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: 18-14 / in Starts: 17-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 1

1993 Pitching Game Log

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1993 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	238	5	Apr 10	DET	@	CAL	W,5-2	GS-5	W(1-0)	99	5.0	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	1.80	3.19	20	70	42	7	5	9	9	6	1	0	55			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.02	0.095	1.08	0.06%	0.70	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
2	239	9	Apr 16	DET		SEA	W,5-0	GS-7	W(2-0)	5	7.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.75	2.65	23	78	51	15	7	7	11	2	2	0	72			0	2	0	22	0	1	0	1	0	0	.81	0.340	.99	0.25%	3.66	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
3	240	13	Apr 20	DET		TEX	W,3-1	GS-7	W(3-0)	3	7.0	3	1	1	1	6	1	0	0.95	2.99	25	129	85	19	8	5	13	6	2	0	72			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.271	1.32	0.22%	2.66	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
4	241	17	Apr 25	DET	@	MIN	W,16-5	GS-5		4	4.2	6	3	3	2	3	1	0	1.90	3.54	20	72	43	11	8	8	7	4	0	0	41			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.39	-0.141	2.52	-0.15%	-0.81	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d2
5	242	22	Apr 30	DET		MIN	W,8-0	GS-7	W(4-0)	4	7.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.47	3.28	25	77	50	11	7	11	12	4	1	0	71			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.233	1.03	0.27%	3.66	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
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
6	243	26	May 5	DET		KCR	L,3-4	GS-8	L(4-1)	4	8.0	5	4	3	0	6	1	1	1.86	3.32	30	119	82	19	14	12	11	6	0	0	64			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.01	-0.312	1.87	-0.35%	0.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
7	244	30	May 10	DET		NYY	W,2-1	GS-8		4	8.0	4	1	0	1	5	0	0	1.54	3.12	29	105	71	26	9	14	9	4	1	0	76			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.38	0.440	3.09	0.59%	3.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
8	245	35	May 15	DET		BAL	W,5-3	GS-7		4	6.2	5	3	3	1	4	1	0	1.86	3.25	24	92	54	10	8	11	8	3	2	0	55			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.07	0.132	2.46	0.18%	1.14	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out a1
9	246	39	May 20	DET	@	MIL	W,6-2	GS-7	W(5-1)	4	7.0	5	2	2	3	5	0	1	1.94	3.25	31	108	63	20	5	12	10	3	1	0	61			3	0	0	27	1	0	2	0	0	1	.86	0.054	2.11	0.08%	1.66	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
10	247	44	May 25	DET		BOS	W,4-1	GS-9	W(6-1)	4	8.1	4	1	1	3	5	0	1	1.83	3.25	32	141	91	21	10	11	12	5	0	0	73			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.00	0.332	2.89	0.58%	3.16	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a3
11	248	48	May 30	DET	@	SEA	L,5-9	GS-6		4	6.0	6	3	3	2	10	1	1	2.05	3.26	27	110	66	24	10	6	8	4	2	0	56			2	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.007	3.56	-0.01%	0.20	1b start a 2	6b 3 out tie
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	249	52	Jun 4	DET		CAL	L,3-6	GS-8		4	8.0	4	3	3	2	11	1	0	2.18	3.19	31	128	81	23	12	10	8	3	0	0	71			2	0	0	28	1	0	1	0	1	0	.83	0.059	1.94	0.08%	1.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
13	250	57	Jun 9	DET	@	CHW	W,7-4	GS-5	W(7-1)	4	5.0	7	4	4	2	6	2	0	2.46	3.41	24	85	53	13	11	3	13	3	1	0	41			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.192	2.71	-0.27%	-1.41	1b start a 3	5b 3 out a1
14	251	62	Jun 14	DET		CLE	W,7-3	GS-6	W(8-1)	4	6.0	9	3	3	1	5	1	0	2.59	3.45	28	110	68	18	8	9	13	8	2	0	46			0	1	0	27	2	0	1	1	0	2	.92	0.086	2.45	0.14%	0.13	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
15	252	67	Jun 19	DET		MIL	W,10-7	GS-7	W(9-1)	4	7.0	7	3	3	2	3	1	0	2.68	3.54	29	105	69	18	5	10	14	7	4	0	52			2	1	1	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	.73	0.007	1.92	0.01%	0.66	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
16	253	72	Jun 25	DET	@	BOS	L,2-8	GS-8	L(9-2)	5	7.0	8	5	5	2	5	1	1	2.93	3.62	31	106	68	15	13	12	11	5	3	0	44			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.01	-0.062	2.57	-0.10%	-0.58	1b start tie	8b -23 0 out d1
17	254	77	Jun 30	DET	@	NYY	L,0-7	GS-5	L(9-3)	4	5.0	7	6	6	2	3	2	0	3.28	3.82	24	96	58	14	2	7	12	4	1	0	30			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.248	1.88	-0.34%	-3.44	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
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
18	255	82	Jul 5	DET	@	MIN	L,3-13	GS-3	L(9-4)	4	2.1	7	6	6	2	3	2	0	3.68	4.03	16	60	35	6	5	3	8	6	1	0	20			1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.424	1.84	-0.41%	-3.96	1b start a 1	3b 1-- 1 out d2
19	256	87	Jul 10	DET	@	KCR	W,9-8	GS-6		4	5.0	7	6	6	2	2	2	0	3.98	4.22	24	100	61	16	5	7	13	3	3	0	29			0	0	0	22	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.08	-0.298	2.28	-0.38%	-2.60	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 0 out a1
20	257	90	Jul 16	DET	@	TEX	L,6-9	GS-3	L(9-5)	5	2.1	4	7	7	2	3	2	1	4.41	4.43	14	61	39	12	7	4	4	2	0	0	22			1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.449	1.82	-0.60%	-5.01	1b start tie	3b 1-- 1 out d4
21	258	95	Jul 21	DET		MIN	L,2-7	GS-6	L(9-6)	4	6.0	10	5	4	2	5	0	0	4.49	4.34	30	109	68	12	15	12	11	4	4	0	37			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	1	.85	-0.232	1.44	-0.24%	-1.87	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
22	259	100	Jul 26	DET		NYY	W,5-2	GS-7	W(10-6)	4	7.0	6	1	1	0	3	1	0	4.32	4.32	26	100	62	21	6	13	10	3	2	0	64			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.323	.93	0.18%	2.66	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
23	260	105	Jul 31	DET	@	TOR	L,1-3	GS-7	L(10-7)	4	6.2	7	3	3	2	7	0	0	4.31	4.20	29	119	72	20	12	7	13	6	0	0	53			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.036	.89	-0.01%	1.40	1b start tie	7b -2- 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
24	261	124	Aug 20	DET		OAK	L,6-7	4-6		19	2.1	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.30	4.14	8	42	27	8	6	1	4	2	1	0		2	0	0	1	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.005	.11	0.00%	0.56	4t 1-3 2 out d3	6t 3 out d4
25	262	131	Aug 28	DET	@	OAK	W,5-3	8-8	H(1)	7	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.33	4.22	4	16	7	3	0	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.36	0.000	2.06	0.00%	-0.50	8b --- 0 out a2	8b 3 out a1
26	263	134	Aug 31	DET	@	SEA	L,4-5	GS-5		2	5.0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	4.19	4.11	20	72	48	13	8	4	11	2	3	0	62			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.253	1.02	0.14%	2.67	1b start tie	5b 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	264	139	Sep 7	DET		CAL	W,10-6	GS-6		6	5.0	7	6	4	2	6	1	1	4.29	4.14	25	96	63	12	10	8	8	4	3	0	37			0	0	0	22	3	0	1	0	0	1	1.22	-0.356	.15	-0.03%	-3.02	1t start tie	6t -2- 0 out d2
28	265	143	Sep 11	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS-5	L(10-8)	3	4.2	7	3	3	1	3	2	0	4.33	4.25	21	76	47	11	6	3	14	6	1	0	40			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.103	.43	-0.03%	-0.86	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d3
29	266	147	Sep 17	DET		CLE	L,1-3	GS-8	L(10-9)	5	8.0	8	3	3	1	7	1	0	4.29	4.20	32	109	73	15	13	5	19	10	2	0	60			1	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	1	0	.82	0.026	.01	0.00%	1.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
30	267	152	Sep 22	DET		MIL	W,8-4	GS-7	W(11-9)	4	7.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	0	4.27	4.14	27	106	68	22	3	10	13	6	4	0	51			0	1	1	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	.72	-0.040	.00	0.00%	0.66	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
31	268	157	Sep 28(2)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS-6		5	5.0	8	3	3	0	2	1	0	4.30	4.15	22	84	54	10	5	5	15	8	1	0	41			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.22	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out a1
32	269	162	Oct 3	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS-7		4	7.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.19	4.09	25	78	56	13	9	5	16	3	6	0	69			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.265	.00	0.00%	2.59	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
							18-14		W-L:11-9,Hld:1	4.2	187.0	183	93	87	42	139	26	7	4.19	4.09	776	2959	63%	16%	9%	0.72		24%	9%	0	52	2	0%	14	10	3	721	33	3	6	14	3	13	.99	-0.031	1.59	-0.13%	9.59

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