Heath Bell
Heath Justin Bell
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 244 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
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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
2004 26 NYM NL 0 2 .000 3.33 17 0 2 0 0 0 24.1 22 9 9 5 6 0 27 0 0 0 94 128 1.151 8.1 1.8 2.2 10.0 4.50
2005 27 NYM NL 1 3 .250 5.59 42 0 12 0 0 0 46.2 56 30 29 3 13 3 43 1 1 0 206 73 1.479 10.8 0.6 2.5 8.3 3.31
2006 28 NYM NL 0 0 5.11 22 0 6 0 0 0 37.0 51 25 21 6 11 2 35 0 0 1 166 85 1.676 12.4 1.5 2.7 8.5 3.18
2007 29 SDP NL 6 4 .600 2.02 81 0 16 0 0 2 93.2 60 21 21 3 30 1 102 2 0 4 363 198 0.961 5.8 0.3 2.9 9.8 3.40
2008 30 SDP NL 6 6 .500 3.58 74 0 8 0 0 0 78.0 66 31 31 5 28 4 71 3 0 2 324 106 1.205 7.6 0.6 3.2 8.2 2.54
2009 31 SDP NL 6 4 .600 2.71 68 0 59 0 0 42 69.2 54 21 21 3 24 1 79 0 0 4 278 136 1.120 7.0 0.4 3.1 10.2 3.29 AS
6 Seasons 19 19 .500 3.40 304 0 103 0 0 44 349.1 309 137 132 25 112 11 357 6 1 11 1431 116 1.205 8.0 0.6 2.9 9.2 3.19
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .500 3.40 68 0 23 0 0 10 78 69 31 30 6 25 2 80 1 0 2 320 116 1.205 8.0 0.6 2.9 9.2 3.19
NYM (3 yrs) 1 5 .167 4.92 81 0 20 0 0 0 108.0 129 64 59 14 30 5 105 1 1 1 466 86 1.472 10.8 1.2 2.5 8.8 3.50
SDP (3 yrs) 18 14 .563 2.72 223 0 83 0 0 44 241.1 180 73 73 11 82 6 252 5 0 10 965 141 1.086 6.7 0.4 3.1 9.4 3.07

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2009 SDP NL 31 0 0 1 .000 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 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
2004 26 NYM NL 17 94 87 9 22 3 0 5 2 0 6 27 .253 .301 .460 .761 .309 40 2 0 1 0 0
2005 27 NYM NL 42 206 188 30 56 7 0 3 4 0 13 43 .298 .347 .383 .730 .373 72 6 1 4 0 3
2006 28 NYM NL 22 166 154 25 51 7 0 6 2 2 11 35 .331 .376 .494 .869 .398 76 6 0 1 0 2
2007 29 SDP NL 81 362 325 21 60 7 2 3 8 3 30 102 .185 .257 .246 .503 .258 80 9 2 4 1 1
2008 30 SDP NL 74 324 288 31 66 12 2 5 10 2 28 71 .229 .302 .337 .639 .285 97 5 3 3 2 4
2009 31 SDP NL 68 278 254 21 54 8 1 3 5 1 24 79 .213 .281 .287 .568 .297 73 7 0 0 0 1
6 Seasons 304 1430 1296 137 309 44 5 25 31 8 112 357 .238 .301 .338 .639 .310 438 35 6 13 3 11
162 Game Avg. 68 320 290 31 69 10 1 6 7 2 25 80 .238 .301 .338 .639 .310 98 8 1 3 1 2
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

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
2004 26 NYM NL 17 17 2 0 2 1 0 1 0% 2 1 10 4 40% 7 0.772 5 4 8 3 5 9 4 13 9 3 9 3 4.3 22
2005 27 NYM NL 42 42 12 1 3 0 0 0 6 4 19 3 16% 7 0.676 8 5 26 18 3 21 12 30 14 11 17 10 3.3 19
2006 28 NYM NL 22 22 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 64% 5 0.353 3 3 15 6 1 15 6 16 12 1 13 1 5.0 30
2007 29 SDP NL 81 81 16 6 4 6 2 4 33% 40 34 34 7 21% 8 1.590 44 19 16 52 17 12 19 62 22 11 22 25 3.5 19
2008 30 SDP NL 74 74 8 6 6 7 0 7 0% 30 23 11 4 36% 8 1.821 49 8 17 40 24 10 7 67 8 4 9 20 3.2 18
2009 31 SDP NL 68 68 59 6 4 48 42 6 88% 48 0 12 1 8% 9 2.157 44 15 8 51 11 6 8 60 7 6 7 22 3.1 18
6 Seasons 304 304 103 19 19 62 44 18 71% 126 62 97 26 27% 1.424 153 54 90 170 61 73 56 248 72 36 77 81 3.4 19

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%
2004 26 NYM NL 94 36% 5.3% 28.7% 6.4% 8.5% 36% 0.94 1.19 59% 13% 20.0% 19% 19 2 11%
2005 27 NYM NL 206 41% 1.5% 20.9% 6.3% 4.9% 18% 0.86 1.26 69% 20% 4.2% 8% 52 6 12%
2006 28 NYM NL 166 44% 3.6% 21.1% 6.6% 7.8% 26% 1.11 2.57 68% 24% 10.7% 0% 34 6 18%
2007 29 SDP NL 363 48% 0.8% 28.2% 8.3% 3.3% 20% 1.48 2.16 61% 18% 3.9% 15% 66 9 14%
2008 30 SDP NL 324 54% 1.5% 21.9% 8.6% 5.9% 29% 0.85 1.04 66% 19% 4.8% 9% 52 5 10%
2009 31 SDP NL 278 55% 1.1% 28.4% 8.6% 4.3% 22% 0.88 1.08 62% 20% 3.8% 13% 56 7 13%
6 Seasons 1431 48% 1.8% 25.0% 7.8% 5.2% 24% 1.02 1.43 64% 19% 6.1% 10% 279 35 13%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

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
2004 26 NYM NL 94 380 4.04 256 67% 31% 17% 28% 24% 69% 0% 46% 75% 63% 3% 3 2 32% 30 15 1 30% 7 1 0 0 0
2005 27 NYM NL 206 800 3.88 538 67% 27% 14% 32% 28% 73% 4% 49% 81% 63% 2% 5 0 30% 61 39 3 33% 9 2 0 0 0
2006 28 NYM NL 166 661 3.98 439 66% 27% 15% 31% 27% 73% 4% 49% 79% 60% 4% 6 4 38% 63 41 3 29% 4 0 0 0 0
2007 29 SDP NL 363 1518 4.18 1009 66% 33% 16% 28% 23% 67% 1% 45% 76% 62% 5% 17 12 34% 124 73 1 20% 22 4 0 0 0
2008 30 SDP NL 324 1334 4.12 837 63% 32% 14% 27% 27% 68% 3% 43% 79% 55% 5% 15 6 27% 89 47 4 31% 15 5 0 0 0
2009 31 SDP NL 278 1196 4.30 767 64% 31% 17% 29% 23% 69% 1% 44% 75% 58% 4% 12 6 32% 88 44 2 29% 12 5 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1431 5889 4.12 3846 65% 31% 16% 29% 25% 69% 2% 45% 78% 60% 4% 58 30 32% 455 259 14 27% 69 17 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

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
2004 26 NYM NL 94 22 2 0 5 0 7 5 0 1 4 9 5 2 56% 0 0 0 27 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 27 NYM NL 206 56 5 0 3 0 6 2 1 2 1 11 5 3 45% 2 0 0 92 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2006 28 NYM NL 166 51 4 1 6 0 7 6 0 0 6 10 4 0 40% 1 1 1 64 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2007 29 SDP NL 363 60 13 2 3 0 14 0 3 3 0 22 8 6 36% 2 4 0 130 8 3 73% 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2008 30 SDP NL 324 66 7 1 5 0 13 5 0 2 3 11 5 3 45% 1 2 1 113 10 2 83% 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2009 31 SDP NL 278 54 6 0 3 0 7 1 2 2 1 14 4 3 29% 1 4 0 107 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
6 Seasons 1431 309 37 4 25 0 54 19 6 10 15 77 31 17 40% 7 11 2 533 31 8 79% 30 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 24 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2004 26 0 2 .000 3.33 17 0 2 0 0 0 24.1 22 9 9 5 6 0 27 0 0 0 94 128 1.151 8.1 1.8 2.2 10.0 4.50 128
2005 27 1 5 .167 4.82 59 0 14 0 0 0 71.0 78 39 38 8 19 3 70 1 1 0 300 86 1.366 9.9 1.0 2.4 8.9 3.68 86
2006 28 1 5 .167 4.92 81 0 20 0 0 0 108.0 129 64 59 14 30 5 105 1 1 1 466 86 1.472 10.8 1.2 2.5 8.8 3.50 86
2007 29 7 9 .438 3.57 162 0 36 0 0 2 201.2 189 85 80 17 60 6 207 3 1 5 829 115 1.235 8.4 0.8 2.7 9.2 3.45 115
2008 30 13 15 .464 3.57 236 0 44 0 0 2 279.2 255 116 111 22 88 10 278 6 1 7 1153 113 1.226 8.2 0.7 2.8 8.9 3.16 113
2009 31 19 19 .500 3.40 304 0 103 0 0 44 349.1 309 137 132 25 112 11 357 6 1 11 1431 116 1.205 8.0 0.6 2.9 9.2 3.19 116

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
2004 26 1 1 .500 3.27 22.0 21 9 8 5 6 24 0 1.227 8.6 2.5 9.8 4.00 2.0 17
2005 27 2 3 .400 5.80 45.0 56 32 29 3 13 41 1 1.533 11.2 2.6 8.2 3.15 0.6 42
2006 28 1 2 .333 5.14 35.0 49 22 20 6 11 33 0 1.714 12.6 2.8 8.5 3.00 1.5 22
2007 29 8 2 .800 2.10 90.0 60 23 21 3 30 98 2 1.000 6.0 3.0 9.8 3.27 0.3 81
2008 30 4 4 .500 4.26 74.0 70 39 35 5 30 67 3 1.351 8.5 3.6 8.1 2.23 0.6 74
2009 31 4 3 .571 3.32 65.0 57 27 24 3 25 74 0 1.262 7.9 3.5 10.2 2.96 0.4 68
6 Seasons 20 15 .571 3.73 331.0 313 152 137 25 115 337 6 1.293 8.5 9.2 2.93 0.7 304

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2009 *

Games Played s c a p y
2007 NL  81 (5th)

Saves s c a p y
2009 NL  42 (1st)

Games Finished s c a p y
2009 NL  59 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (800), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  6. Michael Wuertz (967)
  7. Horacio Pina (967)
  8. Mike Perez (966)
  9. Hal Reniff (965)
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  8. Jim Mecir (965)
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