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Heath Bell

Heath Justin Bell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 260 lb.

Born: September 29, 1977 in Oceanside, CA
High School: Tustin (Tustin, CA)
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 24, 2004
Teams (by GP): Padres/Mets 2004-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 1 yr/$7.5M (11), 3 yrs/$27M (12-14) & 15 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.099, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2004 26 NYM NL 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 27 NYM NL 42 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 28 NYM NL 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 29 SDP NL 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 30 SDP NL 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 31 SDP NL 68 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 AS
2010 32 SDP NL 67 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-8,MVP-25
2011 33 SDP NL 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
8 Seasons 433 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDP (5 yrs) 352 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
NYM (3 yrs) 81 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 26 NYM NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
2005 27 NYM NL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
2006 28 NYM NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
2010 32 SDP NL 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $4,000,000 1 AS,CYA-8,MVP-25
2011 33 SDP NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $7,500,000 1 AS
5 Seasons 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $11,500,000
NYM (3 yrs) 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
SDP (2 yrs) 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $11,500,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2004 26 NYM NL 1 1 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .268 .000 .340 .000 .435 .000 .775 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2005 27 NYM NL 3 3 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .266 .000 .336 .000 .424 .000 .760 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2006 28 NYM NL 1 1 0 0.0 111 .000 .270 .000 .340 .000 .438 .000 .778 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2009 31 SDP NL 1 1 0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0
2010 32 SDP NL 1 1 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .251 .000 .320 .000 .396 .000 .716 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
8 Seasons 7 7 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .264 .000 .335 .000 .424 .000 .758 -100 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 3 3 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .264 .000 .335 .000 .424 .000 .758 -100 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
NYM (3 yrs) 5 5 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .267 .000 .338 .000 .429 .000 .767 -100 .000 -1.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
SDP (5 yrs) 2 2 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .251 .000 .320 .000 .396 .000 .716 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2009 SDP NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 SDP NL 32
2011 SDP NL 33

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2004 26 NYM NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
2005 27 NYM NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 67% 0%
2006 28 NYM NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
2009 31 SDP NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0%
2010 32 SDP NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 0.00 100% 100% 0.0% 0%
8 Seasons 7 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 3.00 4.00 57% 20% 0.0% 0%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.5% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.06 5.1 33.4 7.8 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2004 26 NYM NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .74 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.62 -0.3 0
2005 27 NYM NL -0.9 -0.1 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .05 -0.0 -0.0 -0.8 -0.1 0.90 -0.9 0
2006 28 NYM NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .07 -0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.38 -0.3 0
2007 29 SDP NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 30 SDP NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 31 SDP NL 0.0 0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.00 -0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 1.82 -0.2 0
2010 32 SDP NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .49 -0.0 -0.0 -0.8 -0.1 2.41 -0.3 0
2011 33 SDP NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Seasons -1.7 -0.2 7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .35 -0.1 -0.0 -2.2 -0.2 1.13 -2.0 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2004 26 NYM NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 27 NYM NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 28 NYM NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 31 SDP NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 32 SDP NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2004 26 NYM NL 1 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
2005 27 NYM NL 3 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 28 NYM NL 1 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
2009 31 SDP NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2010 32 SDP NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 7 14% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 8 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 33% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2004 26 NYM NL 1 7 7.00 4 57% 0% 0% 75% 25% 100% 0% 57% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2005 27 NYM NL 3 11 3.67 11 100% 27% 18% 36% 18% 73% 73% 75% 67% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
2006 28 NYM NL 1 4 4.00 3 75% 33% 67% 0% 0% 67% 0% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2009 31 SDP NL 1 1 1.00 1 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2010 32 SDP NL 1 7 7.00 4 57% 50% 0% 25% 25% 50% 0% 29% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 7 30 4.29 23 77% 26% 17% 35% 22% 74% 0% 57% 76% 43% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 26 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 27 59 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 28 81 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 29 162 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 30 236 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 31 304 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
2010 32 371 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
2011 33 433 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2004 26 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 17
2005 27 42 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 42
2006 28 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 22
2010 32 67 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 67
5 Seasons 216 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 216
162 Game Avg. 162 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 216

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2009 *
2010 *
2011 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2009 NL Rolaids Relief
2010 NL Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2010 NL (25, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1713th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2010 NL (8, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (255th)

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