David Wells stats
Bio
- Age
- 63 yearsMay 20, 1963
- Height
- 6' 3"
David Wells played 21 MLB seasons, 1987 to 2007.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 660
- W
- 239
- L
- 157
- ERA
- 4.13
- IP
- 3,439.0
- K
- 2,201
- BB
- 719
- WHIP
- 1.27
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | TOR | 18 | 4 | 3 | 3.99 | 29.1 | 32 | 12 | 1.67 |
| 1988 | TOR | 41 | 3 | 5 | 4.62 | 64.1 | 56 | 31 | 1.49 |
| 1989 | TOR | 54 | 7 | 4 | 2.40 | 86.1 | 78 | 28 | 1.09 |
| 1990 | TOR | 43 | 11 | 6 | 3.14 | 189.0 | 115 | 45 | 1.11 |
| 1991 | TOR | 40 | 15 | 10 | 3.72 | 198.1 | 106 | 49 | 1.19 |
| 1992 | TOR | 41 | 7 | 9 | 5.40 | 120.0 | 62 | 36 | 1.45 |
| 1993 | DET | 32 | 11 | 9 | 4.19 | 187.0 | 139 | 42 | 1.20 |
| 1994 | DET | 16 | 5 | 7 | 3.96 | 111.1 | 71 | 24 | 1.23 |
| 1995 |  DET/CIN | 29 | 16 | 8 | 3.24 | 203.0 | 133 | 53 | 1.22 |
| 1996 | BAL | 34 | 11 | 14 | 5.14 | 224.1 | 130 | 51 | 1.33 |
| 1997 | NYY | 32 | 16 | 10 | 4.21 | 218.0 | 156 | 45 | 1.30 |
| 1998 | NYY | 30 | 18 | 4 | 3.49 | 214.1 | 163 | 29 | 1.05 |
| 1999 | TOR | 34 | 17 | 10 | 4.82 | 231.2 | 169 | 62 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | TOR | 35 | 20 | 8 | 4.11 | 229.2 | 166 | 31 | 1.29 |
| 2001 | CHW | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4.47 | 100.2 | 59 | 21 | 1.40 |
| 2002 | NYY | 31 | 19 | 7 | 3.75 | 206.1 | 137 | 45 | 1.24 |
| 2003 | NYY | 31 | 15 | 7 | 4.14 | 213.0 | 101 | 20 | 1.23 |
| 2004 | SD | 31 | 12 | 8 | 3.73 | 195.2 | 101 | 20 | 1.14 |
| 2005 | BOS | 30 | 15 | 7 | 4.45 | 184.0 | 107 | 21 | 1.31 |
| 2006 |  BOS/SD | 13 | 3 | 5 | 4.42 | 75.1 | 38 | 12 | 1.45 |
| 2007 |  SD/LAD | 29 | 9 | 9 | 5.43 | 157.1 | 82 | 42 | 1.54 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 27
- W
- 10
- L
- 5
- ERA
- 3.19
- IP
- 124.0
- K
- 83
- BB
- 25
- WHIP
- 1.14
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 263
- CG
- 54
- SHO
- 12
- K/9
- 5.8
- GB
- 1,058
- FB
- 1,107
- G/F
- 1.00
- WP
- 101
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1988 | TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1989 | TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1990 | TOR | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1991 | TOR | 16 | 2 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1992 | TOR | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1993 | DET | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 1994 | DET | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1995 | DET/CIN | 21 | 6 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1996 | BAL | 18 | 3 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1997 | NYY | 17 | 5 | 2 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1998 | NYY | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | TOR | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | TOR | 19 | 9 | 1 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2001 | CHW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | NYY | 18 | 2 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2003 | NYY | 16 | 4 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | SD | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 345 | 336 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | BOS | 17 | 2 | 0 | 5.2 | 321 | 322 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | BOS/SD | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 138 | 136 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | SD/LAD | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 254 | 313 | 0.8 | 1 |
Bio
- Age
- 63 yearsMay 20, 1963
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1987
- Birthplace
- Torrance, CA
Latest performance
David Wells
Sep 28 · vs SF · W 8-3
- IP
- 6.0
- H
- 7
- R
- 3
- ER
- 2
- BB
- 1
- K
- 3
- HR
- 0
- ERA
- 5.43
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Sep 28 | vs SFW 8-3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Sat, Sep 22 | at ARIL 6-2 | 4.2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Tue, Sep 18 | at COLL 9-8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Thu, Sep 13 | vsSDW 6-3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Sat, Sep 08 | atSFW 6-2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Fri, Aug 31 | atSDL 6-4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
What were David Wells's career stats?
David Wells played 21 seasons for the Blue Jays, the Tigers, the Orioles, the Yankees, the White Sox, the Padres and the Red Sox. He had 239 wins and 2,201 strikeouts with a 4.13 ERA over 3,439.0 innings. His best season was 2000: 20 wins, a 4.11 ERA and 166 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
21 seasons, 10 postseasons, 1987 to 2007
David Wells finished top 10 in a stat 7 times.
Championships ×2
- 1992 World Series with the Toronto Blue Jays
- 1998 World Series with the New York Yankees
All-time career rank
- 67th in strikeouts (pitching) (2,201)
- 57th in wins (pitching) (239)
Among the 9,243 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
More on David Wells
Playoff series
David Wells played 8 games across 4 MLB postseasons in 6 series — 2 won, 4 lost.
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 |  STL | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 5.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 |  CHW | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 6.2 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 |  MIN | Won 1-0 | 1 | 7.2 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| 2003 |  BOS | Won 2-0 | 2 | 7.2 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 2003 |  MIA | Lost 0-2 | 2 | 8.0 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 |  LAA | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 4.2 | 10 | 8 | 0 |
David Wells’s playoff series, round by round
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
David Wells against each club
- vs Baltimore Orioles (17)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (12)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (12)
- vs Boston Red Sox (11)
- vs Detroit Tigers (10)
- vs San Francisco Giants (10)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (10)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (8)
- vs Minnesota Twins (8)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (7)
- vs New York Yankees (7)
- vs Athletics (6)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (6)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (6)
- vs New York Mets (6)
- vs Seattle Mariners (6)
- vs Chicago Cubs (5)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (5)
- vs Texas Rangers (5)
- vs Atlanta Braves (4)
- vs Chicago White Sox (4)
- vs Colorado Rockies (4)
- vs Miami Marlins (4)
- vs Houston Astros (3)
- vs Kansas City Royals (3)
- vs San Diego Padres (3)
- vs Washington Nationals (3)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (2)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (2)
Similar players
Closest career per-game profiles to David Wells among MLB players at the same position.
- John SmileyAlike in Innings pitched, WHIP, Wins90out of 100 on profile similarity
- Scott SandersonAlike in Strikeouts, Innings pitched, WHIP88out of 100 on profile similarity
- Dennis MartinezAlike in Wins, WHIP, Strikeouts82out of 100 on profile similarity
- Rick ReedAlike in Wins, Strikeouts, Innings pitched82out of 100 on profile similarity
- Jarrod WashburnAlike in Wins, Strikeouts, WHIP81out of 100 on profile similarity
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