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

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Team Record in Appearances: 26-18 / in Starts: 16-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 9

1959 Pitching Game Log

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1959 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	34	1	Apr 10	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-4	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.1	9	4	4	1	3	1	0	4.32	3.74	34	15	12	4	2	3	51			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.237	2.52	0.35%	0.57	1b start a 1	9b 12- 1 out a3
2	35	5	Apr 17	CLE		KCA	W,4-3	GS-7		6	7.0	5	3	3	1	5	3	0	4.11	5.28	27	6	10	1	2	5	59			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.072	2.99	-0.15%	0.31	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
3	36	9	Apr 22	CLE	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	7	1	1	4	6	1	0	2.96	4.80	35	11	8	1	3	6	71			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	.67	0.236	2.52	0.53%	3.65	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
4	37	14	Apr 26(2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	GS-3	L(2-1)	3	3.0	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.62	4.59	15	3	5	0	2	5	37			1	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.187	4.05	-0.48%	-1.58	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	38	20	May 6	CLE		BAL	L,5-6	GS-5	L(2-2)	9	5.0	4	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.62	4.74	20	6	6	1	0	4	51			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.014	3.65	-0.04%	0.37	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
6	39	22	May 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-9	3-5		2	3.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.82	4.58	13	5	3	0	0	3		3	3	0	1	0	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	.41	-0.097	1.83	-0.26%	-1.72	3b 123 0 out d2	5b 3 out d5
7	40	29	May 17(2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-3	CG	W(3-2)	7	9.0	7	3	3	5	3	0	0	3.65	4.37	37	9	15	3	2	5	59			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.142	4.57	0.42%	1.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
8	41	33	May 22	CLE		DET	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-2)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	1	3.04	3.99	33	13	9	1	0	4	83			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	0.706	8.02	1.98%	4.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
9	42	38	May 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(4-3)	4	8.0	8	5	5	3	6	2	0	3.38	4.17	34	9	9	0	0	7	49			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.192	5.05	-0.70%	-1.13	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	43	43	Jun 1	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	GS-7	L(4-4)	4	7.0	5	3	3	3	5	1	0	3.42	4.18	28	7	8	2	5	5	57			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	1	1	0	.96	-0.025	4.58	-0.07%	0.62	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
11	44	46	Jun 5	CLE		NYY	L,2-11	GS-6	L(4-5)	3	6.0	9	6	6	2	5	2	0	3.87	4.35	28	8	6	2	0	7	33			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.244	2.84	-0.63%	-3.16	1t start tie	6t 3 out d6
12	45	51	Jun 10	CLE	@	BAL	W,11-8	GS-7	W(5-5)	4	6.1	8	7	7	4	3	0	0	4.35	4.28	31	6	11	2	3	7	28			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	1	0	.84	-0.086	3.12	-0.19%	-2.23	1b start a 3	7b 123 1 out a6
13	46	56	Jun 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	W(6-5)	4	9.0	3	1	1	6	9	0	0	4.01	4.10	36	6	13	3	2	2	80			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.286	4.35	0.78%	3.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
14	47	59	Jun 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(6-6)	3	8.0	6	3	2	5	5	0	1	3.87	4.06	36	10	11	1	0	4	60			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.083	6.88	-0.28%	0.74	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
15	48	63	Jun 23	CLE		BAL	L,1-5	GS-6	L(6-7)	3	5.1	7	5	5	4	2	0	0	4.11	4.06	27	8	9	0	3	4	32			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.160	5.70	-0.56%	-2.04	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d4
16	49	68	Jun 28(1)	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	GS-7		4	6.0	8	4	4	2	1	1	0	4.21	4.13	28	8	9	3	2	8	39			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	-0.066	5.42	-0.21%	-0.14	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	50	72	Jul 2	CLE	@	KCA	L,4-6	GS-4	L(6-8)	3	3.2	7	3	2	4	2	1	0	4.23	4.26	23	4	6	0	1	7	35			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	-0.201	6.80	-0.66%	-1.78	1b start tie	4b 123 2 out d2
18	51	75	Jul 4(2)	CLE	@	DET	W,12-9	10-GF(11)	W(7-8)	1	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.16	4.27	8	2	3	0	2	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.45	0.257	15.50	0.98%	1.42	10b 1-- 0 out tie	11b end a 3
19	52	76	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	9-GF(10)	W(8-8)	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.09	4.27	7	3	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.27	0.346	14.62	1.34%	1.03	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 1
20	53	78	Jul 10	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-4	8-GF	S(1)	4	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.04	4.27	4	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.64	0.138	13.50	0.68%	0.91	8b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 4
21	54	79	Jul 11	CLE		DET	W,8-7	9-GF	S(2)	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.01	4.27	5	0	2	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.89	0.156	26.00	0.63%	0.47	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
22	55	83	Jul 16(1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-7	8-GF(10)	BL(8-9)	4	2.2	4	3	3	1	4	2	1	4.14	4.43	14	0	4	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	-0.544	17.46	-2.07%	-1.69	8b --- 0 out a1	10b end d 2
23	56	85	Jul 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	9-GF	S(3)	0	0.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.13	4.40	3	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.96	0.053	23.16	0.19%	-1.39	9b -23 2 out a3	9b end a 1
24	57	87	Jul 19(1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS-6		1	6.0	7	3	3	7	3	1	1	4.15	4.56	31	6	8	1	2	6	42			0	0	1	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.61	0.044	9.13	0.15%	0.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
25	58	90	Jul 22	CLE		NYY	L,5-8	7-7		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.14	4.55	2	0	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	0.046	16.42	0.19%	0.42	7t 12- 2 out d1	7t 3 out d1
26	59	92	Jul 24	CLE		WSH	W,5-2	CG	W(9-9)	1	9.0	6	2	2	0	7	2	1	4.00	4.53	34	12	10	2	1	4	74			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.243	3.92	0.89%	2.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
27	60	97	Jul 28(1)	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	CG	W(10-9)	3	9.0	6	2	2	9	6	1	0	3.87	4.60	42	8	14	1	2	5	64			0	0	0	33	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.04	0.159	6.51	0.60%	2.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	61	104	Aug 2(2)	CLE		BAL	W,6-3	CG	W(11-9)	4	9.0	12	3	3	1	7	0	0	3.82	4.41	39	10	10	0	0	11	57			0	0	0	35	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.87	0.029	10.72	0.10%	1.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
29	62	108	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	W(12-9)	3	9.0	6	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.72	4.28	35	11	11	3	2	6	70			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.323	6.07	1.14%	2.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
30	63	110	Aug 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		2	1.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.69	4.29	8	4	3	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	-0.154	7.09	-0.56%	-0.11	7b 12- 2 out tie	8b end d 1
31	64	113	Aug 12	CLE	@	KCA	W,9-4	CG	W(13-9)	2	9.0	9	4	4	5	8	0	0	3.71	4.19	40	7	11	0	2	9	56			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	1	0	0	.89	0.124	5.13	0.43%	0.48	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
32	65	117	Aug 17	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-6	L(13-10)	4	6.0	6	5	5	3	2	1	0	3.84	4.24	27	5	11	0	2	6	39			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.27	-0.352	7.14	-1.19%	-1.90	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
33	66	122	Aug 22	CLE		BAL	W,4-2	GS-7	W(14-10)	4	7.0	5	1	1	4	3	0	0	3.74	4.21	30	11	8	1	1	4	62			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.284	6.63	1.07%	2.31	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
34	67	126	Aug 26	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	GS-8		3	7.2	6	4	4	4	4	2	0	3.78	4.29	32	6	13	2	0	5	51			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.135	8.19	-0.55%	-0.53	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out tie
35	68	130	Aug 30(2)	CLE		CHW	L,4-9	GS-3	L(14-11)	3	2.1	3	5	5	4	1	0	0	3.96	4.32	14	2	4	0	0	3	28			0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.15	-0.269	9.35	-1.31%	-3.12	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
36	69	131	Sep 2	CLE		KCA	W,6-3	1-GF	W(15-11)	2	9.0	5	1	1	3	4	1	0	3.83	4.31	36	8	16	0	2	5		3	0	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.424	3.77	0.84%	5.09	1t 123 0 out d2	9t end a 3
37	70	133	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-5	6-GF	S(4)	2	4.0	3	3	3	0	1	2	0	3.89	4.39	14	7	3	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.342	3.32	0.66%	-0.08	6b 12- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
38	71	135	Sep 7(1)	CLE		DET	W,15-14	7-7		1	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.95	4.44	5	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.295	3.99	-0.68%	-1.53	7t --- 0 out tie	7t 3 out d2
39	72	141	Sep 12	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	W(16-11)	4	9.0	3	2	2	2	7	1	0	3.87	4.38	32	10	10	0	5	3	78			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.281	2.02	0.74%	2.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
40	73	144	Sep 14	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-5	9-GF	S(5)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.86	4.37	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.041	.89	0.03%	0.50	9b 1-- 1 out a3	9b end a 3
41	74	146	Sep 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS-8		1	7.2	6	5	5	3	2	1	0	3.93	4.39	31	10	10	1	4	6	46			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.121	.89	-0.05%	-0.38	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a1
42	75	150	Sep 22	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	7-7		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.91	4.38	3	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.032	1.92	0.09%	0.47	7t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
43	76	152	Sep 25(2)	CLE		KCA	W,8-7	4-6		2	3.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.90	4.34	13	2	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.010	.00	0.00%	0.42	4t --- 0 out d5	6t 3 out d6
44	77	153	Sep 26	CLE		KCA	L,4-8	9-GF		0	1.0	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.04	4.35	8	1	2	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	.22	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-3.53	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 6
							26-18		W-L:16-11,Sv:5,BSv:1	2.9	234.0	208	107	105	105	136	28	5	4.04	4.35	1004	0.83		6%	10%	179	53	18	33%	6	2	1	875	23	4	4	10	6	4	1.09	1.555	5.60	4.15%	11.44

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