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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-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #641. Matt Garza… #642. Rick Helling… #643. LaMarr Hoyt… #644. HEATH BELL… #645. Jim Brewer… #646. Denny Galehouse… #647. Erik Hanson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #641. Matt Garza… #642. Rick Helling… #643. LaMarr Hoyt… #644. HEATH BELL… #645. Jim Brewer… #646. Denny Galehouse… #647. Erik Hanson…

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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
1998	20	NYM-min	Rk	1	0	1.000	2.54	22	0	11	0	0	8	46.0	40	15	13	5	11	0	61	2	0	4	189		1.109	7.8	1.0	2.2	11.9	5.55	KPT · APPY
1999	21	NYM-min	A	1	7	.125	2.60	55	0	48	0	0	25	62.1	47	23	18	3	17	0	68	0	1	3	251		1.027	6.8	0.4	2.5	9.8	4.00	CLM · SALL
2000	22	NYM-min	A+	5	1	.833	2.55	48	0	37	0	0	23	60.0	43	19	17	4	21	2	75	2	0	1	241		1.067	6.4	0.6	3.2	11.2	3.57	SCE · FLOR
2001	23	NYM-min	AA	3	1	.750	6.02	43	0	22	0	0	4	61.1	82	44	41	13	19	3	55	5	0	4	285		1.647	12.0	1.9	2.8	8.1	2.89	BNG · EL
2002	24	NYM-min	AA,AAA	4	4	.500	2.58	46	0	30	0	5	11	69.2	60	21	20	2	15	1	77	1	0	4	281		1.077	7.8	0.3	1.9	9.9	5.13	BNG,NFK · EL,IL
2003	25	NYM-min	AAA	2	3	.400	4.71	40	0	25	0	0	3	49.2	54	26	26	4	8	0	54	2	0	4	206		1.248	9.8	0.7	1.4	9.8	6.75	NFK · IL
2004	26	NYM-min	AAA,AA	3	1	.750	3.12	46	0	30	0	0	16	57.2	44	21	20	4	24	2	68	4	1	6	245		1.179	6.9	0.6	3.7	10.6	2.83	NFK,BNG · IL,EL
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	130	1.151	8.1	1.8	2.2	10.0	4.50
2005	27	NYM-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.69	13	2	8	0	0	6	26.2	15	5	5	1	5	0	29	0	0	1	97		0.750	5.1	0.3	1.7	9.8	5.80	NFK · IL
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	74	1.479	10.8	0.6	2.5	8.3	3.31
2006	28	NYM-min	AAA	3	3	.500	1.29	30	0	30	0	0	12	35.0	27	7	5	1	8	1	56	1	0	5	142		1.000	6.9	0.3	2.1	14.4	7.00	NFK · IL
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	86	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	199	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	140	1.120	7.0	0.4	3.1	10.2	3.29	AS
2010	32	SDP	NL	6	1	.857	1.93	67	0	57	0	0	47	70.0	56	17	15	1	28	3	86	1	0	1	287	191	1.200	7.2	0.1	3.6	11.1	3.07	AS,CYA-8,MVP-25
2011	33	SDP	NL	3	4	.429	2.44	64	0	54	0	0	43	62.2	51	20	17	4	21	2	51	0	0	8	256	146	1.149	7.3	0.6	3.0	7.3	2.43	AS
8 Seasons				28	24	.538	3.06	435	0	214	0	0	134	482.0	416	174	164	30	161	16	494	7	1	20	1974	127	1.197	7.8	0.6	3.0	9.2	3.07
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.538	3.06	68	0	33	0	0	21	75	65	27	26	5	25	3	77	1	0	3	309	127	1.197	7.8	0.6	3.0	9.2	3.07

SDP (5 yrs)				27	19	.587	2.53	354	0	194	0	0	134	374.0	287	110	105	16	131	11	389	6	0	19	1508	150	1.118	6.9	0.4	3.2	9.4	2.97
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	87	1.472	10.8	1.2	2.5	8.8	3.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
2004	26	NYM	NL	24.1	0	9	15	0	.7	6	0.3	$
2005	27	NYM	NL	46.2	0	30	26	1	.6	-4	-0.6	$
2006	28	NYM	NL	37.0	0	25	21	2	.3	-4	-0.4	$
2007	29	SDP	NL	93.2	0	21	53	-1	1.6	32	3.5	$385,500
2008	30	SDP	NL	78.0	0	31	42	-1	1.7	11	0.9	$420,000
2009	31	SDP	NL	69.2	0	21	38	-2	2.1	17	2.1	$1,255,000	AS
2010	32	SDP	NL	70.0	0	17	31	1	2.1	14	2.4	$4,000,000	AS,CYA-8,MVP-25
2011	33	SDP	NL	62.2	0	20	30	0	2.1	10	1.7	$7,500,000	AS
8 Seasons				482.0	0	174	255	0	1.6	81	9.9	$13,560,500

SDP (5 yrs)				374.0	0	110	193	-3	1.9	83	10.6	$13,560,500
NYM (3 yrs)				108.0	0	64	62	3	.5	-2	-0.7	$

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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
1998	20	NYM-min	Rk	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	KPT · APPY
1999	21	NYM-min	A	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CLM · SALL
2000	22	NYM-min	A+	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SCE · FLOR
2001	23	NYM-min	AA	43	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	BNG · EL
2002	24	NYM-min	AAA,AA	46	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	1	0	0	NFK,BNG · IL,EL
2003	25	NYM-min	AAA	40	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	NFK · IL
2004	26	NYM-min	AAA,AA	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	NFK,BNG · IL,EL
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-min	AAA	13	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000		1	0	0	0	0	0	NFK · IL
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-min	AAA	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	NFK · IL
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

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
2004	NYM	NL	26	P	17			24.1	3	0	3	0	1.000	0	0	1.11	0.18	.967	1.85	1.82
2005	NYM	NL	27	P	42			46.2	10	2	8	2	1.000	0	0	1.93	0.24	.960	1.76	1.73
2006	NYM	NL	28	P	22			37.0	7	0	7	1	1.000	0	0	1.70	0.32	.959	1.73	1.71
2007	SDP	NL	29	P	81			93.2	24	7	17	1	1.000	2	4	2.31	0.30	.965	1.68	1.67
2008	SDP	NL	30	P	74			78.0	15	8	7	1	1.000	-2	-5	1.73	0.20	.959	1.73	1.72
2009	SDP	NL	31	P	68			69.2	16	7	9	1	1.000	1	3	2.07	0.24	.955	1.72	1.70					AS
2010	SDP	NL	32	P	67			70.0	7	3	4	0	1.000	0	0	0.90	0.10	.954	1.74	1.72					AS,CYA-8,MVP-25
2011	SDP	NL	33	P	64	0	0	62.2	8	3	5	0	1.000	-1	-3	1.15	0.13	.955	1.80	1.79	4	0	0%	0	AS
	8 Seasons			P	435	0	0	482.0	90	30	60	6	1.000	0	0	1.68	0.21	.959	1.74	1.72	4	0	0%	0
	8 Seasons			TOT	435	0	0	482.0	90	30	60	6	1.000	0	0	1.68	0.21	.959	1.74	1.72	4	0	0%	0

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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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)
Games Played s c a p y 2007 NL 81 (5th)	Saves s c a p y 2009 NL 42 (1st) 2010 NL 47 (2nd) 2011 NL 43 (4th) Active 134 (16th) Career 134 (85th)	Games Finished s c a p y 2009 NL 59 (3rd) 2010 NL 57 (5th) 2011 NL 54 (6th) Active 214 (24th) Career 214 (210th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 2007 NL 24 (9th)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 2007 NL 2.4 (10th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 2007 NL 29.13 (8th) Active 80.54 (43rd) Career 80.54 (227th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2007 NL 3.8 (3rd) 2010 NL 4.9 (2nd) Active 13.6 (26th) Career 13.6 (124th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2007 NL 2.7 (5th)
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 2007 NL 3.0 (6th) Active 8.6 (39th) Career 8.6 (230th)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 2007 NL 81 (5th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 2008 NL 1.000 (1st) 2010 NL 1.000 (1st) 2011 NL 1.000 (1st)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 10 (1465), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 38 (357), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

June 3, 1997: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 69th round of the 1997 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 16, 1998: Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent.
November 15, 2006: Traded by the New York Mets with Royce Ring to the San Diego Padres for Jon Adkins and Ben Johnson.
October 30, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
December 5, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
2007	29	San Diego Padres	$385,500
2008	30	San Diego Padres	$420,000
2009	31	San Diego Padres	$1,255,000
2010	32	San Diego Padres	$4,000,000
2011	33	San Diego Padres	$7,500,000

2012	34	Florida Marlins	$6,000,000
2013	35	Florida Marlins	$9,000,000
2014	36	Florida Marlins	$9,000,000
2015	37	Florida Marlins	*$9,000,000	$9M Team Option	2015 may become guaranteed at $9M based on performance

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$13,560,500	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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