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Chad Bell

Age: 29
B/T: R/L
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 200 lb

Born: February 28, 1989 in Knoxville, TN, United States
MLB debut: May 10, 2017

dbWAR: -.2
IP: 7.1
ERA: 8.59
FIP: 3.84
K/9: 8.6
FIP−: 93

Chad Bell was a relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. In 2018 he struck out 7 batters over 7.1 innings across 3 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 8.59 was 107.0% higher than the league average of 4.15. Stripping out defence, his 3.84 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 24.6% of swings (11.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.4%. His 0.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2018.

FIP3.84

K/98.6

WHIP2.18

WAR.1

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2018	DET	3	0	7.1	0	1	0	14	7	7	2	8.59	3.84	2.18	8.6	2.5	207	93	0.1
2017	DET	28	4	62.1	0	3	0	81	48	57	31	6.93	5.47	1.80	8.2	4.5	159	125	-0.3

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2018. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	17	16	9	0	0	4	.563	.529	.625	.489	23.5%
vs RHB	19	17	5	1	2	3	.294	.368	.647	.414	15.8%

Pitch sequencing

What Chad Bell throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	34.1%	42	93.0	2,267	38.1%	12.5%	7	—	—
Slider	30.1%	37	81.3	2,316	37.8%	26.7%	11	—	—
Cutter	21.1%	26	85.6	2,278	65.4%	37.5%	6	—	—
Sinker	10.6%	13	92.4	2,190	23.1%	28.6%	6	—	—

Chad Bell's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.