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Zeke Bella

John Bella

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 23, 1930 in Greenwich, CT
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1957
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Yankees 1957-1959

Final Game: September 25, 1959
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1957 NYY AL 26 OF 4 2 2 24.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 1 45 3.00 2.00 .980 2.25 2.25
1957 NYY AL 26 RF 3 2 2 21.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 1 69 3.43 2.67 .976 1.93 1.93
1957 NYY AL 26 LF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.10
1959 KCA AL 28 OF 25 19 10 142.0 24 22 2 0 1 1.000 -1 -8 1.52 0.96 .980 2.22 2.21
1959 KCA AL 28 RF 14 11 6 74.0 15 13 2 0 1 1.000 0 3 1.82 1.07 .977 1.89 1.88
1959 KCA AL 28 LF 11 8 4 68.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -21 1.06 0.73 .980 2.06 2.05
1959 KCA AL 28 1B 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 4.50 1.00 .990 9.90 9.80
2 Seasons OF 29 21 12 166.0 32 29 3 0 1 1.000 -0 -1 1.73 1.10 .980 2.22 2.21
2 Seasons RF 17 13 8 95.0 23 20 3 0 1 1.000 1 18 2.18 1.35 .977 1.89 1.89
2 Seasons LF 12 8 4 71.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -25 1.01 0.67 .980 2.07 2.05
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 4.50 1.00 .990 9.90 9.80
2 Seasons TOT 30 21 12 168.0 33 30 3 0 1 1.000 -0 -1 1.77 1.10 .980 2.31 2.47
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1957 NYY AL 26 RF 1 69 1 1 0 0
1957 NYY AL 26 LF -0 -120 -0 0 -0
1959 KCA AL 28 RF 0 3 -1 0 -1 1
1959 KCA AL 28 LF -1 -21 -1 -0 -1 0
1959 KCA AL 28 1B -0 -60 -0 -0 0
2 Seasons RF 1 18 0 1 -1 1
2 Seasons LF -2 -25 -2 -0 -1 0
1 Season 1B -0 -60 -0 -0 0
2 Seasons TOT -0 -1 -1 1 -2 1

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1957 NYY AL 26 5 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 1 0
1959 KCA AL 28 47 19 47 26 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 14 25 0 25 1
2 Seasons 52 21 52 30 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 17 29 0 26 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1957 NYY AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 25.0% 2 1 25.0% 0 87 80% 69% 23% 9 89%
1959 KCA AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 10 3 30.0% 6 1 10.0% 1 339 70% 78% 17% 24 58%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 4 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 3 2 0 14 4 28.6% 8 2 14.3% 1 426 72% 77% 19% 33 67%
MLB Averages 40.9% 3.2% 63% 80% 29% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1957 NYY AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 86% 93% 36% 0
1959 KCA AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 288 67% 84% 28% 24 33%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 302 68% 84% 29% 24 33%
MLB Averages 57.8% 2.6% 63% 80% 29% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1959 KCA AL 28 9 56% 89% 11% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 9 56% 89% 11% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 80% 28% 94% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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