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Bob Wells
Robert Lee Wells

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

Debut May 16, 1994
  vs. MON 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER
Final Game September 29, 2002
Born November 1, 1966 in Yakima, WA

Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1988. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1994 27 TOT      2   0   7   0   0   0   2  0    9.0    8    2    2   0    4    6   1   0    38   0   0  2.00  4.57  228 1.333
         PHI NL   1   0   6   0   0   0   2  0    5.0    4    1    1   0    3    3   1   0    21   0   0  1.80  4.30  239 1.400
         SEA AL   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    4.0    4    1    1   0    1    3   0   0    17   0   0  2.25  4.90  218 1.250
 1995 28 SEA AL   4   3  30   4   0   0   3  0   76.7   88   51   49  11   39   38   3   1   358   3   0  5.75  4.77   83 1.657
 1996 29 SEA AL  12   7  36  16   1   1   6  0  130.7  141   78   77  25   46   94   6   0   574   5   0  5.30  4.95   93 1.431
 1997 30 SEA AL   2   0  46   1   0   0  19  2   67.3   88   49   43  11   18   51   3   1   304   1   0  5.75  4.48   78 1.574
 1998 31 SEA AL   2   2  30   0   0   0   4  0   51.7   54   38   35  12   16   29   2   1   228   1   0  6.10  4.61   76 1.355
 1999 32 MIN AL   8   3  76   0   0   0  18  1   87.3   79   41   37   8   28   44   5   4   364   4   0  3.81  5.07  133 1.225
 2000 33 MIN AL   0   7  76   0   0   0  25 10   86.3   80   39   35  14   15   76   4   1   351   2   0  3.65  5.17  142 1.100
 2001 34 MIN AL   8   5  65   0   0   0  18  2   68.7   72   39   39  12   18   49  10   0   299   2   0  5.11  4.57   89 1.311
 2002 35 MIN AL   2   1  48   0   0   0  16  0   58.0   78   41   38   8   16   30   1   0   261   1   0  5.90  4.47   76 1.621
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .588  40  28 414  21   1   1 111 15  635.7  688  378  355 101  200  417  35   8  2777  19   0  5.03  4.81   96 1.397
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   4  64   3   0   0  17  2   99.3  107   59   55  15   31   65   5   1   434   2   0  5.03  4.81   96 1.397
 Career High     12   7  76  16   1   1  25 10  130.7  141   78   77  25   46   94  10   4   574   5   0  3.65  5.17  142 1.100

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1997 30 SEA AL   3    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0       1.000               0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons       24    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0       1.000               0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          0    7    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   7   0       1.000               0   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High      6    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1997 30 SEA AL    1    0    0            |           |1.000  .338|           |           |             0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons         1    0    0            |           |1.000  .338|           |           |             0.3   0.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1994 27 TOT P 7 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.53 0.00 1.80 0 9.0 PHI NL P 6 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.53 0.00 1.80 0 5.0 SEA AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50 0.00 1.80 0 4.0 1995 28 SEA AL P 30 7 8 0 0 1.000 .962 0.50 0.53 1.76 1.80 4 76.7 1996 29 SEA AL P 36 8 12 2 1 .909 .962 0.56 0.52 1.38 1.77 16 130.7 1997 30 SEA AL P 46 7 6 0 0 1.000 .956 0.28 0.49 1.74 1.71 1 67.3 1998 31 SEA AL P 30 4 5 0 0 1.000 .957 0.30 0.50 1.57 1.78 0 51.7 1999 32 MIN AL P 76 3 9 1 0 .923 .952 0.16 0.47 1.24 1.69 0 87.3 2000 33 MIN AL P 76 2 9 2 2 .846 .957 0.14 0.46 1.15 1.62 0 86.3 2001 34 MIN AL P 65 1 8 0 1 1.000 .957 0.14 0.49 1.18 1.76 0 68.7 2002 35 MIN AL P 48 5 5 0 1 1.000 .962 0.21 0.48 1.55 1.69 0 58.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1994 27 TOT P 7 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.53 0.00 1.80 0 9.0 PHI NL P 6 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.53 0.00 1.80 0 5.0 SEA AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50 0.00 1.80 0 4.0 1995 28 SEA AL P 30 7 8 0 0 1.000 .962 0.50 0.53 1.76 1.80 4 76.7 1996 29 SEA AL P 36 8 12 2 1 .909 .962 0.56 0.52 1.38 1.77 16 130.7 1997 30 SEA AL P 46 7 6 0 0 1.000 .956 0.28 0.49 1.74 1.71 1 67.3 1998 31 SEA AL P 30 4 5 0 0 1.000 .957 0.30 0.50 1.57 1.78 0 51.7 1999 32 MIN AL P 76 3 9 1 0 .923 .952 0.16 0.47 1.24 1.69 0 87.3 2000 33 MIN AL P 76 2 9 2 2 .846 .957 0.14 0.46 1.15 1.62 0 86.3 2001 34 MIN AL P 65 1 8 0 1 1.000 .957 0.14 0.49 1.18 1.76 0 68.7 2002 35 MIN AL P 48 5 5 0 1 1.000 .962 0.21 0.48 1.55 1.69 0 58.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 414 37 62 5 5 .952 .958 0.24 0.49 1.40 1.73 21 635.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 414 37 62 5 5 .952 .958 0.24 0.49 1.40 1.73 21 636
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1995   ALDS  SEA NYY     W   1   0   9.00  0  0  0  0   1     2   1   1   0 
        ALCS  SEA CLE     L   1   0   3.00  0  0  0  0   3     2   1   2   2 
 1997   ALDS  SEA BAL     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1.1   1   0   0   1 
 2002   ALCS  MIN ANA     L   2   0   9.00  0  0  0  0   1     2   1   0   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       1-1   2   0   3.86  0  0  0  0   2.1   3   1   1   1 
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2   3   0   4.50  0  0  0  0   4     4   2   2   4 
  4 Postseason Ser      1-3   5   0   4.26  0  0  0  0   6.1   7   3   3   5 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1995   ALDS  SEA NYY     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  SEA CLE     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1997   ALDS  SEA BAL     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2002   ALCS  MIN ANA     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       1-1   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   1-3   5   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Won-Loss %
1996 AL-.632-9

Games
1999 AL-76-1
2000 AL-76-3

Shutouts
1996 AL-1-6

Black Ink: Pitching - 1 (822) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 6 (1725) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 9.0 (887) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1853) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

August 18, 1988: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

June 30, 1994: Selected off waivers by the Seattle Mariners from the Philadelphia Phillies.

November 19, 1998: Released by the Seattle Mariners.

January 27, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1994Philadelphia Phillies$109,000
1995Seattle Mariners$109,000
1996Seattle Mariners$155,000
1997Seattle Mariners$280,000
1998Seattle Mariners$475,000
1999Minnesota Twins$350,000
2000Minnesota Twins$700,000
Chicago White Sox$210,000
2001Minnesota Twins$1,100,000
2002Minnesota Twins$1,700,000
Career (may be incomplete)$5,188,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Bob Wells's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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