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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Fielding

Glossary

Shortstop

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range
1924	SLG	IND	19	4	4	34.0	9	7	0	3	1.000	.901	4.24	4.26	-0.9	-26.0	-0.9
1924	SLS	NNL	19	45	45	399.1	115	181	21	30	.934	.906	6.67	5.29	20.7	51.7	20.7
1925	SLS	NNL	20	88	88	782.1	216	296	34	37	.938	.912	5.89	5.56	6.0	7.7	6.0
1925	SLS	NNC	20	7	7	59.1	15	31	3	4	.939	.925	6.98	6.49	1.9	32.0	1.9
1926	SLS	NNL	21	81	80	696.0	188	271	32	60	.935	.910	5.94	5.30	7.1	10.2	7.1
1927	SLS	NNL	22	96	95	845.2	200	319	35	43	.937	.904	5.52	5.09	9.9	11.7	9.9
1928	SLS	NNL	23	77	77	679.2	176	280	25	40	.948	.920	6.04	5.69	14.9	21.9	14.9
1928	SLS	NLP	23	7	7	61.0	15	15	0	2	1.000	.985	4.43	4.72	-2.3	-37.2	-2.3
1929	CAG	NNL	24	4	4	36.0	12	25	2	3	.949	.927	9.25	5.52	6.9	191.2	6.9
1929	SLS	NNL	24	95	95	814.0	201	320	20	41	.963	.927	5.76	5.52	7.5	9.2	7.5
1929	CAG	NVM	24	5	5	45.0	15	18	1	1	.971	.978	6.60	4.71	3.3	72.3	3.3
1930	SLS	NNL	25	90	90	777.2	218	325	21	45	.963	.923	6.28	5.34	32.1	41.3	32.1
1930	SLS	NNC	25	7	7	62.0	12	14	2	2	.929	.922	3.77	4.32	-2.4	-39.2	-2.4
1931	SLS	NNL	26	35	35	311.0	73	120	10	17	.951	.932	5.59	5.46	9.2	29.5	9.2
1931	SLS	NVM	26	2	2	18.0	2	6	0	1	1.000	1.000	4.00	4.24	1.0	53.5	1.0
1932	DW	EWL	27	30	30	258.2	70	86	8	12	.951	.925	5.43	5.08	3.3	12.9	3.3
1932	HG	EWL	27	10	10	84.0	22	26	3	3	.941	.925	5.14	5.08	0.2	2.8	0.2
1932	KCM	IND	27	16	16	134.0	23	59	2	11	.976	.946	5.51	5.05	5.4	40.4	5.4
1933	CAG	NN2	28	37	37	317.2	83	98	9	16	.953	.912	5.13	4.94	0.0	-0.1	0.0
1933	WES	EWA	28	1	1	9.0	3	3	0	1	1.000	.933	6.00	7.41	-0.9	-101.6	-0.9
1934	CAG	NN2	29	39	39	327.2	76	126	7	16	.967	.941	5.55	5.11	6.6	20.3	6.6
1934	WES	EWA	29	1	1	9.0	3	3	0	0	1.000	1.000	6.00	4.50	0.4	47.8	0.4
1934	CAG	NLP	29	6	6	51.0	11	21	0	2	1.000	1.000	5.65	5.02	1.5	28.5	1.5
1935	CAG	NN2	30	50	50	426.1	132	140	13	25	.954	.926	5.74	5.11	-1.0	-2.2	-1.0
1935	WES	EWA	30	1	1	6.0	0	1	1	0	.500	.625	1.50	2.08	-0.1	-22.4	-0.1
1936	NE	NN2	31	37	37	308.2	81	106	10	13	.949	.938	5.45	5.22	-0.9	-3.0	-0.9
1937	NE	NN2	32	32	31	254.2	54	85	11	14	.927	.929	4.91	5.19	-0.1	-0.5	-0.1
1937	EAS	EWA	32	1	1	9.0	1	3	0	1	1.000	1.000	4.00	2.50	0.7	77.0	0.7
1937	HG	NN2	32	4	4	36.0	8	11	1	1	.950	.929	4.75	5.19	-0.3	-8.0	-0.3
1938	NE	NN2	33	30	29	233.2	60	84	6	14	.960	.918	5.55	5.19	2.3	9.8	2.3
1938	EAS	EWA	33	1	1	8.0	4	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	5.63	5.29	-0.5	-62.4	-0.5
1938	NAS	NAA	33	2	2	19.0	3	6	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.26	3.93	0.5	28.6	0.5
1939	NE	NN2	34	38	38	313.1	71	115	8	9	.959	.949	5.34	5.28	5.5	17.6	5.5
1939	EAS	EWA	34	2	2	17.0	7	5	0	0	1.000	.905	6.35	5.03	0.3	18.3	0.3
1939	NE	NLP	34	4	4	31.0	7	11	2	1	.900	.925	5.23	4.50	-0.4	-13.4	-0.4
1940	VEZ	MEX	35	84
1941	VEZ	MEX	36	100
1942	NE	NN2	37	48	48	396.2	82	118	8	15	.962	.933	4.54	5.32	-3.2	-8.0	-3.2
1942	EAS	EWA	37	2	2	18.0	2	7	0	1	1.000	.952	4.50	5.00	0.9	50.8	0.9
1943	TPC	MEX	38	87
1944	VEZ	MEX	39	47		388.2	101	172	15	26	.948	.925	6.32	6.24	-1.0	-2.7	-1.0
1944	ROM	MEX	39	33		267.1	73	123	10	18	.951	.925	6.60	6.24	-1.3	-5.0	-1.3
1945	NE	NN2	40	10	10	88.1	19	28	3	3	.940	.938	4.79	5.45	-1.6	-17.9	-1.6
1945	NBY	NN2	40	18	18	150.1	37	61	2	10	.980	.938	5.87	5.45	0.9	6.0	0.9
1946	NBY	NN2	41	8	8	68.0	20	27	4	4	.922	.939	6.22	5.62	-1.4	-20.3	-1.4
1947	CIC	NAL	42	4	4	24.0	10	6	1	0	.941	.890	6.00	4.89	-1.1	-44.6	-1.1
24	15			1426	1071	9876.0	2530	3760	330	545	.950	.924	5.73	5.36	129.6	13.1	129.6

Glossary

Third Base

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range
1927	SLS	NNL	22	1	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	.919	4.50	3.00	-0.3	-133.9	-0.3
1946	BEG	NN2	41	44	44	371.0	50	66	6	4	.951	.918	2.81	2.93	-2.6	-6.9	-2.6
1948	MRS	NAL	43	4	3	30.2	2	7	0	0	1.000	.932	2.64	2.88	1.0	31.6	1.0
3	3			49	48	403.2	53	73	6	4	.955	.919	2.81	2.93	-1.9	-4.6	-1.9

Glossary

Second Base

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range
1930	SLS	NNL	25	1	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	.933	9.00	5.36	0.2	85.2	0.2
1937	NE	NN2	32	1	0	5.0	2	2	1	0	.800	.953	7.20	5.63	0.1	21.1	0.1
1938	NE	NN2	33	1	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	.949	9.00	5.57	0.2	90.9	0.2
1945	EAS	EWA	40	1	1	8.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	5.63	6.35	-1.5	-184.5	-1.5
1945	NST	NVM	40	4	4	26.2	10	7	1	0	.944	.975	5.74	6.42	0.3	12.6	0.3
1946	BEG	NN2	41	7	7	59.0	18	15	0	2	1.000	.954	5.03	5.46	-2.7	-44.9	-2.7
1947	CIC	NAL	42	1	1	9.0	2	3	1	1	.833	.933	5.00	5.41	-0.2	-17.9	-0.2
6	6			16	13	111.2	39	29	3	3	.958	.960	5.48	5.76	-3.5	-31.3	-3.5

Glossary

Pinch Hitter

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G
1926	SLS	NNL	21	3
1927	SLS	NNL	22	1
1930	SLS	NNL	25	1
1937	NE	NN2	32	1
1938	NE	NN2	33	1
1942	NE	NN2	37	1
1947	CIC	NAL	42	1
1948	MRS	NAL	43	2
8	4			11

Glossary

Left Field

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range	Arm
1928	SLS	NNL	23	1	0	3.0	0	0		.952	0.00	1.76	-0.4	-118.9	-0.3	0.0
1930	SLS	NNL	25	3	0	4.0	1	0	1.000	.950	2.25	1.77	0.1	28.6	0.1	0.0
1944	ROM	MEX	39	3		16.2	3	0	1.000	.952	1.62	1.97	-0.5	-28.3	-0.3	-0.2
1945	NBY	NN2	40	1	0	6.0	1	0	1.000	.921	1.50	1.42	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.0
1946	NBY	NN2	41	1	1	8.0	1	0	1.000	.964	1.13	1.79	-0.6	-77.2	-0.6	-0.1
1946	BEG	NN2	41	2	2	18.0	2	1	1.000	.964	1.50	1.79	-0.2	-12.4	-0.7	0.5
5	4			11	3	55.2	8	1	1.000	.954	1.46	1.80	-1.5	-27.8	-1.8	0.2

Glossary

Pitcher

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	A	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg
1944	ROM	MEX	39	6		8.1	3	1.000	.956	3.24	2.25
1945	NE	NN2	40	1	0	0.2	0		.931	0.00	2.38
2	2			7	0	9.0	3	1.000	.954	3.00	2.26

Glossary

First Base

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	Inn	PO	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range
1925	SLS	NNL	20	1	3.1	4	1.000	.978	10.80	11.53	-0.1	-29.2	-0.1
1929	SLS	NNL	24	1	1.0	0		.983	0.00	11.03	-0.1	-71.9	-0.1
2	1			2	4.1	4	1.000	.979	8.31	11.41	-0.2	-39.0	-0.2

Glossary

Center Field

Year	Team	Lg	Age		G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP		Fld%	Lg		RF	Lg		Runs	Rate	Range	Arm
1942	NE	NN2	37		2	2	16.0	4	0	0	0		1.000	.962		2.25	2.52		-0.4	-22.1	-0.2	-0.1
1	1				2	2	16.0	4	0	0	0		1.000	.962		2.25	2.52		-0.4	-22.1	-0.2	-0.1

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