MLB / Players

Kip Wells

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 3 in · 205 lb
BornApril 21, 1977 · Houston, TX, USA
MLB debutAugust 2, 1999
Final gameAugust 1, 2012
Seasons12 (1999–2012)

Chicago White Sox 1999–2001; Pittsburgh Pirates 2002–2006; Texas Rangers 2006; St. Louis Cardinals 2007; Colorado Rockies 2008; Kansas City Royals 2008; Cincinnati Reds 2009; Washington Nationals 2009; San Diego Padres 2012

Percentile snapshot

2007 season — qualified pitchers

G
34
70.9
GS
26
2.5
W
7
0
L
17
1.3
CG
0
0
SHO
0
0
H
186
73.4
ER
103
13.9
BB
78
16.5
SO
122
27.8
HR
19
63.3
IP
162.7
0
ERA
5.70
1.3
WHIP
1.623
1.3
K/9
6.75
55.7
FIP
4.80
13.9
FIP-
110.8
10.1
ERA+
76.1
1.3
sWAR
-0.3
1.3

of 80 qualified 2007 pitchers (min 162 IP) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
92.4
10.8
sWAR
9.0
85.7

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
199970000000000000.7
200020220000000200.000.000.000.000-121.0-100.0.0000.0
200140661100000510.167.167.167.333-25.6-12.7.1491.1
2002347663412201502800.190.190.270.4606.219.4.2033.4
2003347368813301512300.191.203.279.48215.124.8.2134.4
200425504348310032000.186.239.302.54136.340.3.2441.1
200534615749101202600.158.172.228.400-9.04.7.1780.0
2006912110100000800.091.091.091.182-71.7-52.8.082-0.6
2007355453717101501900.321.321.396.71785.386.8.317-0.3
200825650000000300.000.000.000.000-136.7-100.0.000-0.4
20093317111100000400.091.091.091.182-76.6-51.8.083-0.3
2012814121100000500.083.154.083.237-36.7-30.6.1250.0

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1999774100033161529235.74.041.3467.323.8278.4120.70.7
20002020690001266658711598.76.021.8656.485.59111.683.10.0
20014020101100014571619914133.34.791.5456.684.6299.996.51.1
200233331214011197797113421198.33.581.3516.084.0898.5115.63.4
20033131109010171727614724197.33.281.2526.704.33101.6129.84.4
2004242457000145706611614138.34.551.5257.554.1597.793.41.1
200533338180111861039913223182.05.091.5666.535.01119.682.30.0
2006992500061322120344.36.501.8504.064.79106.669.3-0.6
200734267170001861037812219162.75.701.6236.754.80110.876.1-0.3
20082521300039263031437.76.211.8327.415.40119.672.9-0.4
20093372520060434043672.75.331.3765.334.80113.979.2-0.3
2012772400041192019637.34.581.6344.585.90158.781.10.0

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

G
304
PA
371
AB
331
R
30
H
63
2B
10
3B
1
HR
4
RBI
17
BB
4
SO
143
SB
1
BA
.1903
OBP
.2047
SLG
.2628
OPS
.4675

Pitching

G (P)
296
GS
219
W
69
L
103
SV
2
CG
3
SHO
2
IP
1,338
SO (P)
963
BB allowed
635
487th-most career BB allowed
ERA
4.707
WHIP
1.5131
K/9
6.48
288th-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

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
2007-04-19STL @ SF Gameday222001105
2004-04-10PIT @ CIN Gameday212010004
2005-08-19PIT @ PHI Gameday411001204
2002-05-03PIT @ SD Gameday411001104
2003-04-25LAD @ PIT Gameday311001104

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
2005-07-05PHI @ PIT Gameday9.04003120
2003-07-20MIL @ PIT Gameday7.0810090
2002-06-21TEX @ PIT Gameday8.0822281
2004-07-05PIT @ MIA Gameday8.0400580
2002-08-09PIT @ SF Gameday7.1633182

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.