David Wells

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 187lb (190cm, 84kg)

Born: May 20, 1963 in Torrance, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2nd round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Point Loma HS (San Diego, CA).

High School: Point Loma HS (San Diego, CA)

Last Game: September 28, 2007 (Age 44-131d)
vs. SFG 6.0 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1988 season

Agents: Gregg Clifton, Nina Wells • Previously: Gregg Clifton

Full Name: David Lee Wells

Nicknames: Boomer

Twitter: @BoomerWells33

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

53.5

239

157

ERA

4.13

660

489

3439.0

2201

WHIP

1.266

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1982	19	-1.5	Medicine Hat	PION	Rk	TOR	4	3	.571	5.18	5.88	12	12	0	1	1	0	64.1	71	42	37	5	32	1	53	0	0	5		1.601	9.9	0.7	4.5	7.4	1.66
1983	20	-2.0	Kinston	CARL	A	TOR	6	5	.545	3.73	4.64	25	25	0	5	0	0	157.0	141	81	65	13	71	2	115	1	0	7		1.350	8.1	0.7	4.1	6.6	1.62
1984	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A	TOR	4	8	.333	3.48	4.54	15	15	0	3	1	0	101.0	109	51	39	4	36	1	78	1	1	5		1.436	9.7	0.4	3.2	7.0	2.17
1984	21	-2.6	Knoxville	SOUL	AA	TOR	3	2	.600	2.59	3.36	8	8	0	3	1	0	59.0	58	22	17	3	17	0	34	0	0	1		1.271	8.8	0.5	2.6	5.2	2.00
1984	21	-1.3	Kinston	CARL	A	TOR	1	6	.143	4.71	6.21	7	7	0	0	0	0	42.0	51	29	22	1	19	1	44	1	1	4		1.667	10.9	0.2	4.1	9.4	2.32

1986	23		4 Teams	4 Lgs	AA-A-AAA	TOR	3	5	.375	3.70	4.66	22	10	4	1	0	0	75.1	68	39	31	2	32	0	74	1	0	4		1.327	8.1	0.2	3.8	8.8	2.31
1986	23	-3.2	Syracuse	IL	AAA	TOR	0	1	.000	9.82	9.82	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	6	4	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0		1.909	14.7	0.0	2.5	4.9	2.00
1986	23	-0.7	Knoxville	SOUL	AA	TOR	1	3	.250	4.05	5.40	10	7	2	1	0	0	40.0	42	24	18	1	18	0	32	1	0	4		1.500	9.5	0.2	4.1	7.2	1.78
1986	23	0.3	Ventura County	CALL	A	TOR	2	1	.667	1.89	2.37	5	2	1	0	0	0	19.0	13	5	4	0	4	0	26	0	0	0		0.895	6.2	0.0	1.9	12.3	6.50
1986	23	1.4	Florence	SALL	A	TOR	0	0		3.55	4.26	4	1	0	0	0	0	12.2	7	6	5	1	9	0	14	0	0	0		1.263	5.0	0.7	6.4	9.9	1.56
1987	24	-2.3	Syracuse	IL	AAA	TOR	4	6	.400	3.87	4.03	43	12	17	0	0	6	109.1	102	49	47	9	32	4	106	0	1	9		1.226	8.4	0.7	2.6	8.7	3.31
1987	24	-4.6	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	4	3	.571	3.99	4.30	18	2	6	0	0	1	29.1	37	14	13	0	12	0	32	0	0	4	132	1.670	11.4	0.0	3.7	9.8	2.67
1988	25	-0.8	Syracuse	IL	AAA	TOR	0	0		0.00	1.59	6	0	3	0	0	3	5.2	7	1	0	0	2	1	8	0	1	2		1.588	11.1	0.0	3.2	12.7	4.00
1988	25	-3.5	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	3	5	.375	4.62	5.04	41	0	15	0	0	4	64.1	65	36	33	12	31	9	56	2	2	6	279	1.492	9.1	1.7	4.3	7.8	1.81
1989	26	-2.5	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	7	4	.636	2.40	2.61	54	0	19	0	0	2	86.1	66	25	23	5	28	7	78	0	3	6	352	1.089	6.9	0.5	2.9	8.1	2.79
1990	27	-1.4	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	11	6	.647	3.14	3.43	43	25	8	0	0	3	189.0	165	72	66	14	45	3	115	2	1	7	759	1.111	7.9	0.7	2.1	5.5	2.56
1991	28	-0.5	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	15	10	.600	3.72	3.99	40	28	3	2	0	1	198.1	188	88	82	24	49	1	106	2	3	10	811	1.195	8.5	1.1	2.2	4.8	2.16
1992	29	0.1	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	7	9	.438	5.40	6.30	41	14	14	0	0	2	120.0	138	84	72	16	36	6	62	8	1	3	529	1.450	10.4	1.2	2.7	4.7	1.72
1993	30	1.3	DET	AL	Maj	DET	11	9	.550	4.19	4.48	32	30	0	0	0	0	187.0	183	93	87	26	42	6	139	7	0	13	776	1.203	8.8	1.3	2.0	6.7	3.31
1994	31	8.5	Lakeland	FLOR	A+	DET	0	0		0.00	1.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	23	0.833	7.5	0.0	0.0	4.5
1994	31	1.9	DET	AL	Maj	DET	5	7	.417	3.96	4.37	16	16	0	5	1	0	111.1	113	54	49	13	24	6	71	2	0	5	464	1.231	9.1	1.1	1.9	5.7	2.96
1995	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	DET	16	8	.667	3.24	3.90	29	29	0	6	0	0	203.0	194	88	73	23	53	9	133	2	2	7	839	1.217	8.6	1.0	2.3	5.9	2.51
1995	32	3.2	DET	AL	Maj	DET	10	3	.769	3.04	3.73	18	18	0	3	0	0	130.1	120	54	44	17	37	5	83	2	1	6	539	1.205	8.3	1.2	2.6	5.7	2.24
1995	32	4.1	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	6	5	.545	3.59	4.21	11	11	0	3	0	0	72.2	74	34	29	6	16	4	50	0	1	1	300	1.239	9.2	0.7	2.0	6.2	3.13
1996	33	4.7	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	11	14	.440	5.14	5.30	34	34	0	3	0	0	224.1	247	132	128	32	51	7	130	7	2	4	946	1.328	9.9	1.3	2.0	5.2	2.55
1997	34	5.2	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	16	10	.615	4.21	4.50	32	32	0	5	2	0	218.0	239	109	102	24	45	0	156	6	0	8	922	1.303	9.9	1.0	1.9	6.4	3.47
1998	35	5.7	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	18	4	.818	3.49	3.61	30	30	0	8	5	0	214.1	195	86	83	29	29	0	163	1	0	2	851	1.045	8.2	1.2	1.2	6.8	5.62
1999	36	6.8	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	17	10	.630	4.82	5.13	34	34	0	7	1	0	231.2	246	132	124	32	62	2	169	6	0	1	987	1.329	9.6	1.2	2.4	6.6	2.73
2000	37	8.1	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	20	8	.714	4.11	4.51	35	35	0	9	1	0	229.2	266	115	105	23	31	0	166	8	1	9	972	1.293	10.4	0.9	1.2	6.5	5.35
2001	38	9.5	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	5	7	.417	4.47	4.92	16	16	0	1	0	0	100.2	120	55	50	12	21	1	59	3	0	2	432	1.401	10.7	1.1	1.9	5.3	2.81
2002	39	10.3	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	19	7	.731	3.75	4.36	31	31	0	2	1	0	206.1	210	100	86	21	45	2	137	5	0	4	873	1.236	9.2	0.9	2.0	6.0	3.04
2003	40	11.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	15	7	.682	4.14	4.27	31	30	0	4	1	0	213.0	242	101	98	24	20	0	101	8	0	3	887	1.230	10.2	1.0	0.8	4.3	5.05
2004	41	11.8	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	12	8	.600	3.73	3.91	31	31	0	0	0	0	195.2	203	85	81	23	20	1	101	2	1	2	804	1.140	9.3	1.1	0.9	4.6	5.05
2005	42	12.8	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	15	7	.682	4.45	4.65	30	30	0	2	0	0	184.0	220	95	91	21	21	0	107	9	1	4	780	1.310	10.8	1.0	1.0	5.2	5.10
2006	43		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	BOS	3	5	.375	4.42	4.90	13	13	0	0	0	0	75.1	97	41	37	11	12	0	38	0	0	0	324	1.447	11.6	1.3	1.4	4.5	3.17
2006	43	15.9	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	1	1	.500	8.10	8.10	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	10	9	9	2	4	0	4	1	0	0	44	1.400	9.0	1.8	3.6	3.6	1.00
2006	43	14.6	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	2	3	.400	4.98	5.74	8	8	0	0	0	0	47.0	64	30	26	10	8	0	24	0	0	0	206	1.532	12.3	1.9	1.5	4.6	3.00
2006	43	13.9	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	1	2	.333	3.49	3.49	5	5	0	0	0	0	28.1	33	11	11	1	4	0	14	0	0	0	118	1.306	10.5	0.3	1.3	4.4	3.50
2007	44		2 Teams	NL	Maj	LAD-SDP	9	9	.500	5.43	5.55	29	29	0	0	0	0	157.1	201	97	95	22	42	5	82	3	0	1	694	1.544	11.5	1.3	2.4	4.7	1.95
2007	44	15.0	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	5	8	.385	5.54	5.61	22	22	0	0	0	0	118.2	156	74	73	17	33	4	63	3	0	1	532	1.593	11.8	1.3	2.5	4.8	1.91
2007	44	15.0	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	4	1	.800	5.12	5.35	7	7	0	0	0	0	38.2	45	23	22	5	9	1	19	0	0	0	162	1.397	10.5	1.2	2.1	4.4	2.11
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (21 seasons)					Majors		239	157	.604	4.13	4.45	660	489	65	54	12	13	3439.0	3635	1702	1578	407	719	65	2201	83	17	101	14413	1.266	9.5	1.1	1.9	5.8	3.06
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		22	28	.440	3.88	4.65	127	78	24	10	2	9	528.2	513	273	228	35	209	9	441	4	3	33	67	1.366	8.7	0.6	3.6	7.5	2.11
All Levels (25 Seasons)							261	185	.585	4.10	4.48	787	567	89	64	14	22	3967.2	4148	1975	1806	442	928	74	2642	87	20	134	14480	1.279	9.4	1.0	2.1	6.0	2.85

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		5	8	.385	4.20	4.41	54	14	21	0	0	9	128.2	125	63	60	11	39	5	120	1	2	11	44	1.275	8.7	0.8	2.7	8.4	3.08
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		4	5	.444	3.18	4.18	18	15	2	4	1	0	99.0	100	46	35	4	35	0	66	1	0	5		1.364	9.1	0.4	3.2	6.0	1.89
A+ (1 season)					Minors		0	0		0.00	1.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	23	0.833	7.5	0.0	0.0	4.5
A (3 seasons)					Minors		9	12	.429	3.75	4.72	41	35	1	5	0	0	230.2	212	121	96	15	103	3	199	2	1	11		1.366	8.3	0.6	4.0	7.8	1.93
Rk (1 season)					Minors		4	3	.571	5.18	5.88	12	12	0	1	1	0	64.1	71	42	37	5	32	1	53	0	0	5		1.601	9.9	0.7	4.5	7.4	1.66