Willie Wells

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

Born: August 10, 1905 in Shawnee, OK
Died: January 22, 1989 in Austin, TX
(83 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'7"

Wt: 162

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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 (Dallas, TX) , Samuel Huston College (Austin, TX)
• Buried: Texas State Cemetery (Austin, TX)
• Relatives: Willie Wells Jr. (Son)
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Wins Above Replacement

Glossary

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1924	SLS	NNL	18	SS	184		0.8	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.2
1925	SLS	NNC/NNL	19	SS	434		2.4	1.7	0.2	0.0	0.5
1927	SLS	NNL	21	SS	421		6.6	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.6
1928	SLS	NNC/NNL	22	SS	374		6.0	4.4	1.1	0.0	0.5
1929	CAG/SLS	NvM/NNL	23	SS	466		7.3	6.3	0.3	0.0	0.7
1930	SLS	NNL/NNC	24	SS	427		6.5	6.1	-0.2	0.0	0.5
1931	SLS	NvM/NNL	25	SS	164		2.3	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.2
1932	MULT	EWL/IND	26	SS	166		1.6	0.5	0.9	0.0	0.2
1933	CAG/WES	NN2/EWA	27	SS	163		0.6	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.2
1934	CAG/WES	MULT	28	SS	193		1.7	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.4
1935	WES/CAG	EWA/NN2	29	SS	216		2.6	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.3
1936	NE	NN2	30	SS	127		0.7	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.2
1937	MULT	NN2/EWA	31	SS	141		1.2	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
1938	NE/EAS	NN2/EWA	32	SS	99		1.6	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.1
1939	NE/EAS	MULT	33	SS	168		0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2
1940	VEZ	MEX	34	SS	383		3.3	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.5
1941	VEZ	MEX	35	SS	468		4.2	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.6
1942	EAS/NE	EWA/NN2	36	SS	211		2.1	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.3
1945	MULT	MULT	39	SS	126	0.2	0.6	0.4	-0.0	0.0	0.2
1946	NBY/BEG	NN2	40	3B	255		1.4	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
1947	CIC	NAL	41	SS	20		0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
1948	MRS	NAL	42	3B	18		0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
22	14			SS	5224	0.2	54.1	43.1	4.5	0.0	6.8
162 Game Average					716	0.0	7.4	5.9	0.6	0.0	0.9

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
2	vs Latin Leagues				851		7.4	6.3	0.0	0.0	1.1
20	Negro Leagues				4327	0.2	45.4	36.0	4.1	0.0	5.6
3	vs Major Leagues				46		1.2	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.1

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Baltimore Elite Giants			3B	217		1.4	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
4	Chicago American Giants			SS	599		6.1	3.7	1.5	0.0	0.9
1	Detroit Wolves			SS	105		0.8	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.1
5	East All Stars			SS	38		0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
2	Homestead Grays			SS	61		0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
1	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns			SS	20		0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
1	Kansas City Monarchs			SS	19		0.5	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0
1	Memphis Red Sox			3B	18		0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
2	New York Black Yankees			SS	115		0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.2
6	Newark Eagles			SS	725	0.2	5.4	4.1	0.3	0.0	1.0
1	Negro All Stars			-	13		0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
7	St. Louis Stars			SS	2432		30.7	25.7	1.8	0.0	3.2
2	Azules de Veracruz			SS	851		7.4	6.3	0.0	0.0	1.1
3	West All Stars			SS	11		-0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1

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Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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