Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1999
- Draft
- 1998Rd 1, Pk 16
- College
- Baylor
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1999
- Draft
- 1998Rd 1, Pk 16
- College
- Baylor
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 296
- W
- 69
- L
- 103
- ERA
- 4.71
- IP
- 1338.1
- K
- 963
- BB
- 635
- WHIP
- 1.51
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | CHW | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4.04 | 35.2 | 29 | 15 | 1.35 |
| 2000 | CHW | 20 | 6 | 9 | 6.02 | 98.2 | 71 | 58 | 1.86 |
| 2001 | CHW | 40 | 10 | 11 | 4.79 | 133.1 | 99 | 61 | 1.55 |
| 2002 | PIT | 33 | 12 | 14 | 3.58 | 198.1 | 134 | 71 | 1.35 |
| 2003 | PIT | 31 | 10 | 9 | 3.28 | 197.1 | 147 | 76 | 1.25 |
| 2004 | PIT | 24 | 5 | 7 | 4.55 | 138.1 | 116 | 66 | 1.53 |
| 2005 | PIT | 33 | 8 | 18 | 5.09 | 182.0 | 132 | 99 | 1.57 |
| 2006 |  PIT/TEX | 9 | 2 | 5 | 6.50 | 44.1 | 20 | 21 | 1.85 |
| 2007 | STL | 34 | 7 | 17 | 5.70 | 162.2 | 122 | 78 | 1.62 |
| 2008 |  COL/KC | 25 | 1 | 3 | 6.21 | 37.2 | 31 | 30 | 1.83 |
| 2009 |  WSH/CIN | 33 | 2 | 5 | 5.33 | 72.2 | 43 | 40 | 1.38 |
| 2012 | SD | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4.58 | 37.1 | 19 | 20 | 1.63 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 99
- CG
- 3
- SHO
- 2
- K/9
- 6.5
- GB
- 1,064
- FB
- 1,125
- G/F
- 0.90
- WP
- 67
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | CHW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | CHW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2001 | CHW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2002 | PIT | 21 | 1 | 1 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2003 | PIT | 21 | 1 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2004 | PIT | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 206 | 226 | 0.9 | 3 |
| 2005 | PIT | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 265 | 320 | 0.8 | 8 |
| 2006 | PIT/TEX | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 86 | 77 | 1.1 | 5 |
| 2007 | STL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 267 | 274 | 1 | 8 |
| 2008 | COL/KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.4 | 63 | 50 | 1.3 | 3 |
| 2009 | WSH/CIN | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 115 | 111 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | SD | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 62 | 67 | 0.9 | 4 |
What were Kip Wells's career stats?
Kip Wells played 12 seasons for the White Sox, the Pirates, the Cardinals and the Padres. He had 69 wins and 963 strikeouts with a 4.71 ERA over 1,338.1 innings. His best season was 2002: 12 wins, a 3.58 ERA and 134 strikeouts.
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