David Wells

David Lee Wells (born May 20, 1963), nicknamed "Boomer", is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. Wells was considered to be one of the game's better left-handed pitchers, especially during his years with the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays. He pitched the fifteenth perfect game in baseball history. He is tied only with Kenny Lofton for appearing in the post-season with six different teams. Wells is currently a broadcaster on MLB on TBS and the host of "The Cheap Seats" on FOXSports.com.

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Filmography

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Selected David Wells film and TV show credits.

Acting Credits

2009

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Show)

Himself

2008

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

Himself

2003

Uptown Girls

Celebrity Date

2000

2000 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Starting Pitcher: Toronto Blue Jays

1999

Saturday Night Live 25 (TV Movie)

Himself

1998

Hollywood Squares (TV Show)

Himself

1998

1998 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Starting Pitcher: New York Yankees

1995

1995 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Pitcher

1990

Sunday Night Baseball (TV Show)

Himself - Toronto Blue Jays Pitcher

1975

Saturday Night Live (TV Show)

Himself

Thanks Credits

2003

Uptown Girls

Self

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Quotes

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List of David Wells quotes.

I'm feeling pretty good right now, but I hope we can just win the whole thing and I can run off into the sunset and say good-bye.

That's me, I'm emotional.

If you are going to point a finger, you point it at me.

News

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Roman Polanski Wants Court Off His Case

Posted 4 years ago by Queenoftab
Roman Polanski requests dismissal of sex charge

Posted 4 years ago by Queenoftab

Magazine Covers

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Pitching Stats

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Major League pitching statistics for David Wells.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1987	TOR	4-3	3.99	18	2	0	0	1	29	37	14	13	12	32
1988	TOR	3-5	4.62	41	0	0	0	4	64	65	36	33	31	56
1989	TOR	7-4	2.40	54	0	0	0	2	86	66	25	23	28	78
1990	TOR	11-6	3.14	43	25	0	0	3	189	165	72	66	45	115
1991	TOR	15-10	3.72	40	28	2	0	1	198	188	88	82	49	106
1992	TOR	7-9	5.40	41	14	0	0	2	120	138	84	72	36	62
1993	DET	11-9	4.19	32	30	0	0	0	187	183	93	87	42	139
1994	DET	5-7	3.96	16	16	5	1	0	111	113	54	49	24	71
1995	CIN	6-5	3.59	11	11	3	0	0	72	74	34	29	16	50
1995	DET	10-3	3.04	18	18	3	0	0	130	120	54	44	37	83
1996	BAL	11-14	5.14	34	34	3	0	0	224	247	132	128	51	130
1997	NYY	16-10	4.21	32	32	5	2	0	218	239	109	102	45	156
1998	NYY	18-4	3.49	30	30	8	5	0	214	195	86	83	29	163
1999	TOR	17-10	4.82	34	34	7	1	0	231	246	132	124	62	169
2000	TOR	20-8	4.11	35	35	9	1	0	229	266	115	105	31	166
2001	CHW	5-7	4.47	16	16	1	0	0	100	120	55	50	21	59
2002	NYY	19-7	3.75	31	31	2	1	0	206	210	100	86	45	137
2003	NYY	15-7	4.14	31	30	4	1	0	213	242	101	98	20	101
2004	SDP	12-8	3.73	31	31	0	0	0	195	203	85	81	20	101
2005	BOS	15-7	4.45	30	30	2	0	0	184	220	95	91	21	107
2006	BOS	2-3	4.98	8	8	0	0	0	47	64	30	26	8	24
2006	SDP	1-2	3.49	5	5	0	0	0	28	33	11	11	4	14
2007	LAD	4-1	5.12	7	7	0	0	0	38	45	23	22	9	19
2007	SDP	5-8	5.54	22	22	0	0	0	118	156	74	73	33	63
Career		239-157	-	660	489	54	12	13	-	3635	1702	1578	719	2201

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for David Wells.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1987	TOR	18	2	29	2	4	0	1	1.000
1988	TOR	41	0	64	5	5	0	1	1.000
1989	TOR	54	0	86	9	11	1	0	0.952
1990	TOR	43	25	189	7	32	0	1	1.000
1991	TOR	40	28	198	5	35	2	1	0.952
1992	TOR	41	14	120	9	14	1	1	0.958
1993	DET	32	30	187	10	22	1	0	0.970
1994	DET	16	16	111	5	12	0	0	1.000
1995	CIN	11	11	72	4	6	0	1	1.000
1995	DET	18	18	130	11	16	2	1	0.931
1996	BAL	34	34	224	15	39	1	4	0.982
1997	NYY	32	32	218	8	29	4	2	0.902
1998	NYY	30	30	214	8	27	3	1	0.921
1999	TOR	34	34	231	7	30	0	2	1.000
2000	TOR	35	35	229	8	18	3	1	0.897
2001	CHW	16	16	100	4	10	4	1	0.778
2002	NYY	31	31	206	6	24	1	2	0.968
2003	NYY	31	30	213	7	32	0	2	1.000
2004	SDP	31	31	195	7	38	1	1	0.978
2005	BOS	30	30	184	3	19	3	2	0.880
2006	BOS	8	8	47	1	4	0	0	1.000
2006	SDP	5	5	28	1	2	0	0	1.000
2007	LAD	7	7	38	2	3	2	0	0.714
2007	SDP	22	22	118	5	19	1	0	0.960
Career		660	489	-	149	451	30	25	-

Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for David Wells.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1987	TOR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1988	TOR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1989	TOR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1990	TOR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1991	TOR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1992	TOR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1993	DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1994	DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1995	CIN	11	28	2	4	0	0	0	5	0.143	0.143	0.143
1995	DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1996	BAL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1997	NYY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1998	NYY	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.250	0.250	0.250
1999	TOR	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
2000	TOR	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0.167	0.167	0.167
2001	CHW	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
2002	NYY	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000
2003	NYY	2	6	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.167	0.167	0.333
2004	SDP	29	57	2	6	0	3	3	24	0.105	0.164	0.105
2005	BOS	2	7	1	1	0	1	0	2	0.143	0.143	0.143
2006	BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
2006	SDP	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0.200	0.200	0.200
2007	LAD	7	15	2	4	1	1	0	6	0.267	0.267	0.333
2007	SDP	22	38	1	4	0	0	0	12	0.105	0.105	0.105
Career		86	178	8	23	2	5	3	59	-	-	-

First Name	David
Middle Name	Lee
Last Name	Wells
Full Name at Birth	David Lee Wells
Other Names	Boomer
Age	50
Date of Birth	May 20, 1963
Birthplace	Torrance, CA
Height	6' 3" (190 cm)
Weight	187 lbs (84.8 kg)
Star Sign	Taurus
Nationality	American
High School	Point Loma (San Diego, CA)
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Pitcher
Bats	Left
Throws	Left
MLB Debut	30 June 1987
Last MLB Game	28 September 2007
Draft	Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft.