About Greg Wells
Born 1954. Greg Wells is an American baseball player.
Gregory De Wayne "Boomer" Wells (born April 25, 1954) also known as "Boomer" is an American former professional baseball player. Wells played Major League Baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays in and for the Minnesota Twins in . Wells also played Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hankyu Braves/Orix Braves/Orix BlueWave and Fukuoka Daiei Hawks between and .
He played 47 career Major League games in two seasons, batting .228, with 28 hits in 127 at-bats.
In more than ten NPB seasons he compiled a .317 batting average and a .555 slugging percentage, with 277 home runs and 901 RBI. In 1984, while playing for the Hankyu Braves, Wells won the NPB Triple Crown, with a batting average of .355, 37 home runs, and 130 runs batted in, also winning the Most Valuable Player award in the process. He was the first non-Japanese winner of the Triple Crown.
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Who is Greg Wells?
American baseball player
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Greg Wells was born on 25 April 1954 in Alabama.
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Greg Wells is a baseball player.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Greg Wells. https://biography.guide/greg-wells-baseball-player/
MLA: "Greg Wells." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/greg-wells-baseball-player/.
Chicago: "Greg Wells." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/greg-wells-baseball-player/.
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