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Eric Bell

Eric Alvin Bell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: October 27, 1963 in Modesto, CA
High School: Beyer HS (Modesto, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 9th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1985
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Indians/Astros 1985-1993

Final Game: May 8, 1993
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1982	18	BAL-min	Rk	4	1	.800	2.10	11	9	2	0	0	0	51.1	42	19	12	2	36	0	30	2	0	2			1.519	7.4	0.4	6.3	5.3	0.83	BLD · APPY
1983	19	BAL-min	A-	3	2	.600	4.95	18	5	8	2	0	6	60.0	71	44	33	5	30	0	56	1	0	4			1.683	10.6	0.8	4.5	8.4	1.87	NWK · NYPL
1984	20	BAL-min	A-,A	8	3	.727	2.72	18	16	0	4	1	0	106.0	88	44	32	6	31	0	120	3	1	8			1.123	7.5	0.5	2.6	10.2	3.87	NWK,HGR · NYPL,CARL
1985	21	BAL-min	A	11	6	.647	3.13	26	26	0	5	2	0	158.1	141	73	55	7	63	0	162	1	0	4			1.288	8.0	0.4	3.6	9.2	2.57	HGR · CARL
1985	21	BAL	AL	0	0		4.76	4	0	3	0	0	0	5.2	4	3	3	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	24	90	1.412	6.4	1.6	6.4	6.4	1.00
1986	22	BAL-min	AA,AAA	16	9	.640	3.05	29	29	0	10	1	0	206.1	177	75	70	10	101	1	163	1	0	12			1.347	7.7	0.4	4.4	7.1	1.61	CHR,ROC · SOUL,IL
1986	22	BAL	AL	1	2	.333	5.01	4	4	0	0	0	0	23.1	23	14	13	4	14	0	18	0	0	0	105	84	1.586	8.9	1.5	5.4	6.9	1.29
1987	23	BAL	AL	10	13	.435	5.45	33	29	1	2	0	0	165.0	174	113	100	32	78	0	111	2	1	11	729	81	1.527	9.5	1.7	4.3	6.1	1.42

1988	24	BAL-min	AAA	3	1	.750	1.98	7	7	0	0	0	0	36.1	28	10	8	0	13	0	33	0	2	1			1.128	6.9	0.0	3.2	8.2	2.54	ROC · IL
1989	25	BAL-min	AA,AAA	5	4	.556	3.38	16	14	1	0	0	1	82.2	72	35	31	8	26	1	62	1	3	4			1.185	7.8	0.9	2.8	6.8	2.38	HGR,ROC · EL,IL
1990	26	BAL-min	AAA	9	6	.600	4.86	27	27	0	3	0	0	148.0	168	90	80	16	65	0	90	9	1	11			1.574	10.2	1.0	4.0	5.5	1.38	ROC · IL
1991	27	CLE-min	AA,AAA	11	6	.647	2.73	22	20	0	2	1	0	118.2	105	53	36	2	48	2	100	2	0	7	510		1.289	8.0	0.2	3.6	7.6	2.08	CAK,CSP · EL,PCL
1991	27	CLE	AL	4	0	1.000	0.50	10	0	3	0	0	0	18.0	5	2	1	0	5	0	7	1	0	0	61	854	0.556	2.5	0.0	2.5	3.5	1.40
1992	28	CLE-min	AAA	10	7	.588	3.73	26	18	8	5	0	1	137.2	161	64	57	10	30	1	56	0	2	6	575		1.387	10.5	0.7	2.0	3.7	1.87	CSP · PCL
1992	28	CLE	AL	0	2	.000	7.63	7	1	2	0	0	0	15.1	22	13	13	1	9	0	10	1	0	1	75	53	2.022	12.9	0.6	5.3	5.9	1.11
1993	29	HOU-min	AAA	4	6	.400	4.05	22	16	1	3	1	0	106.2	131	59	48	8	39	0	53	1	0	5	474		1.594	11.1	0.7	3.3	4.5	1.36	TUC · PCL
1993	29	HOU	NL	0	1	.000	6.14	10	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	10	5	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	34	66	1.636	12.3	0.0	2.5	2.5	1.00
1994	30	HOU-min	AAA	8	8	.500	4.46	30	29	1	0	0	0	171.1	209	112	85	12	60	1	82	6	2	4	769		1.570	11.0	0.6	3.2	4.3	1.37	TUC · PCL
1995	31	CLE-min	AAA	13	9	.591	3.90	28	24	1	3	1	0	161.1	177	76	70	18	47	0	86	7	0	3	687		1.388	9.9	1.0	2.6	4.8	1.83	BFL · AA
1996	32	HOU-min	AAA	4	14	.222	5.65	30	21	4	1	0	0	127.1	177	114	80	7	48	4	58	1	0	4	599		1.767	12.5	0.5	3.4	4.1	1.21	TUC · PCL
6 Yrs				15	18	.455	5.18	68	34	11	2	0	0	234.2	238	150	135	38	112	0	152	4	1	12	1028	84	1.491	9.1	1.5	4.3	5.8	1.36
162 Game Avg.				10	12	.455	5.18	45	23	7	1	0	0	156	159	100	90	25	75	0	101	3	1	8	685	84	1.491	9.1	1.5	4.3	5.8	1.36

BAL (3 yrs)				11	15	.423	5.38	41	33	4	2	0	0	194.0	201	130	116	37	96	0	133	2	1	11	858	81	1.531	9.3	1.7	4.5	6.2	1.39
CLE (2 yrs)				4	2	.667	3.78	17	1	5	0	0	0	33.1	27	15	14	1	14	0	17	2	0	1	136	110	1.230	7.3	0.3	3.8	4.6	1.21
HOU (1 yr)				0	1	.000	6.14	10	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	10	5	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	34	66	1.636	12.3	0.0	2.5	2.5	1.00

AL (5 yrs)				15	17	.469	5.15	58	34	9	2	0	0	227.1	228	145	130	38	110	0	150	4	1	12	994	84	1.487	9.0	1.5	4.4	5.9	1.36
NL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	6.14	10	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	10	5	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	34	66	1.636	12.3	0.0	2.5	2.5	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1985	21	BAL	AL	5.2	4	0	3	4.76	4.68	-0.08	-0.36	94.8	4.17	-0	-0.0	.0	0.0	0.0	0	.491	.500	$
1986	22	BAL	AL	23.1	4	4	14	5.40	4.74	-0.05	0.16	100.2	4.97	-1	-0.1		-0.0	0.1	1	.471	.499	$
1987	23	BAL	AL	165.0	33	29	113	6.16	4.93	-0.05	0.14	97.8	5.02	-21	-2.0	.8	-0.1	-0.7	-2	.441	.488	$62,500

1991	27	CLE	AL	18.0	10	0	2	1.00	4.45	-0.06	-0.34	102.8	4.29	7	0.7	1.3	0.1	1.0	9	.572	.504	$
1992	28	CLE	AL	15.1	7	1	13	7.63	4.12	0.12	-0.21	99.0	3.76	-7	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-5	.407	.496	$157,500
1993	29	HOU	NL	7.1	10	0	5	6.14	4.66	0.28	-0.36	90.7	3.65	-2	-0.2	.9	0.0	-0.2	-1	.478	.499	$145,000
6 Seasons				234.2	68	34	150	5.75	4.81	-0.03	0.06	98.2	4.81	-25	-2.3	.9	-0.0	-0.3	2	.467	.498	$365,000

BAL (3 yrs)				194.0	41	33	130	6.03	4.90	-0.06	0.13	98.0	4.99	-23	-2.1	.4	-0.1	-0.6	-0	.449	.496	$62,500
CLE (2 yrs)				33.1	17	1	15	4.05	4.30	0.02	-0.28	101.0	4.05	0	0.1	1.2	0.0	0.5	4	.504	.500	$157,500
HOU (1 yr)				7.1	10	0	5	6.14	4.66	0.28	-0.36	90.7	3.65	-2	-0.2	.9	0.0	-0.2	-1	.478	.499	$145,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1985	21	BAL	AL	4	24	20	3	4	2	0	1	0	0	4	4	.200	.333	.450	.783	.200	9	1	0	0	0	0	0
1986	22	BAL	AL	4	105	89	14	23	5	0	4	2	1	14	18	.258	.356	.449	.805	.279	40	3	0	1	1	0	3
1987	23	BAL	AL	33	729	643	113	174	40	4	32	12	8	78	111	.271	.350	.495	.845	.283	318	17	2	4	2	0	9

1991	27	CLE	AL	10	61	55	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	5	7	.091	.180	.091	.271	.104	5	3	1	0	0	0	0
1992	28	CLE	AL	7	75	63	13	22	5	0	1	4	1	9	10	.349	.432	.476	.909	.396	30	2	1	1	1	0	0
1993	29	HOU	NL	10	34	32	5	10	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	.313	.353	.344	.697	.333	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				68	1028	902	150	238	53	4	38	22	10	112	152	.264	.346	.458	.804	.279	413	26	4	6	4	0	12
162 Game Avg.				45	685	601	100	159	35	3	25	15	7	75	101	.264	.346	.458	.804	.279	275	17	3	4	3	0	8
MLB Averages																.258	.325	.390	.714	.286

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1985	21	BAL	AL	-0.2	-0.0	24	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.05	-0.3	-0.8	-0.1	-0.0	0.05	-2.0	0	0	3
1986	22	BAL	AL	-1.9	-0.2	108	-0.3	2.1	-2.4	1.13	-0.1	-0.1	-2.2	-0.2	1.13	-1.8	0	0	0
1987	23	BAL	AL	-20.9	-1.9	759	-1.7	12.5	-14.3	.99	-1.7	-0.0	-20.1	-1.9	0.99	-18.4	1	1	1

1991	27	CLE	AL	7.0	0.7	62	1.2	1.6	-0.4	1.13	1.0	0.1	8.9	0.9	1.13	10.2	3	4	3
1992	28	CLE	AL	-5.5	-0.5	81	-0.7	1.3	-1.9	1.09	-0.8	0.2	-8.7	-0.8	1.09	-7.4	0	4	2
1993	29	HOU	NL	-1.5	-0.1	35	-0.2	0.2	-0.3	.45	-0.0	-0.3	-0.7	-0.1	0.45	-0.6	2	2	6
6 Yrs				-23.0	-2.1	1069	-1.7	17.7	-19.4	.98	-2.0	0.3	-22.9	-2.1	0.98	-20.1	6	11	15

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1986	22	BAL	AL	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	3	.250	0	0	0	0	3	75%	48.0	64	16	2	0	0	3	4.1	4.9	5.8
1987	23	BAL	AL	33	29	10	13	6	3	1	12	17	.414	0	2	2	0	9	31%	44.7	82	18	34	12	1	15	4.1	4.5	5.4

1992	28	CLE	AL	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	31.0	31	31	7	0	1	0	1.0	0.0	3.7	80	0	1	0	0	80
3 Yrs				44	34	11	16	7	3	2	13	21	.382	0	2	2	0	12	35%	45	82	16	43	12	2	18	4.0	4.5	5.4	80	0	1	0	0	80
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	103	-14					4.4	4.3	6.2	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1985	21	BAL	AL	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	6	.048	0	0	3	0	0	4	1	3	1	1	1	0	4.3

1987	23	BAL	AL	33	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	7	.989	1	1	1	0	1	3	2	2	3	1	3	1	7.0

1991	27	CLE	AL	10	10	3	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	7	0	0%	8	1.134	3	4	3	2	1	7	5	5	5	3	5	3	5.4	23
1992	28	CLE	AL	7	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	25%	2	1.088	0	4	2	2	1	3	3	3	4	2	5	1	5.8	34
1993	29	HOU	NL	10	10	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	10	2	20%	7	.451	2	2	6	3	1	6	6	4	3	7	3	3	2.2	13
5 Yrs				64	34	11	4	2	0	0	0	5	4	26	5	19%		.962	6	11	15	7	4	23	17	17	16	14	17	8	4.6	21

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1985	21	BAL	AL	24	50%	4.2%	16.7%	16.7%	12.5%	75%		5.50	63%				2	1	50%
1986	22	BAL	AL	105	30%	3.8%	17.1%	13.3%	8.6%	39%		1.04	65%				15	3	20%
1987	23	BAL	AL	729	13%	4.4%	15.2%	10.7%	10.4%	44%		1.05	69%				124	17	14%

1991	27	CLE	AL	61	39%	0.0%	11.5%	8.2%	0.0%	0%	1.09	1.04	79%	4%	0.0%	4%	10	3	30%
1992	28	CLE	AL	75	25%	1.3%	13.3%	12.0%	8.0%	27%	0.58	1.19	71%	31%	3.2%	6%	19	2	11%
1993	29	HOU	NL	34	26%	0.0%	5.9%	5.9%	2.9%	10%	0.50	0.33	88%	20%	0.0%	10%	8	0	0%
6 Yrs				1028	18%	3.7%	14.8%	10.9%	9.2%	40%	0.71	1.05	70%	19%	1.4%	7%	178	26	15%
MLB Averages					40%	2.2%	14.9%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.3%	21%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1991	27	CLE	AL	61	225	3.69	132	59%	24%	15%	24%	36%	76%	0%	44%	80%	46%	11%	7	5	15%	9	2	0	29%	0	2	0	0	0
1992	28	CLE	AL	76	286	3.76	168	59%	26%	20%	21%	33%	74%	0%	44%	73%	47%	5%	4	2	21%	16	9	3	10%	0	2	-1	0	0
1993	29	HOU	NL	34	127	3.74	72	57%	18%	11%	29%	42%	82%	0%	46%	86%	44%	9%	3	2	18%	6	1	0	0%	0	1	0	0	0
3 Yrs				171	638	3.73	372	58%	24%	17%	24%	36%	76%	0%	45%	78%	46%	8%	14	9	18%	31	12	3	16%	0	5	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.63		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1985	21	BAL	AL	24	4			1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	22	BAL	AL	105	23			4	0	4	3	1	3	1	4	2	0	50%	3	0	0	37	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1987	23	BAL	AL	729	174			32	1	16	28	4	17	15	33	22	3	67%	9	11	0	236	12	8	60%	10	6	2	2	0	0	1	0	18	0

1991	27	CLE	AL	61	5	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	17	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	28	CLE	AL	75	22	7	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	3	0	75%	0	1	0	40	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1993	29	HOU	NL	34	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	33%	0	0	0	20	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				1028	238	11	2	38	1	22	32	6	22	16	44	28	4	64%	12	12	0	359	22	10	69%	18	8	4	2	0	0	1	0	21	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1985	21	0	0		4.76	4	0	3	0	5.2	4	3	3	1	4	4	0	0	0	24	90	1.412	6.4	1.6	6.4	6.4	1.00	90
1986	22	1	2	.333	4.97	8	4	3	0	29.0	27	17	16	5	18	22	0	0	0	129	85	1.552	8.4	1.6	5.6	6.8	1.22	85
1987	23	11	15	.423	5.38	41	33	4	2	194.0	201	130	116	37	96	133	2	1	11	858	81	1.531	9.3	1.7	4.5	6.2	1.39	81
1988	24	11	15	.423	5.38	41	33	4	2	194.0	201	130	116	37	96	133	2	1	11	858	81	1.531	9.3	1.7	4.5	6.2	1.39	81
1989	25	11	15	.423	5.38	41	33	4	2	194.0	201	130	116	37	96	133	2	1	11	858	81	1.531	9.3	1.7	4.5	6.2	1.39	81
1990	26	11	15	.423	5.38	41	33	4	2	194.0	201	130	116	37	96	133	2	1	11	858	81	1.531	9.3	1.7	4.5	6.2	1.39	81
1991	27	15	15	.500	4.97	51	33	7	2	212.0	206	132	117	37	101	140	3	1	11	919	88	1.448	8.7	1.6	4.3	5.9	1.39	88
1992	28	15	17	.469	5.15	58	34	9	2	227.1	228	145	130	38	110	150	4	1	12	994	84	1.487	9.0	1.5	4.4	5.9	1.36	84
1993	29	15	18	.455	5.18	68	34	11	2	234.2	238	150	135	38	112	152	4	1	12	1028	84	1.491	9.1	1.5	4.3	5.8	1.36	84

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1985	21	0	0		5.40	5.0	4	3	3	1	4	4	0	1.600	7.2	7.2	7.2	1.00	1.8	4
1986	22	1	1	.500	5.09	23.0	23	14	13	4	14	17	0	1.609	9.0	5.5	6.7	1.21	1.6	4
1987	23	6	11	.353	5.60	159.0	173	110	99	32	78	107	2	1.579	9.8	4.4	6.1	1.37	1.8	33

1991	27	1	0	1.000	0.53	17.0	5	1	1	0	5	6	1	0.588	2.6	2.6	3.2	1.20	0.0	10
1992	28	0	1	.000	9.00	14.0	23	16	14	1	9	9	1	2.286	14.8	5.8	5.8	1.00	0.6	7
1993	29	0	0		7.71	7.0	11	7	6	0	2	2	0	1.857	14.1	2.6	2.6	1.00	0.0	10
6 Yrs		8	13	.381	5.44	225.0	239	151	136	38	112	145	4	1.560	9.6		5.8	1.29	1.5	68

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Home Runs s c a p y 1987 AL 32 (10th)	Losses s c a p y 1987 AL 13 (10th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1987 AL 11 (10th)

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1987 AL 32 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1987 AL 13 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1987 AL 11 (10th)

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