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Willie Wells

Manager

Willie James Wells

169 Games

69-95 Record

0.421 Win%

4 Seasons

👤 Personal Information

Bats R

Throws R

Born 8/10/1904
Shawnee, OK, USA

Died 1/22/1989
Austin, TX, USA

Final Game 1949-06-23

📊 Career Record

169 Games Managed

69 Wins

95 Losses

                        0.421
                        Win Percentage
                    

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📅 Season-by-Season Record

4 seasons

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Willie Wells — 📅 Season-by-Season Record
Year	Team	Lg	G	W	L	Win%	Rank	P-M
1942	NE	NN2	84	40	40	0.500	3	Y
1945	NBY	NN2	13	4	9	0.308	6	Y
1945	NE	NN2	21	11	10	0.524	3	Y
1947	CIC	NAL	51	14	36	0.280	5	Y

Willie Wells as a manager

The career managing record for Willie Wells is 69-95 (.421) over 169 games, from 1942 to 1947. For 1942, the table shows the Newark Eagles at 40-40 over 84 games, finishing 3rd in the NN2. Wells's 1945 Newark Eagles played 21 games and went 11-10, finishing 3rd. For 1945, the table shows the New York Black Yankees at 4-9 over 13 games, finishing 6th in the NN2. The 1947 row: Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns, 51 games, 14 wins and 36 losses, finishing 5th.

League play for Wells's teams: the Negro National League and Negro American League. In 1945, Wells took over a club already in progress that season. The P-M column marks 1942, 1945, and 1947 as player-manager seasons. Wells's birth date on file is August 10, 1904, in Shawnee, OK, USA. The death date on file is January 22, 1989.

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