David Wells

Position: 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)

Debut: June 30, 1987 (Age 24-041d, 15,346th in major league history)
vs. NYY 4.0 IP, 9 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER, L

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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Team Record in Appearances: 21-19 / in Starts: 16-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 4

1991 Pitching Game Log

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1991 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	157	4	Apr 11	TOR		MIL	W,7-3	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	8.0	8	3	3	1	2	1	0	3.38	4.36	32	102	66	13	13	14	15	3	3	0	55			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	1	0	.77	0.330	1.20	0.31%	1.15	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
2	158	9	Apr 16	TOR	@	DET	L,2-6	GS-7	L(1-1)	4	7.0	6	3	3	2	5	0	0	3.60	3.39	29	105	65	16	6	8	14	6	5	0	56			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.057	1.98	-0.06%	0.56	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
3	159	14	Apr 22	TOR	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS-5	L(1-2)	5	4.1	8	5	5	2	0	2	0	5.12	4.92	21	62	32	5	0	9	10	6	2	0	25			0	0	0	19	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.389	1.97	-0.45%	-2.93	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d1
4	160	19	Apr 27	TOR		DET	L,2-4	GS-4	L(1-3)	4	3.1	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	5.16	4.75	15	60	37	5	1	6	8	1	1	0	41			0	1	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.178	2.01	-0.21%	-1.86	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	161	24	May 3	TOR	@	KCR	W,5-1	GS-8	W(2-3)	5	8.0	8	1	1	1	3	0	1	4.11	4.26	30	105	72	19	6	15	10	6	1	0	64			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.425	1.92	0.41%	2.99	1b start tie	8b 3 out a3
6	162	29	May 9	TOR		CHW	W,2-0	GS-8	W(3-3)	5	8.0	3	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.26	3.63	27	108	68	16	14	12	6	1	3	0	83			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.522	1.77	0.53%	4.15	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
7	163	34	May 14	TOR		KCR	W,4-1	GS-7	W(4-3)	4	7.0	4	1	1	1	5	1	0	2.96	3.64	24	103	68	17	7	6	11	1	2	0	69			0	2	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.306	1.81	0.37%	2.63	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
8	164	39	May 20	TOR	@	OAK	W,1-0	GS-7	W(5-3)	5	7.0	2	0	0	4	6	0	0	2.56	3.54	25	116	61	12	10	1	14	3	7	0	75			0	2	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.463	2.67	0.61%	3.28	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
9	165	44	May 26	TOR	@	CAL	L,2-6	GS-3	L(5-4)	5	2.2	6	5	5	1	0	1	0	3.25	3.80	14	39	23	2	2	3	10	3	2	0	25			0	0	0	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.269	1.62	-0.35%	-2.84	1b start tie	3b -2- 2 out d3
10	166	48	May 31	TOR		CAL	W,5-1	CG	W(6-4)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	9	0	0	2.94	3.43	33	117	80	16	18	11	12	4	5	0	81			0	0	1	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.345	1.79	0.44%	3.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	167	53	Jun 5	TOR	@	NYY	W,4-1	GS-8	W(7-4)	4	8.0	4	1	0	2	6	0	0	2.61	3.28	30	120	76	8	21	10	12	4	2	0	76			1	1	0	28	3	0	1	0	0	1	.85	0.310	2.22	0.49%	2.99	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a3
12	168	58	Jun 11	TOR	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-8		5	8.0	4	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.46	3.13	28	103	67	11	10	12	9	3	3	0	75			2	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.300	3.33	0.45%	3.03	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
13	169	63	Jun 16	TOR		BAL	L,8-13	GS-3		4	2.0	5	5	5	2	1	1	0	2.95	3.33	12	45	25	7	3	3	6	2	2	0	25			0	0	0	9	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.42	-0.388	3.70	-0.61%	-3.96	1t start tie	3t --- 0 out d2
14	170	67	Jun 21	TOR		CLE	W,8-4	GS-8	W(8-4)	4	8.0	6	4	3	3	5	1	0	2.99	3.42	34	111	72	19	11	14	12	3	3	0	58			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.07	0.093	2.67	0.14%	0.15	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
15	171	72	Jun 26	TOR	@	MIN	W,5-2	GS-8	W(9-4)	4	8.0	7	2	2	1	2	1	0	2.93	3.50	32	91	61	13	7	4	25	4	7	0	61			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.279	1.93	0.44%	2.19	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	172	77	Jul 1	TOR		SEA	W,4-3	GS-8		4	8.0	7	3	3	2	3	2	0	2.96	3.69	33	115	70	18	4	10	18	7	1	0	57			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.012	2.84	-0.02%	1.15	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
17	173	82	Jul 6	TOR	@	SEA	W,4-3	GS-6		4	5.1	4	3	2	4	2	0	0	2.98	3.72	27	112	65	20	4	9	12	3	4	0	48			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	2	1.32	-0.065	3.62	-0.11%	-0.19	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out tie
18	174	85	Jul 12	TOR		TEX	W,6-2	GS-7	W(10-4)	5	7.0	5	2	2	2	3	1	0	2.96	3.78	28	99	62	13	4	6	17	2	4	0	60			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.151	2.38	0.23%	1.63	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
19	175	90	Jul 18	TOR	@	TEX	W,4-0	GS-7	W(11-4)	5	6.2	3	0	0	2	1	0	1	2.80	3.79	26	89	57	14	7	5	17	3	8	0	67			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.327	2.58	0.50%	2.99	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a3
20	176	95	Jul 24	TOR	@	CHW	W,2-1	GS-7	W(12-4)	5	6.1	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.73	3.74	25	91	64	18	6	7	15	5	2	0	58			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.200	2.50	0.28%	2.03	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out a2
21	177	100	Jul 29	TOR		CHW	L,4-12	GS-5	L(12-5)	4	5.0	7	7	7	2	4	4	0	3.10	4.07	23	75	47	12	5	4	13	3	5	0	27			1	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.408	1.72	-0.56%	-4.41	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	178	105	Aug 3	TOR	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-6	L(12-6)	4	5.2	6	4	4	2	5	2	0	3.22	4.18	25	95	57	16	6	6	12	8	0	0	44			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.110	1.61	-0.19%	-0.31	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d3
23	179	110	Aug 9	TOR		BOS	L,7-12	GS-5	L(12-7)	5	4.2	9	5	5	2	0	2	0	3.43	4.35	23	74	38	8	3	9	12	3	2	0	24			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	1	.63	-0.193	1.47	-0.27%	-1.85	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d4
24	180	115	Aug 14	TOR	@	MIL	L,3-5	GS-7	L(12-8)	4	6.0	9	5	5	2	2	1	0	3.59	4.39	28	87	55	9	4	10	14	5	3	0	34			1	0	1	24	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.17	-0.260	4.13	-0.55%	-1.45	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d1
25	181	124	Aug 24	TOR		NYY	L,5-6	GS-6	L(12-9)	9	5.0	9	6	5	1	5	1	0	3.76	4.38	26	101	63	16	8	11	9	4	2	0	31			1	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.459	4.52	-1.12%	-2.90	1t start tie	6t -23 0 out a1
26	182	129	Aug 29	TOR	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	W(13-9)	4	9.0	8	2	1	0	5	1	0	3.61	4.32	34	117	78	15	9	14	15	0	2	0	70			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.258	3.21	0.62%	2.49	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	183	134	Sep 3	TOR		BAL	L,4-8	GS-6	L(13-10)	4	5.1	9	4	4	1	3	1	0	3.71	4.33	25	89	62	14	6	10	11	6	2	0	36			0	1	0	23	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.25	-0.206	5.33	-0.53%	-1.48	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out d1
28	184	139	Sep 8	TOR	@	CLE	W,11-5	GS-8	W(14-10)	4	7.2	7	4	4	0	3	0	0	3.75	4.23	31	96	63	13	7	13	15	2	5	0	52			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.128	.85	0.21%	-0.30	1b start a 4	8b -2- 2 out a7
29	185	144	Sep 15	TOR		OAK	L,5-10	8-9		6	0.1	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.89	4.26	6	21	9	3	0	2	2	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.164	2.77	-0.30%	-2.61	8t 1-- 2 out d1	9t 123 0 out d2
30	186	145	Sep 16	TOR	@	SEA	L,5-6	6-7	H(1)	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.85	4.24	6	18	14	3	3	1	4	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.155	5.68	0.36%	1.00	6b --- 0 out a2	7b 3 out a2
31	187	146	Sep 17	TOR	@	SEA	L,4-5	7-7	H(2)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.84	4.23	1	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.18	0.309	20.50	0.73%	1.57	7b 123 1 out a1	7b 3 out a1
32	188	147	Sep 18	TOR	@	SEA	W,5-3	8-11		0	2.1	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.88	4.19	10	39	27	8	2	4	4	1	2	0		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	-0.207	12.16	-0.60%	-0.91	8b 12- 2 out tie	11b 1-3 0 out a1
33	189	148	Sep 20	TOR	@	OAK	L,5-6	9-10		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.84	4.16	7	23	17	6	2	2	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	0.262	8.19	0.70%	0.94	9b --- 0 out tie	10b 3 out tie
34	190	150	Sep 22	TOR	@	OAK	W,3-2	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.82	4.13	4	11	9	5	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.47	0.189	22.08	0.72%	0.47	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
35	191	152	Sep 24	TOR	@	CAL	W,3-0	8-GF(10)	W(15-10)	1	2.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.77	4.09	8	26	17	2	3	2	4	1	2	0		1	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.283	6.84	0.96%	1.51	8b 1-- 1 out tie	10b end a 3
36	192	155	Sep 28	TOR		MIN	L,0-5	8-8		3	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.75	4.09	4	5	5	1	0	1	3	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.008	.41	0.01%	0.52	8t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
37	193	156	Sep 29	TOR		MIN	W,2-1	8-8	H(3)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.73	4.08	3	8	6	3	0	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.123	3.21	0.15%	0.52	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 3 out a1
38	194	157	Sep 30	TOR		CAL	L,1-2	9-GF		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.71	4.07	4	15	11	0	1	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.040	.58	0.01%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
39	195	159	Oct 2	TOR		CAL	W,6-5	7-9	BS(1)	1	2.1	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	3.76	4.14	10	50	30	8	2	1	6	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	-0.046	.28	0.00%	-0.02	7t --- 1 out a1	9t -2- 2 out tie
40	196	161	Oct 5	TOR	@	MIN	L,1-3	4-5		2	2.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.72	4.13	8	19	10	0	0	4	4	2	1	0		0	0	0	1	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.098	.00	0.00%	1.05	4b --- 0 out d1	5b 3 out d1
							21-19		W-L:15-10,Sv:1,BSv:1,Hld:3	3.5	198.1	188	88	82	49	106	24	2	3.72	4.13	811	2865	63%	14%	8%	0.69		17%	15%	0	53	7	14%	8	13	3	747	37	2	1	11	6	8	1.02	2.493	2.75	3.74%	17.19

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