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Heath Bell
Heath Justin Bell

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 244 lb.

Born: September 29, 1977 in Oceanside, 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
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	200	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	107	1.205	7.6	0.6	3.2	8.2	2.54
2009	31	SDP	NL	3	1	.750	1.53	33	0	29	0	0	23	35.1	21	6	6	0	15	1	39	0	0	2	138	247	1.019	5.3	0.0	3.8	9.9	2.60
6 Seasons				16	16	.500	3.34	269	0	73	0	0	25	315.0	276	122	117	22	103	11	317	6	1	9	1291	120	1.203	7.9	0.6	2.9	9.1	3.08
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.500	3.34	68	0	18	0	0	6	80	70	31	30	6	26	3	80	2	0	2	326	120	1.203	7.9	0.6	2.9	9.1	3.08

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)				15	11	.577	2.52	188	0	53	0	0	25	207.0	147	58	58	8	73	6	212	5	0	8	825	155	1.063	6.4	0.3	3.2	9.2	2.90

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Splits [+]
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- 2008
- 2006
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HR Log
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- Event

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
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	39	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	19	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	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	30	SDP	NL	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	31	SDP	NL	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1	0	0	1
6 Seasons				253	6	5	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	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0

NYM (3 yrs)				75	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
SDP (3 yrs)				178	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1	0	0

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
2004	NYM	NL	26	P	17	24.1	3	0	3	0	1.000	1.11	0.18	.967	1.85	0.47
2005	NYM	NL	27	P	42	46.2	10	2	8	2	1.000	1.93	0.24	.960	1.76	0.46
2006	NYM	NL	28	P	22	37.0	7	0	7	1	1.000	1.70	0.32	.957	1.73	0.43
2007	SDP	NL	29	P	81	93.2	24	7	17	1	1.000	2.31	0.30	.967	1.68	0.40
2008	SDP	NL	30	P	74	78.0	15	8	7	1	1.000	1.73	0.20	.960	1.73	0.43
2009	SDP	NL	31	P	33	35.1	10	4	6	1	1.000	2.55	0.30	.950	1.68	0.41
6 Seasons				P	269	315.0	69	21	48	6	1.000	1.97	0.26	.961	1.72	0.43
6 Seasons				TOT	269	315.0	69	21	48	6	1.000	1.97	0.26	.961	1.72	0.43

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

Saves s c a p y
2009 NL--23--1st

Games Finished s c a p y
2009 NL--29--5th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink Pitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40

Gray Ink Pitching - 4 (2077), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 3 (1470), 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.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2008.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses

2007	San Diego Padres	$385,500
2008	San Diego Padres	$420,000
Career (may be incomplete)		$805,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Uniforms

View Heath Bell's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (2077), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1470), Likely HOFer ≈ 100