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: 14-13 / in Starts: 11-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	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	1989	ALCS g2	Oct 4	TOR	@	OAK	L,3-6	6-7		2	1.0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	6.76	5	26	12	4	4	1	1	0	1	0		1	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.006	4.91	-0.09%	-0.69	6b 1-- 1 out d4	7b -2- 1 out d5
1991 Postseason		Year	Series	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
2	1991	ALCS g1	Oct 8	TOR	@	MIN	L,4-5	3-6		2	3.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	3.52	13	44	26	3	5	2	7	2	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	1	.39	0.065	10.16	0.93%	1.66	3b -2- 2 out d5	6b 1-- 2 out d1
3	1991	ALCS g3	Oct 11	TOR		MIN	L,2-3	7-8		2	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	2.43	6	14	11	3	2	1	3	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.147	40.54	2.54%	0.80	7t --- 0 out tie	8t 1-- 2 out tie
4	1991	ALCS g4	Oct 12	TOR		MIN	L,3-9	4-6		0	1.2	2	2	2	0	3	0	0	2.84	1.59	7	34	17	5	4	2	2	1	1	0		2	0	1	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.004	18.74	-0.07%	-0.15	4t 1-3 2 out d3	6t -2- 1 out d4
5	1991	ALCS g5	Oct 13	TOR		MIN	L,5-8	8-GF		0	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.35	1.29	5	16	14	2	3	2	1	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.153	9.30	-1.74%	-0.87	8t -23 2 out d1	9t end d 3
1992 Postseason		Year	Series	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
6	1992	WS g1	Oct 17	TOR	@	ATL	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		20	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.78	4	16	10	4	2	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.012	8.63	0.35%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
7	1992	WS g2	Oct 18	TOR	@	ATL	W,5-4	5-6		0	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.78	6	18	11	4	0	0	3	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.74	0.013	39.07	0.39%	0.61	5b 1-3 1 out d1	6b 3 out d2
8	1992	WS g5	Oct 22	TOR		ATL	L,2-7	5-6		3	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.78	5	19	13	2	0	0	5	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.012	6.79	0.37%	0.61	5t --- 2 out d5	6t 3 out d5
9	1992	WS g6	Oct 24	TOR	@	ATL	W,4-3	7-7	H(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.78	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	0.050	164.47	2.93%	0.21	7b 1-- 2 out a1	7b 3 out a1
1995 Postseason		Year	Series	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
10	1995	NLDS g3	Oct 6	CIN		LAD	W,10-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	5	6.1	6	1	0	1	8	0	1	0.00	1.52	28	115	80	22	12	7	11	5	1	0	66			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.05	0.228	9.40	1.15%	1.66	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a6
11	1995	NLCS g3	Oct 13	CIN	@	ATL	L,2-5	GS-6	L(1-1)	6	6.0	8	3	3	2	3	1	0	2.19	3.35	27	86	55	9	9	7	15	6	3	0	45			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	-0.026	23.67	-0.28%	0.20	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
1996 Postseason		Year	Series	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	1996	ALDS g1	Oct 1	BAL		CLE	W,10-4	GS-7	W(1-0)	6	6.2	8	4	4	1	3	1	0	5.40	4.67	29	109	72	16	6	11	14	5	2	0	44			1	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	1	1	.87	0.113	13.64	0.97%	-0.15	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out a5
13	1996	ALDS g4	Oct 5	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-7		3	7.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	0	4.61	4.12	29	107	72	17	7	8	15	8	3	0	51			1	2	0	25	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.12	0.039	24.88	0.40%	1.18	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
14	1996	ALCS g2	Oct 10	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	6.2	8	3	3	3	6	0	1	4.43	3.81	30	104	69	21	12	8	12	8	0	0	49			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.25	0.206	33.10	3.06%	1.76	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a2
1997 Postseason		Year	Series	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
15	1997	ALDS g3	Oct 4	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	W(1-0)	6	9.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.00	2.89	33	104	74	16	4	12	20	6	9	0	74			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	.67	0.218	13.81	2.91%	4.14	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
1998 Postseason		Year	Series	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	1998	ALDS g1	Sep 29	NYY		TEX	W,2-0	GS-8	W(1-0)	4	8.0	5	0	0	1	9	0	0	0.00	1.26	30	135	92	25	17	11	9	3	1	0	80			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.505	17.10	4.42%	4.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
17	1998	ALCS g1	Oct 6	NYY		CLE	W,7-2	GS-9	W(2-0)	6	8.1	5	2	2	1	7	1	1	1.10	2.53	31					10	12	5	2	0	71			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.40	0.200	10.40	2.90%	2.65	1t start tie	9t --- 1 out a5
18	1998	ALCS g5	Oct 11	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS-8	W(3-0)	4	7.1	7	3	3	1	11	2	1	1.90	3.14	29	104	73	21	19	8	8	3	1	0	62			2	1	1	26	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.14	0.240	47.45	6.41%	1.35	1b start a 3	8b --- 1 out a2
19	1998	WS g1	Oct 17	NYY		SDP	W,9-6	GS-7	W(4-0)	5	7.0	7	5	5	2	4	3	0	2.93	4.35	28	113	79	20	17	6	16	8	1	0	45			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.227	43.21	-7.71%	-1.16	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
2002 Postseason		Year	Series	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
20	2002	ALDS g4	Oct 5	NYY	@	ANA	L,5-9	GS-5	L(0-1)	6	4.2	10	8	8	0	0	1	0	15.43	5.75	24	59	43	11	2	7	10	1	1	7	12			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	2	1.27	-0.392	28.35	-5.03%	-3.74	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d4
2003 Postseason		Year	Series	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
21	2003	ALDS g4	Oct 5	NYY	@	MIN	W,8-1	GS-8	W(1-0)	6	7.2	8	1	1	0	5	0	0	1.17	1.73	31	96	68	14	12	11	15	4	1	0	64			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.240	11.65	2.69%	2.87	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out a6
22	2003	ALCS g5	Oct 14	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS-7	W(2-0)	8	7.0	4	1	1	2	5	1	1	1.23	3.17	28	103	62	15	9	12	8	4	1	0	68			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.30	0.370	53.61	9.72%	3.01	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
23	2003	ALCS g7	Oct 16	NYY		BOS	W,6-5	8-8		1	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.76	4.01	3	6	5	1	1	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.064	21.67	-3.44%	-0.72	8t --- 1 out d2	8t 3 out d3
24	2003	WS g1	Oct 18	NYY		FLA	L,2-3	GS-7	L(2-1)	1	7.0	6	3	3	2	1	0	1	2.42	4.02	29	104	70	19	5	10	15	6	3	0	52			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.08	0.004	56.69	-0.16%	0.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
25	2003	WS g5	Oct 23	NYY	@	FLA	L,4-6	GS-1		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	3.97	3	8	5	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	53			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.051	54.93	2.72%	0.51	1b start a 1	1b 3 out a1
2005 Postseason		Year	Series	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
26	2005	ALDS g2	Oct 5	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-7	L(0-1)	4	6.2	7	5	2	0	2	1	0	2.70	4.37	26	93	65	20	2	11	13	3	2	0	48			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	1	.99	-0.246	15.95	-2.48%	-1.31	1b start a 2	7b --- 2 out d1
2006 Postseason		Year	Series	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	2006	NLDS g2	Oct 5	SDP		STL	L,0-2	GS-5	L(0-1)	4	5.0	7	2	2	0	2	0	1	3.60	2.95	19	69	45	13	3	10	6	2	1	0	47			0	1	1	18	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.00	-0.006	15.19	-0.29%	0.46	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
											125.0	116	49	44	25	83	12	7	3.17		508																			2

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