Kip
Wells
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 220
 
Born: April 21, 1977 in Denver Co
 
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 30 TEX AL   4 47 53 50 48 55 52 39 47 43
2008 31 TOR AL $ 300,000 4 49 55 52 57 64 61 41 49 45
2009 32 CHA AL $ 300,000 4 54 59 57 63 69 66 38 46 42
2010 33 ANA AL $ 2,000,000 7 6 7 6 7 7 7 3 4 4
2011 34 FLO NL $ 380,000 6 5 6 6 6 7 6 3 4 3
2012 35 KCA AL $ 927,000 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 3 3 3
2013 36 KCA AL $ 927,000 6 4 5 5 5 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 4 5 5 5 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000 7 54 59 57 63 69 66 41 49 45
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 30 TEX AL     24 24 30 6 31 24 27 40 36 1 1 1 20 20 20
2008 31 TOR AL $ 300,000   24 24 30 6 31 24 27 40 36 1 1 1 20 20 20
2009 32 CHA AL $ 300,000   24 24 30 6 31 24 27 40 36 1 1 1 20 20 20
2010 33 ANA AL $ 2,000,000   3 3 4 1 4 3 3 5 4 1 1 1 3 3 3
2011 34 FLO NL $ 380,000   3 3 4 1 4 3 3 5 4 1 1 1 3 3 3
2012 35 KCA AL $ 927,000   3 3 4 1 4 3 3 5 4 1 1 1 3 3 3
2013 36 KCA AL $ 927,000   3 3 4 1 4 3 3 5 4 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 4 1 4 3 3 5 4 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000   24 24 30 6 31 24 27 40 36 1 1 1 20 20 20
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2000 23 CHA   6 9 .400 20   0 0 0 98.7 126 66   58 71 6.02  
2001 24 CHA   10 11 .476 40   0 0 0 133.3 145 71   61 99 4.79  
2002 25 PIT   12 14 .462 33   1 1 0 198.3 197 79   71 134 3.58  
2003 26 PIT   9 11 .450 27   0 0 0 158.0 142 62   69 109 3.53  
2004 27 PIT   8 12 .400 33   0 0 0 180.3 159 81   86 120 4.04  
2005 28 MIN   0 0 .000 3   0 0 0 14.7 20 15   4 12 9.21  
2007 30 AAA   12 10 .545 26 26 1 0 0 173.7 172 78 23 44 186 4.04 .256 .302 .405 .706  
2008 31 TOR AL 0 1 .000 3 3 0 0 0 10.3 18 13 4 5 5 11.33 .375 .434 .708 1.142 0.0
    AAA   9 4 .692 21 21 2 1 0 148.3 129 45 17 36 109 2.73 .236 .284 .359 .642  
2009 32 CHA AL 8 6 .571 20 20 0 0 0 128.0 133 48 15 33 87 3.38 .263 .312 .420 .732 11.2
    AAA   6 4 .600 13 13 0 0 0 77.7 87 41 10 32 74 4.75 .276 .343 .413 .756  
2010 33 COL NL 3 2 .600 22 6 0 0 1 24.7 27 18 5 6 13 6.57 .273 .321 .475 .796 0.7
  ANA AL 2 4 .333 9 3 0 0 0 49.7 60 28 10 6 28 5.07 .293 .315 .488 .802 2.2
  TOT   5 6 .455 31 9 0 0 1 74.3 87 46 15 12 41 5.57 .286 .317 .484 .800 2.9
2011 34 FLO NL 4 3 .571 43 0 0 0 2 69.0 77 26 12 17 42 3.39 .285 .330 .463 .793 5.6
2012 35 KCA AL 2 1 .667 22 0 0 0 1 31.7 24 10 4 11 17 2.84 .209 .289 .348 .637 3.9
2013 36 KCA AL 0 2 .000 34 0 0 0 0 74.0 80 36 7 24 46 4.38 .277 .329 .394 .724 3.9
6 Years Sim 19 19 .500 153 32 0 0 4 387.3 419 179 57 102 238 4.16 .274 .322 .439 .761 27.5
12 Years Pro 64 76 .457 309   1 1 4 1170.6 1208 553   451 783 4.25  
3 Years AAA 27 18 .600 60 60 3 1 0 399.7 388 164 50 112 369 3.69 .253 .304 .390 .694  
Season Average 3 3 .500 25 5 0 0 0 64.6 69 29 9 17 39 4.16 .274 .322 .439 .761  
Career Highs 8 6 .667 43 20 0 0 2 128.0 133 48 15 33 87 11.33 .375 .434 .708 1.142  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   209 99 27 43 143   .265 .303 .423 .726
vs LH   210 80 30 59 95   .283 .335 .456 .792
Home 8 12 .400 83 15 0 0 0 204.0 231 103 30 62 127 4.54 .282 .332 .445 .777
Away 11 7 .611 70 17 0 0 4 183.3 188 76 27 40 111 3.73 .264 .304 .432 .735
Mar/Apr 1 4 .200 23 3 0 0 0 41.3 64 38 11 14 25 8.28 .350 .396 .579 .975
May 3 2 .600 27 0 0 0 1 58.0 58 20 8 16 35 3.10 .261 .311 .419 .730
June 5 2 .714 23 3 0 0 1 58.3 59 20 7 10 35 3.09 .255 .286 .390 .676
July 1 1 .500 24 6 0 0 1 60.7 64 27 13 22 37 4.01 .272 .335 .477 .811
August 2 8 .200 30 12 0 0 0 95.0 114 49 14 21 55 4.64 .295 .332 .479 .811
Sep/Oct 7 2 .778 26 8 0 0 1 74.0 60 25 4 19 51 3.04 .219 .270 .314 .583
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2000 23 CHA   1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
2001 24 CHA   3 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.2  
2002 25 PIT   34 63 4 12 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 28 .190 .190 .270 .460 2.5  
2003 26 PIT   27 43 4 8 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 .186 .186 .256 .442 1.3  
2004 27 PIT   33 50 4 7 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 23 .140 .157 .280 .437 1.8  
2009 32 CHA AL 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.3 0.0
2010 33 COL NL 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0
2011 34 FLO NL 39 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
3 Years Sim 63 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .100 .182 .100 .282 0.0 0.0
8 Years Pro 161 174 13 29 6 0 3 10 1 0 2 81 .167 .176 .253 .429 5.6  
162 Game Average 25 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 .100 .182 .100 .282 0.1  
Career Highs 39 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .250 .333 .250 .500 0.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
vs LH   6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4
Home 34 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1
Away 21 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
RISP   3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Mar/Apr 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
May 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0
June 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
July 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2008 31 TOR AL P 3 3 10.3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.61    
2009 32 CHA AL P 20 20 128.0 11 17 1 1 .966 1.97    
2010 33 COL NL P 22 6 24.7 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.82    
  ANA AL P 9 3 49.7 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.81    
  TOT   P 31 9 74.3 4 11 0 0 1.000 1.82    
2011 34 FLO NL P 43 0 69.0 6 9 0 3 1.000 1.96    
2012 35 KCA AL P 22 0 31.7 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.42    
2013 36 KCA AL P 34 0 74.0 7 12 1 0 .950 2.31    
Career Totals   153 32 387.3 30 55 2 4 .977 1.98    
Career Highs   43 20 128.0 11 17 1 3 1.000 2.61    
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History
Traded from Texas to Toronto on 2/15/2008 (Going to TOR: P Kip Wells. Going to TEX: P George Powell)
Injured on 4/27/2008 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 8/20/2008 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/27/2009 to a minor league contract
Injured on 5/30/2009 with a Blister On Finger, out for 5 days
Injured on 6/4/2009 with a Fractured Cheekbone, out for 6 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 3/30/2010 to a 1-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Traded from Colorado to Anaheim on 7/31/2010 (Going to COL: P Matt Mantei. Going to ANA: P Kip Wells)
Injured on 9/10/2010 with a Spasms Back, out for 4-5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Florida on 4/20/2011 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/23/2012 to a 2-year deal worth $927,000 per year