Editing David Wells (section)

==Early life==
Wells was born in [[Torrance, California]].<ref name="B-Ref">{{cite web|title=David Wells Stats|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wellsda01.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports-Reference.com|access-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref> His parents were never married. He was raised by his mother, Eugenia, a member of Hell's Angels also known as "Attitude Annie".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oliveros |first=Wendi  |date=January 4, 2021 |title=What Happened to David Wells? |url=https://www.thecoldwire.com/what-happened-to-david-wells/ |access-date=April 7, 2024 |website=TheColdWire.com}}</ref> Wells grew up with the belief that his father, David Pritt, was dead. However, at the age of 22, he learned that Pritt was alive and tracked him down to start a new relationship with him.

Growing up in the [[Ocean Beach, San Diego|Ocean Beach]] neighborhood of [[San Diego]]<ref name = "UT">{{cite web|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/feb/21/wells-stays-true-to-himself/|title=Wells stays true to himself|website=SignOnSanDiego.com |last=Jenkins |first=Chris |date=February 21, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Diego |first=Jennifer Vigil • Times of San |date=2014-07-01 |title=Point Loma Field Named for David Wells, Former Yankee, Blue Jay Star, Gets Big Facelift |url=https://timesofsandiego.com/sports/2014/07/01/point-loma-field-named-for-david-wells-former-yankee-blue-jay-star-being-revamped/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=Times of San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Kristina |date=2019-10-06 |title=The legal drama unfolding between an All-Star pitcher, a TV host and Ocean Beach's peanut butter whiskey |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2019/10/06/the-legal-drama-unfolding-between-an-all-star-pitcher-a-tv-host-and-ocean-beachs-peanut-butter-whiskey/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref> where he attended local public schools, Wells was dependent on his mother, who worked numerous jobs to support him and his four siblings. He graduated from [[Point Loma High School]], where he played baseball and basketball, in 1982 and was a self-described "gym rat" who spent most of his time at the Ocean Beach Recreation Center and Robb Field.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obrag.org/?p=18613|title=Famous OBcean and Major League Pitcher David Wells Honored|website=obrag.org|date=March 12, 2010}}</ref> Wells was Point Loma High School’s star pitcher and threw a perfect game his senior year.<ref>"Wells, David"''Current Biography Yearbook''. The H.W. Wilson Company. 2004. P.570</ref>

He had [[Tommy John surgery]] in July 1985.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.si.com/mlb/strike-zone/2014/03/07/best-pitchers-after-tommy-john-surgery-frank-jobe|title = Thanks, Frank Jobe: The five best post-Tommy John surgery careers for pitchers|website=SI.com|last=Corcoran |first=Cliff|date=March 7, 2014 }}</ref>