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Gary Bell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 196lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: November 17, 1936 in San Antonio, TX us

High School: Luther Burbank HS (San Antonio, TX)

School: San Antonio College (San Antonio, TX)

Debut: June 1, 1958 (Age 21-196d, 11,541st in major league history)
vs. KCA 3.0 IP, 2 H, 6 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 12, 1969 (Age 32-299d)
vs. OAK 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: Wilbur Gary Bell

Nicknames: Ding Dong

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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.2

121

117

ERA

3.68

519

233

2015.0

1378

WHIP

1.308

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 14	CLE		WSA	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	P
2	8 (3)	Apr 22 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-3	GF	14	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	11 (2)	Apr 26	CLE	@	LAA	W,6-4	GS	18	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	15 (3)	Apr 29 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,3-7	GS	28	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	16	May 1	CLE		LAA	L,6-8		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	18 (1)	May 5 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	L,6-18		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	22 (3)	May 9	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-2	GS	7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	27 (4)	May 13 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,8-5	GS	13	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	28	May 15	CLE		KCA	L,5-6		10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	31 (2)	May 19	CLE		DET	L,3-9		21	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	33 (1)	May 20 (2)	CLE		DET	L,6-8		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	34	May 21	CLE		BAL	W,10-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	37 (2)	May 25	CLE	@	WSA	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	39 (1)	May 27	CLE	@	WSA	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	43 (3)	May 31	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	45 (1)	Jun 2	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	GF	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	46	Jun 3	CLE	@	DET	L,6-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	47	Jun 6	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	48	Jun 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-4	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	49	Jun 8	CLE	@	BOS	W,15-9		18	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	P
21	51 (1)	Jun 10 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	56 (4)	Jun 14	CLE	@	WSA	L,3-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	58 (1)	Jun 16	CLE		NYY	W,10-9	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	60 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,6-3	GF	7	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	61	Jun 19	CLE		BOS	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	62	Jun 20 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,6-3	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	66 (3)	Jun 23	CLE		WSA	L,3-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
28	67	Jun 24 (1)	CLE		WSA	L,1-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	70 (2)	Jun 26 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	72 (1)	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	74 (1)	Jul 1 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	78 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-2	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	80 (1)	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	83 (2)	Jul 8 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,4-8		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	84	Jul 12	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-4		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	86 (1)	Jul 14	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	89 (2)	Jul 17	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-7	GS	13	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	94 (4)	Jul 22	CLE	@	LAA	W,7-3	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
39	95	Jul 24	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
40	98 (2)	Jul 28	CLE		MIN	L,2-5	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
41	101 (2)	Jul 31	CLE		LAA	W,5-3	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	104 (2)	Aug 2	CLE		LAA	L,4-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	108 (3)	Aug 5 (2)	CLE		KCA	L,2-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	109	Aug 6	CLE		DET	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	118 (8)	Aug 14	CLE		CHW	L,0-9		11	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	119	Aug 15 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-10		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	122 (2)	Aug 17	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-5	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	123	Aug 18	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
49	126 (2)	Aug 22	CLE	@	DET	W,7-3	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	127	Aug 23	CLE	@	DET	L,5-8	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
51	130 (2)	Aug 26 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,10-5	GF	13	3.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
52	134 (3)	Aug 29 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	138 (3)	Sep 2 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,1-4		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	139	Sep 2 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	140	Sep 3 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	152 (11)	Sep 18	CLE	@	KCA	L,1-6		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	155 (2)	Sep 21	CLE	@	LAA	W,9-6		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
							57gm		107.2	14	9	1	24	2