Monty
Wells
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 180
 
Born: February 14, 1942 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 31 OMA JL $ 1,600,000 4 3 4 5 4 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 4 4 3 4 4
1974 32 OMA JL   5 4 4 5 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 4 4 3 4 3
1975 33 SLC FL $ 2,100,050 3 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 4 4 3 4 3
1976 34 SLC FL $ 2,100,050 2 1 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 4 4 3 4 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings   2 1 2 5 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 4 4 3 4 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,100,050 5 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 4 4 3 4 4
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 31 OMA JL 43 47 14 14 3 0 2 7 4 2 6 13 .298 .382 .489 .871 7.8 1.1
1974 32 OMA JL 89 121 31 29 4 3 5 16 12 3 7 28 .240 .301 .446 .747 17.8 3.3
1975 33 SLC FL 135 380 60 101 23 8 4 30 42 2 44 88 .266 .353 .400 .753 59.2 12.0
1976 34 SLC FL 69 119 22 24 4 2 2 10 17 5 4 26 .202 .242 .319 .562 11.5 0.9
4 Years Sim 336 667 127 168 34 13 13 63 75 12 61 155 .252 .327 .400 .727 96.2 17.4
162 Game Average 321 61 81 16 6 6 30 36 5 29 74 .252 .327 .400 .727 46.4  
Career Highs 135 380 60 101 23 8 5 30 42 5 44 88 .298 .382 .489 .871 59.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   363 64 79 17 6 4 28 44 7 37 85 .218 .301 .331 .631 41.2
vs LH   304 63 89 17 7 9 35 31 5 24 70 .293 .358 .484 .842 52.0
Home 167 337 70 94 20 7 6 36 32 6 31 75 .279 .352 .433 .785 51.9
Away 169 330 57 74 14 6 7 27 43 6 30 80 .224 .301 .367 .667 41.3
RISP   110 0 24 3 1 2 43 0 0 14 22 .218 .323 .318 .641 11.6
Pinch Hitting   47 5 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 12 .170 .245 .170 .415 1.3
Close/Late   86 34 18 2 0 2 10 0 0 8 23 .209 .292 .302 .594 7.5
Mar/Apr 59 117 19 25 5 0 0 7 14 1 12 22 .214 .304 .256 .560 11.0
May 65 132 16 32 6 3 0 12 15 3 9 35 .242 .303 .333 .637 14.1
June 54 122 19 32 6 3 3 16 12 3 15 29 .262 .357 .434 .792 19.4
July 60 151 28 43 6 5 7 17 12 4 8 37 .285 .337 .530 .867 25.3
August 55 82 24 18 4 2 2 8 15 0 10 23 .220 .304 .390 .695 12.8
Sep/Oct 43 63 21 18 7 0 1 3 7 1 7 9 .286 .361 .444 .806 10.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1973 31 OMA JL 2B 16 8 83.7 11 38 1 9 .980 5.27 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 3 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 32 OMA JL 2B 31 27 224.3 38 69 5 10 .955 4.29 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 33 SLC FL 2B 125 115 993.7 185 320 4 71 .992 4.57 0 0 .000 0 5.3
    SS 2 2 16.0 3 5 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 1 0.0
    1B 1 0 2.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 7.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 34 SLC FL 2B 34 16 178.3 40 47 2 13 .978 4.39 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    SS 12 12 100.0 18 23 1 3 .976 3.69 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    3B 1 0 8.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.24 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
  2B 206 166 1480.0 274 474 12 103 .984 4.55 0 0 .000 0 6.6
  SS 14 14 116.0 21 28 1 3 .980 3.80 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  3B 4 0 13.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  1B 2 0 4.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.24 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 1 0.0
  RF 3 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   233 180 1623.3 302 505 13 106 .984 4.47 0 0 .000 1 7.4
Career Highs   130 117 1016.0 191 325 5 71 .992 5.02 0 0 .000 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1975 33 SLC FL 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1976 34 SLC FL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Stolen Bases
1975-5-42
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  6. Andrew Kyser (958)
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  8. Joe Morgan (954)
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History
Drafted in 38th round, 891st overall pick, by Omaha in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/22/1973, off Timmy Carpenter (CHA)
Hit first career homerun on 8/8/1973, off Zander Hollander (CAL)
Released by Omaha on 10/26/1974
Signed as a free agent by Salt Lake City on 2/1/1975 to a 3-year deal worth $2,100,050 per year
Released by Salt Lake City on 4/1/1977