Eric Bell
Eric Alvin Bell
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 27, 1963 in Modesto, CA
High School: Beyer (Modesto, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 9th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1985
Final Game: May 8, 1993
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 84 1.412 6.4 1.6 6.4 6.4 1.00
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 83 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 80 1.527 9.5 1.7 4.3 6.1 1.42
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 61 837 0.556 2.5 0.0 2.5 3.5 1.40
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 52 2.022 12.9 0.6 5.3 5.9 1.11
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 63 1.636 12.3 0.0 2.5 2.5 1.00
6 Seasons 15 18 .455 5.18 68 34 11 2 0 0 234.2 238 150 135 38 112 0 152 4 1 12 1028 83 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 83 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 1 136 108 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 63 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 63 1.636 12.3 0.0 2.5 2.5 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
6 Seasons 68 1028 902 150 238 53 4 38 22 10 112 152 .264 .346 .458 .804 .279 413 26 4 6 4 0
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 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% 45 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 31 31 7 0 1 0 1.0 0.0 3.7 80 0 1 0 0 80
3 Seasons 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

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP 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 0.058 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 0.988 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 1.182 4 4 2 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 1.136 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 0.483 2 3 5 3 1 6 6 4 3 7 3 3 2.2 13
5 Seasons 64 34 11 4 2 0 0 0 5 4 26 5 19% 0.970 7 12 13 7 4 23 17 17 16 14 17 8 4.6 21

Ratio Pitching*

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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 70% 3.8% 17.1% 13.3% 8.6% 39% 1.04 65% 15 3 20%
1987 23 BAL AL 729 87% 4.4% 15.2% 10.7% 10.4% 44% 1.05 69% 124 17 14%
1991 27 CLE AL 61 61% 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 75% 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 74% 0.0% 5.9% 5.9% 2.9% 10% 0.50 0.33 88% 20% 0.0% 10% 8 0 0%
6 Seasons 1028 82% 3.7% 14.8% 10.9% 9.2% 40% 0.71 1.05 70% 19% 1.4% 7% 178 26 15%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 75 284 3.79 167 59% 26% 20% 21% 33% 74% 0% 44% 73% 47% 5% 4 2 21% 16 9 3 10% 0 2 0 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 Seasons 170 636 3.74 371 58% 24% 17% 24% 36% 76% 0% 44% 78% 46% 8% 14 9 18% 31 12 3 16% 0 5 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 Seasons 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

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1985 21 0 0 4.76 4 0 3 0 0 0 5.2 4 3 3 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 24 84 1.412 6.4 1.6 6.4 6.4 1.00 84
1986 22 1 2 .333 4.97 8 4 3 0 0 0 29.0 27 17 16 5 18 0 22 0 0 0 129 83 1.552 8.4 1.6 5.6 6.8 1.22 83
1987 23 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 81
1988 24 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 81
1989 25 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 81
1990 26 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 81
1991 27 15 15 .500 4.97 51 33 7 2 0 0 212.0 206 132 117 37 101 0 140 3 1 11 919 87 1.448 8.7 1.6 4.3 5.9 1.39 87
1992 28 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 84
1993 29 15 18 .455 5.18 68 34 11 2 0 0 234.2 238 150 135 38 112 0 152 4 1 12 1028 83 1.491 9.1 1.5 4.3 5.8 1.36 83

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 18 0 1.609 9.0 5.5 7.0 1.29 1.6 4
1987 23 6 11 .353 5.58 158.0 174 109 98 32 78 106 2 1.595 9.9 4.4 6.0 1.36 1.8 33
1991 27 1 0 1.000 0.53 17.0 5 1 1 0 5 7 1 0.588 2.6 2.6 3.7 1.40 0.0 10
1992 28 0 1 .000 9.00 14.0 22 16 14 1 9 9 1 2.214 14.1 5.8 5.8 1.00 0.6 7
1993 29 0 0 6.43 7.0 10 6 5 0 2 2 0 1.714 12.9 2.6 2.6 1.00 0.0 10
6 Seasons 8 13 .381 5.38 224.0 238 149 134 38 112 146 4 1.563 9.6 5.9 1.30 1.5 68

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

             

Similarity Scores

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