Willie Wells

Willie James Wells
(Devil; El Diablo; Bubbles; Chico)

Born: August 10, 1904 in Austin, TX
Died: January 22, 1989 - 84 years old

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'9"

Wt: 170

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Notes:

• Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997
• High School: L. C. Anderson HS (Austin, TX)
• College: Paul Quinn College (Waco, TX) , Samuel Huston College (Austin, TX)
• Buried: Texas State Cemetery (Austin, TX)
• Relatives: Willie Wells Jr. (Son)
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Wins Above Replacement

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Leon Day	SP	1	1942	1942	NE	5.1	1.0	0.4	3.8	0.0
2	Juan Guerrero	SP	1	1943	1943	TPC	4.2	0.0	0.0	4.2	0.0
3	Lennie Pearson	1B	2	1942	1945	NE	4.1	3.6	0.8	0.0	-0.2
4	Pedro Formental	CF	1	1943	1943	TPC	4.0	4.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
5	Jesús Valenzuela	SP	1	1943	1943	TPC	4.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	0.0
6	Santos Amaro	RF	1	1943	1943	TPC	3.3	3.7	0.0	0.0	-0.5
7	Henry McHenry	SP	1	1943	1943	TPC	3.2	-0.1	0.0	3.4	-0.1
8	Max Manning	SP	1	1942	1942	NE	2.9	-0.3	0.0	3.1	0.0
9	Neck Stanley	SP	1	1945	1945	NBY	2.6	-0.3	0.0	2.9	0.0
10	Leniel Hooker	SP	2	1942	1945	NE	1.8	-0.5	0.0	2.3	0.0
11	Johnny Davis	LF	2	1942	1945	NE	1.7	1.9	0.3	-0.4	-0.2
12	Clemente Carreras	3B	1	1943	1943	TPC	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
13	Don Newcombe	SP	1	1945	1945	NE	1.3	0.0	0.0	1.4	0.0
14	Ed Stone	RF	1	1942	1942	NE	1.3	1.5	0.0	0.0	-0.2
15	Angel Castro	1B	1	1943	1943	TPC	1.3	1.7	0.0	0.0	-0.4
16	Johnny Williams	SP	1	1947	1947	IC	1.2	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.0
17	Monte Irvin	CF	2	1942	1945	NE	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0
18	Manuel Arroyo	2B	1	1943	1943	TPC	1.0	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.4
19	Ray Dandridge	2B	1	1942	1942	NE	0.8	-0.5	1.1	0.0	0.1
20	Sidney Williams	RP	1	1945	1945	NE	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.0
21	Sam Hairston	3B	1	1947	1947	IC	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0
22	Marvin Barker	3B	1	1945	1945	NBY	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
23	Larry Doby	CF	1	1942	1942	NE	0.7	0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.0
24	Ernesto Maimón	RP	1	1943	1943	TPC	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0
25	Juan Guilbe	RP	1	1947	1947	IC	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
26	Charlie Parks	C	1	1942	1942	NE	0.5	1.0	-0.6	0.0	0.1
27	Martin Crue	SP	1	1945	1945	NBY	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
28	Reinaldo Drake	CF	1	1947	1947	IC	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
29	Glass	RF	1	1942	1942	NE	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
30	Felix McLaurin	CF	1	1945	1945	NBY	0.3	0.7	-0.4	0.0	0.0
31	Coco Ferrer	SS	1	1947	1947	IC	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
32	Biz Mackey	C	1	1945	1945	NE	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
33	Bill Barnes	RP	1	1947	1947	IC	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
34	Albert Williams	3B	1	1945	1945	NE	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
35	Vicente Villafañe	RF	1	1947	1947	IC	0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
36	Henry Merchant	RF	1	1947	1947	IC	0.2	-0.2	0.6	-0.1	-0.1
37	Mule Suttles	1B	1	1942	1942	NE	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
38	Preacher Henry	RP	1	1947	1947	IC	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
39	Emery Adams	RF	1	1945	1945	NBY	0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.2	0.0
40	Goose Tatum	1B	1	1947	1947	IC	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.0	-0.1
41	Bus Clarkson	LF	1	1942	1942	NE	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
42	Jimmy Wilkes	CF	1	1945	1945	NE	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
43	Johnny Wright	RP	1	1945	1945	NE	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
44	Pitts	3B	1	1945	1945	NBY	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
45	Buster Haywood	C	1	1947	1947	IC	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
46	Leonard Pigg	C	1	1947	1947	IC	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
47	Clarence Palm	C	1	1945	1945	NBY	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
48	Percy Forrest	RP	1	1945	1945	NBY	0.1	0.2	0.1	-0.2	0.0
49	Tomás Quiñones	RP	1	1947	1947	IC	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
50	Philly Holmes	2B	1	1945	1945	NBY	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
51	T. J. Brown	SS	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
52	Alberto Cornejo	3B	1	1943	1943	TPC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
53	Bob Harvey	RF	1	1945	1945	NE	0.0	-0.1	0.2	0.0	-0.1
54	Duke Cleveland	RF	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
55	Leon Ruffin	C	1	1942	1942	NE	0.0	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1
56	John Henry McQueen	LF	1	1945	1945	NBY	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
57	Hoss Walker	3B	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	-0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
58	Leovigildo Xiqués	-	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
59	Leonard Lindsay	-	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
60	Bert Hunter	-	1	1943	1943	TPC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
61	Francisco Torrijos	-	1	1943	1943	TPC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
62	Manuel Lozano	2B	1	1943	1943	TPC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
63	José Medina	3B	1	1943	1943	TPC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
64	Kine	C	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
65	Ted Griffith	-	1	1945	1945	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
66	Armour	-	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
67	Fran Matthews	CF	2	1942	1945	NE	0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
68	George Scales	1B	1	1945	1945	NBY	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
69	Alfonso Grajeda	SS	1	1943	1943	TPC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
70	Clay	C	1	1945	1945	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	Clarence Isreal	3B	1	1942	1942	NE	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
72	Butch Davis	CF	1	1942	1942	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
73	Bailey	-	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
74	Flash Miller	2B	1	1945	1945	NBY	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
75	Gideon Applegate	3B	1	1945	1945	NBY	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
76	Harold Millon	SS	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
77	Henderson	SS	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Carl Whitney	LF	1	1942	1942	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	Gordon	-	1	1942	1942	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	Lucius Dorsey	LF	1	1942	1942	NE	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	John Huber	RP	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
82	Manuel Godínez	RP	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
83	Ramón Mendoza	2B	1	1943	1943	TPC	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
84	Specs Roberts	RP	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
85	Dick Seay	2B	1	1945	1945	NBY	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
86	Sylvester Carlisle	-	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
87	Rufus Baker	3B	1	1945	1945	NBY	-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
88	Bill Kelly	C	1	1945	1945	NBY	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
89	Robert Abernathy	LF	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.2	-0.4	0.3	0.0	-0.1
90	Sherwood Brewer	SS	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
91	Thad Christopher	LF	1	1945	1945	NBY/NE	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
92	Carrenza Howard	-	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
93	Charlie Humber	2B	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.1
94	Murray Watkins	SS	2	1942	1945	NE	-0.2	-0.7	0.4	0.0	0.1
95	Armando Vázquez	RP	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
96	Bill Perkins	C	1	1945	1945	NBY	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
97	Hosea Allen	-	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
98	Claude Poole	RP	1	1945	1945	NBY	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	0.0
99	Norman Banks	2B	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.3	-0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
100	Terris McDuffie	-	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
101	Willie Wynn	C	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
102	Newt Allen	SS	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
103	Jim Colzie	RP	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
104	Johnny Johnson	RP	1	1945	1945	NBY	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
105	Willie Burns	RP	2	1942	1945	NBY/NE	-0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
106	Ray Neil	2B	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	0.0	0.1
107	Fred Hobgood	SP	1	1942	1942	NE	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
108	Walter Hardy	2B	1	1945	1945	NBY	-0.4	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.1
109	Jim Starks	1B	1	1945	1945	NBY	-0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
110	Jimmy Hill	RP	2	1942	1945	NE	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
111	Warren Peace	-	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
112	Alphonso Gerard	RF	2	1945	1947	IC/NBY	-0.7	0.2	-0.7	0.0	-0.1
113	Gilberto Garza	-	1	1943	1943	TPC	-0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.7	0.0
114	Rafael Pedroso	C	1	1943	1943	TPC	-0.8	-1.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
115	George Mack	RP	1	1945	1945	NBY	-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	0.0
116	Emmett Hopkins	-	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
117	Ricardo Carrillo	LF	1	1943	1943	TPC	-0.8	-0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.1
118	Felino Cárdenas	LF	1	1943	1943	TPC	-0.9	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4
119	Charlie Thomason	CF	1	1942	1942	NE	-0.9	-0.5	-0.4	0.0	0.0
120	James Brown	RP	2	1942	1947	IC/NE	-1.3	-0.3	-0.6	-0.3	-0.1

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