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: 17-15 / in Starts: 17-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1997 Pitching Game Log

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1997 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	349	3	Apr 4	NYY	@	OAK	L,2-4	GS-7		99	7.0	6	1	1	3	8	0	1	1.29	2.54	31	105	71	23	13	6	13	8	1	0	66			2	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.358	1.58	0.22%	2.73	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
2	350	8	Apr 9	NYY	@	ANA	W,12-5	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	9	5	5	2	3	0	0	3.38	2.86	37	110	75	18	6	14	18	10	0	0	50			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	.22	0.110	.22	0.07%	0.09	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
3	351	13	Apr 15	NYY		ANA	L,5-6	GS-7		5	6.2	9	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.57	3.51	30	135	91	23	9	14	11	5	1	0	45			2	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.106	1.23	0.06%	0.42	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a1
4	352	18	Apr 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-8	GS-5		4	4.0	10	5	5	1	2	2	0	4.73	4.38	22	58	42	8	3	11	8	4	1	0	23			1	0	0	20	2	1	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.211	.70	-0.11%	-3.50	1b start tie	5b -2- 0 out d5
5	353	22	Apr 25	NYY		CHW	L,3-9	GS-5	L(1-1)	4	5.0	7	5	1	2	2	2	1	4.26	5.16	26	101	64	8	5	6	15	7	0	0	41			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	.86	-0.237	.81	-0.14%	-2.23	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
6	354	27	Apr 30	NYY		SEA	W,3-2	GS-8	W(2-1)	4	7.2	7	1	1	0	9	0	0	3.66	4.30	30	122	87	22	14	13	8	1	1	0	70			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.38	0.442	1.44	0.28%	3.32	1t start tie	8t --- 2 out a1
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
7	355	32	May 6	NYY		MIN	W,7-2	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.35	4.02	34	97	72	14	5	16	14	3	2	0	65			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	1	0	.83	0.277	.92	0.18%	2.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
8	356	37	May 11	NYY		KCR	W,3-2	GS-9	W(4-1)	4	8.1	5	2	2	1	6	0	0	3.18	3.73	29	94	66	13	9	6	16	6	4	0	70			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.448	1.52	0.33%	2.70	1t start tie	9t --- 1 out a1
9	357	41	May 16	NYY	@	TEX	L,0-6	GS-7	L(4-2)	4	6.0	4	4	4	0	1	2	0	3.45	4.05	22	83	57	13	5	3	18	7	6	0	49			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.006	1.16	0.01%	-0.14	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out d3
10	358	46	May 22	NYY		BOS	L,2-8	GS-6	L(4-3)	5	5.1	12	5	5	2	2	1	1	3.84	4.24	31	98	65	16	6	12	14	5	1	0	24			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.273	1.25	-0.21%	-3.31	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out d4
11	359	51	May 28	NYY	@	TOR	W,6-4	GS-8	W(5-3)	5	7.2	5	4	4	1	8	1	1	3.93	4.17	29	113	75	20	15	10	9	1	3	0	60			2	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.173	1.74	0.14%	0.15	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a2
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
12	360	56	Jun 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-2	GS-7	W(6-3)	4	7.0	6	2	2	2	7	0	0	3.81	3.98	29	116	72	19	10	9	11	4	1	0	62			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	0.267	2.21	0.22%	1.96	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a1
13	361	60	Jun 7	NYY		MIL	W,2-0	GS-8	W(7-3)	4	8.0	4	0	0	0	8	0	0	3.47	3.73	29	106	72	19	9	6	15	7	4	0	82			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	0.544	1.70	0.48%	4.44	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
14	362	68	Jun 17	NYY		NYM	W,6-3	GS-8	W(8-3)	9	8.0	6	3	3	0	5	1	0	3.47	3.71	28	112	73	17	9	11	12	2	3	0	63			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	.90	0.288	1.29	0.25%	1.44	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
15	363	72	Jun 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS-4	L(8-4)	4	4.0	7	4	4	1	0	1	0	3.68	3.84	17	62	40	8	5	6	10	5	0	0	31			0	1	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.154	1.37	-0.15%	-1.71	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
16	364	77	Jun 28	NYY		CLE	L,8-12	GS-3		5	3.0	8	5	5	2	0	1	0	4.00	4.00	17	50	28	4	1	5	10	5	1	0	21			2	0	0	15	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	-0.323	2.19	-0.31%	-3.34	1t start tie	3t 3 out d1
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
17	365	82	Jul 3	NYY	@	TOR	W,3-1	GS-8	W(9-4)	4	7.1	5	1	1	3	6	0	0	3.82	3.91	29					13	7	4	2	0	67			1	1	1	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.361	2.12	0.37%	2.83	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a2
18	366	90	Jul 14	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	GS-8		10	7.1	9	2	2	0	4	1	0	3.74	3.91	30	93	70	16	4	12	14	6	1	0	56			1	0	0	29	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.43	0.137	2.53	0.15%	1.87	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out tie
19	367	95	Jul 19	NYY	@	MIL	W,8-0	SHO	W(10-4)	4	9.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.48	3.79	30	98	65	19	6	10	16	5	6	0	85			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.251	.75	0.24%	5.04	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a8
20	368	100	Jul 25	NYY		SEA	L,1-8	GS-4	L(10-5)	5	3.1	9	8	8	3	2	2	0	3.93	4.01	21	83	51	9	6	3	13	7	3	0	9			0	0	0	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.404	1.77	-0.38%	-6.08	1t start tie	4t --- 1 out d7
21	369	105	Jul 30	NYY		OAK	W,7-0	SHO	W(11-5)	4	9.0	3	0	0	3	16	0	0	3.68	3.79	33	138	96	32	12	6	8	3	2	0	94			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.215	.60	0.20%	4.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
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	370	109	Aug 4	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-4	GS-9	W(12-5)	4	8.1	6	3	3	1	6	0	0	3.66	3.69	32	109	73	29	8	13	12	5	2	0	64			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.351	1.05	0.31%	2.57	1b start a 1	9b -23 1 out a4
23	371	114	Aug 9	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-1	GS-8	W(13-5)	4	7.2	8	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.54	3.64	29	98	69	16	6	10	15	4	2	0	61			1	2	1	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.464	1.79	0.40%	3.32	1b start tie	8b --- 2 out a1
24	372	119	Aug 14	NYY		KCR	W,10-5	GS-8	W(14-5)	4	7.1	9	4	4	2	7	2	0	3.60	3.73	31	113	77	19	11	9	13	6	0	0	49			0	2	1	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.057	.76	0.03%	0.14	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a3
25	373	123	Aug 19	NYY	@	ANA	L,4-12	GS-3	L(14-6)	4	3.0	10	11	11	3	3	2	1	4.13	3.91	23	75	45	15	3	7	9	4	2	0	-5			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	1	0	0	.50	-0.495	.43	-0.25%	-9.30	1b start tie	3b 3 out d7
26	374	129	Aug 24	NYY	@	SEA	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(14-7)	4	8.0	7	5	5	2	8	2	0	4.19	3.96	33	121	75	19	13	10	13	3	3	0	54			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	1	.98	-0.337	.32	-0.07%	-0.65	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
27	375	133	Aug 30	NYY		MON	L,2-7	GS-8	L(14-8)	5	8.0	9	6	4	1	8	2	0	4.21	3.99	35	104	84	16	11	14	12	5	4	0	51			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	.39	-0.279	.09	-0.04%	-1.56	1t start tie	8t 3 out d6
Sept				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
28	376	138	Sep 4	NYY		BAL	L,2-5	GS-7	L(14-9)	4	6.2	12	4	3	2	1	0	0	4.20	3.98	34	114	75	16	5	12	19	9	0	0	35			0	0	0	30	5	0	0	0	1	0	1.40	-0.141	.44	-0.03%	-0.46	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d2
29	377	143	Sep 10	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-5	GS-7	L(14-10)	5	7.0	12	5	5	2	5	0	0	4.28	3.93	34	113	72	16	9	18	9	3	3	0	36			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.189	.19	-0.02%	-1.04	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
30	378	148	Sep 15	NYY		BOS	W,7-6	GS-6		4	5.1	12	6	6	0	6	0	0	4.43	3.85	28	97	73	20	9	8	14	9	1	0	26			1	0	0	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.438	.03	-0.01%	-3.24	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d1
31	379	156	Sep 22	NYY		TOR	W,8-1	GS-8	W(15-10)	6	8.0	7	1	1	1	7	0	1	4.31	3.79	32	110	71	17	10	5	18	8	5	0	70			0	1	1	30	2	2	0	0	0	0	.76	0.350	.00	0.00%	3.44	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
32	380	161	Sep 27	NYY	@	DET	W,6-1	GS-7	W(16-10)	4	7.0	5	1	1	1	3	1	0	4.21	3.81	27	100	66	16	10	9	14	3	2	0	65			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.339	.00	0.00%	2.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
							17-15		W-L:16-10	4.5	218.0	239	109	102	45	156	24	6	4.21	3.81	922	3128	68%	17%	8%	0.75		23%	9%	0	51		---%	19	8	4	861	53	5	0	13	3	4	1.00	2.063	1.04	2.23%	10.74

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