Heath Bell

Heath Justin Bell MLB 2004-2012 | 1998-2012

Control
58

K-Rating
88

Efficiency
77

vsPower
67

Tags: Major League All-Star Game | Strikeout Pitcher | World Baseball Classic | Yearly Saves Leader

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Status Miami Marlins Positions P-748 Born Sep 29, 1977 (34) Place Oceanside,California Ht/Wt 6-2 / 244 Bats/Throws: Right / Right High School Tustin (Tustin,CA) College Santiago Canyon College
Drafted Tampa Bay Rays: 1997-69-1583 (June-Reg)MLB Debut: August 24,2004 box

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Pitching Statistics

Data Products Career Cumulative Career Strikeout Log About the Stats

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Rk	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	GB/FB	QS	HB	AB	Bavg	TBF	Pit/B	Bal	Str	Sw	Record	TR
1998	Kingsport	App	Rk	-	nym	20	38	1	0	2.54	22	0	0	0	11	8	46.0	40	15	13	5	11	61	4	0	1.11	7.83	0.98	2.15	11.93	0.18	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	38-30	3
1999	Columbia	SAL	A		nym	21	23	1	7	2.60	55	0	0	0	48	25	62.1	47	23	18	3	17	68	3	1	1.03	6.79	0.43	2.45	9.82	0.25	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	83-58	1
2000	St. Lucie	FSL	A+		nym	22	21	5	1	2.55	48	0	0	0	37	23	60.0	43	19	17	4	21	75	1	0	1.07	6.45	0.60	3.15	11.25	0.28	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	81-58
2001	Binghamton	East	AA	25	nym	23	79	3	1	6.02	43	0	0	0	22	4	61.1	82	44	41	13	19	55	4	0	1.65	12.03	1.91	2.79	8.07	0.35	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	73-68	4
2002	Binghamton	East	AA	18	nym	24	-	1	0	1.18	24	0	0	0	16	6	38.0	22	6	5	0	6	49	3	0	0.74	5.21	0.00	1.42	11.61	0.12	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	55-85	6
	Norfolk	IL	AAA		nym	24	-	3	4	4.26	22	0	0	0	14	5	31.2	38	15	15	2	9	28	1	0	1.48	10.80	0.57	2.56	7.96	0.32	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	70-73	3
2003	Norfolk	IL	AAA		nym	25	79	2	3	4.71	40	0	0	0	25	3	49.2	54	26	26	4	8	54	4	0	1.25	9.79	0.72	1.45	9.79	0.15	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	67-76	3
2004	Binghamton	East	AA	-	nym	26	-	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	76-66	2
	Norfolk	IL	AAA		nym	26	35	3	1	3.23	45	0	0	0	30	16	55.2	42	21	20	4	24	68	6	0	1.19	6.79	0.65	3.88	11.00	0.35	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	72-72	3
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	19	nym	26	-	0	2	3.33	17	0	0	0	2	0	24.1	22	9	9	5	6	27	0	0	1.15	8.14	1.85	2.22	9.99	0.22	0.97	0	0	0	--	0	--	33.3	66.7	10.8	71-91	4
2005	Norfolk	IL	AAA		nym	27	-	1	0	1.69	13	2	0	0	8	6	26.2	15	5	5	1	5	29	1	0	0.75	5.06	0.34	1.69	9.79	0.17	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	79-65	1
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	19	nym	27	-	1	3	5.59	42	0	0	0	12	0	46.2	56	30	29	3	13	43	0	1	1.48	10.80	0.58	2.51	8.29	0.30	0.91	0	0	0	--	0	--	33.0	67.0	8.6	83-79	4
2006	Norfolk	IL	AAA		nym	28	38	3	3	1.29	30	0	0	0	30	12	35.0	27	7	5	1	8	56	5	0	1.00	6.94	0.26	2.06	14.40	0.14	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	57-84	3
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	19	nym	28	-	0	0	5.11	22	0	0	0	6	0	37.0	51	25	21	6	11	35	1	0	1.68	12.41	1.46	2.68	8.51	0.31	1.14	0	0	0	--	0	--	33.9	66.1	9.4	97-65	1
2007	San Diego	NL	MLB	21,42	sd	29	67	6	4	2.02	81	0	0	0	16	2	93.2	60	21	21	3	30	102	4	0	0.96	5.77	0.29	2.88	9.80	0.29	1.53	0	0	0	--	0	--	33.8	66.2	10.7	89-74	3
2008	San Diego	NL	MLB	21	sd	30	82	6	6	3.58	74	0	0	0	8	0	78.0	66	31	31	5	28	71	2	0	1.21	7.62	0.58	3.23	8.19	0.39	0.90	0	0	0	--	0	--	37.6	62.4	8.6	63-99	5
2009	San Diego	NL	MLB	21	sd	31	35	6	4	2.71	68	0	0	0	59	42	69.2	54	21	21	3	24	79	4	0	1.12	6.98	0.39	3.10	10.21	0.30	0.90	0	0	0	--	0	--	36.5	63.5	9.9	75-87	4
2010	San Diego	NL	MLB	21	sd	32	35	6	1	1.93	67	0	0	0	57	47	70.0	56	17	15	1	28	86	1	0	1.20	7.20	0.13	3.60	11.06	0.33	0.83	0	0	0	--	0	--	38.5	61.5	10.8	90-72	2
2011	San Diego	NL	MLB	21	sd	33	42	3	4	2.44	64	0	0	0	54	43	62.2	51	20	17	4	21	51	8	0	1.15	7.32	0.57	3.02	7.32	0.41	0.81	0	0	0	--	0	--	37.5	62.5	8.3	71-91	5
2012	Miami	NL	MLB		mia	34	5/29/2012	2	3	7.58	23	0	0	0	16	9	19.0	25	18	16	1	14	14	0	0	2.05	11.84	0.47	6.63	6.63	1.00	--				--		--	--	--	--	--	--
MLB Totals (9 years)								30	27	3.23	458	0	0	0	230	143	501	441	192	180	31	175	508	20	1	1.23	7.92	0.56	3.14	9.13	0.34	--	0	0	0	--	0	--	--	--	--	.493	--
Minor League Totals (9 years)								23	20	3.17	343	2	0	0	241	108	468	412	181	165	37	128	543	32	1	1.15	7.92	0.71	2.46	10.44	0.24	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.505	--
AAA Totals (5 years)								12	11	3.22	150	2	0	0	107	42	199	176	74	71	12	54	235	17	0	1.16	7.97	0.54	2.45	10.65	0.23	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.483	--
AA Totals (3 years)								4	1	4.09	68	0	0	0	38	10	101	106	50	46	13	25	104	7	0	1.29	9.41	1.15	2.22	9.24	0.24	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.482	--
A+ Totals (1 year)								5	1	2.55	48	0	0	0	37	23	60	43	19	17	4	21	75	1	0	1.07	6.45	0.60	3.15	11.25	0.28	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.583	--
A Totals (1 year)								1	7	2.60	55	0	0	0	48	25	62	47	23	18	3	17	68	3	1	1.03	6.79	0.43	2.45	9.82	0.25	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.589	--
Rookie Totals (1 year)								1	0	2.54	22	0	0	0	11	8	46	40	15	13	5	11	61	4	0	1.11	7.83	0.98	2.15	11.93	0.18	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.559	--

Batting Statistics

Data Products Career Cumulative Career Home Run Log About the Stats

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip	SA	ISO	bb/k	HR%	XBH%	BB%	SO%	G/F	P/PA	Pit	Str	Bal	Swg	Record	TR	Year	Team
2001	Binghamton	East	AA	25	nym	23	p	-	43	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	73-68	4	2001	Binghamton
2002	Binghamton	East	AA	18	nym	24	p	-	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	55-85	6	2002	Binghamton
	Norfolk	IL	AAA		nym	24	p	-	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	4	4	--	--	.000	.000	.000	--	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	70-73	3		Norfolk
2003	Norfolk	IL	AAA		nym	25	p	-	40	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	67-76	3	2003	Norfolk
2004	NY Mets	NL	MLB	19	nym	26	p	-	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	1	6	0	1	1	--	--	.000	.000	.000	--	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	--	7.0	7	57.1	42.9	0.0	71-91	4	2004	NY Mets
2005	Norfolk	IL	AAA		nym	27	p	-	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	-	-	1	1	0	1	--	1.000	.000	.000	--	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	79-65	1	2005	Norfolk
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	19	nym	27	p	-	42	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	3	3	--	--	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	--	3.7	11	100.0	0.0	18.2	83-79	4		NY Mets
2006	NY Mets	NL	MLB	19	nym	28	p	-	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	--	4.0	4	75.0	25.0	50.0	97-65	1	2006	NY Mets
2009	San Diego	NL	MLB	21	sd	31	p	-	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000	-	.000	--	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	--	1.0	1	100.0	0.0	0.0	75-87	4	2009	San Diego
2010	San Diego	NL	MLB	21	sd	32	p	-	64	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000	.000	.000	--	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	7.0	7	57.1	42.9	0.0	90-72	2	2010	San Diego
MLB Totals (5 years)									207	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	7	7	-	-	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	28.6	4.00	4.29	--	76.7	23.3	13.3	.514	--	--	--
Minor League Totals (4 years)									135	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	--	--	1	8	7	0	-1.3	.250	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	37.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	.484	--	--	--
AAA Totals (3 years)									68	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400	--	--	1	6	5	0	0.4	.250	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	.502	--	--	--
AA Totals (2 years)									67	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	--	--	0	2	2	-	-	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	.456	--	--	--

Fielding Statistics

Data Products

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	P %	C %	1B %	2B %	3B %	SS %	LF %	CF %	RF %	OF %	PO	A	E
1998	Kingsport	App	Rk	nym	20	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	5	6	0
1999	Columbia	SAL	A	nym	21	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.909	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	2	8	1
2000	St. Lucie	FSL	A+	nym	22	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1	6	0
2001	Binghamton	East	AA	nym	23	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	6	7	0
2002	Norfolk	IL	AAA	nym	24	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1	4	0
2002	Binghamton	East	AA	nym	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	4	6	0
2003	Norfolk	IL	AAA	nym	25	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1	8	0
2004	Norfolk	IL	AAA	nym	26	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	3	6	0
2004	NY Mets	NL	MLB	nym	26	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	3	0
2004	Binghamton	East	AA	nym	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	1	0
2005	NY Mets	NL	MLB	nym	27	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	2	8	0
2005	Norfolk	IL	AAA	nym	27	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	2	2	1
2006	NY Mets	NL	MLB	nym	28	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	7	0
2007	San Diego	NL	MLB	sd	29	81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	7	17	0
2008	San Diego	NL	MLB	sd	30	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	8	7	0
2009	San Diego	NL	MLB	sd	31	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	7	9	0
2010	San Diego	NL	MLB	sd	32	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	3	4	0
2011	San Diego	NL	MLB	sd	33	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	3	5	0
MLB Totals						435	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	30	60	0
Minor League Totals						313	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.975	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	25	54	2

Transactions

Drafted: Selected by Tampa Bay Rays in 69th round (1583rd overall) of 1997 Amateur Draft (June-Reg Phase)

1998-06-16 - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Mets. 2006-11-15 - Traded by Mets with Heath Bell to Padres for Ben Johnson and Jon Adkins 2008-03-03 - Signed by Padres (1-year) 2009-01-20 - Signed by Padres (1-year) 2011-10-30 - Granted free agency 2011-12-05 - Signed by Marlins

Awards

2009 - Played in MLB All-Star Game (NL); 2010 - NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: # 8); NL MVP (Voting Rank: #27); Played in MLB All-Star Game (NL); 2011 - Played in MLB All-Star Game (NL);

Contracts

2005-2005 - Signed by NYM to 1-year contract worth $0.3m (3/2/2005)
2006-2006 - Signed by NYM to 1-year contract worth $0.327m (3/2/2006)
2007-2007 - Signed by SD to 1-year contract worth $0.3855m (3/2/2007)
2008-2008 - Signed by SD to 1-year contract worth $0.42m (3/3/2008)
2009-2009 - Signed by SD to 1-year contract worth $1.255m (1/20/2009) -- Avoided arbitration
2010-2010 - Signed by SD to 1-year contract worth $0.4m (1/15/2010) -- avoided arbitration
2011-2011 - Signed by SD to 1-year contract worth $7.5m (1/18/2011) -- Avoided arbitration
2012-2014 - Signed by FLA to 3-year contract worth $27m (12/5/2011) -- Vesting option for 2015

Salaries

$300,000

$300,000

$327,000

$385,500

$420,000

$1,255,000

$4,000,000

$7,500,000

$7,000,000

Salary data is available for Major Leaguers since 1985. Players not on opening day roster, for the most part, are assumed to have earned the minimum salary for that year. MLB rank in parentheses.

Feats

2007 - ERA Below 2.30 NL --- 2.02
2007 - WHIP below 1 NL --- 0.96
2009 - 40 Saves NL --- 42
2010 - 40 Saves NL --- 47
2011 - 40 Saves NL --- 43

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Other Batting Statistics

Year	Team	League	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2010	San Diego Padres	MLB-ST	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
2011	San Diego Padres	MLB-ST	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0

Other Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	League	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
2000	Phoenix Desert Dogs	Az Fall	0	0	4.50	11	0	0	0	0	12	16	9	6	2	3	9	1.58	12.00	1.50	2.25	6.75
2010	San Diego Padres	MLB-ST	1	0	2.70	10	0	0	0	1	10	8	3	3	2	3	3	1.10	7.20	1.80	2.70	2.70
2011	San Diego Padres	MLB-ST	0	0	9.45	7	0	0	0	0	6.2	10	7	7	2	2	8	1.80	13.50	2.70	2.70	10.80
2012	Miami Marlins	MLB-ST	1	0	0.00	8	0	0	0	1	8	3	0	0	0	3	12	0.75	3.38	0.00	3.38	13.50

Leaderboard History (Top Tens)

Hover over year/rank to see Stat value and Team/League.

Stat Category	Freq	MLB	Minor	College
G	3x	2007-6	1999-3 2000-5
GF	7x	2009-4 2010-5 2011-6	1999-1 2000-4 2004-9 2006-8
SV	7x	2009-1 2010-2 2011-5	1998-6 1999-4 2000-2 2004-7

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