Jerry Bell
Jerry Houston Bell
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 6, 1947 in Madison, TN
Schools: Belmont University, Rhodes College
Drafted by the Seattle Pilots in the 2nd round of the 1969 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1971
Final Game: May 15, 1974
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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
1971 23 MIL AL 2 1 .667 3.07 8 0 5 0 0 0 14.2 10 5 5 0 6 1 8 0 0 1 58 113 1.091 6.1 0.0 3.7 4.9 1.33
1972 24 MIL AL 5 1 .833 1.66 25 3 6 0 0 0 70.2 50 15 13 1 33 4 20 3 0 3 281 182 1.175 6.4 0.1 4.2 2.5 0.61
1973 25 MIL AL 9 9 .500 3.97 31 25 3 8 0 1 183.2 185 95 81 14 70 5 57 5 1 6 788 94 1.388 9.1 0.7 3.4 2.8 0.81
1974 26 MIL AL 1 0 1.000 2.57 5 0 0 0 0 0 14.0 17 6 4 2 5 0 4 0 0 2 59 140 1.571 10.9 1.3 3.2 2.6 0.80
4 Seasons 17 11 .607 3.28 69 28 14 8 0 1 283.0 262 121 103 17 114 10 89 8 1 12 1186 108 1.329 8.3 0.5 3.6 2.8 0.78
162 Game Avg. 12 8 .607 3.28 48 20 10 6 0 1 198 184 85 72 12 80 7 62 6 1 8 831 108 1.329 8.3 0.5 3.6 2.8 0.78

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 23 MIL AL 8 58 50 5 10 1 2 0 1 0 6 8 .200 .281 .300 .581 .233 15 1 0 1 1 1
1972 24 MIL AL 25 281 239 15 50 3 0 1 2 6 33 20 .209 .310 .234 .545 .223 56 11 3 4 2 4
1973 25 MIL AL 31 788 703 95 185 25 7 14 6 9 70 57 .263 .332 .378 .711 .269 266 17 5 6 4 5
1974 26 MIL AL 5 59 54 6 17 2 0 2 1 3 5 4 .315 .373 .463 .836 .313 25 2 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 69 1186 1046 121 262 31 9 17 10 18 114 89 .250 .327 .346 .673 .259 362 31 8 11 7 10
162 Game Avg. 48 831 733 85 184 22 6 12 7 13 80 62 .250 .327 .346 .673 .259 254 22 6 8 5 7
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1972 24 MIL AL 25 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 3 100% 61 68 58 8 3 1 2 5.0 4.5 7.1
1973 25 MIL AL 31 25 8 7 10 1 0 14 11 .560 1 3 8 0 11 44% 49 85 18 27 12 13 6 5.2 5.4 6.8
2 Seasons 56 28 11 7 10 1 0 17 11 .607 1 3 8 0 14 50% 50 85 18 35 15 14 8 5.2 5.3 6.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1971 23 MIL AL 8 8 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0% 8 1.089 3 1 4 1 2 5 2 6 6 0 6 0 5.5
1972 24 MIL AL 25 22 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 9 53% 6 0.556 1 4 17 0 0 22 8 14 15 3 16 2 6.7
1973 25 MIL AL 31 6 3 1 2 4 1 3 25% 4 0 7 2 29% 8 1.229 6 0 0 4 1 1 4 2 3 2 3 2 7.0
1974 26 MIL AL 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 70% 3 0.839 2 2 1 0 1 4 5 0 4 1 4 0 8.4
4 Seasons 69 41 14 6 4 4 1 3 25% 5 0 37 18 49% 1.043 12 7 22 5 4 32 19 22 28 6 29 4 6.7

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1971 23 MIL AL 58 34% 0.0% 13.8% 10.3% 5.2% 30% 3.38 74% 7 1 14%
1972 24 MIL AL 281 46% 0.4% 7.1% 11.7% 1.4% 8% 1.97 78% 56 11 20%
1973 25 MIL AL 788 43% 1.8% 7.2% 8.9% 5.8% 25% 1.43 81% 156 17 11%
1974 26 MIL AL 59 31% 3.4% 6.8% 8.5% 6.8% 24% 1.43 81% 8 2 25%
4 Seasons 1186 42% 1.4% 7.5% 9.6% 4.8% 22% 1.61 80% 227 31 14%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1971 23 MIL AL 58 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 17% 0 1 1 18 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1972 24 MIL AL 281 50 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 13 8 1 62% 3 3 2 110 2 6 25% 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 0
1973 25 MIL AL 788 185 14 1 18 7 7 10 4 40 20 1 50% 14 6 0 291 6 9 40% 6 9 0 0 0 0 8 3 12 0
1974 26 MIL AL 59 17 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 22 1 3 25% 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 3 0
4 Seasons 1186 262 17 1 25 9 8 12 5 59 29 2 49% 18 12 3 441 10 18 36% 10 17 0 0 0 1 15 4 25 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1971 23 2 1 .667 3.07 8 0 5 0 0 0 14.2 10 5 5 0 6 1 8 0 0 1 58 113 1.091 6.1 0.0 3.7 4.9 1.33 113
1972 24 7 2 .778 1.90 33 3 11 0 0 0 85.1 60 20 18 1 39 5 28 3 0 4 339 163 1.160 6.3 0.1 4.1 3.0 0.72 163
1973 25 16 11 .593 3.31 64 28 14 8 0 1 269.0 245 115 99 15 109 10 85 8 1 10 1127 107 1.316 8.2 0.5 3.6 2.8 0.78 107
1974 26 17 11 .607 3.28 69 28 14 8 0 1 283.0 262 121 103 17 114 10 89 8 1 12 1186 108 1.329 8.3 0.5 3.6 2.8 0.78 108

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1971 23 1 0 1.000 3.21 14.0 10 6 5 0 6 8 0 1.143 6.4 3.9 5.1 1.33 0.0 8
1972 24 5 2 .714 2.49 65.0 58 20 18 1 38 18 3 1.477 8.0 5.3 2.5 0.47 0.1 25
1973 25 8 11 .421 4.79 171.0 196 101 91 15 74 53 5 1.579 10.3 3.9 2.8 0.72 0.8 31
1974 26 0 1 .000 3.75 12.0 18 6 5 2 5 3 0 1.917 13.5 3.8 2.3 0.60 1.5 5
4 Seasons 14 14 .500 4.09 262.0 282 133 119 18 123 82 8 1.546 9.7 2.8 0.67 0.6 69

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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