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Hi Bell

Herman S. Bell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 16, 1897 in Mount Sherman, KY (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1924
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Giants 1924-1934

Final Game: August 23, 1934
Died: June 7, 1949 in Glendale, CA
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
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Standard Pitching

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
1924 26 STL NL 3 8 .273 4.92 28 10 8 5 0 1 113.1 124 68 62 5 29 29 5 0 3 474 77 1.350 9.8 0.4 2.3 2.3 1.00
1926 28 STL NL 6 6 .500 3.18 27 8 12 3 0 2 85.0 82 41 30 1 17 27 2 0 1 354 123 1.165 8.7 0.1 1.8 2.9 1.59
1927 29 STL NL 1 3 .250 3.92 25 1 11 0 0 0 57.1 71 37 25 5 22 31 1 0 0 255 103 1.622 11.1 0.8 3.5 4.9 1.41
1929 31 STL NL 0 2 .000 6.92 7 0 5 0 0 0 13.0 19 15 10 1 4 4 0 0 0 64 70 1.769 13.2 0.7 2.8 2.8 1.00
1930 32 STL NL 4 3 .571 3.90 39 9 17 2 0 8 115.1 143 65 50 4 23 42 2 0 1 512 130 1.439 11.2 0.3 1.8 3.3 1.83
1932 34 NYG NL 8 4 .667 3.68 35 10 14 3 0 2 120.0 132 58 49 11 16 25 2 0 1 498 102 1.233 9.9 0.8 1.2 1.9 1.56
1933 35 NYG NL 6 5 .545 2.05 38 7 21 1 1 5 105.1 100 31 24 4 20 24 2 1 0 433 157 1.139 8.5 0.3 1.7 2.1 1.20
1934 36 NYG NL 4 3 .571 3.67 22 2 12 0 0 6 54.0 72 25 22 2 12 9 2 0 0 242 106 1.556 12.0 0.3 2.0 1.5 0.75
8 Yrs 32 34 .485 3.69 221 47 100 14 1 24 663.1 743 340 272 33 143 191 16 1 6 2832 108 1.336 10.1 0.4 1.9 2.6 1.34
162 Game Avg. 8 9 .485 3.69 56 12 25 4 0 6 168 189 86 69 8 36 48 4 0 2 719 108 1.336 10.1 0.4 1.9 2.6 1.34
STL (5 yrs) 14 22 .389 4.15 126 28 53 10 0 11 384.0 439 226 177 16 95 133 10 0 5 1659 103 1.391 10.3 0.4 2.2 3.1 1.40
NYG (3 yrs) 18 12 .600 3.06 95 19 47 4 1 13 279.1 304 114 95 17 48 58 6 1 1 1173 117 1.260 9.8 0.5 1.5 1.9 1.21

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1924 26 STL NL 112.1 28 10 68 5.45 4.53 -0.05 0.00 98.6 4.51 -11 -1.1 1.0 -0.1 -0.3 -1 .461 .493 $
1926 28 STL NL 85.0 27 8 41 4.34 4.51 0.27 0.00 103.2 4.37 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.7 8 .502 .500 $
1927 29 STL NL 57.1 25 1 37 5.81 4.68 0.34 0.00 103.7 4.50 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .467 .495 $
1929 31 STL NL 13.0 7 0 15 10.38 4.90 -0.11 0.00 100.2 5.02 -8 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.6 -6 .407 .496 $
1930 32 STL NL 115.1 39 9 65 5.07 5.67 0.02 0.00 99.5 5.62 7 0.6 1.0 -0.0 1.5 21 .516 .504 $
1932 34 NYG NL 120.0 35 10 58 4.35 4.64 -0.05 0.00 97.8 4.58 3 0.3 1.0 -0.1 1.2 15 .509 .502 $
1933 35 NYG NL 105.1 38 7 31 2.65 4.02 0.49 0.00 97.3 3.43 10 1.1 1.0 -0.1 1.9 18 .529 .507 $
1934 36 NYG NL 54.0 22 2 25 4.17 4.72 0.44 0.00 100.2 4.28 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.5 6 .502 .500 $
8 Seasons 662.1 221 47 340 4.62 4.70 0.16 0.00 99.6 4.52 -6 -0.4 1.0 -0.3 4.5 59 .498 .500 $
STL (5 yrs) 383.0 126 28 226 5.31 4.90 0.10 0.00 100.7 4.83 -19 -1.9 1.0 -0.2 0.9 20 .485 .498 $
NYG (3 yrs) 279.1 95 19 114 3.67 4.42 0.25 0.00 98.1 4.09 13 1.5 1.0 -0.1 3.6 39 .515 .503 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G 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
1926 28 STL NL WS W NYY 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 10 2.500 18.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00
1930 32 STL NL WS L PHA 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1933 35 NYG NL WS W WSH 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 0 0 4.50 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 16 1.250 9.0 2.3 2.3 2.3 1.00
3 WS 0 0 4.50 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 16 1.250 9.0 2.3 2.3 2.3 1.00

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1924 26 STL NL 474 1.1% 6.1% 6.1% 2.5% 10% 82%
1926 28 STL NL 354 0.3% 7.6% 4.8% 2.5% 11% 83%
1927 29 STL NL 255 2.0% 12.2% 8.6% 73%
1929 31 STL NL 64 1.6% 6.3% 6.3% 80%
1930 32 STL NL 512 0.8% 8.2% 4.5% 1.4% 5% 84%
1932 34 NYG NL 498 2.2% 5.0% 3.2% 2.2% 8% 87%
1933 35 NYG NL 433 0.9% 5.5% 4.6% 1.2% 5% 87%
1934 36 NYG NL 242 0.8% 3.7% 5.0% 89%
8 Yrs 2832 1.2% 6.7% 5.1% 1.6% 6% 84%
MLB Averages 1.2% 7.7% 8.0% 3.2% 13% 80%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1924 26 3 8 .273 4.92 28 10 8 5 0 1 113.1 124 68 62 5 29 29 5 0 3 474 77 1.350 9.8 0.4 2.3 2.3 1.00 77
1925 27 3 8 .273 4.92 28 10 8 5 0 1 113.1 124 68 62 5 29 29 5 0 3 474 77 1.350 9.8 0.4 2.3 2.3 1.00 77
1926 28 9 14 .391 4.17 55 18 20 8 0 3 198.1 206 109 92 6 46 56 7 0 4 828 92 1.271 9.3 0.3 2.1 2.5 1.22 92
1927 29 10 17 .370 4.12 80 19 31 8 0 3 255.2 277 146 117 11 68 87 8 0 4 1083 95 1.349 9.8 0.4 2.4 3.1 1.28 95
1928 30 10 17 .370 4.12 80 19 31 8 0 3 255.2 277 146 117 11 68 87 8 0 4 1083 95 1.349 9.8 0.4 2.4 3.1 1.28 95
1929 31 10 19 .345 4.25 87 19 36 8 0 3 268.2 296 161 127 12 72 91 8 0 4 1147 93 1.370 9.9 0.4 2.4 3.0 1.26 93
1930 32 14 22 .389 4.15 126 28 53 10 0 11 384.0 439 226 177 16 95 133 10 0 5 1659 103 1.391 10.3 0.4 2.2 3.1 1.40 103
1931 33 14 22 .389 4.15 126 28 53 10 0 11 384.0 439 226 177 16 95 133 10 0 5 1659 103 1.391 10.3 0.4 2.2 3.1 1.40 103
1932 34 22 26 .458 4.04 161 38 67 13 0 13 504.0 571 284 226 27 111 158 12 0 6 2157 103 1.353 10.2 0.5 2.0 2.8 1.42 103
1933 35 28 31 .475 3.69 199 45 88 14 1 18 609.1 671 315 250 31 131 182 14 1 6 2590 108 1.316 9.9 0.5 1.9 2.7 1.39 108
1934 36 32 34 .485 3.69 221 47 100 14 1 24 663.1 743 340 272 33 143 191 16 1 6 2832 108 1.336 10.1 0.4 1.9 2.6 1.34 108

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1924 26 4 8 .333 5.27 111.0 130 72 65 5 30 28 5 1.441 10.5 2.4 2.3 0.93 0.4 28
1926 28 6 3 .667 3.03 89.0 84 33 30 1 17 28 2 1.135 8.5 1.7 2.8 1.65 0.1 27
1927 29 3 3 .500 3.72 58.0 72 27 24 5 22 31 1 1.621 11.2 3.4 4.8 1.41 0.8 25
1929 31 0 1 .000 5.40 15.0 18 10 9 1 4 5 0 1.467 10.8 2.4 3.0 1.25 0.6 7
1930 32 9 5 .643 2.83 127.0 131 44 40 4 21 46 2 1.197 9.3 1.5 3.3 2.19 0.3 39
1932 34 7 6 .538 3.79 121.0 138 57 51 12 17 25 2 1.281 10.3 1.3 1.9 1.47 0.9 35
1933 35 8 3 .727 2.46 106.0 112 32 29 4 22 24 2 1.264 9.5 1.9 2.0 1.09 0.3 38
1934 36 3 3 .500 3.76 55.0 77 26 23 2 13 9 2 1.636 12.6 2.1 1.5 0.69 0.3 22
8 Yrs 40 32 .556 3.58 682.0 762 301 271 34 146 196 16 1.331 10.1 2.6 1.34 0.4 221

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1926 NL  2 (9th)
1930 NL  8 (1st)
1933 NL  5 (2nd)
1934 NL  6 (4th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1930 NL  17 (7th)
1933 NL  21 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 12 (1363), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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