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: 19-22

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 28

1988 Pitching Game Log

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1988 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	19	1	Apr 4	TOR	@	KCR	W,5-3	7-7	H(1)	99	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	27.00	2.77	3	16	10	2	0	0	3	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.73	-0.150	2.06	-0.11%	-1.03	7b --- 0 out a2	7b 1-- 1 out a1
2	20	4	Apr 8	TOR	@	MIN	L,3-6	7-GF(8)		3	1.1	2	1	1	2	2	1	0	10.80	11.77	8	38	19	5	3	3	1	0	0	0		1	1	1	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	.28	-0.058	.37	-0.05%	-1.14	7b --3 2 out d2	8b end d 4
3	21	7	Apr 11	TOR		NYY	W,17-9	6-GF	W(1-0)	2	4.0	3	2	1	1	3	0	1	4.76	5.42	15	62	36	7	9	7	3	1	0	0		2	1	2	0	0	13	1	0	0	2	0	0	.65	0.104	.98	0.09%	-0.06	6t 12- 0 out a3	9t end a 8
4	22	10	Apr 14	TOR		NYY	L,3-7	7-8		2	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.68	4.95	5	18	10	3	2	1	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.019	.18	0.01%	1.00	7t 1-- 1 out d4	8t 3 out d4
5	23	11	Apr 16	TOR		MIN	L,2-3	7-GF	L(1-1)	1	3.0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	3.48	5.48	10	40	25	7	6	2	4	1	1	1		1	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.018	1.27	-0.01%	0.85	7t 1-- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
6	24	14	Apr 20	TOR		KCR	W,3-0	7-8	H(2)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.18	4.89	5	21	12	3	5	3	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.29	0.044	1.15	0.02%	0.49	7t 12- 1 out a3	8t 12- 1 out a3
7	25	15	Apr 22	TOR	@	NYY	W,6-4	9-11	W(2-1)	1	2.2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.57	4.27	9	39	22	7	7	4	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.81	0.464	3.23	0.32%	1.64	9b -2- 1 out tie	11b 3 out tie
8	26	16	Apr 23	TOR	@	NYY	W,3-2	7-7	H(3)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.51	4.09	1	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	0.049	2.54	0.04%	0.29	7b 1-- 1 out a2	7b 1-- 2 out a2
9	27	18	Apr 26	TOR		OAK	L,1-6	8-8		2	0.2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	3.00	4.97	4	27	20	2	2	0	1	1	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.349	1.12	-0.20%	-2.10	8t 12- 1 out tie	8t 3 out d3
10	28	21	Apr 29	TOR		CAL	L,5-9	7-9	L(2-2)	2	2.2	5	4	4	1	3	0	0	4.58	4.47	13	42	27	4	4	4	5	3	0	0		0	0	0	1	1	11	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.63	-0.240	1.19	-0.11%	-1.85	7t --- 0 out tie	9t -2- 2 out d3
11	29	22	Apr 30	TOR		CAL	L,1-6	9-9		0	0.0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.60	4.64	2	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	.87	-0.075	.53	-0.03%	-1.45	9t 1-- 0 out d1	9t 123 0 out d1
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
12	30	25	May 3	TOR	@	SEA	W,9-2	7-8	H(4)	2	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.79	4.59	5	27	18	4	3	2	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.053	.49	0.02%	0.33	7b -2- 2 out a2	8b 1-3 2 out a4
13	31	27	May 5	TOR	@	OAK	L,5-8	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	6.41	4.55	6	24	14	5	2	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.097	.29	-0.03%	-1.53	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
14	32	28	May 6	TOR	@	CAL	W,3-2	7-7	H(5)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.20	4.49	1	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.19	0.187	1.91	0.05%	0.88	7b 12- 1 out a1	7b 3 out a1
15	33	29	May 7	TOR	@	CAL	W,9-4	7-GF	S(1)	0	3.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	5.40	4.14	12	43	26	5	7	3	5	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.64	0.169	.89	0.06%	1.42	7b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 5
16	34	33	May 12	TOR		SEA	W,8-2	8-GF		4	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.04	3.89	5	15	11	4	1	1	2	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.029	.12	0.01%	2.05	8t 123 1 out a6	9t end a 6
17	35	35	May 14	TOR	@	CHW	L,5-7	8-GF(8)		1	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.97	3.91	2	14	8	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.003	.05	0.00%	0.23	8b 1-- 2 out d3	8b end d 3
18	36	36	May 15	TOR	@	CHW	L,5-6	7-8		0	0.2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	4.85	4.23	6	25	9	3	0	1	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	.83	-0.049	.34	-0.01%	-1.47	7b 1-- 1 out d1	8b 12- 0 out d2
19	37	38	May 17	TOR		TEX	L,6-7	10-11		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.67	4.21	6	31	17	7	2	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.48	-0.204	1.03	-0.05%	-1.35	10t --- 0 out tie	11t 123 0 out tie
20	38	40	May 20	TOR	@	MIL	W,3-1	7-GF	S(2)	2	2.2	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.25	3.92	9	46	31	7	7	3	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.11	0.413	.71	0.08%	2.38	7b -23 1 out a2	9b end a 2
21	39	43	May 23	TOR	@	MIL	L,7-9	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.11	3.98	6	15	8	1	2	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	1	.69	-0.058	.22	-0.01%	-0.51	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
22	40	44	May 24	TOR	@	TEX	W,13-2	8-8	H(6)	0	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.06	4.06	3	10	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	-0.117	.50	-0.02%	-1.03	8b 1-- 0 out a3	8b 12- 1 out a2
23	41	46	May 26	TOR	@	TEX	L,7-8	7-8	H(7)	1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.94	4.02	5	13	10	3	0	1	4	1	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.26	-0.039	.66	-0.01%	-0.61	7b 123 1 out a3	8b -2- 1 out a1
24	42	48	May 28	TOR		CHW	L,2-3	7-GF	BS(1)	1	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.60	3.80	10	34	21	3	6	5	3	0	2	0		3	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.057	.22	0.01%	1.30	7t 123 0 out a1	9t end d 1
25	43	49	May 29	TOR		CHW	W,4-2	9-GF	S(3)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.53	3.78	1	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.97	0.173	.66	0.02%	1.17	9t 1-3 1 out a2	9t end a 2
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
26	44	53	Jun 2	TOR	@	BOS	W,5-4	5-9	W(3-2)	3	4.1	2	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.60	3.79	17	70	38	14	1	4	8	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	0.363	.29	0.05%	2.35	5b 12- 1 out tie	9b -23 2 out a5
27	45	56	Jun 5	TOR	@	BOS	W,12-4	5-8	H(8)	2	2.2	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	3.38	3.78	11	35	21	5	3	2	5	4	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.146	.45	0.04%	1.55	5b 12- 1 out a3	8b 1-- 0 out a5
28	46	58	Jun 7	TOR	@	CLE	L,3-5	8-GF	L(3-3)	1	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.71	4.01	5	17	11	3	3	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.94	-0.256	.96	-0.08%	-1.50	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 2
29	47	60	Jun 10	TOR		BOS	W,3-0	7-8	H(9)	2	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.63	4.07	6	34	19	5	1	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	0.073	.46	0.01%	0.55	7t 1-3 2 out a2	8t 12- 2 out a3
30	48	67	Jun 17	TOR	@	DET	L,5-12	5-7	L(3-4)	6	3.0	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	3.78	4.17	11	42	28	9	5	5	4	3	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	.81	-0.222	.41	-0.07%	-0.25	5b 1-3 0 out d1	7b 3 out d2
31	49	69	Jun 19	TOR	@	DET	W,6-4	7-8	BS(2)	1	1.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	0	4.07	4.39	8	36	22	8	2	2	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.18	-0.438	.69	-0.08%	-1.91	7b --- 0 out a2	8b 1-- 0 out tie
32	50	71	Jun 21	TOR		BAL	L,2-4	8-9		1	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	4.17	4.68	5	19	10	1	2	1	2	1	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.72	-0.037	.28	-0.01%	-0.38	8t --3 2 out d1	9t 1-- 2 out d2
33	51	73	Jun 23	TOR		BAL	W,5-2	7-GF	S(4)	1	3.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.93	4.38	11	53	33	14	8	4	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.168	.43	0.04%	1.47	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 3
34	52	77	Jun 27	TOR	@	BAL	L,2-6	7-7		3	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.91	4.37	3	8	6	1	2	1	2	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.22	-0.033	.11	-0.01%	-1.60	7b 12- 1 out d3	7b 1-3 2 out d5
35	53	78	Jun 28	TOR	@	BAL	L,0-7	7-7		0	0.2	2	3	3	1	1	1	0	4.36	4.61	5	21	11	4	2	1	1	1	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.26	-0.088	.11	-0.02%	-4.12	7b 12- 1 out d2	7b 3 out d7
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
36	54	82	Jul 3	TOR		OAK	L,8-9	10-11		4	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.20	4.55	7	20	11	3	1	4	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.10	0.270	.47	0.04%	0.98	10t --- 0 out tie	11t 3 out tie
37	55	85	Jul 6	TOR		CAL	L,4-5	7-10	L(3-5)	2	3.2	5	3	3	2	2	2	0	4.40	4.91	17	52	29	5	4	3	8	3	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.61	-0.539	.28	-0.06%	-1.27	7t --- 0 out tie	10t 1-- 2 out d1
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
38	56	128	Aug 26	TOR	@	TEX	L,1-5	7-GF(8)		50	1.2	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.43	4.79	8	25	19	4	1	3	3	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.025	.01	0.00%	-0.56	7b --3 1 out d3	8b end d 5
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
39	57	149	Sep 17	TOR		CLE	L,3-12	8-8		21	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.35	4.72	3	8	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.49	8t --- 0 out d9	8t 3 out d9
40	58	158	Sep 27	TOR	@	BOS	W,15-9	7-8		9	1.1	3	3	3	0	2	2	0	4.69	5.03	7	34	22	5	3	2	2	1	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-3.26	7b 1-- 2 out a7	8b 3 out a6
41	59	162	Oct 2	TOR		BAL	W,9-3	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.62	4.99	3	8	5	1	0	1	2	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 6
							19-22		W-L:3-5,Sv:4,BSv:2,Hld:9	1.8	64.1	65	36	33	31	56	12	2	4.62	4.99	279	1102	60%	15%	10%	0.96		20%	6%	8		46	35%	5	1	1	242	14	2	9	11	2	3	1.24	-0.317	.66	-0.06%	-7.06

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