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Randy Wells

Randy David Wells (twitter: @rdwells36)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: August 28, 1982 in Belleville, IL
High School: Belleville East HS (Belleville, IL)
School: Southwestern Illinois College (Belleville, IL)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 38th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 2008
Teams (by GP): Cubs/BlueJays 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.71M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.016, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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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	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2003	20	CHC-min	Rk,A	0	0		3.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	6	2	2	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	28		1.667	9.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	1.00	CBZ,LNS · ARIZ,MIDW
2004	21	CHC-min	A	6	6	.500	4.43	36	15	4	0	0	1	107.2	112	64	53	9	40	1	121	5	1	4	466		1.412	9.4	0.8	3.3	10.1	3.03	LNS · MIDW
2005	22	CHC-min	A+,AA	10	3	.769	2.87	46	10	14	0	0	3	106.2	104	37	34	5	28	2	107	3	0	5	445		1.238	8.8	0.4	2.4	9.0	3.82	DYT,WTN · FLOR,SOUL
2006	23	CHC-min	AAA,AA	9	7	.563	3.36	25	24	0	0	0	0	131.1	132	55	49	9	36	2	113	4	0	3	561		1.279	9.0	0.6	2.5	7.7	3.14	IWA,WTN · PCL,SOUL
2007	24	CHC-min	AAA	5	6	.455	4.52	40	9	6	0	0	2	95.2	100	54	48	11	41	0	101	5	1	2	425		1.474	9.4	1.0	3.9	9.5	2.46	IWA · PCL
2008	25	CHC-min	AAA	10	4	.714	4.02	27	19	1	0	0	0	118.2	127	64	53	15	34	1	102	1	0	3	513		1.357	9.6	1.1	2.6	7.7	3.00	IWA · PCL
2008	25	TOT	MLB	0	0		0.00	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	18		0.563	0.0	0.0	5.1	1.7	0.33
2008	25	TOR	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4		1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
2008	25	CHC	NL	0	0		0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	14		0.462	0.0	0.0	4.2	2.1	0.50
2009	26	CHC-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	2.77	5	5	0	0	0	0	26.0	19	8	8	1	7	0	21	0	0	0	101		1.000	6.6	0.3	2.4	7.3	3.00	IWA · PCL
2009	26	CHC	NL	12	10	.545	3.05	27	27	0	0	0	0	165.1	165	67	56	14	46	4	104	6	1	3	694	146	1.276	9.0	0.8	2.5	5.7	2.26	RoY-6
2010	27	CHC	NL	8	14	.364	4.26	32	32	0	0	0	0	194.1	209	97	92	19	63	5	144	6	0	2	843	99	1.400	9.7	0.9	2.9	6.7	2.29
2011	28	CHC-min	AAA,A	0	2	.000	8.22	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.2	12	10	7	1	3	0	4	0	0	1	39		1.957	14.1	1.2	3.5	4.7	1.33	IWA,PEO · PCL,MIDW
2011	28	CHC	NL	7	6	.538	4.99	23	23	0	2	1	0	135.1	141	76	75	23	47	4	82	2	0	8	583	78	1.389	9.4	1.5	3.1	5.5	1.74
2012	29	CHC-min	AAA	2	2	.500	7.71	6	6	0	0	0	0	30.1	36	26	26	4	12	0	22	1	0	1	139		1.582	10.7	1.2	3.6	6.5	1.83	IWA · PCL
2012	29	CHC	NL	1	1	.500	4.41	5	2	2	0	0	0	16.1	15	8	8	1	11	0	8	2	0	1	76	89	1.592	8.3	0.6	6.1	4.4	0.73
5 Yrs				28	31	.475	4.02	91	84	4	2	1	0	516.2	530	248	231	57	170	13	339	16	1	14	2214	105	1.355	9.2	1.0	3.0	5.9	1.99
162 Game Avg.				11	12	.475	4.02	35	33	2	1	0	0	201	206	96	90	22	66	5	132	6	0	5	860	105	1.355	9.2	1.0	3.0	5.9	1.99

CHC (5 yrs)				28	31	.475	4.03	90	84	3	2	1	0	515.2	530	248	231	57	169	13	339	16	1	14	2210	104	1.356	9.3	1.0	2.9	5.9	2.01
TOR (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4		1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00

NL (5 yrs)				28	31	.475	4.03	90	84	3	2	1	0	515.2	530	248	231	57	169	13	339	16	1	14	2210	104	1.356	9.3	1.0	2.9	5.9	2.01
AL (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4		1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00

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	Awards
2008	25	TOR	AL	1.0	1	0	0	0.00	4.98	0.25	-0.37	94.0	4.10	0	0.0	.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.545	.500	$
2008	25	CHC	NL	4.1	3	0	0	0.00	4.79	-0.13	-0.35	112.0	5.12	2	0.3	.9	-0.0	0.3	3	.590	.502	$
2009	26	CHC	NL	165.1	27	27	67	3.65	4.46	-0.16	0.17	105.7	5.07	26	2.9		-0.1	4.0	42	.607	.518	$	RoY-6
2010	27	CHC	NL	194.1	32	32	97	4.49	4.41	-0.27	0.17	104.0	5.05	12	1.3		-0.1	2.6	30	.539	.508	$427,000
2011	28	CHC	NL	135.1	23	23	76	5.05	4.27	-0.25	0.16	99.6	4.65	-7	-0.7		-0.1	0.2	6	.469	.496	$475,000
2012	29	CHC	NL	16.1	5	2	8	4.41	4.03	0.18	-0.07	99.8	3.78	-1	-0.2	.5	-0.0	0.0	0	.470	.499	$
5 Seasons				516.2	91	84	248	4.32	4.39	-0.21	0.15	103.3	4.91	32	3.6	.6	-0.4	7.1	82	.539	.504	$902,000

CHC (5 yrs)				515.2	90	84	248	4.33	4.38	-0.21	0.16	103.3	4.91	32	3.5	.7	-0.4	7.1	81	.539	.504	$902,000
TOR (1 yr)				1.0	1	0	0	0.00	4.98	0.25	-0.37	94.0	4.10	0	0.0	.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.545	.500	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2008	25	CHC	NL	3	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2008	25	TOR	AL	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	25	TOT	MLB	4	18	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2009	26	CHC	NL	27	694	631	67	165	21	1	14	14	4	46	104	.261	.316	.365	.680	.292	230	20	6	7	4	4	10
2010	27	CHC	NL	32	843	766	97	209	46	2	19	14	4	63	144	.273	.333	.413	.745	.315	316	13	6	8	0	5	12
2011	28	CHC	NL	23	583	525	76	141	18	1	23	12	5	47	82	.269	.328	.438	.766	.277	230	9	2	3	6	4	4
2012	29	CHC	NL	5	76	61	8	15	8	0	1	2	1	11	8	.246	.378	.426	.805	.269	26	1	2	2	0	0	1
5 Yrs				91	2214	1998	248	530	93	4	57	42	14	170	339	.265	.326	.401	.728	.293	802	44	16	20	10	13	27
162 Game Avg.				35	860	776	96	206	36	2	22	16	5	66	132	.265	.326	.401	.728	.293	312	17	6	8	4	5	10
MLB Averages																.259	.327	.408	.736	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2008	25	TOT	MLB	2.9	0.3	18	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.38	0.3	-0.2	2.5	0.3	0.38	3.5	1	0	3
2008	25	TOR	AL	0.7	0.1	4	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0	-0.0	0.5	0.1	0.00	0.6	0	0	1
2008	25	CHC	NL	2.2	0.2	14	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.49	0.2	-0.2	2.0	0.2	0.49	2.9	1	0	2
2009	26	CHC	NL	21.6	2.2	717	1.8	11.5	-9.6	.89	1.9	0.2	19.5	2.0	0.89	19.9	0	0	0
2010	27	CHC	NL	1.0	0.1	866	-0.1	15.8	-15.9	1.05	-0.1	-0.1	-1.0	-0.1	1.05	-1.3	0	0	0
2011	28	CHC	NL	-13.3	-1.3	608	-2.5	9.5	-12.0	1.03	-1.3	-1.2	-16.1	-1.6	1.03	-13.1	0	0	0
2012	29	CHC	NL	-0.5	-0.1	80	-0.4	1.1	-1.5	1.06	-0.3	-0.1	-1.3	-0.1	1.06	-2.6	0	1	1
5 Yrs				11.7	1.3	2289	-1.2	37.9	-39.1	.99	0.5	-1.8	3.7	0.4	0.99	6.5	1	1	4

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
2009	26	CHC	NL	27	27	12	10	5	1	4	14	13	.519	4	2	0	0	18	67%	53.2	80	27	14	4	0	12	4.8	5.2	6.1	94	2	17	8	0	111
2010	27	CHC	NL	32	32	8	14	10	1	5	13	19	.406	3	3	0	0	18	56%	50.1	73	18	16	5	1	16	3.4	3.4	6.1	96	3	12	15	2	129
2011	28	CHC	NL	23	23	7	6	10	1	1	11	12	.478	3	5	2	1	9	39%	47.5	89	28	12	3	0	10	4.5	4.9	5.9	95	3	12	8	0	114
2012	29	CHC	NL	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	41.0	44	38	4	0	0	2	2.5	1.1	4.3	86	1	1	0	0	93
4 Yrs				87	84	27	31	26	3	10	38	46	.452	10	11	2	1	45	54%	50	89	18	46	12	1	40	4.1	4.4	6.0	95	9	42	31	2	129
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	100	-13					4.5	4.5	5.9	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2008	25	TOT	MLB	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%		.381	1	0	3	2	0	2	1	3	1	0	1	1	4.0	14
2008	25	TOR	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	.005	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	12
2008	25	CHC	NL	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	6	.489	1	0	2	1	0	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	4.3	14

2012	29	CHC	NL	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1.061	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	3	2	0	2	1	7.7	39
2 Yrs				9	7	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%		.931	1	1	4	2	1	4	1	6	3	0	3	2	5.6	25

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2008	25	TOT	MLB	18	61%	0.0%	5.6%	16.7%	0.0%		1.80	2.00	78%	0%	0.0%	0%	1	1	100%
2008	25	TOR	AL	4	50%	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%		2.00	2.00	75%	0%	0.0%	0%	0	0
2008	25	CHC	NL	14	64%	0.0%	7.1%	14.3%	0.0%		1.75	2.00	79%	0%	0.0%	0%	1	1	100%
2009	26	CHC	NL	694	55%	2.0%	15.0%	6.6%	5.2%	22%	0.94	1.24	75%	17%	5.9%	13%	122	20	16%
2010	27	CHC	NL	843	59%	2.3%	17.1%	7.5%	8.0%	32%	0.89	1.15	72%	20%	6.5%	9%	174	13	7%
2011	28	CHC	NL	583	56%	4.0%	14.1%	8.1%	7.2%	30%	0.74	0.94	73%	20%	10.0%	10%	124	9	7%
2012	29	CHC	NL	76	53%	1.3%	10.5%	14.5%	11.8%	60%	0.76	1.11	68%	20%	3.8%	10%	13	1	8%
5 Yrs				2214	57%	2.6%	15.3%	7.7%	7.0%	29%	0.87	1.12	73%	19%	7.2%	11%	434	44	10%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	33%	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2008	25	TOT	MLB	18	54	3.00	30	56%	37%	7%	10%	47%	63%	0%	35%	89%	50%	17%	3	1	17%	3	3	0	0%	0	2	0	0	0
2008	25	TOR	AL	4	12	3.00	6	50%	50%	0%	0%	50%	50%	0%	25%	100%	25%	25%	1	0	0%	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0
2008	25	CHC	NL	14	42	3.00	24	57%	33%	8%	13%	46%	67%	0%	38%	88%	57%	14%	2	1	21%	3	3	0	0%	0	1	0	0	0
2009	26	CHC	NL	696	2543	3.65	1595	63%	26%	14%	26%	34%	74%	1%	46%	81%	61%	3%	23	12	22%	155	79	5	21%	18	7	-2	0	0
2010	27	CHC	NL	844	3086	3.66	1916	62%	24%	18%	25%	33%	76%	2%	47%	77%	58%	4%	36	15	19%	164	96	7	13%	24	16	-1	0	0
2011	28	CHC	NL	586	2177	3.72	1325	61%	26%	15%	25%	34%	74%	2%	45%	80%	59%	6%	33	22	20%	116	61	7	17%	13	7	-3	0	0
2012	29	CHC	NL	77	289	3.75	164	57%	25%	15%	27%	34%	75%	0%	43%	80%	62%	3%	2	1	17%	13	6	1	0%	0	1	-1	0	0
5 Yrs				2221	8149	3.67	5030	62%	25%	16%	25%	34%	75%	1%	46%	79%	59%	4%	97	51	20%	451	245	20	16%	55	33	-7	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2008	25	TOT	MLB	18	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	25	TOR	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	25	CHC	NL	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	26	CHC	NL	694	165	18	2	14	1	12	6	8	8	6	29	17	5	59%	10	3	0	253	14	4	78%	13	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
2010	27	CHC	NL	843	209	25	6	19	1	16	15	4	10	9	37	18	10	49%	12	2	1	321	14	4	78%	14	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	0
2011	28	CHC	NL	583	141	21	3	23	0	14	16	7	12	11	35	18	5	51%	4	8	0	206	12	5	71%	11	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	20	0
2012	29	CHC	NL	76	15	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	1	7	2	1	29%	1	1	0	31	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5 Yrs				2214	530	64	11	57	2	49	37	20	30	27	108	55	21	51%	27	14	1	813	42	14	75%	40	11	2	2	0	1	3	0	35	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2008	25	0	0		0.00	4	0	2	0	0	5.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	18		0.563	0.0	0.0	5.1	1.7	0.33
2009	26	12	10	.545	2.95	31	27	2	0	0	170.2	165	67	56	14	49	4	105	6	1	3	712	152	1.254	8.7	0.7	2.6	5.5	2.14	152
2010	27	20	24	.455	3.65	63	59	2	0	0	365.0	374	164	148	33	112	9	249	12	1	5	1555	119	1.332	9.2	0.8	2.8	6.1	2.22	119
2011	28	27	30	.474	4.01	86	82	2	2	1	500.1	515	240	223	56	159	13	331	14	1	13	2138	105	1.347	9.3	1.0	2.9	6.0	2.08	105
2012	29	28	31	.475	4.02	91	84	4	2	1	516.2	530	248	231	57	170	13	339	16	1	14	2214	105	1.355	9.2	1.0	3.0	5.9	1.99	105

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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
2008	25	0	0		0.00	5.0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0.600	0.0	5.4	1.8	0.33	0.0	4
2009	26	11	6	.647	2.96	161.0	160	59	53	14	45	101	6	1.273	8.9	2.5	5.6	2.24	0.8	27
2010	27	10	11	.476	4.26	190.0	206	100	90	19	62	141	6	1.411	9.8	2.9	6.7	2.27	0.9	32
2011	28	5	9	.357	5.58	129.0	145	89	80	24	48	78	2	1.496	10.1	3.3	5.4	1.63	1.7	23
2012	29	0	1	.000	4.50	16.0	15	9	8	1	11	8	2	1.625	8.4	6.2	4.5	0.73	0.6	5
5 Yrs		26	27	.491	4.15	501.0	526	257	231	58	169	329	16	1.387	9.4		5.9	1.95	1.0	91

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 2009 NL 3.05 (10th)	Complete Games s c a p y 2011 NL 2 (9th)	Shutouts s c a p y 2011 NL 1 (6th)	Hits s c a p y 2010 NL 209 (10th)
Losses s c a p y 2010 NL 14 (4th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 2010 NL 92 (10th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 2009 NL 146 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 7 (1687), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1386), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Greg Mathews (975)
Ed Lynch (975)
Phil Marchildon (974)
Marv Breuer (974)

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