Ed Wells
1923–1934 · bats L / throws L · Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns
299G
.215AVG
.246OBP
.259SLG
More career statistics
93H
0HR
38RBI
1SB
68–69W–L
1,232.1IP
403K
4.65ERA
140GS
13SV
6Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 433 | 432 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 74 | 76 |
| Batting · Walks | 17 | 18 |
| Pitching · Games | 291 | 292 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,487 | 5,489 |
| Pitching · p er | 637 | 638 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,417 | 1,422 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,697 | 3,699 |
| Pitching · p k | 403 | 402 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 299 | 467 | 433 | 50 | 93 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 17 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 112 | .215 | .246 | .259 | .505 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,232.3 | 291 | 140 | 54 | 68 | 69 | 13 | 1,417 | 750 | 637 | 78 | 468 | 403 | 0 | 0 | 4.65 | 1.530 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1933-07-08 to 1933-07-27
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1929-08-31 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1926-09-05 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 13 innings pitched | 1933-06-21 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 138 | 221 | 39 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 29 | .196 | .226 | .231 |
| Away | 161 | 246 | 54 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 47 | .232 | .248 | .283 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 16 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .133 | .176 | .133 |
| May | 54 | 56 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | .170 | .196 | .226 |
| June | 59 | 108 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 19 | .240 | .259 | .310 |
| July | 69 | 138 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 22 | .250 | .275 | .281 |
| August | 55 | 97 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 12 | .209 | .216 | .264 |
| September | 45 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | .163 | .188 | .163 |
| October | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 47 | 74 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | .171 | .176 | .214 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 47 | 83 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 11 | .203 | .205 | .215 |
| boston-red-sox | 35 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .242 | .297 | .273 |
| new-york-yankees | 35 | 54 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | .216 | .222 | .275 |
| st-louis-browns | 35 | 58 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | .276 | .276 | .345 |
| detroit-tigers | 34 | 65 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | .232 | .262 | .286 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 33 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | .159 | .208 | .182 |
| chicago-white-sox | 33 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .244 | .312 | .317 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 |  Detroit Tigers | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 10 | 6 |
| 1924 | Detroit Tigers | 29 | 33 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .212 | 101 | 33 |
| 1925 | Detroit Tigers | 36 | 43 | 12 | – | 6 | – | .279 | 135 | 45 |
| 1926 | Detroit Tigers | 36 | 73 | 15 | – | 6 | 1 | .205 | 178 | 58 |
| 1927 | Detroit Tigers | 8 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | .286 | 20 | 5 |
| 1929 |  New York Yankees | 31 | 74 | 17 | – | 8 | – | .230 | 193 | 78 |
| 1930 | New York Yankees | 29 | 58 | 15 | – | 4 | – | .259 | 150 | 46 |
| 1931 | New York Yankees | 28 | 44 | 10 | – | 7 | – | .227 | 116 | 34 |
| 1932 | New York Yankees | 24 | 6 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 31 | 13 |
| 1933 |  St. Louis Browns | 38 | 71 | 14 | – | 4 | – | .197 | 203 | 57 |
| 1934 | St. Louis Browns | 33 | 22 | 1 | – | – | – | .045 | 92 | 27 |