Fred Bell vs. Jason Christiansen — Career Comparison

Fred Bell
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jason Christiansen
Gen XNebraskaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Bell built a career as a starting pitcher and Jason Christiansen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jason Christiansen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.3 and WHIP 1.522 compared to 4.51 and 1.436 for Fred Bell. By the career numbers, Jason Christiansen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Bell and Jason Christiansen

Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.67
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
10.96
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.04
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.56
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.56
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.52
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.54
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.94
50.94
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.65
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.33
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
4.51
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
4.3
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1293
27
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1301
27
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
431
9
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
433.2
9
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
409
8.54
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
8.49
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.25
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.77
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
4.39
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
4.5
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.71
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
4.05
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
7.97
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.97
7.97
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.937
0.937
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.386
1.386
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.25
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.56
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.4
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.31
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
28.34
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1911
39.66
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.29
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
2.66
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
262
5.47
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
4.57
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.69
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.44
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.37
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.38
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.64
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.436
1.436
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1095
22.87
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1640
34.04
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.447
0.447
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.34
28.34
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.66
39.66

Fielding Stats for Fred Bell and Jason Christiansen

Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
2.22
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
10.96
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.27
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1530
27
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1301
27
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
510
9
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
433.2
9
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.95
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.31
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.15
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.2
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.17
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.32
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
1.68
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
3.11
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
1.51
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.62
93.62
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.12
90.12
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.397
1.397
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.138
0.138
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Bell and Jason Christiansen

Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
146
241.99
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
529
28854.55
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
362
600
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
315
522.1
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
545.45
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.844
0.844
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
140.88
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
89.5
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
16.57
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.92
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
19.89
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
51.38
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.365
0.365
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.31
88.35
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
4.86
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
246.96
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
193.92
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.473
0.473
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
0.81
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.839
0.839
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
99.45
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
97.79
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
177.35
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.93
94.36
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-19.75
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.66
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
51.38
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
7
381.82
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.57
1.57
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
24.86
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
19.89
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
19.89
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA