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Historical player · 1987–2007

David Wells

B/T L/L · HT 75 · WT 187 · Born 5/20/1963 · From Torrance, CA USA · Debut 1987-06-30 · Final 2007-09-28

Career · batting

660

178

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.129 · 0.288

Career · pitching

660

489

3,439.0

W-L

239-157

2,201

ERA

4.13

WHIP

1.27

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the San Diego Padres · 2004–2007

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Hits

#499 on the Padres

↑ 1 J. Chacin

↓ 1 C. Summers

RBI

#531 on the Padres

↑ 1 M. Alexander

↓ 1 E. Wilson

Runs

#554 on the Padres

↑ 1 A. Allen

↓ 1 M. Aldrete

#519 on the Padres

↑ 1 C. Abrams

↓ 1 K. Witt

Career with the Cincinnati Reds · 1995–1995

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Hits

#1,222 on the Reds

↑ 1 T. Acker

↓ 1 S. Winchester

Runs

#1,171 on the Reds

↑ 1 T. Afenir

↓ 1 W. Anderson

Career with the Los Angeles Dodgers · 2007–2007

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Hits

#1,156 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 F. Bell

↓ 1 J. Whiting

RBI

#1,184 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 N. Ahmed

Runs

#1,120 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 D. Alexander

↓ 1 A. Yale

Career with the New York Yankees · 1997–2003

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Hits

#1,024 on the Yankees

↑ 1 S. Adams

↓ 1 R. Young

Career with the Boston Red Sox · 2005–2006

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Hits

#1,182 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 A. Abad

RBI

#1,022 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 A. Almonte

Runs

#1,069 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 S. Andrews

Career with the Toronto Blue Jays · 1987–2000

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Hits

#425 on the Blue Jays

↑ 1 K. Batiste

Career with the Baltimore Orioles · 1996–1996

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Career with the Chicago White Sox · 2001–2001

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Career with the Detroit Tigers · 1993–1995

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

Hits

#9,885 all-time MLB

↑ 1 F. Arellanes

↓ 1 L. Young

RBI

#10,995 all-time MLB

↑ 1 O. Abbott

↓ 1 Z. Zabel

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1987	Blue Jays	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1988	Blue Jays	AL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1989	Blue Jays	AL	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1990	Blue Jays	AL	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1991	Blue Jays	AL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1992	Blue Jays	AL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1993	Tigers	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1994	Tigers	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1995	Tigers	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1995	Reds	NL	11	28	2	4	0	0	0	5	0.143	0.143	0.143
1996	Orioles	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1997	Yankees	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1998	Yankees	AL	30	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.250	0.250	0.250
1999	Blue Jays	AL	34	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
2000	Blue Jays	AL	35	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0.167	0.167	0.167
2001	White Sox	AL	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
2002	Yankees	AL	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000
2003	Yankees	AL	31	6	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.167	0.167	0.333
2004	Padres	NL	31	57	2	6	0	3	3	24	0.105	0.164	0.105
2005	Red Sox	AL	30	7	1	1	0	1	0	2	0.143	0.143	0.143
2006	Red Sox	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
2006	Padres	NL	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0.200	0.200	0.200
2007	Padres	NL	22	38	1	4	0	0	0	12	0.105	0.105	0.105
2007	Dodgers	NL	7	15	2	4	1	1	0	6	0.267	0.267	0.333
Career			660	178	8	23	2	5	3	59	0.129	0.148	0.140

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1987	Blue Jays	AL	4	3	18	2	1	29.3	37	13	12	32	3.99	1.67
1988	Blue Jays	AL	3	5	41	0	4	64.3	65	33	31	56	4.62	1.49
1989	Blue Jays	AL	7	4	54	0	2	86.3	66	23	28	78	2.40	1.09
1990	Blue Jays	AL	11	6	43	25	3	189.0	165	66	45	115	3.14	1.11
1991	Blue Jays	AL	15	10	40	28	1	198.3	188	82	49	106	3.72	1.19
1992	Blue Jays	AL	7	9	41	14	2	120.0	138	72	36	62	5.40	1.45
1993	Tigers	AL	11	9	32	30	0	187.0	183	87	42	139	4.19	1.20
1994	Tigers	AL	5	7	16	16	0	111.3	113	49	24	71	3.96	1.23
1995	Tigers	AL	10	3	18	18	0	130.3	120	44	37	83	3.04	1.20
1995	Reds	NL	6	5	11	11	0	72.7	74	29	16	50	3.59	1.24
1996	Orioles	AL	11	14	34	34	0	224.3	247	128	51	130	5.14	1.33
1997	Yankees	AL	16	10	32	32	0	218.0	239	102	45	156	4.21	1.30
1998	Yankees	AL	18	4	30	30	0	214.3	195	83	29	163	3.49	1.05
1999	Blue Jays	AL	17	10	34	34	0	231.7	246	124	62	169	4.82	1.33
2000	Blue Jays	AL	20	8	35	35	0	229.7	266	105	31	166	4.11	1.29
2001	White Sox	AL	5	7	16	16	0	100.7	120	50	21	59	4.47	1.40
2002	Yankees	AL	19	7	31	31	0	206.3	210	86	45	137	3.75	1.24
2003	Yankees	AL	15	7	31	30	0	213.0	242	98	20	101	4.14	1.23
2004	Padres	NL	12	8	31	31	0	195.7	203	81	20	101	3.73	1.14
2005	Red Sox	AL	15	7	30	30	0	184.0	220	91	21	107	4.45	1.31
2006	Red Sox	AL	2	3	8	8	0	47.0	64	26	8	24	4.98	1.53
2006	Padres	NL	1	2	5	5	0	28.3	33	11	4	14	3.49	1.31
2007	Padres	NL	5	8	22	22	0	118.7	156	73	33	63	5.54	1.59
2007	Dodgers	NL	4	1	7	7	0	38.7	45	22	9	19	5.12	1.40
Career			239	157	660	489	13	3,439.0	3,635	1,578	719	2,201	4.13	1.27

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	660	489	3,439.0	149	451	30	25

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
2013	BBWAA	5	427	Ballot