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Hi Bell
Herman S. Bell

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

Born: July 16, 1897 in Mount Sherman, KY (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1924
Final Game: August 23, 1934
Died: June 7, 1949 in Glendale, CA
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1924	26	STL	NL	3	8	.273	4.92	28	11	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	7	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	101	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	67	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	129	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	12	16	25	2	0	1	498	101	1.233	9.9	0.9	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	156	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	105	1.556	12.0	0.3	2.0	1.5	0.75
8 Seasons				32	34	.485	3.69	221	47	100	14	1	24	663.1	743	340	272	34	143	191	16	1	6	2832	107	1.336	10.1	0.5	1.9	2.6	1.34
162 Game Avg.				8	9	.485	3.69	56	12	25	4	0	6	168	189	86	69	9	36	48	4	0	2	719	107	1.336	10.1	0.5	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	102	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	18	48	58	6	1	1	1173	116	1.260	9.8	0.6	1.5	1.9	1.21

Postseason Pitching

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	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 Seasons (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

Standard Batting

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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	Pos
1924	26	STL	NL	28	36	31	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	14	.065	.194	.065	.259	-27	2		0	0	1

1926	28	STL	NL	27	29	25	3	3	0	0	0	1	0		3	5	.120	.214	.120	.334	-10	3		0	1	1
1927	29	STL	NL	25	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	-52	1		0	0	1

1929	31	STL	NL	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0	/1
1930	32	STL	NL	39	31	26	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	11	.077	.143	.077	.220	-45	2		0	3	1

1932	34	NYG	NL	35	37	34	2	3	0	0	0	2	0		2	15	.088	.139	.088	.227	-37	3		0	1	1
1933	35	NYG	NL	38	32	29	5	4	0	0	0	0	0		2	8	.138	.194	.138	.331	-4	4	1	0	1	1
1934	36	NYG	NL	22	21	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	8	.105	.150	.105	.255	-30	2	0	0	1	1
8 Seasons				221	200	178	15	17	0	0	0	3	0	0	15	67	.096	.166	.096	.261	-29	17	1	0	7
162 Game Avg.				162	147	130	11	12	0	0	0	2	0		11	49	.096	.166	.096	.261	-29	12		0	5

STL (5 yrs)				126	110	96	6	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	36	.083	.170	.083	.253	-32	8		0	4
NYG (3 yrs)				95	90	82	9	9	0	0	0	2	0		5	31	.110	.161	.110	.271	-24	9	1	0	3

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1926	28	STL	NL	WS	NYY	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1930	32	STL	NL	WS	PHA	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1933	35	NYG	NL	WS	WSH	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons (3 Series)							3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 WS							3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1924	STL	NL	26	P	28	35	1	31	3	1	.914	1.14	.966	1.42
1926	STL	NL	28	P	27	23	2	17	4	0	.826	0.70	.965	1.39
1927	STL	NL	29	P	25	16	0	14	2	0	.875	0.56	.962	1.29
1929	STL	NL	31	P	7	4	0	2	2	0	.500	0.29	.975	1.23
1930	STL	NL	32	P	39	33	2	28	3	2	.909	0.77	.967	1.10
1932	NYG	NL	34	P	35	28	4	23	1	2	.964	0.77	.957	1.21
1933	NYG	NL	35	P	38	23	3	19	1	1	.957	0.58	.965	1.28
1934	NYG	NL	36	P	22	10	1	8	1	1	.900	0.41	.960	1.12
8 Seasons				P	221	172	13	142	17	7	.901	0.70	.964	1.25
8 Seasons				TOT	221	172	13	142	17	7	.901	0.70	.865	1.25

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 Ink Pitching - 3 (548), Average HOFer ≈ 40

Gray Ink Pitching - 12 (1379), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 7 (1092), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Rick Reed (990) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ed Hobaugh (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sonny Dixon (993) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sonny Dixon (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gordon Jones (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ed Heusser (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tot Pressnell (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Ontiveros (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

November 22, 1934: Purchased by Kansas City (American Association) from the New York Giants.

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Uniforms

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Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (548), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 12 (1379), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 7 (1092), Average HOFer ≈ 50