Jim Bagby Jr. vs. Bill Bell — Career Comparison

Jim Bagby Jr.
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bill Bell
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Bagby Jr. built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Bell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Bagby Jr. posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.454 compared to 4.32 and 1.800 for Bill Bell. By the career numbers, Jim Bagby Jr. had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bagby Jr. and Bill Bell

Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
1.64
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.7
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
1.07
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.54
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.52
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.52
Bill Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.54
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.26
50.26
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.35
65.35
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.45
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.07
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
733
3.96
Bill Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
4.32
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.38
7.38
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Bill Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4999
27
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
27
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1666.1
9
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.2
9
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1815
9.8
Bill Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
8.64
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Bill Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.64
8.64
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.53
Bill Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.62
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
608
3.28
Bill Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
7.56
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.56
7.56
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
2.33
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.16
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.624
0.624
Bill Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.14
Bill Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.54
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.15
Bill Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7266
39.24
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
43.74
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.35
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.62
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
849
4.59
Bill Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.94
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6630
35.81
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
36.18
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Bill Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Bill Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.217
0.217
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.24
39.24
Bill Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.74
43.74

Fielding Stats for Jim Bagby Jr. and Bill Bell

Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
45
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
27
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
36
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Bill Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
504
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
45
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
45
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.63
Bill Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.58
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bagby Jr. and Bill Bell

Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
322
291.4
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
750
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
663
600
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
620
561.09
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.541
0.541
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
126.7
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
107.69
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
14.48
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.81
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.71
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
19
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36.82
33.32
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
169
152.94
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
136.65
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
53.39
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
50.68
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
101.36
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.11
36.3
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.44
-66.4
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.71
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.24
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
68
61.54
Bill Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.75
9.75
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
28.96
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
14
12.67
Bill Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.9
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.9
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bill Bell
Career
Per 600 PA