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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

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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
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 65 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 AS
6 Seasons 288 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 3 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) 213 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 GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2004 NYM NL 26 P 17 0 24.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.11 0.18 .967 1.85 0.47
2005 NYM NL 27 P 42 0 46.2 10 2 8 0 2 1.000 1.93 0.24 .960 1.76 0.46
2006 NYM NL 28 P 22 0 37.0 7 0 7 0 1 1.000 1.70 0.32 .957 1.73 0.43
2007 SDP NL 29 P 81 0 93.2 24 7 17 0 1 1.000 2.31 0.30 .967 1.68 0.40
2008 SDP NL 30 P 74 0 78.0 15 8 7 0 1 1.000 1.73 0.20 .960 1.73 0.43
2009 SDP NL 31 P 68 0 69.2 16 7 9 0 1 1.000 2.07 0.24 .950 1.72 0.42 AS
6 Seasons P 304 0 349.1 75 24 51 0 6 1.000 1.93 0.25 .960 1.73 0.43
6 Seasons TOT 304 0 349.1 75 24 51 0 6 1.000 1.93 0.25 .960 1.73 0.43

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2009 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2009 NL Rolaids Relief

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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  5. Matt Guerrier (968)
  6. Michael Wuertz (967)
  7. Horacio Pina (967)
  8. Mike Perez (966)
  9. Hal Reniff (965)
  10. Jason Frasor (965)
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  4. Todd Frohwirth (968)
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  6. Don McMahon (968)
  7. Mike Fetters (966)
  8. Jim Mecir (965)
  9. Jason Frasor (965)
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  3. John Johnstone (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2007San Diego Padres$385,500
2008San Diego Padres$420,000
2009San Diego Padres$1,255,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,060,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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