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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• 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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Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	Career	HoF	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Willie Wells	SS	25	1924-1948	✔	69.6	50.5	10.7	0.1	8.6
2	Dick Lundy	SS	21	1916-1937		36.5	23.4	7.6	-0.1	5.5
3	Sam Bankhead	SS	17	1932-1948		30.8	17.5	9.7	0.3	3.4
4	Silvio García	SS	8	1936-1947		21.3	17.3	1.0	0.2	2.8
5	Bill Riggins	SS	15	1920-1936		18.6	8.4	6.7	0.0	3.6
6	Chester Williams	SS	13	1930-1942		14.4	6.0	4.3	0.0	4.1
7	Jake Stephens	SS	17	1921-1937		8.0	-3.9	7.9	0.0	4.0
8	Halley Harding	SS	7	1926-1937		7.7	7.0	-1.0	0.0	1.7
9	Leroy Morney	SS	13	1932-1944		5.4	4.9	-1.1	0.0	1.6
10	Jake Dunn	SS	10	1930-1940		3.7	4.2	-1.7	0.0	1.1
11	Francisco Correa	SS	11	1926-1941		3.4	0.4	0.4	0.0	2.6
12	Hoss Walker	SS	19	1929-1948		1.6	-2.9	2.3	0.2	2.0
13	Clarence Lamar	SS	9	1936-1944		0.7	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.6
14	Larnie Jordan	SS	4	1936-1942		0.6	1.0	-0.9	0.0	0.4
15	John Lyles	SS	9	1932-1943		0.4	1.4	-1.4	0.0	0.4
16	Emmett Mueller	SS	4	1936-1942		0.3	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.1
17	Lou Collins	SS	2	1933-1937		0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
18	Mario Veitía	SS	1	1936		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
19	Dusty Decker	SS	3	1932-1939		0.1	0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.1
20	Jimmy Johnson	SS	4	1932-1943		0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3
21	Jesse Askew	SS	1	1936		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
22	Oliver Blakeney	SS	1	1936		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
23	Ormond Sampson	SS	4	1932-1941		-0.2	-0.1	-0.3	0.1	0.2
24	Anthony Cooper	SS	10	1928-1941		-0.3	-2.1	1.5	-0.4	0.6
25	Rabbit Martínez	SS	10	1935-1947		-0.4	-2.1	0.1	0.0	1.7
26	Flash Miller	SS	8	1934-1945		-0.4	0.3	-1.0	0.0	0.4
27	Mario Rodríguez	SS	2	1934-1936		-0.6	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.0
28	Bill Sadler	SS	4	1935-1944		-0.6	0.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.2
29	Bill Yancey	SS	10	1927-1936		-0.7	-1.2	-1.1	0.0	1.7
30	Curtis Henderson	SS	8	1936-1946		-0.7	0.1	-1.1	0.0	0.3
31	Ted Stockard	SS	4	1927-1937		-1.1	-0.2	-1.0	0.0	0.1
32	Tice James	SS	5	1936-1946		-1.3	-0.4	-1.1	0.0	0.3
33	Clarence Lewis	SS	4	1932-1937		-2.4	-1.5	-1.2	0.0	0.4
34	Marcelino Bauzá	SS	5	1930-1945		-2.5	-3.9	0.0	0.0	1.4
35	Jelly Jackson	SS	9	1934-1945		-3.4	-6.2	0.9	0.0	2.0

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