301.0 272 65 179 28 7 .897 1.69 0.84 .860 1.76 0.45
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
1999 CHW AL 22 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 CHW AL 23 20 1 1 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 CHW AL 24 40 3 3 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 PIT NL 25 34 33 34 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2003 PIT NL 26 34 30 33 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
2004 PIT NL 27 25 22 23 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2005 PIT NL 28 34 31 32 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 PIT NL 29 7 6 6 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 TEX AL 29 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 STL NL 30 35 25 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2008 COL NL 31 15 2 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 KCR AL 31 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 WSN NL 32 23 0 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 CIN NL 32 10 7 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 296 160 214 289 289 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
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%
1999 CHW AL 22 160 71% 31% 4 75% 0 4 1 3 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
2000 CHW AL 23 486 73% 28% 7 71% 0 6 0 6 5 5 0 5 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
2001 CHW AL 24 630 73% 30% 21 90% 0 9 0 9 19 15 2 3 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 6 67%
2002 PIT NL 25 879 76% 38% 32 91% 1 3 2 1 29 24 2 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 8 88%
2003 PIT NL 26 862 73% 36% 35 89% 0 7 2 4 31 23 2 5 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 11 100%
2004 PIT NL 27 635 70% 31% 27 78% 3 7 0 3 18 13 2 3 0 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 7 57%
2005 PIT NL 28 857 72% 29% 38 89% 2 6 1 4 33 26 5 2 0 0 2 0 4 4 4 0 8 75%
2006 PIT NL 29 178 79% 37% 4 75% 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
2006 TEX AL 29 40 83% 45% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 STL NL 30 780 73% 33% 23 87% 0 10 1 9 21 18 1 4 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 6 67%
2008 COL NL 31 130 68% 35% 6 83% 0 1 0 1 6 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2008 KCR AL 31 51 59% 25% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 WSN NL 32 122 70% 33% 4 100% 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2009 CIN NL 32 206 75% 34% 5 80% 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75%
11 Seasons 6016 73% 33% 207 86% 6 56 7 43 177 143 14 28 3 3 22 12 7 6 7 0 55 76%
MLB Averages 74% 30% 90% 83%

* 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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