Heath Bell

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 235lb (190cm, 106kg)

Born: September 29, 1977 in Oceanside, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 69th round of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rancho Santiago College (Santa Ana, CA).

High School: Tustin HS (Tustin, CA)

Schools: Rancho Santiago College (Santa Ana, CA), Santa Ana College (Santa Ana, CA)

Last Game: May 3, 2014 (Age 36-216d)
vs. NYY 1.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2005 season

Agents: Ballengee Group • Previously: MVP Sports Group

National Team: us USA (WBC)

Full Name: Heath Justin Bell

Twitter: @HeathBell21

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3x All-Star
2x Rolaids Relief

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.1

ERA

3.49

590

168

628.2

637

WHIP

1.269

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1998	20	-0.3	Kingsport	APPY	Rk	NYM	1	0	1.000	2.54	2.93	22	0	11	0	0	8	46.0	40	15	13	5	11	0	61	2	0	4	189	1.109	7.8	1.0	2.2	11.9	5.55
1999	21	-0.4	Capital City	SALL	A	NYM	1	7	.125	2.60	3.32	55	0	48	0	0	25	62.1	47	23	18	3	17	0	68	0	1	3	251	1.027	6.8	0.4	2.5	9.8	4.00
2000	22	-0.6	St. Lucie	FLOR	A+	NYM	5	1	.833	2.55	2.85	48	0	37	0	0	23	60.0	43	19	17	4	21	2	75	2	0	1	241	1.067	6.5	0.6	3.2	11.3	3.57
2001	23	-1.2	Binghamton	EL	AA	NYM	3	1	.750	6.02	6.46	43	0	22	0	0	4	61.1	82	44	41	13	19	3	55	5	0	4	285	1.647	12.0	1.9	2.8	8.1	2.89
2002	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	NYM	4	4	.500	2.58	2.71	46	0	30	0	0	11	69.2	60	21	20	2	15	1	77	1	0	4	281	1.077	7.8	0.3	1.9	9.9	5.13
2002	24	-2.4	Norfolk	IL	AAA	NYM	3	4	.429	4.26	4.26	22	0	14	0	0	5	31.2	38	15	15	2	9	1	28	1	0	1	142	1.484	10.8	0.6	2.6	8.0	3.11
2002	24	-0.5	Binghamton	EL	AA	NYM	1	0	1.000	1.18	1.42	24	0	16	0	0	6	38.0	22	6	5	0	6	0	49	0	0	3	139	0.737	5.2	0.0	1.4	11.6	8.17
2003	25	-1.8	Norfolk	IL	AAA	NYM	2	3	.400	4.71	4.71	40	0	25	0	0	3	49.2	54	26	26	4	8	0	54	2	0	4	206	1.248	9.8	0.7	1.4	9.8	6.75
2004	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	NYM	3	1	.750	3.12	3.28	46	0	30	0	0	16	57.2	44	21	20	4	24	2	68	4	1	6	245	1.179	6.9	0.6	3.7	10.6	2.83
2004	26	-0.9	Norfolk	IL	AAA	NYM	3	1	.750	3.23	3.40	45	0	30	0	0	16	55.2	42	21	20	4	24	2	68	4	1	6	237	1.186	6.8	0.6	3.9	11.0	2.83
2004	26	1.7	Binghamton	EL	AA	NYM	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	26	-3.2	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	0	2	.000	3.33	3.33	17	0	2	0	0	0	24.1	22	9	9	5	6	0	27	0	0	0	94	1.151	8.1	1.8	2.2	10.0	4.50
2005	27	0.2	Norfolk	IL	AAA	NYM	1	0	1.000	1.69	1.69	13	2	8	0	0	6	26.2	15	5	5	1	5	0	29	0	0	1	97	0.750	5.1	0.3	1.7	9.8	5.80
2005	27	-2.2	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	1	3	.250	5.59	5.79	42	0	12	0	0	0	46.2	56	30	29	3	13	3	43	1	1	0	206	1.479	10.8	0.6	2.5	8.3	3.31
2006	28	0.9	Norfolk	IL	AAA	NYM	3	3	.500	1.29	1.80	30	0	30	0	0	12	35.0	27	7	5	1	8	1	56	1	0	5	142	1.000	6.9	0.3	2.1	14.4	7.00
2006	28	-1.1	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	0	0		5.11	6.08	22	0	6	0	0	0	37.0	51	25	21	6	11	2	35	0	0	1	166	1.676	12.4	1.5	2.7	8.5	3.18
2007	29	0.0	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	6	4	.600	2.02	2.02	81	0	16	0	0	2	93.2	60	21	21	3	30	1	102	2	0	4	363	0.961	5.8	0.3	2.9	9.8	3.40
2008	30	1.1	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	6	6	.500	3.58	3.58	74	0	8	0	0	0	78.0	66	31	31	5	28	4	71	3	0	2	324	1.205	7.6	0.6	3.2	8.2	2.54
2009	31	2.4	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	6	4	.600	2.71	2.71	68	0	59	0	0	42	69.2	54	21	21	3	24	1	79	0	0	4	278	1.120	7.0	0.4	3.1	10.2	3.29
2010	32	3.3	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	6	1	.857	1.93	2.19	67	0	57	0	0	47	70.0	56	17	15	1	28	3	86	1	0	1	287	1.200	7.2	0.1	3.6	11.1	3.07
2011	33	4.5	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	3	4	.429	2.44	2.87	64	0	54	0	0	43	62.2	51	20	17	4	21	2	51	0	0	8	256	1.149	7.3	0.6	3.0	7.3	2.43
2012	34	5.5	MIA	NL	Maj	MIA	4	5	.444	5.09	5.37	73	0	41	0	0	19	63.2	70	38	36	5	29	3	59	2	0	2	286	1.555	9.9	0.7	4.1	8.3	2.03
2013	35	6.9	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	5	2	.714	4.11	4.11	69	0	32	0	0	15	65.2	74	30	30	12	16	1	72	3	0	4	287	1.371	10.1	1.6	2.2	9.9	4.50
2014	36		2 Teams	IL	AAA	BAL-NYY	2	1	.667	5.40	5.94	15	0	8	0	0	2	16.2	22	11	10	1	12	0	19	1	0	2	82	2.040	11.9	0.5	6.5	10.3	1.58
2014	36	9.1	Norfolk	IL	AAA	BAL	2	0	1.000	4.22	5.06	10	0	5	0	0	1	10.2	15	6	5	0	6	0	11	1	0	2	52	1.969	12.7	0.0	5.1	9.3	1.83
2014	36	9.1	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	0	1	.000	7.50	7.50	5	0	3	0	0	1	6.0	7	5	5	1	6	0	8	0	0	0	30	2.167	10.5	1.5	9.0	12.0	1.33
2014	36	7.5	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	1	1	.500	7.27	8.31	13	0	5	0	0	0	17.1	24	16	14	1	8	1	12	4	0	1	88	1.846	12.5	0.5	4.2	6.2	1.50
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (11 seasons)					Majors		38	32	.543	3.49	3.69	590	0	292	0	0	168	628.2	584	258	244	48	214	21	637	16	1	27	2635	1.269	8.4	0.7	3.1	9.1	2.98
Minors (10 seasons)					Minors		25	21	.543	3.25	3.56	358	2	249	0	0	110	485.0	434	192	175	38	140	9	562	18	2	34	2019	1.184	8.1	0.7	2.6	10.4	4.01
All Levels (17 Seasons)							63	53	.543	3.39	3.64	948	2	541	0	0	278	1113.2	1018	450	419	86	354	30	1199	34	3	61	4654	1.232	8.2	0.7	2.9	9.7	3.39

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		14	12	.538	3.39	3.55	165	2	115	0	0	44	215.1	198	85	81	13	66	4	254	9	1	19	906	1.226	8.3	0.5	2.8	10.6	3.85
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		4	1	.800	4.09	4.44	68	0	38	0	0	10	101.1	106	50	46	13	25	3	104	5	0	7	432	1.293	9.4	1.2	2.2	9.2	4.16
A+ (1 season)					Minors		5	1	.833	2.55	2.85	48	0	37	0	0	23	60.0	43	19	17	4	21	2	75	2	0	1	241	1.067	6.5	0.6	3.2	11.3	3.57
A (1 season)					Minors		1	7	.125	2.60	3.32	55	0	48	0	0	25	62.1	47	23	18	3	17	0	68	0	1	3	251	1.027	6.8	0.4	2.5	9.8	4.00
Rk (1 season)					Minors		1	0	1.000	2.54	2.93	22	0	11	0	0	8	46.0	40	15	13	5	11	0	61	2	0	4	189	1.109	7.8	1.0	2.2	11.9	5.55