A native of
Kankakee, Illinois, Wells attended the
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, and in 1984 he played
collegiate summer baseball with the
Harwich Mariners of the
Cape Cod Baseball League. Wells was drafted by the
Houston Astros in the 8th round of the
1985 Major League Baseball draft. He had been drafted twice before (by the
Cleveland Indians in 1981 and
Chicago White Sox in 1984) but did not sign a contract on either occasion. Wells was best known for being traded on April 1, 1990, by the Astros to the
Los Angeles Dodgers for
Franklin Stubbs, who had been a member of the Dodgers
1988 World Series team. The trade took place just days prior to the start of the season. That year, 1990, was the only season in which Wells appeared. He started 5 games for the Dodgers, compiling a 1–2 won-loss record with a high 7.84
earned run average. He was released at the conclusion of the 1990 season and did not sign with another Major League team. ==References==