David Wells

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 187 lb

BornMay 20, 1963 · Torrance, CA, USA

MLB debutJune 30, 1987

Final gameSeptember 28, 2007

Seasons21 (1987–2007)

Toronto Blue Jays 1987–1992; Detroit Tigers 1993–1994; Cincinnati Reds 1995; Detroit Tigers 1995; Baltimore Orioles 1996; New York Yankees 1997–1998; Toronto Blue Jays 1999–2000; Chicago White Sox 2001; New York Yankees 2002–2003; San Diego Padres 2004; Boston Red Sox 2005–2006; San Diego Padres 2006; Los Angeles Dodgers 2007; San Diego Padres 2007

Percentile snapshot

2005 season — qualified pitchers

10.9

16.3

76.1

84.8

52.2

SHO

220

22.8

41.3

98.9

107

22.8

58.7

184.0

ERA

4.45

28.3

WHIP

1.310

46.7

K/9

5.23

31.5

FIP

3.86

66.3

FIP-

86.6

78.3

ERA+

100.2

34.8

sWAR

1.9

33.7

of 93 qualified 2005 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

107.5

66.1

sWAR

45.1

98.4

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1987	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.5
1988	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.1
1989	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.3
1990	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.6
1991	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.0
1992	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.7
1993	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.2
1994	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.1
1995	29	29	28	2	4	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.143	.286	-36.9	-23.7	.130	4.7
1996	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.7
1997	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.7
1998	30	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	29.7	34.6	.225	4.3
1999	34	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-121.6	-100.0	.000	2.4
2000	35	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-27.1	-15.6	.150	4.4
2001	16	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-124.0	-100.0	.000	1.2
2002	31	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-117.9	-100.0	.000	3.4
2003	31	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	1	.167	.167	.333	.500	20.9	29.2	.210	2.8
2004	31	69	57	2	6	0	3	3	24	.105	.164	.105	.269	-30.1	-25.2	.137	2.4
2005	30	7	7	1	1	0	1	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	-38.3	-24.1	.128	1.9
2006	13	8	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	-0.2	7.7	.180	0.8
2007	29	57	53	3	8	1	1	0	18	.151	.151	.170	.321	-27.5	-15.2	.143	-0.7

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1987	18	2	4	3	1	0	0	37	13	12	32	0	29.3	3.99	1.670	9.82	1.92	42.6	113.0	0.5
1988	41	0	3	5	4	0	0	65	33	31	56	12	64.3	4.62	1.492	7.83	5.04	129.8	84.2	0.1
1989	54	0	7	4	2	0	0	66	23	28	78	5	86.3	2.40	1.089	8.13	2.77	72.4	159.6	2.3
1990	43	25	11	6	3	0	0	165	66	45	115	14	189.0	3.14	1.111	5.48	3.30	84.0	125.0	3.6
1991	40	28	15	10	1	2	0	188	82	49	106	24	198.3	3.72	1.195	4.81	4.19	100.1	112.4	3.0
1992	41	14	7	9	2	0	0	138	72	36	62	16	120.0	5.40	1.450	4.65	4.59	113.3	75.0	-0.7
1993	32	30	11	9	0	0	0	183	87	42	139	26	187.0	4.19	1.203	6.69	4.11	94.6	103.7	2.2
1994	16	16	5	7	0	5	1	113	49	24	71	13	111.3	3.96	1.231	5.74	4.14	85.3	122.5	2.1
1995	29	29	16	8	0	6	0	194	73	53	133	23	203.0	3.24	1.217	5.90	4.09	89.8	140.1	4.7
1996	34	34	11	14	0	3	0	247	128	51	130	32	224.3	5.14	1.328	5.22	4.72	96.0	95.8	1.7
1997	32	32	16	10	0	5	2	239	102	45	156	24	218.0	4.21	1.303	6.44	3.85	86.1	106.1	2.7
1998	30	30	18	4	0	8	5	195	83	29	163	29	214.3	3.49	1.045	6.84	3.88	87.6	127.1	4.3
1999	34	34	17	10	0	7	1	246	124	62	169	32	231.7	4.82	1.329	6.57	4.42	90.1	101.8	2.4
2000	35	35	20	8	0	9	1	266	105	31	166	23	229.7	4.11	1.293	6.51	3.59	71.5	122.0	4.4
2001	16	16	5	7	0	1	0	120	50	21	59	12	100.7	4.47	1.401	5.27	4.19	90.6	103.5	1.2
2002	31	31	19	7	0	2	1	210	86	45	137	21	206.3	3.75	1.236	5.98	3.78	86.5	116.6	3.4
2003	31	30	15	7	0	4	1	242	98	20	101	24	213.0	4.14	1.230	4.27	4.00	90.5	106.8	2.8
2004	31	31	12	8	0	0	0	203	81	20	101	23	195.7	3.73	1.140	4.65	3.79	94.4	107.6	2.4
2005	30	30	15	7	0	2	0	220	91	21	107	21	184.0	4.45	1.310	5.23	3.86	86.6	100.2	1.9
2006	13	13	3	5	0	0	0	97	37	12	38	11	75.3	4.42	1.447	4.54	4.53	99.5	101.6	0.8
2007	29	29	9	9	0	0	0	201	95	42	82	22	157.3	5.43	1.544	4.69	4.81	115.3	77.0	-0.7

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

660

200

178

RBI

.1292

OBP

.1484

SLG

.1404

OPS

.2888

Pitching

G (P)

660

165th-most career G (P)

489

55th-most career GS

239

60th-most career W

157

135th-most career L

SHO

3,439

81st-most career IP

SO (P)

2,201

68th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

719

359th-most career BB allowed

ERA

4.130

WHIP

1.2661

409th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

5.76

426th-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	TB
2007-09-13	SD @ LAD Gameday	2	0	2	1	0	3
2003-06-06	NYY @ CHC Gameday	4	0	1	1	0	2
2004-08-29	SD @ WSH Gameday	3	0	1	0	1	1
2005-06-26	BOS @ PHI Gameday	3	1	1	0	1	1
2007-09-28	SF @ LAD Gameday	2	1	1	0	1	1

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1997-07-30	ATH @ NYY Gameday	9.0	3	0	0	3	16	0
1998-09-01	ATH @ NYY Gameday	9.0	2	0	0	0	13	0
1998-05-17	MIN @ NYY Gameday	9.0	0	0	0	0	11	0
2000-07-26	CLE @ TOR Gameday	9.0	5	1	1	1	11	0
1993-06-04	LAA @ DET Gameday	8.0	4	3	3	2	11	1

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

1× ALCS MVP3× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.