Willie Wells
1925–1949 · bats R / throws R · ASE, ASW, Baltimore Elite Giants, Chicago American Giants, DTW, Homestead Grays, Indianapolis Clowns, Kansas City Monarchs
1,098G
.327AVG
.408OBP
.536SLG
More career statistics
1,343H
149HR
885RBI
180SB
0.2IP
0K
0.00ERA
0GS
4Rare 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 · Games | 1,098 | 438 |
| Batting · At bats | 4,101 | 1,529 |
| Batting · Doubles | 270 | 85 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,343 | 497 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 49 | 14 |
| Batting · Home runs | 149 | 34 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,760 | 1,719 |
| Batting · Runs | 974 | 342 |
| Batting · RBI | 885 | 170 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 180 | 40 |
| Batting · Triples | 69 | 29 |
| Batting · Walks | 511 | 159 |
| Pitching · Games | 1 | 2 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,098 | 4,760 | 4,101 | 974 | 1,343 | 270 | 69 | 149 | 885 | 511 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 2,198 | .327 | .408 | .536 | .944 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1939-06-17 to 1939-07-16
28longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | Eight-RBI Game | 1942-05-16 | 1 in 1,372 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1935-06-23 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1934-06-02 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 205 | 782 | 220 | 18 | 89 | 72 | 5 | .316 | .373 | .491 |
| Away | 233 | 937 | 277 | 16 | 81 | 87 | 4 | .333 | .388 | .481 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 5 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .208 | .304 |
| May | 96 | 349 | 104 | 7 | 33 | 39 | 2 | .339 | .410 | .492 |
| June | 125 | 481 | 147 | 10 | 43 | 40 | 2 | .341 | .389 | .515 |
| July | 113 | 465 | 138 | 10 | 48 | 39 | 3 | .331 | .381 | .499 |
| August | 69 | 274 | 73 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 2 | .307 | .376 | .471 |
| September | 26 | 109 | 27 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 0 | .276 | .339 | .378 |
| October | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .100 | .167 | .100 |
| 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .800 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-stars | 91 | 360 | 116 | 10 | 55 | 23 | 0 | .348 | .386 | .547 |
| homestead-grays | 64 | 244 | 68 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 1 | .321 | .398 | .495 |
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 60 | 264 | 64 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 2 | .261 | .299 | .392 |
| new-york-cubans | 44 | 176 | 47 | 4 | 16 | 25 | 1 | .318 | .409 | .507 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 41 | 152 | 51 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 3 | .383 | .447 | .526 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 27 | 110 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | .330 | .373 | .402 |
| WEG | 17 | 70 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .266 | .314 | .391 |
| kansas-city-monarchs | 13 | 44 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .317 | .341 | .439 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | SSN | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | .333 | – | – |
| 1927 | SSN | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1928 | SSN | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | .333 | – | – |
| 1929 | SSN | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1933 | Chicago American Giants, PRG | 43 | 172 | 51 | – | 10 | 7 | .297 | – | – |
| 1934 | CGChicago American Giants | 34 | 123 | 25 | – | 1 | 4 | .203 | – | – |
| 1935 | CGChicago American Giants | 51 | 177 | 69 | 3 | 24 | 12 | .390 | – | – |
| 1936 | NENewark Eagles | 52 | 189 | 46 | 4 | 9 | 4 | .243 | – | – |
| 1937 | NENewark Eagles | 41 | 134 | 59 | 7 | 24 | 2 | .440 | – | – |
| 1938 | NENewark Eagles | 37 | 121 | 41 | 7 | 19 | 4 | .339 | – | – |
| 1939 | NENewark Eagles | 42 | 154 | 48 | 6 | 16 | 3 | .312 | – | – |
| 1942 | NENewark Eagles | 33 | 117 | 47 | 4 | 18 | 2 | .402 | – | – |
| 1944 | KCR | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1945 | Newark Eagles, New York Black Yankees | 24 | 78 | 20 | – | 3 | – | .256 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | Baltimore Elite Giants, New York Black Yankees | 58 | 213 | 63 | 1 | 33 | – | .296 | – | – |
| 1947 | ICIndianapolis Clowns | 7 | 15 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .467 | – | – |
| 1948 | MSMemphis Red Sox | 8 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .824 | – | – |
| 1949 | MSMemphis Red Sox | 3 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | .167 | – | – |