Willie Wells

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

Born: August 10, 1904 in Shawnee, OK
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 (Dallas, 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	IND	19	SS	4	19	16	1	4	1	0	0	0	0		1			0	2			.250	.294	.313	.607	73
1924	SLS	NNL	19	SS	45	189	170	29	51	12	4	1	37	2		12			2	5			.300	.353	.435	.789	101
1925	SLS	NNL	20	SS	87	405	338	83	98	19	7	8	53	18		53				14			.290	.386	.459	.845	113
1925	SLS	NNC	20	SS	7	29	24	4	5	1	0	1	1	0		3			0	2	0		.208	.296	.375	.671	107
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	96	426	361	90	131	21	5	29	108	9		56			1	8			.363	.450	.690	1.140	183
1928	SLS	NNL	23	SS	78	352	315	82	113	28	5	22	81	13		25			5	7			.359	.414	.689	1.103	185
1928	SLS	NNC	23	SS	7	31	26	7	8	1	1	3	9	0		4			1	0			.308	.419	.769	1.189	192
1929	SLS	NNL	24	SS	95	428	361	105	129	22	5	26	124	30		53			2	12			.357	.442	.662	1.104	174
1929	CAG	NNL	24	SS	4	16	16	4	8	2	1	0	4	1		0			0	0			.500	.500	.750	1.250	246
1929	CAG	NvM	24	SS	5	22	21	7	9	2	3	0	7	3		1			0	0			.429	.455	.810	1.264	243
1930	SLS	NNL	25	SS	90	395	336	112	138	34	3	17	114	18		52			2	5			.411	.492	.682	1.174	196
1930	SLS	NNC	25	SS	7	32	31	6	13	2	0	2	9	0		1			0	0			.419	.438	.677	1.115	145
1931	SLS	NNL	26	SS	34	153	122	35	39	12	3	3	27	9		24			2	5			.320	.439	.541	.980	152
1931	SLS	NvM	26	SS	2	11	10	3	3	2	1	0	4	0		1			0	0			.300	.364	.700	1.064	123
1932	DW	EWL	27	SS	29	125	113	20	32	13	2	0	20	3		9			1	2			.283	.341	.434	.775	111
1932	HG	EWL	27	SS	10	42	38	5	10	1	1	2	9	0		2			1	1			.263	.317	.500	.817	122
1932	KCM	IND	27	SS	16	69	57	15	15	2	3	0	12	1		8			2	2			.263	.373	.404	.777	122
1933	CAG	NN2	28	SS	36	170	156	30	41	7	3	0	23	8		7			3	4			.263	.307	.346	.653	79
1933	WES	EWA	28	SS	1	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.667	.500	1.000	1.500	185
1934	CAG	NN2	29	SS	38	164	144	23	30	7	4	0	13	4		17			0	3			.208	.292	.313	.604	78
1934	CAG	NLC	29	SS	6	25	23	2	5	1	0	0	0	1		1			1	0			.217	.280	.261	.541	87
1934	WES	EWA	29	SS	1	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	422
1935	CAG	NN2	30	SS	47	213	183	53	65	14	5	5	36	14		25			1	4			.355	.435	.568	1.004	162
1935	WES	EWA	30	SS	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1936	NE	NN2	31	SS	29	127	111	24	35	6	1	2	12	0		12			1	3			.315	.387	.441	.829	113
1937	NE	NN2	32	SS	28	117	103	28	38	9	5	3	27	2		10			0	4			.369	.425	.641	1.066	167
1937	HG	NN2	32	SS	4	19	17	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		2		0	0	0			.059	.158	.059	.217	-41
1937	EAS	EWA	32	SS	1	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	14
1938	NE	NN2	33	SS	27	109	90	22	29	7	2	2	15	3		13			2	4			.322	.419	.511	.930	142
1938	EAS	EWA	33	SS	2	8	7	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.500	.857	1.357	295
1939	NE	NN2	34	SS	31	141	126	27	34	2	0	3	19	3		13				2			.270	.338	.357	.695	86
1939	NE	NLP	34	SS	4	18	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		4				0			.071	.278	.071	.349	-6
1939	EAS	EWA	34	SS	2	9	7	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	.286	.444	.429	.873	134
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	132
1942	NE	NN2	37	SS	47	200	181	48	62	8	0	3	34	3		19				0			.343	.405	.436	.841	145
1942	EAS	EWA	37	SS	2	11	10	1	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.400	.455	.500	.955	146
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	VEZ	MEX	39	SS	48	216	171	37	50	8	2	6	30	5		38	6		1	6			.292	.424	.468	.892	126
1944	ROM	MEX	39	SS	35	153	122	26	36	5	1	4	22	4		27	5		0	4			.295	.423	.451	.874	133
1945	NE	NN2	40	SS	9	36	31	6	4	0	0	0	2	0		3		0	2	0			.129	.250	.129	.379	5
1945	NBY	NN2	40	SS	18	78	69	7	21	6	0	0	8	1		6		0	1	2			.304	.368	.391	.760	113
1945	EAS	EWA	40	2B	1	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	55
1945	NST	NvM	40	2B	4	13	10	1	4	1	0	0	1	0		3		0	0	0			.400	.538	.500	1.038	331
1946	NBY	NN2	41	SS	9	36	32	3	8	0	0	0	2	1		3			1	0			.250	.333	.250	.583	67
1946	BEG	NN2	41	3B	53	218	197	20	59	13	3	1	36	1		18			0	3		0	.299	.358	.411	.769	109
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	221
25	17			SS	1467	6452	5554	1290	1812	363	89	172	1161	216	2	718	68	0	41	138	1	0	.326	.407	.517	.924	139
162 Game Average						712	613	142	200	40	10	19	128	43	29	79	30	0	5	15	9	0	.326	.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				1102	4815	4159	978	1359	271	70	146	912	163	2	512	5	0	34	109	1	0	.327	.405	.531	.936	142
4	vs Latin Leagues				354	1591	1354	301	437	87	15	26	237	50		201	63		7	29			.323	.413	.467	.880	129
3	vs Major Leagues				11	46	41	11	16	5	4	0	12	3		5		0	0	0			.390	.457	.707	1.164	239

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	632	2795	2373	622	832	166	38	125	631	115		334			16	72	0		.351	.434	.611	1.045	161
4	Chicago American Giants			SS	136	610	543	119	158	33	16	5	83	31		51			5	11			.291	.357	.438	.796	118
1	Detroit Wolves			SS	29	125	113	20	32	13	2	0	20	3		9			1	2			.283	.341	.434	.775	111
1	Kansas City Monarchs			SS	16	69	57	15	15	2	3	0	12	1		8			2	2			.263	.373	.404	.777	122
2	Homestead Grays			SS	14	61	55	9	11	1	1	2	9	0		4		0	1	1			.200	.267	.364	.630	71
3	West All Stars			SS	3	11	9	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.364	.556	.919	193
6	Newark Eagles			SS	175	748	656	156	203	32	8	13	109	11		74		0	5	13			.309	.384	.442	.826	121
5	East All Stars			SS	8	38	34	6	11	4	1	0	6	1	1	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	.324	.395	.500	.895	145
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	0			.400	.538	.500	1.038	331
2	New York Black Yankees			SS	27	114	101	10	29	6	0	0	10	2		9		0	2	2			.287	.357	.347	.704	98
1	Baltimore Elite Giants			3B	53	218	197	20	59	13	3	1	36	1		18			0	3		0	.299	.358	.411	.769	109
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	221

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1924	SLG	IND	19	.271	.338	5.3%	7.9%					0.0%	0.2%	.063	.064
1924	SLS	NNL	189	.358	.359	6.3%	8.6%					0.5%	0.9%	.135	.112
1925	SLS	NNL	405	.372	.351	13.1%	8.9%					2.0%	1.3%	.169	.134
1925	SLS	NNC	29	.299	.297	10.3%	8.7%					3.4%	1.3%	.167	.101
1926	SLS	NNL	344	.455	.376	14.5%	8.8%					3.8%	1.4%	.211	.138
1927	SLS	NNL	426	.490	.356	13.1%	8.4%					6.8%	1.2%	.327	.124
1928	SLS	NNL	352	.473	.342	7.1%	6.8%					6.3%	1.1%	.330	.116
1928	SLS	NNC	31	.504	.359	12.9%	8.1%					9.7%	1.4%	.462	.131
1929	SLS	NNL	428	.468	.355	12.4%	8.7%					6.1%	1.6%	.305	.132
1929	CAG	NNL	16	.552	.319	0.0%	7.8%					0.0%	1.6%	.250	.118
1929	CAG	NvM	22	.534	.318	4.5%	6.9%					0.0%	0.9%	.381	.120
1930	SLS	NNL	395	.513	.356	13.2%	8.4%					4.3%	1.1%	.271	.123
1930	SLS	NNC	32	.480	.400	3.1%	10.0%					6.3%	2.0%	.258	.169
1931	SLS	NNL	153	.441	.367	15.7%	9.5%					2.0%	0.9%	.221	.104
1931	SLS	NvM	11	.427	.396	9.1%	9.2%		6.8%		1.36	0.0%	1.4%	.400	.176
1932	DW	EWL	125	.358	.344	7.2%	8.5%					0.0%	0.7%	.150	.095
1932	HG	EWL	42	.365	.343	4.8%	8.5%					4.8%	0.7%	.237	.094
1932	KCM	IND	69	.358	.324	11.6%	7.5%		0.2%		30.91	0.0%	0.9%	.140	.102
1933	CAG	NN2	170	.294	.325	4.1%	6.5%					0.0%	1.1%	.083	.119
1933	WES	EWA	4	.532	.427	0.0%	5.2%	25.0%	9.1%	0.00	0.57	0.0%	1.3%	.333	.185
1934	CAG	NN2	164	.287	.317	10.4%	7.5%					0.0%	0.8%	.104	.090
1934	CAG	NLC	25	.265	.281	4.0%	7.1%					0.0%	0.5%	.043	.085
1934	WES	EWA	4	.517	.209	25.0%	3.6%	0.0%	25.5%		0.14	0.0%	0.0%	.333	.075
1935	CAG	NN2	213	.438	.341	11.7%	8.4%					2.3%	1.5%	.213	.131
1935	WES	EWA	3	.000	.382	0.0%	16.5%	33.3%	7.2%	0.00	2.29	0.0%	1.0%	.000	.078
1936	NE	NN2	127	.375	.351	9.4%	8.8%					1.6%	1.7%	.126	.127
1937	NE	NN2	117	.445	.349	8.5%	8.2%					2.6%	1.6%	.272	.135
1937	HG	NN2	19	.128	.343	10.5%	8.1%					0.0%	1.6%	.000	.132
1937	EAS	EWA	5	.180	.322	0.0%	10.8%	0.0%	8.1%		1.33	0.0%	2.7%	.000	.154
1938	NE	NN2	109	.409	.346	11.9%	9.4%					1.8%	1.6%	.189	.130
1938	EAS	EWA	8	.598	.322	12.5%	10.6%	12.5%	6.4%	1.00	1.67	0.0%	1.4%	.429	.116
1939	NE	NN2	141	.325	.345	9.2%	8.5%					2.1%	1.8%	.087	.114
1939	NE	NLP	18	.212	.350	22.2%	10.4%					0.0%	2.8%	.000	.173
1939	EAS	EWA	9	.429	.338	11.1%	12.5%	22.2%	11.8%	0.50	1.06	0.0%	1.5%	.143	.105
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	NE	NN2	200	.403	.327	9.5%	9.6%					1.5%	1.0%	.094	.094
1942	EAS	EWA	11	.474	.372	0.0%	12.2%	0.0%	9.6%		1.27	0.0%	0.0%	.100	.076
1943	TPC	MEX	371	.373	.333	11.9%	9.3%	3.0%	8.4%	4.00	1.11	1.1%	0.9%	.110	.097
1944	VEZ	MEX	216	.416	.377	17.6%	11.3%	2.8%	5.9%	6.33	1.91	2.8%	0.8%	.175	.107
1944	ROM	MEX	153	.411	.359	17.6%	10.8%	3.3%	6.1%	5.40	1.77	2.6%	0.8%	.156	.102
1945	NE	NN2	36	.213	.344	8.3%	9.1%					0.0%	0.9%	.000	.102
1945	NBY	NN2	78	.355	.336	7.7%	8.9%					0.0%	0.9%	.087	.099
1945	EAS	EWA	5	.262	.384	0.0%	10.5%		0.0%			0.0%	0.0%	.200	.075
1945	NST	NvM	13	.519	.248	23.1%	6.5%					0.0%	0.0%	.100	.041
1946	NBY	NN2	36	.299	.335	8.3%	9.2%					0.0%	1.0%	.000	.096
1946	BEG	NN2	218	.361	.350	8.3%	9.6%					0.5%	1.0%	.112	.100
1947	CIC	NAL	21	.345	.354	4.8%	9.5%					0.0%	0.9%	.105	.104
1948	MRS	NAL	19	.554	.357	10.5%	9.1%					0.0%	0.9%	.235	.117
25	17		6452	.413	.351	11.1%	9.0%	4.2%	8.0%	3.00	2.49	2.7%	1.2%	.190	.118

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
21	Negro Leagues		4815	.415	.349	10.6%	8.5%	11.4%	4.1%	0.60	19.34	3.0%	1.2%	.204	.119
4	vs Latin Leagues		1591	.407	.360	12.6%	10.3%	4.0%	8.3%	3.19	1.30	1.6%	1.0%	.144	.115
3	vs Major Leagues		46	.504	.317	10.9%	7.3%					0.0%	0.8%	.317	.114

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		2795	.453	.357	11.9%	8.5%					4.5%	1.3%	.260	.126
4	Chicago American Giants		610	.357	.326	8.4%	7.5%					0.8%	1.1%	.147	.114
1	Detroit Wolves		125	.358	.344	7.2%	8.5%					0.0%	0.7%	.150	.095
1	Kansas City Monarchs		69	.358	.324	11.6%	7.5%					0.0%	0.9%	.140	.102
2	Homestead Grays		61	.291	.343	6.6%	8.4%					3.3%	1.0%	.164	.106
3	West All Stars		11	.381	.335	9.1%	7.7%	18.2%	14.5%	0.50	0.88	0.0%	0.8%	.222	.113
6	Newark Eagles		748	.377	.342	9.9%	9.0%					1.7%	1.5%	.133	.117
5	East All Stars		38	.423	.348	5.3%	11.5%	9.1%	8.0%	0.67	1.32	0.0%	1.0%	.176	.102
3	Azules de Veracruz		1067	.418	.370	12.2%	10.6%	4.4%	8.6%	2.77	1.30	1.7%	1.1%	.154	.123
1	Alijadores de Tampico		371	.373	.333	11.9%	9.3%	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	.519	.248	23.1%	6.5%					0.0%	0.0%	.100	.041
2	New York Black Yankees		114	.338	.336	7.9%	9.0%					0.0%	0.9%	.059	.098
1	Baltimore Elite Giants		218	.361	.350	8.3%	9.6%					0.5%	1.0%	.112	.100
1	Indianapolis Clowns		21	.345	.354	4.8%	9.5%					0.0%	0.9%	.105	.104
1	Memphis Red Sox		19	.554	.357	10.5%	9.1%					0.0%	0.9%	.235	.117

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