Kip Wells

Full Name: Robert Kip Wells Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 3"/196 First Game: August 2, 1999 Birthdate: April 21, 1977 MLB Experience: 8 years Birthplace: Houston, Texas Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Born on April 21, 1977 in Houston, Texas, Kip Wells (Robert Kip Wells) played for the Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates and Texas Rangers over the course of his 8 year career. Wells broke into the bigs on August 2, 1999 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 6.02 ERA in 98.2 innings pitched in 2000, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Kip Wells's best season was 2003, when he posted a 3.28 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 147 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1999	CHI	A	7	7	4	1	4.04	29	17	16	0	0	0	35.2	33	2	15	0	1	3
2000	CHI	A	20	20	6	9	6.02	71	76	66	0	0	0	98.2	126	15	58	4	7	2
2001	CHI	A	40	20	10	11	4.79	99	80	71	0	0	0	133.1	145	14	61	5	14	12
2002	PIT	N	33	33	12	14	3.58	134	92	79	1	1	0	198.1	197	21	71	11	7	7
2003	PIT	N	31	31	10	9	3.28	147	77	72	1	0	0	197.1	171	24	76	7	7	7
2004	PIT	N	24	24	5	7	4.55	116	71	70	0	0	0	138.1	145	14	66	4	3	6
2005	PIT	N	33	33	8	18	5.09	132	116	103	1	1	0	182	186	23	99	8	8	12
2006	TEX	A	2	2	1	0	5.62	4	6	5	0	0	0	8	15	0	3	0	0	0
2006	PIT	N	7	7	1	5	6.69	16	27	27	0	0	0	36.1	46	3	18	1	5	4
2006	Total		9	9	2	5	6.50	20	33	32	0	0	0	44.1	61	3	21	1	5	4
2007	STL	N	34	26	7	17	5.70	122	116	103	0	0	0	162.2	186	19	78	9	8	9
Total	NL		162	154	43	70	4.47	667	499	454	3	2	0	915	931	104	408	40	38	45
Total	AL		69	49	21	21	5.16	203	179	158	0	0	0	275.2	319	31	137	9	22	17
Total			231	203	64	91	4.63	870	678	612	3	2	0	1190.2	1250	135	545	49	60	62

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1999	CHI	A	P	7	7	35.2	4	3	2	0	0	0	2	3	1	.778
2000	CHI	A	P	20	20	98.2	6	5	5	0	0	2	11	5	0	.688
2001	CHI	A	P	40	20	133.1	9	19	3	1	0	1	13	4	0	.903
2002	PIT	N	P	33	33	198.1	12	30	3	1	0	1	18	7	2	.933
2003	PIT	N	P	31	31	197.1	7	32	5	0	0	3	14	2	3	.886
2004	PIT	N	P	24	24	138.1	7	18	3	1	0	0	8	6	0	.893
2005	PIT	N	P	33	33	182	6	33	2	4	0	3	15	3	0	.951
2006	TEX	A	P	2	2	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
2006	PIT	N	P	7	7	36.1	0	3	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	1.000
2006	Total		P	9	9	44.1	1	3	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	1.000
2007	STL	N	P	34	26	162.2	10	21	4	0	0	2	17	5	2	.886
Total			P	231	203	1190.2	62	164	27	7	0	13	100	39	8	.893

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1999	CHI	A	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	CHI	A	20	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2001	CHI	A	40	6	1	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0
2002	PIT	N	34	63	4	12	1	5	.190	.190	.270	2	0	0	28	0	13	0	0	0
2003	PIT	N	34	68	8	13	1	5	.191	.203	.279	3	0	1	23	0	4	0	0	0
2004	PIT	N	25	43	4	8	0	0	.186	.239	.302	3	1	3	20	0	4	0	0	0
2005	PIT	N	34	57	4	9	1	2	.158	.172	.228	1	0	0	26	1	3	0	0	0
2006	TEX	A	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	PIT	N	7	11	0	1	0	0	.091	.091	.091	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0
2006	Total		9	11	0	1	0	0	.091	.091	.091	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0
2007	STL	N	35	53	7	17	1	5	.321	.321	.396	1	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	0
Total	NL		169	295	27	60	4	17	.203	.217	.285	10	1	4	124	1	26	0	0	0
Total	AL		69	8	1	1	0	0	.125	.125	.125	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0
Total			238	303	28	61	4	17	.201	.214	.281	10	1	4	131	1	26	1	0	0

Transactions

• Selected by Milwaukee Brewers in the 58th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 1, 1995).
• Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (16th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1998 - signed December 23, 1998).
• Traded by Chicago White Sox with Sean Lowe and Josh Fogg to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Todd Ritchie and Lee Evans (December 13, 2001).
• Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Texas Rangers in exchange for Jesse Chavez (July 31, 2006).
• Granted free agency (November 1, 2006).
• Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (November 28, 2006).

Trivia

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