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David Wells

Career Highlights: All-Star pitcher David Wells is best known for being one of only 20 pitchers to have pitched a perfect game in the past 130 years of major league baseball…On May 17, 1998 while pitching for the New York Yankees, Wells shutout the Minnesota Twins 4-0 at Yankee Stadium…Nicknamed “Boomer” for his physique, Wells has been one of the games better left-handed pitchers, especially during his years with the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays...A journeyman, Wells played for nine different teams during his 21-year career (Toronto, Detroit, Cincinnati, Baltimore, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, San Diego, Boston, Los Angeles Dodgers)…He debuted for the Blue Jays in 1987 as a reliever and finally secured a job as a starter when he was 30 years old…A three-time All-Star, Wells won World Series Championships with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1992 and the New York Yankees in 1998…He was named the American League Championship Series MVP against the Cleveland Indians in 1998…Wells owns a career record of 239-157, including a 173-99 mark since 1995…He is 82 games over .500 for his career, a record superior to many of the finest pitchers in baseball history…His career ERA of 4.06 is better than the average for the big-hitting era in which he has had his best success…Wells posted career bests of 20 wins in a season and 169 strikeouts with the Blue Jays in 2000…Other career bests include 16 strikeouts in one game while with the Yankees against the Oakland A’s on July 30, 1997…Beginning in 2009, Wells began working for MLB on TBS doing regular and post-season coverage.

Updated: June, 2011

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