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Vernon
Wells		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 220
 
Born: December 8, 1978 in Pittsburgh Pa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 2007    2008    2009   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 28 SDN NL $ 2,060,000   61 61 62 57 61 60 67 57 60 20 16 17 63 55 57
2008 29 SDN NL $ 5,360,000   59 59 60 59 63 62 65 55 58 21 17 18 62 54 56
2009 30 SDN NL $ 5,360,000   56 56 57 57 61 60 67 57 60 26 21 23 62 54 56
2010 31 CLE AL $ 5,360,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 3 3 3 7 6 6
2011 32 CLE AL $ 5,270,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 7 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6
2012 33 CLE AL $ 5,270,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 7 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6
2013 34 CLE AL $ 5,270,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 7 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6
2014 35 SFN NL $ 1,200,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 6 5 6 3 3 3 6 5 6
2015 36 OAK AL     3 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,360,000   61 61 62 59 63 62 67 57 60 26 21 23 63 55 57
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 21 TOR   3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
2001 22 TOR   30 96 14 30 8 0 1 6 5 0 5 15 .313 .347 .427 .774 14.0  
2002 23 TOR   159 608 87 167 34 4 23 100 9 4 27 85 .275 .306 .457 .763 81.9  
2003 24 TOR   147 577 86 164 39 6 17 89 19 15 42 82 .284 .333 .461 .794 83.1  
2004 25 TOR   108 413 59 114 29 4 13 62 7 6 25 57 .276 .317 .460 .777 56.9  
2005 26 TOR   145 543 77 142 21 6 17 69 18 10 33 85 .262 .304 .416 .720 67.6  
2006 27 TOR   157 570 62 138 28 6 16 70 12 3 34 77 .242 .285 .396 .681 64.7  
2007 28 SDN NL 151 585 75 156 32 2 19 84 30 9 33 100 .267 .305 .426 .730 77.0 10.9
2008 29 SDN NL 152 593 88 181 42 7 23 98 22 12 33 99 .305 .345 .516 .861 94.1 17.6
2009 30 SDN NL 153 597 84 166 23 4 20 84 33 18 31 108 .278 .313 .430 .743 77.7 10.1
2010 31 CLE AL 156 580 79 164 29 6 26 92 13 12 27 95 .283 .314 .488 .802 82.3 11.9
2011 32 CLE AL 155 620 70 135 23 5 15 74 18 11 26 116 .218 .253 .344 .596 50.1 0.0
2012 33 CLE AL 155 622 80 140 24 1 25 78 29 15 30 119 .225 .265 .387 .653 63.9 3.6
2013 34 CLE AL 129 392 56 95 19 4 14 58 16 7 26 91 .242 .286 .418 .704 49.5 5.7
2014 35 NYN NL 50 106 9 17 2 0 2 7 3 2 1 30 .160 .176 .236 .412 1.8 0.0
  SFN NL 26 42 9 14 3 1 3 10 1 1 3 10 .333 .378 .667 1.044 9.0 2.2
  TOT   76 148 18 31 5 1 5 17 4 3 4 40 .209 .235 .358 .593 10.7 2.2
2015 36 OAK AL 13 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 8 .034 .034 .034 .069 -1.5 0.0
9 Years Sim 1140 4166 551 1069 197 30 147 585 168 87 210 776 .257 .293 .424 .718 503.8 62.0
16 Years Pro 1889 6975 936 1824 356 56 234 981 238 125 376 1177 .262 .299 .429 .729 871.8  
162 Game Average 592 78 151 27 4 20 83 23 12 29 110 .257 .293 .424 .718 71.6  
Career Highs 156 622 88 181 42 7 26 98 33 18 33 119 .305 .345 .516 .861 94.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3001 390 765 140 18 102 415 101 57 145 592 .255 .290 .416 .705 353.5
vs LH   1165 161 304 57 12 45 170 67 30 65 184 .261 .303 .446 .749 155.2
Home 569 2031 286 531 109 10 77 295 82 32 99 361 .261 .296 .439 .734 261.4
Away 571 2135 265 538 88 20 70 290 86 55 111 415 .252 .291 .410 .702 247.3
RISP   1043 0 267 45 8 32 398 0 0 83 207 .256 .304 .407 .711 131.5
Pinch Hitting   43 6 10 3 0 1 6 0 0 3 10 .233 .298 .372 .670 4.5
Close/Late   432 57 106 19 0 15 49 0 2 41 78 .245 .312 .394 .706 53.3
Mar/Apr 172 629 105 189 41 5 29 120 37 22 40 113 .300 .342 .520 .862 104.5
May 197 741 94 173 33 5 20 72 22 17 39 145 .233 .275 .372 .648 72.5
June 201 758 87 188 35 3 22 121 25 7 34 152 .248 .281 .389 .670 83.1
July 182 687 81 175 27 3 25 93 27 15 26 138 .255 .280 .412 .692 78.3
August 193 705 84 153 23 7 22 74 28 12 40 115 .217 .264 .363 .627 67.8
Sep/Oct 193 646 100 191 38 7 29 105 28 14 31 113 .296 .328 .511 .839 102.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2007 28 SDN NL CF 145 143 1266.0 396 7 1 2 .998 2.86 0 0 .000 0 6.4
    RF 3 3 27.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67 0 0 .000 0  
2008 29 SDN NL CF 150 148 1292.3 405 9 2 2 .995 2.88 0 0 .000 0 4.9
2009 30 SDN NL CF 134 133 1168.3 366 11 2 5 .995 2.90 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    RF 16 15 135.7 39 0 2 0 .951 2.59 0 0 .000 0  
2010 31 CLE AL CF 151 146 1304.3 311 8 0 4 1.000 2.20 0 0 .000 0 4.1
    RF 4 0 8.7 2 0 1 0 .667 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
2011 32 CLE AL CF 155 155 1357.7 360 15 1 4 .997 2.49 0 0 .000 0 4.7
2012 33 CLE AL CF 155 155 1385.7 394 14 0 3 1.000 2.65 0 0 .000 0 6.5
2013 34 CLE AL CF 113 105 942.0 299 0 0 0 1.000 2.86 0 0 .000 0 5.7
    RF 7 2 27.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67 0 0 .000 0  
2014 35 NYN NL CF 15 14 116.6 42 0 0 0 1.000 3.24 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 9 7 64.9 11 0 1 0 .917 1.53 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 9.2 6 1 0 0 1.000 6.85 1 1 1.000 1 0.0
    SS 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SFN NL CF 8 7 48.8 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.14 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 4 4 27.1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 0 0 3.8 3 0 0 0 1.000 7.11 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   CF 23 21 165.4 59 0 0 0 1.000 3.21   0.8
      RF 13 11 92.0 15 0 1 0 .938 1.47   0.0
      C 1 0 13.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 6.92 1 1 1.000 1 0.0
      SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
2015 36 OAK AL CF 4 2 19.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.84 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 1030 1008 8900.7 2595 65 6 20 .998 2.69 0 0 .000 0 36.5
  RF 44 31 291.3 72 0 4 0 .947 2.22 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 13.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 6.92 1 1 1.000 1 0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1076 1039 9206.0 2676 66 10 20 .996 2.68 1 1 1.000 1 36.5
Career Highs   155 155 1385.7 405 15 4 5 1.000 2.88 1 1 1.000 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2013 34 CLE AL 4 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .375 .750
Career Post-Season Batting 4 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .375 .750
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
2010-8-156
 At-Bats
2011-6-620
2012-6-622
 Hits
2008-9-181
 Total Bases
2008-9-306
 Doubles
2008-8-42
 Triples
2008-10-7
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 8)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 47)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 33)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. J.J. Davis (959)
  2. Stuart Thain (954)
  3. Dave Krynzel (942)
  4. Alan Moye (934)
  5. Craig Monroe (933)
  6. Jorge Padilla (931)
  7. Carlos Valderrama (930)
  8. Jackson Melian (930)
  9. Jeremy Nelson (927)
  10. Cody Ross (925)
History
Injuried on 9/21/04 will be out for the seasonWon Gold Glove at Centerfield in 2007
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 2007
Drove in 6 runs against Los Angeles on 4/6/2008
Won Player of the Week award on 5/31/2008, hitting .609 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 2008
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 2009
Traded from San Diego to Cleveland on 2/1/2010 (Going to SDN: P Billy Traber, P Juan Moreno, RF Patrick Boyd, SS Derek Jeter. Going to CLE: SS Mike Rouse, CF Vernon Wells, P Carlos Zambrano, 3B Drew Henson)
Injured on 4/22/2011 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 9/1/2012 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
 
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