Willie Wells

Willie James Wells
(Devil; El Diablo; Bubbles; Chico)

Born: August 10, 1904 in Austin, TX
Died: January 22, 1989 in Austin, TX
(84 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'9"

Wt: 170

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Notes:

• Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997
• High School: L. C. Anderson HS (Austin, TX)
• College: Paul Quinn College (Waco, TX) , Samuel Huston College (Austin, TX)
• Buried: Texas State Cemetery (Austin, TX)
• Relatives: Willie Wells Jr. (Son)
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Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1924	SLG/SLS	IND/NNL	19	SS	49	208	186	30	55	13	4	1	37	2		13			2	7			.296	.348	.425	.773	100
1925	SLS	NNC/NNL	20	SS	95	442	365	87	103	20	8	9	52	18	0	59	1	0	4	14		0	.282	.388	.455	.843	112
1926	SLS	NNL	21	SS	84	344	279	66	104	12	4	13	64	16		50			1	14			.373	.470	.584	1.054	150
1927	SLS	NNL	22	SS	97	434	364	91	133	21	5	29	105	13		55			5	10			.365	.455	.690	1.145	182
1928	SLS	NLP/NNL	23	SS	85	383	341	89	121	29	6	25	90	13		29			6	7			.355	.415	.695	1.110	185
1928-29	CIE	CUB	24	SS	31	137	122	15	41	9	2	0	28	5		11	1	0	0	4		0	.336	.391	.443	.834	118
1929	CAG/SLS	NNL/NvM	24	SS	107	480	414	120	152	28	10	27	132	38		50			5	11			.367	.441	.679	1.120	179
1930	SLS	NNC/NNL	25	SS	98	441	372	119	149	38	4	20	120	27		57			7	5			.401	.489	.685	1.174	188
1931	SLS	NNL/NvM	26	SS	37	168	136	38	43	14	4	3	32	9		25			2	5			.316	.429	.544	.974	144
1932	MULT	EWL/IND	27	SS	57	246	216	45	62	19	6	3	46	7		21	1		4	5			.287	.361	.472	.833	128
1933	CAG/WES	EWA/NN2	28	SS	39	186	170	34	46	8	3	0	25	8	0	9	1	0	3	4		0	.271	.319	.353	.672	83
1934	CAG/WES	MULT	29	SS	46	197	173	25	36	9	4	0	13	5	1	20	0		1	3			.208	.294	.306	.600	80
1935	CAG/WES	EWA/NN2	30	SS	51	230	198	59	71	14	5	6	38	14	0	28	1	0	1	3	0	0	.359	.441	.571	1.011	164
1936	NE	NN2	31	SS	42	185	163	35	49	7	2	3	23	1		18			1	3			.301	.374	.423	.797	107
1937	MULT	EWA/NN2	32	SS	38	159	139	35	43	10	5	3	29	2	0	15	0	0	2	3		0	.309	.385	.518	.903	128
1938	MULT	MULT	33	SS	33	130	109	27	37	7	4	3	18	4	1	15	1	0	2	4		0	.339	.429	.560	.988	155
1939	EAS/NE	MULT	34	SS	45	200	175	37	44	5	0	3	24	4	0	23	2	0	1	1	0	0	.251	.342	.331	.673	78
1940	VEZ	MEX	35	SS	84	383	339	95	117	30	2	3	57	17		35	21		3	6			.345	.411	.472	.883	129
1941	VEZ	MEX	36	SS	100	468	403	102	140	29	6	9	77	14		57	20		1	7			.347	.430	.516	.946	133
1942	EAS/NE	EWA/NN2	37	SS	53	228	208	51	72	15	1	6	34	4	0	16	0	0	4	0		0	.346	.404	.514	.918	159
1943	TPC	MEX	38	SS	87	371	319	41	94	15	4	4	51	10		44	11		2	6			.295	.384	.404	.788	125
1944	ROM/VEZ	MEX	39	SS	83	369	293	63	86	13	3	10	52	9		65	11		1	10			.294	.423	.461	.884	129
1945	MULT	MULT	40	SS	34	140	122	15	31	8	0	0	14	1	0	13			3	2	0		.254	.341	.320	.660	89
1946	BEG/NBY	NN2	41	3B	62	254	229	23	67	13	3	1	38	2		21			1	3			.293	.355	.389	.743	102
1947	CIC	NAL	42	SS	6	21	19	2	6	0	1	0	3	0		1			0	1			.316	.350	.421	.771	107
1948	MRS	NAL	43	3B	6	19	17	6	8	2	1	0	3	1		2			0	0			.471	.526	.706	1.232	218
25	19			SS	1549	6823	5871	1350	1910	388	97	181	1205	244	2	752	71	0	62	138	0	0	.325	.407	.517	.924	139
162 Game Average						714	614	141	200	41	10	19	126	26	9	79	28	0	6	14	0	0	.325	.407	.517	.924	139

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
21	Negro Leagues				1150	5035	4340	1019	1410	285	75	155	924	183	2	535	7	0	55	105	0	0	.325	.406	.532	.938	141
5	vs Latin Leagues				385	1728	1476	316	478	96	17	26	265	55		212	64	0	7	33		0	.324	.411	.465	.876	128
3	vs Major Leagues				14	60	55	15	22	7	5	0	16	6		5			0	0			.400	.450	.709	1.159	233

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	St. Louis Giants			SS	4	19	16	1	4	1	0	0	0	0		1			0	2			.250	.294	.313	.607	73
8	St. Louis Stars I			SS	636	2829	2390	624	833	168	40	127	617	129	0	336	1	0	32	71		0	.349	.435	.612	1.047	160
1	Cienfuegos			SS	31	137	122	15	41	9	2	0	28	5		11	1	0	0	4		0	.336	.391	.443	.834	118
4	Chicago American Giants			SS	145	654	582	131	173	35	17	6	90	34		57			5	10			.297	.365	.447	.812	122
1	Detroit Wolves			SS	31	135	121	25	37	16	2	1	24	6		11			1	2			.306	.368	.496	.864	134
1	Kansas City Monarchs			SS	16	69	57	15	15	2	3	0	12	1		8	1		2	2			.263	.373	.404	.777	120
2	Homestead Grays			SS	14	61	55	9	11	1	1	2	10	0		4			1	1			.200	.267	.364	.630	70
3	West All Stars			SS	3	11	10	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.500	.864	180
6	Newark Eagles			SS	210	890	782	181	237	40	10	18	125	14		87			10	11			.303	.380	.449	.829	120
5	East All Stars			SS	7	33	30	5	10	5	1	0	6	1	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	.333	.394	.567	.961	159
1	NNL All Stars II			SS	2	9	8	2	3	0	1	0	2	0		1		0	0	0		0	.375	.444	.625	1.069	132
3	Azules de Veracruz			SS	232	1067	913	234	307	67	10	18	164	36		130	47		5	19			.336	.422	.491	.912	130
1	Alijadores de Tampico			SS	87	371	319	41	94	15	4	4	51	10		44	11		2	6			.295	.384	.404	.788	125
1	Diablos Rojos del México			SS	35	153	122	26	36	5	1	4	22	4		27	5		0	4			.295	.423	.451	.874	133
1	Negro All Stars			2B	4	13	10	1	4	1	0	0	1	0		3			0	0			.400	.538	.500	1.038	343
2	New York Black Yankees			SS	27	114	101	10	29	6	0	0	10	2		9			2	2			.287	.357	.347	.704	99
1	Baltimore Elite Giants			3B	53	218	197	20	59	13	3	1	36	1		18			0	3			.299	.358	.411	.769	108
1	Indianapolis Clowns			SS	6	21	19	2	6	0	1	0	3	0		1			0	1			.316	.350	.421	.771	107
1	Memphis Red Sox			3B	6	19	17	6	8	2	1	0	3	1		2			0	0			.471	.526	.706	1.232	218

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1924	SLG/SLS	IND/NNL	208	.350	.356	6.3%			8.5%			0.5%	0.8%	.129	.108
1925	SLS	NNC/NNL	442	.375	.354	13.3%		0.2%	8.7%	59.00		2.0%	1.3%	.173	.133
1926	SLS	NNL	344	.455	.376	14.5%	8.8%					3.8%	1.4%	.211	.138
1927	SLS	NNL	434	.492	.359	12.7%	8.1%					6.7%	1.2%	.324	.126
1928	SLS	NLP/NNL	383	.476	.344	7.6%			6.9%			6.5%	1.2%	.340	.117
1928-29	CIE	CUB	137	.382	.353	8.0%	9.3%	0.7%	1.5%	11.00	6.27	0.0%	0.7%	.107	.109
1929	CAG/SLS	NNL/NvM	480	.475	.353	10.4%			7.9%			5.6%	1.5%	.312	.132
1930	SLS	NNC/NNL	441	.509	.362	12.9%			8.2%			4.5%	1.3%	.285	.134
1931	SLS	NNL/NvM	168	.435	.372	14.9%			9.5%			1.8%	0.9%	.228	.112
1932	MULT	EWL/IND	246	.379	.340	8.5%		0.4%	8.3%	21.00		1.2%	0.8%	.185	.099
1933	CAG/WES	EWA/NN2	186	.303	.327	4.8%		0.5%	6.7%	9.00		0.0%	1.1%	.082	.121
1934	CAG/WES	MULT	197	.287	.312	10.2%	0.9%	0.0%	7.3%		31.70	0.0%	0.8%	.098	.089
1935	CAG/WES	EWA/NN2	230	.445	.344	12.2%		0.4%	8.6%	28.00		2.6%	1.5%	.212	.128
1936	NE	NN2	185	.365	.349	9.7%	8.8%					1.6%	1.6%	.123	.124
1937	MULT	EWA/NN2	159	.393	.349	9.4%		0.0%	8.3%			1.9%	1.6%	.209	.134
1938	MULT	MULT	130	.431	.350	11.5%		0.8%	9.5%	15.00		2.3%	1.5%	.220	.130
1939	EAS/NE	MULT	200	.323	.346	11.5%		1.0%	8.9%	11.50		1.5%	1.7%	.080	.122
1940	VEZ	MEX	383	.401	.353	9.1%	9.4%	5.5%	10.2%	1.67	0.92	0.8%	1.2%	.127	.127
1941	VEZ	MEX	468	.432	.381	12.2%	11.3%	4.3%	8.5%	2.85	1.33	1.9%	1.1%	.169	.125
1942	EAS/NE	EWA/NN2	228	.431	.337	7.0%		0.0%	9.8%			2.6%	1.0%	.168	.101
1943	TPC	MEX	371	.373	.333	11.9%	9.4%	3.0%	8.4%	4.00	1.11	1.1%	0.9%	.110	.097
1944	ROM/VEZ	MEX	369	.414	.369	17.6%	6.0%	3.0%	11.1%	5.91	1.85	2.7%	0.8%	.167	.105
1945	MULT	MULT	140	.323	.332	9.3%			8.7%			0.0%	0.8%	.066	.095
1946	BEG/NBY	NN2	254	.353	.349	8.3%			9.6%			0.4%	1.0%	.096	.100
1947	CIC	NAL	21	.345	.352	4.8%	9.5%					0.0%	0.9%	.105	.104
1948	MRS	NAL	19	.554	.360	10.5%	9.1%					0.0%	1.0%	.235	.118
25	19		6823	.414	.353	11.0%	8.9%	3.8%	6.7%	3.17	4.87	2.7%	1.2%	.192	.119

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
21	Negro Leagues		5035	.416	.351	10.6%	8.4%	5.1%	2.2%	1.86	19.89	3.1%	1.2%	.207	.120
5	vs Latin Leagues		1728	.405	.360	12.3%	10.2%	3.7%	7.8%	3.31	1.69	1.5%	1.0%	.141	.114
3	vs Major Leagues		60	.500	.318	8.3%	7.2%					0.0%	0.7%	.309	.125

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1	St. Louis Giants		19	.271	.338	5.3%	7.9%					0.0%	0.2%	.063	.064
8	St. Louis Stars I		2829	.454	.359	11.9%	8.2%	3.4%	3.4%	3.00	3.94	4.5%	1.3%	.263	.128
1	Cienfuegos		137	.382	.353	8.0%	9.3%	0.7%	1.5%	11.00	6.27	0.0%	0.7%	.107	.109
4	Chicago American Giants		654	.365	.328	8.7%	7.6%					0.9%	1.1%	.149	.114
1	Detroit Wolves		135	.395	.345	8.1%	8.6%					0.7%	0.8%	.190	.097
1	Kansas City Monarchs		69	.357	.327	11.6%	7.7%	1.4%	0.7%	8.00	10.82	0.0%	0.9%	.140	.105
2	Homestead Grays		61	.290	.345	6.6%	8.4%					3.3%	1.0%	.164	.108
3	West All Stars		11	.385	.326	9.1%	7.8%	18.2%	14.6%	0.50	0.88	0.0%	0.8%	.200	.126
6	Newark Eagles		890	.380	.345	9.8%	9.0%					2.0%	1.5%	.146	.119
5	East All Stars		33	.441	.341	3.0%	10.9%	10.7%	11.1%	0.33	0.89	0.0%	1.0%	.233	.105
1	NNL All Stars II		9	.478	.419	11.1%	13.7%					0.0%	1.2%	.250	.163
3	Azules de Veracruz		1067	.418	.370	12.2%	10.6%	4.4%	8.6%	2.77	1.30	1.7%	1.1%	.154	.122
1	Alijadores de Tampico		371	.373	.333	11.9%	9.4%	3.0%	8.4%	4.00	1.11	1.1%	0.9%	.110	.097
1	Diablos Rojos del México		153	.411	.359	17.6%	10.8%	3.3%	6.1%	5.40	1.77	2.6%	0.8%	.156	.102
1	Negro All Stars		13	.520	.242	23.1%	6.0%					0.0%	0.0%	.100	.042
2	New York Black Yankees		114	.338	.336	7.9%	8.9%					0.0%	0.9%	.059	.099
1	Baltimore Elite Giants		218	.361	.351	8.3%	9.6%					0.5%	1.0%	.112	.101
1	Indianapolis Clowns		21	.345	.352	4.8%	9.5%					0.0%	0.9%	.105	.104
1	Memphis Red Sox		19	.554	.360	10.5%	9.1%					0.0%	1.0%	.235	.118

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