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Heath Bell
Heath Justin Bell

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 244 lb.

Debut August 24, 2004

Born September 29, 1977 in Oceanside, CA

Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1998. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2004 26 NYM NL   0   2  17   0   0   0   2  0   24.3   22    9    9   5    6   27   0   0    94   0   0  3.33  4.27  128 1.151
 2005 27 NYM NL   1   3  42   0   0   0  12  0   46.7   56   30   29   3   13   43   1   0   206   3   1  5.59  4.10   73 1.479
 2006 28 NYM NL   0   0  22   0   0   0   6  0   37.0   51   25   21   6   11   35   0   1   166   2   0  5.11  4.36   85 1.676
 2007 29 SDP NL   6   4  81   0   0   0  16  2   93.7   60   21   21   3   30  102   2   4   363   1   0  2.02  4.04  200 0.961
 2008 30 SDP NL   6   4  50   0   0   0   4  0   54.3   47   20   20   3   17   49   3   2   224   4   0  3.31  3.90  118 1.178
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .500  13  13 212   0   0   0  40  2  256.0  236  105  100  20   77  256   6   7  1053  10   1  3.52  4.09  116 1.223
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4   4  68   0   0   0  12  0   82.0   75   33   32   6   24   82   1   2   337   3   0  3.52  4.09  116 1.223
 Career High      6   4  81   0   0   0  16  2   93.7   60   30   29   6   30  102   3   4   363   4   1  2.02  4.10  200 0.961

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2004 26 NYM NL  17    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2005 27 NYM NL  42    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2006 28 NYM NL  22    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      205    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     78    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1                           0   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2004 26 NYM NL    1    1    0   0.0   110| .000  .268| .000  .340| .000  .435| .000  .775|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2005 27 NYM NL    3    3    0   0.0   106| .000  .266| .000  .336| .000  .424| .000  .760|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 2006 28 NYM NL    1    1    0   0.0   111| .000  .270| .000  .340| .000  .438| .000  .778|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons         5    5    0   0.0   108| .000  .267| .000  .338| .000  .429| .000  .767|-100  .000  -1.5  -0.1   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2004 26 NYM NL P 17 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.18 0.47 1.11 1.85 0 24.3 2005 27 NYM NL P 42 2 8 0 2 1.000 .962 0.24 0.46 1.93 1.75 0 46.7 2006 28 NYM NL P 22 0 7 0 1 1.000 .959 0.32 0.43 1.70 1.73 0 37.0 2007 29 SDP NL P 81 7 17 0 1 1.000 .968 0.30 0.40 2.31 1.68 0 93.7 2008 30 SDP NL P 50 7 5 0 1 1.000 .960 0.24 0.44 1.99 1.77 0 54.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2004 26 NYM NL P 17 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.18 0.47 1.11 1.85 0 24.3 2005 27 NYM NL P 42 2 8 0 2 1.000 .962 0.24 0.46 1.93 1.75 0 46.7 2006 28 NYM NL P 22 0 7 0 1 1.000 .959 0.32 0.43 1.70 1.73 0 37.0 2007 29 SDP NL P 81 7 17 0 1 1.000 .968 0.30 0.40 2.31 1.68 0 93.7 2008 30 SDP NL P 50 7 5 0 1 1.000 .960 0.24 0.44 1.99 1.77 0 54.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 212 16 40 0 5 1.000 .964 0.26 0.43 1.97 1.74 0 256.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 212 16 40 0 5 1.000 .964 0.26 0.43 1.97 1.74 0 256
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
2007 NL-81-5
2008 NL-50-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 2 (2420) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1832) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 3, 1997: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 69th round of the 1997 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 16, 1998: Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent.

November 15, 2006: Traded by the New York Mets with Royce Ring to the San Diego Padres for Jon Adkins and Ben Johnson.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2007San Diego Padres$385,500
Career (may be incomplete)$385,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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