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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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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
1999 22 CHW AL 4 1 .800 4.04 7 7 0 0 0 0 35.2 33 17 16 2 15 0 29 3 2 1 153 122 1.346 8.3 0.5 3.8 7.3 1.93
2000 23 CHW AL 6 9 .400 6.02 20 20 0 0 0 0 98.2 126 76 66 15 58 4 71 2 0 7 468 83 1.865 11.5 1.4 5.3 6.5 1.22
2001 24 CHW AL 10 11 .476 4.79 40 20 3 0 0 0 133.1 145 80 71 14 61 5 99 12 0 14 603 96 1.545 9.8 0.9 4.1 6.7 1.62
2002 25 PIT NL 12 14 .462 3.58 33 33 0 1 1 0 198.1 197 92 79 21 71 11 134 7 0 7 845 118 1.351 8.9 1.0 3.2 6.1 1.89
2003 26 PIT NL 10 9 .526 3.28 31 31 0 1 0 0 197.1 171 77 72 24 76 7 147 7 0 7 835 133 1.252 7.8 1.1 3.5 6.7 1.93
2004 27 PIT NL 5 7 .417 4.55 24 24 0 0 0 0 138.1 145 71 70 14 66 4 116 6 0 3 621 95 1.525 9.4 0.9 4.3 7.5 1.76
2005 28 PIT NL 8 18 .308 5.09 33 33 0 1 1 0 182.0 186 116 103 23 99 8 132 12 0 8 828 83 1.566 9.2 1.1 4.9 6.5 1.33
2006 29 TOT MLB 2 5 .286 6.50 9 9 0 0 0 0 44.1 61 33 32 3 21 1 20 4 0 5 208 69 1.850 12.4 0.6 4.3 4.1 0.95
2006 29 PIT NL 1 5 .167 6.69 7 7 0 0 0 0 36.1 46 27 27 3 18 1 16 4 0 5 168 67 1.761 11.4 0.7 4.5 4.0 0.89
2006 29 TEX AL 1 0 1.000 5.62 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 15 6 5 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 40 82 2.250 16.9 0.0 3.4 4.5 1.33
2007 30 STL NL 7 17 .292 5.70 34 26 4 0 0 0 162.2 186 116 103 19 78 9 122 9 1 8 750 77 1.623 10.3 1.1 4.3 6.8 1.56
2008 31 TOT MLB 1 3 .250 6.21 25 2 8 0 0 0 37.2 39 29 26 4 30 2 31 2 0 3 176 74 1.832 9.3 1.0 7.2 7.4 1.03
2008 31 COL NL 1 2 .333 5.27 15 2 6 0 0 0 27.1 29 19 16 3 19 2 22 1 0 2 126 89 1.756 9.5 1.0 6.3 7.2 1.16
2008 31 KCR AL 0 1 .000 8.71 10 0 2 0 0 0 10.1 10 10 10 1 11 0 9 1 0 1 50 50 2.032 8.7 0.9 9.6 7.8 0.82
2009 32 TOT NL 2 5 .286 5.33 33 7 9 0 0 2 72.2 60 43 43 6 40 1 43 5 0 0 314 80 1.376 7.4 0.7 5.0 5.3 1.08
2009 32 WSN NL 0 2 .000 6.49 23 0 8 0 0 2 26.1 23 19 19 1 18 1 18 0 0 0 117 65 1.557 7.9 0.3 6.2 6.2 1.00
2009 32 CIN NL 2 3 .400 4.66 10 7 1 0 0 0 46.1 37 24 24 5 22 0 25 5 0 0 197 92 1.273 7.2 1.0 4.3 4.9 1.14
11 Seasons 67 99 .404 4.71 289 212 24 3 2 2 1301.0 1349 750 681 145 615 52 944 69 3 63 5801 94 1.510 9.3 1.0 4.3 6.5 1.54
162 Game Avg. 9 13 .404 4.71 39 29 3 0 0 0 177 183 102 92 20 83 7 128 9 0 9 787 94 1.510 9.3 1.0 4.3 6.5 1.54
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
PIT (5 yrs) 36 53 .404 4.20 128 128 0 3 2 0 752.1 745 383 351 85 330 31 545 36 0 30 3297 102 1.429 8.9 1.0 3.9 6.5 1.65
CHW (3 yrs) 20 21 .488 5.14 67 47 3 0 0 0 267.2 304 173 153 31 134 9 199 17 2 22 1224 93 1.636 10.2 1.0 4.5 6.7 1.49
KCR (1 yr) 0 1 .000 8.71 10 0 2 0 0 0 10.1 10 10 10 1 11 0 9 1 0 1 50 50 2.032 8.7 0.9 9.6 7.8 0.82
COL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 5.27 15 2 6 0 0 0 27.1 29 19 16 3 19 2 22 1 0 2 126 89 1.756 9.5 1.0 6.3 7.2 1.16
STL (1 yr) 7 17 .292 5.70 34 26 4 0 0 0 162.2 186 116 103 19 78 9 122 9 1 8 750 77 1.623 10.3 1.1 4.3 6.8 1.56
TEX (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 5.62 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 15 6 5 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 40 82 2.250 16.9 0.0 3.4 4.5 1.33
CIN (1 yr) 2 3 .400 4.66 10 7 1 0 0 0 46.1 37 24 24 5 22 0 25 5 0 0 197 92 1.273 7.2 1.0 4.3 4.9 1.14
WSN (1 yr) 0 2 .000 6.49 23 0 8 0 0 2 26.1 23 19 19 1 18 1 18 0 0 0 117 65 1.557 7.9 0.3 6.2 6.2 1.00
NL (8 yrs) 46 77 .374 4.55 210 163 19 3 2 2 1015.0 1020 561 513 113 467 43 732 51 1 40 4487 95 1.465 9.0 1.0 4.1 6.5 1.57
AL (5 yrs) 21 22 .488 5.29 79 49 5 0 0 0 286.0 329 189 168 32 148 9 212 18 2 23 1314 90 1.668 10.4 1.0 4.7 6.7 1.43

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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 TOT MLB 6 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182 -53 1 0 0 1 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 TOT MLB 15 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 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
11 Seasons 214 357 319 29 62 10 1 4 17 1 0 4 127 .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 96 .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

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2003 NL--7.799--10th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Active--6.530--46th
Career--6.530--140th

Shutouts s c a p y
2002 NL--1--10th
2005 NL--1--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2005 NL--99--1st
2007 NL--78--10th
Active--615--31st

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
Active--1.003--46th

Losses s c a p y
2002 NL--14--5th
2005 NL--18--1st
2007 NL--17--1st
Active--99--28th

Earned Runs s c a p y
2005 NL--103--10th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2001 AL--14--1st
2005 NL--8--8th
2007 NL--8--8th
Active--63--24th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2001 AL--12--9th
2005 NL--12--6th
Active--69--26th
Career--69--166th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2003 NL--133--10th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2002 NL--13--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 58th round of the 1995 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed December 23, 1998.

December 13, 2001: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Josh Fogg and Sean Lowe to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Lee Evans (minors) and Todd Ritchie.

July 31, 2006: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Texas Rangers for Jesse Chavez.

November 1, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

November 28, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 30, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

December 13, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

August 14, 2008: Released by the Colorado Rockies.

August 19, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

October 24, 2008: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

March 11, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2002Pittsburgh Pirates$272,500
2003Pittsburgh Pirates$370,000
2004Pittsburgh Pirates$2,575,000
2005Pittsburgh Pirates$3,175,000
2006Pittsburgh Pirates$4,150,000
2007St. Louis Cardinals$4,000,000
2008Colorado Rockies$3,100,000
Career (may be incomplete)$17,642,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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