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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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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	94	434	362	87	103	20	7	9	54	18	0	56	0	16	.285	.380	.453	.833	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	96	426	361	90	131	21	5	29	108	9	56	1	8	.363	.450	.690	1.140	183
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
1929	CAG / SLS	NNL / NvM	24	SS	104	466	398	116	146	26	9	26	135	34	54	2	12	.367	.445	.673	1.118	179
1930	SLS	NNC / NNL	25	SS	98	441	372	119	149	38	4	20	121	27	57	7	5	.401	.489	.685	1.174	189
1931	SLS	NNL / NVM	26	SS	36	164	132	38	42	14	4	3	31	9	25	2	5	.318	.434	.553	.987	147
1932	MULT	EWL / IND	27	SS	55	236	208	40	57	16	6	2	42	4	19	4	5	.274	.346	.438	.784	116
1933	CAG / WES	EWA / NN2	28	SS	37	174	160	32	43	8	3	0	24	8	0	7	1	0	3	4	0	.269	.312	.356	.668	82
1934	CAG / WES	MULT	29	SS	45	193	170	25	36	9	4	0	13	5	1	19	0	1	3	.212	.295	.312	.607	84
1935	CAG / WES	EWA / NN2	30	SS	48	216	187	53	65	14	5	5	36	14	0	25	1	0	1	3	0	0	.348	.427	.556	.983	157
1936	NE	NN2	31	SS	29	127	111	24	35	6	1	2	12	0	12	1	3	.315	.387	.441	.829	112
1937	MULT	EWA / NN2	32	SS	33	141	125	33	40	9	5	3	27	2	0	12	0	0	0	4	0	.320	.380	.544	.924	135
1938	MULT	MULT	33	SS	30	122	102	25	34	7	4	2	17	3	1	14	1	0	2	4	0	.333	.424	.539	.963	148
1939	EAS / NE	MULT	34	SS	44	197	171	34	43	5	0	3	23	4	1	23	5	0	1	1	1	0	.251	.342	.333	.675	79
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	32	132	115	14	30	8	0	0	13	1	0	12	3	2	0	.261	.346	.330	.677	94
1946	BEG / NBY	NN2	41	3B	62	254	229	23	67	13	3	1	38	2	21	1	3	.293	.355	.389	.743	103
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	219
25	18			SS	1480	6517	5607	1298	1824	372	92	176	1162	226	3	724	71	0	49	136	1	0	.325	.407	.519	.926	139
162 Game Average						713	614	142	200	41	10	19	127	25	9	79	29	0	6	15	4	0	.325	.407	.519	.926	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				1115	4880	4212	986	1371	280	73	150	913	173	3	518	8	0	42	107	1	0	.325	.405	.533	.938	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	.390	.457	.707	1.164	240

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	72
8	St. Louis Stars I			SS	633	2809	2378	623	830	168	39	126	629	124	0	338	21	72	.349	.434	.611	1.046	160
4	Chicago American Giants			SS	136	610	544	119	158	33	16	5	83	31	51	5	10	.290	.357	.438	.794	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	120
2	Homestead Grays			SS	14	61	55	9	11	1	1	2	10	0	4	1	1	.200	.267	.364	.630	71
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	179
6	Newark Eagles			SS	186	795	698	162	215	38	9	16	109	12	1	76	3	0	8	12	1	0	.308	.382	.457	.839	123
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	134
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	98
1	Baltimore Elite Giants			3B	53	218	197	20	59	13	3	1	36	1	18	0	3	.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	219

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%		8.6%			0.5%	0.8%		.129	.108
1925	SLS	NNC / NNL	434	.367	.348	12.9%		8.8%			2.1%	1.3%		.169	.131
1926	SLS	NNL	344	.455	.376	14.5%	8.8%				3.8%	1.4%		.211	.138
1927	SLS	NNL	426	.490	.355	13.1%	8.3%				6.8%	1.3%		.327	.125
1928	SLS	NLP / NNL	383	.476	.344	7.6%		6.9%			6.5%	1.2%		.340	.117
1929	CAG / SLS	NNL / NvM	466	.474	.352	11.6%		8.6%			5.6%	1.5%		.307	.131
1930	SLS	NNC / NNL	441	.509	.361	12.9%		8.2%			4.5%	1.3%		.285	.133
1931	SLS	NNL / NVM	164	.439	.372	15.2%		9.5%			1.8%	0.9%		.235	.112
1932	MULT	EWL / IND	236	.359	.339	8.1%		8.3%			0.8%	0.8%		.163	.097
1933	CAG / WES	EWA / NN2	174	.300	.327	4.0%		0.6%	6.5%		7.00		0.0%	1.1%		.088	.121
1934	CAG / WES	MULT	193	.289	.309	9.8%		0.0%	7.2%			0.0%	0.8%		.100	.089
1935	CAG / WES	EWA / NN2	216	.432	.341	11.6%		0.5%	8.5%		25.00		2.3%	1.5%		.209	.130
1936	NE	NN2	127	.375	.353	9.4%	8.9%				1.6%	1.7%		.126	.128
1937	MULT	EWA / NN2	141	.393	.345	8.5%		0.0%	8.3%			2.1%	1.6%		.224	.134
1938	MULT	MULT	122	.421	.350	11.5%		0.8%	9.6%		14.00		1.6%	1.6%		.206	.132
1939	EAS / NE	MULT	197	.324	.347	11.7%		2.5%	9.0%		4.60		1.5%	1.7%		.082	.121
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	.430	.337	7.0%		0.0%	9.8%			2.6%	1.0%		.168	.102
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	132	.329	.331	9.1%		8.7%			0.0%	0.7%		.070	.094
1946	BEG / NBY	NN2	254	.353	.348	8.3%		9.5%			0.4%	1.0%		.096	.100
1947	CIC	NAL	21	.345	.354	4.8%	9.5%				0.0%	0.9%		.105	.104
1948	MRS	NAL	19	.554	.359	10.5%	9.1%				0.0%	1.0%		.235	.118
25	18		6517	.414	.352	11.1%	8.9%		3.9%	7.4%		3.13	2.61		2.7%	1.2%		.193	.119

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
21	Negro Leagues		4880	.415	.349	10.6%	8.5%		3.8%	2.5%		2.63	9.50		3.1%	1.2%		.208	.120
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	.502	.316	10.9%	7.2%				0.0%	0.8%		.317	.125

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1	St. Louis Giants		19	.271	.340	5.3%	8.0%				0.0%	0.2%		.063	.064
8	St. Louis Stars I		2809	.453	.357	12.0%	8.4%				4.5%	1.3%		.262	.127
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%	8.6%				0.0%	0.7%		.150	.095
1	Kansas City Monarchs		69	.357	.326	11.6%	7.6%				0.0%	0.9%		.140	.104
2	Homestead Grays		61	.291	.343	6.6%	8.4%				3.3%	1.0%		.164	.106
3	West All Stars		11	.385	.326	9.1%	7.5%		18.2%	14.6%		0.50	0.84		0.0%	0.8%		.200	.125
6	Newark Eagles		795	.382	.344	9.6%	9.1%		1.8%	0.7%		6.33	13.38		2.0%	1.5%		.149	.119
5	East All Stars		33	.440	.340	3.0%	10.7%		10.7%	11.2%		0.33	0.88		0.0%	1.0%		.233	.105
1	NNL All Stars II		9	.478	.416	11.1%	13.8%				0.0%	1.2%		.250	.164
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	.337	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	.359	10.5%	9.1%				0.0%	1.0%		.235	.118

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