Kip Wells

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: April 21, 1977 in Houston, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 58th round of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft from Lawrence E. Elkins HS (Missouri City, TX) and the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (16th) of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from Baylor University (Waco, TX).

High School: Lawrence E. Elkins HS (Missouri City, TX)

School: Baylor University (Waco, TX)

Last Game: August 1, 2012 (Age 35-102d)
vs. CIN 4.1 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 5 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2000 season

Agents: Burton Rocks • Previously: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Robert Kip Wells

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Career

WAR

8.0

103

ERA

4.71

296

219

1338.1

963

WHIP

1.513

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1999	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	CHW	13	8	.619	3.29	3.63	25	25	0	0	0	0	156.0	127	63	57	9	65	1	139	10	1	8	636	1.231	7.3	0.5	3.8	8.0	2.14
1999	22	-2.2	Birmingham	SOUL	AA	CHW	8	2	.800	2.94	3.07	11	11	0	0	0	0	70.1	49	24	23	5	31	0	44	4	1	1	283	1.137	6.3	0.6	4.0	5.6	1.42
1999	22	-0.5	Winston-Salem	CARL	A+	CHW	5	6	.455	3.57	4.10	14	14	0	0	0	0	85.2	78	39	34	4	34	1	95	6	0	7	353	1.307	8.2	0.4	3.6	10.0	2.79
1999	22	-7.2	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	4	1	.800	4.04	4.29	7	7	0	0	0	0	35.2	33	17	16	2	15	0	29	3	2	1	153	1.346	8.3	0.5	3.8	7.3	1.93
2000	23	-3.5	Charlotte	IL	AAA	CHW	5	3	.625	5.37	5.52	12	12	0	2	1	0	62.0	67	38	37	10	27	1	38	0	0	6	275	1.516	9.7	1.5	3.9	5.5	1.41
2000	23	-5.9	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	6	9	.400	6.02	6.93	20	20	0	0	0	0	98.2	126	76	66	15	58	4	71	2	0	7	468	1.865	11.5	1.4	5.3	6.5	1.22
2001	24	-2.7	Charlotte	IL	AAA	CHW	2	1	.667	3.55	3.91	4	4	0	0	0	0	25.1	26	11	10	2	8	0	24	0	0	2	110	1.342	9.2	0.7	2.8	8.5	3.00
2001	24	-4.5	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	10	11	.476	4.79	5.40	40	20	3	0	0	0	133.1	145	80	71	14	61	5	99	12	0	14	603	1.545	9.8	0.9	4.1	6.7	1.62
2002	25	-3.8	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	12	14	.462	3.58	4.17	33	33	0	1	1	0	198.1	197	92	79	21	71	11	134	7	0	7	845	1.351	8.9	1.0	3.2	6.1	1.89
2003	26	-2.8	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	10	9	.526	3.28	3.51	31	31	0	1	0	0	197.1	171	77	72	24	76	7	147	7	0	7	835	1.252	7.8	1.1	3.5	6.7	1.93
2004	27	-2.2	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	5	7	.417	4.55	4.62	24	24	0	0	0	0	138.1	145	71	70	14	66	4	116	6	0	3	621	1.525	9.4	0.9	4.3	7.5	1.76
2005	28	-1.2	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	8	18	.308	5.09	5.74	33	33	0	1	1	0	182.0	186	116	103	23	99	8	132	12	0	8	828	1.566	9.2	1.1	4.9	6.5	1.33
2006	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A+	PIT	2	0	1.000	2.03	2.03	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.1	9	3	3	1	3	0	9	2	0	1	50	0.900	6.1	0.7	2.0	6.1	3.00
2006	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	TEX	2	5	.286	6.50	6.70	9	9	0	0	0	0	44.1	61	33	32	3	21	1	20	4	0	5	208	1.850	12.4	0.6	4.3	4.1	0.95
2006	29	4.2	Altoona	EL	AA	PIT	1	0	1.000	3.68	3.68	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.1	6	3	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	27	0.955	7.4	1.2	1.2	4.9	4.00
2006	29	6.1	Lynchburg	CARL	A+	PIT	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	5	2	0	0	23	0.833	4.5	0.0	3.0	7.5	2.50
2006	29	-0.1	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	1	5	.167	6.69	6.69	7	7	0	0	0	0	36.1	46	27	27	3	18	1	16	4	0	5	168	1.761	11.4	0.7	4.5	4.0	0.89
2006	29	0.6	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	1	0	1.000	5.63	6.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	15	6	5	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	40	2.250	16.9	0.0	3.4	4.5	1.33
2007	30	1.0	STL	NL	Maj	STL	7	17	.292	5.70	6.42	34	26	4	0	0	0	162.2	186	116	103	19	78	9	122	9	1	8	750	1.623	10.3	1.1	4.3	6.8	1.56
2008	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	COL	0	3	.000	7.20	9.72	5	5	0	0	0	0	25.0	38	27	20	4	7	0	23	0	0	3	119	1.800	13.7	1.4	2.5	8.3	3.29
2008	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	COL	1	3	.250	6.21	6.93	25	2	8	0	0	0	37.2	39	29	26	4	30	2	31	2	0	3	176	1.832	9.3	1.0	7.2	7.4	1.03
2008	31	4.1	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	COL	0	3	.000	8.84	12.27	4	4	0	0	0	0	18.1	32	25	18	4	6	0	15	0	0	3	92	2.073	15.7	2.0	2.9	7.4	2.50
2008	31	7.0	Tulsa	TL	AA	COL	0	0		2.70	2.70	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	6	2	2	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	27	1.050	8.1	0.0	1.4	10.8	8.00
2008	31	2.1	COL	NL	Maj	COL	1	2	.333	5.27	6.26	15	2	6	0	0	0	27.1	29	19	16	3	19	2	22	1	0	2	126	1.756	9.5	1.0	6.3	7.2	1.16
2008	31	2.7	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	0	1	.000	8.71	8.71	10	0	2	0	0	0	10.1	10	10	10	1	11	0	9	1	0	1	50	2.032	8.7	0.9	9.6	7.8	0.82
2009	32		3 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	CIN-WSN	2	0	1.000	2.64	2.64	11	4	1	0	0	0	30.2	24	9	9	3	8	0	28	0	0	0	118	1.043	7.0	0.9	2.3	8.2	3.50
2009	32		2 Teams	NL	Maj	CIN-WSN	2	5	.286	5.33	5.33	33	7	9	0	0	2	72.2	60	43	43	6	40	1	43	5	0	0	314	1.376	7.4	0.7	5.0	5.3	1.08
2009	32	5.1	Syracuse	IL	AAA	WSN	1	0	1.000	2.45	2.45	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	9	3	3	1	2	0	11	0	0	0	42	1.000	7.4	0.8	1.6	9.0	5.50
2009	32	5.1	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	1	0	1.000	3.07	3.07	5	1	0	0	0	0	14.2	12	5	5	2	5	0	16	0	0	0	59	1.159	7.4	1.2	3.1	9.8	3.20
2009	32	9.1	Potomac	CARL	A+	WSN	0	0		1.80	1.80	4	1	1	0	0	0	5.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	17	0.800	5.4	0.0	1.8	1.8	1.00
2009	32	3.4	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	0	2	.000	6.49	6.49	23	0	8	0	0	2	26.1	23	19	19	1	18	1	18	0	0	0	117	1.557	7.9	0.3	6.2	6.2	1.00
2009	32	3.4	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	2	3	.400	4.66	4.66	10	7	1	0	0	0	46.1	37	24	24	5	22	0	25	5	0	0	197	1.273	7.2	1.0	4.3	4.9	1.14
2010	33	3.6	Long Island	ATLL	Ind		2	2	.500	4.00	4.67	5	5	0	0	0	0	27.0	26	14	12	4	15	1	23	0	0	2	121	1.519	8.7	1.3	5.0	7.7	1.53
2011	34		2 Teams	MXPW	FgW		1	0	1.000	4.40	6.46	7	7	0	0	0	0	30.2	31	22	15	1	20	0	21	3	1	6	143	1.663	9.1	0.3	5.9	6.2	1.05
2011-12	34	6.5	Obregon	MXPW	FgW		1	0	1.000	4.98	7.48	5	5	0	0	0	0	21.2	25	18	12	0	17	0	11	2	1	6	106	1.938	10.4	0.0	7.1	4.6	0.65
2011-12	34	6.5	Mazatlan	MXPW	FgW		0	0		3.00	4.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	6	4	3	1	3	0	10	1	0	0	37	1.000	6.0	1.0	3.0	10.0	3.33
2012	35	8.3	Tucson	PCL	AAA	SDP	2	4	.333	4.80	6.75	10	8	0	0	0	0	50.2	60	38	27	4	26	1	22	1	0	3	228	1.697	10.7	0.7	4.6	3.9	0.85
2012	35	6.5	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	2	4	.333	4.58	5.54	7	7	0	0	0	0	37.1	41	23	19	6	20	1	19	1	0	4	169	1.634	9.9	1.4	4.8	4.6	0.95
2013	36	9.4	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	1	3	.250	10.36	10.36	6	6	0	0	0	0	24.1	35	28	28	4	22	0	9	1	1	2	126	2.342	12.9	1.5	8.1	3.3	0.41
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (12 seasons)					Majors		69	103	.401	4.71	5.20	296	219	24	3	2	2	1338.1	1390	773	700	151	635	53	963	70	3	67	5970	1.513	9.3	1.0	4.3	6.5	1.52
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		27	22	.551	4.44	5.04	75	66	1	2	1	0	387.1	386	217	191	37	166	3	292	14	2	25	1662	1.425	9.0	0.9	3.9	6.8	1.76
Foreign (1 season)					Foreign		1	0	1.000	4.40	6.46	7	7	0	0	0	0	30.2	31	22	15	1	20	0	21	3	1	6	143	1.663	9.1	0.3	5.9	6.2	1.05
Other (1 season)					Other		2	2	.500	4.00	4.67	5	5	0	0	0	0	27.0	26	14	12	4	15	1	23	0	0	2	121	1.519	8.7	1.3	5.0	7.7	1.53
All Levels (15 Seasons)							99	127	.438	4.63	5.18	383	297	25	5	3	2	1783.1	1833	1026	918	193	836	57	1299	87	6	100	7896	1.497	9.3	1.0	4.2	6.6	1.55

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		12	14	.462	5.58	6.46	43	37	0	2	1	0	206.1	241	148	128	27	96	2	135	2	1	16	932	1.633	10.5	1.2	4.2	5.9	1.41
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		9	2	.818	2.99	3.09	13	13	0	0	0	0	84.1	61	29	28	6	33	0	56	4	1	2	337	1.115	6.5	0.6	3.5	6.0	1.70
A+ (3 seasons)					Minors		6	6	.500	3.26	3.72	19	16	1	0	0	0	96.2	84	40	35	4	37	1	101	8	0	7	393	1.252	7.8	0.4	3.4	9.4	2.73