Fred Bell vs. Todd Coffey — Career Comparison

Fred Bell
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Todd Coffey
Gen XNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Bell built a career as a starting pitcher and Todd Coffey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Todd Coffey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.1 and WHIP 1.468 compared to 4.51 and 1.436 for Fred Bell. By the career numbers, Todd Coffey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Bell and Todd Coffey

Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.67
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.46
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.04
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.56
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.52
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.37
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.92
51.92
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.14
58.14
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.65
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.23
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
4.51
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
4.1
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1293
27
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1316
27
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
431
9
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
438.2
9
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
8.54
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
483
9.91
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.91
9.91
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.25
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.01
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
4.39
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
2.83
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.47
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
4.05
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
6.75
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.937
0.937
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.25
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.37
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.4
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.45
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
28.34
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1910
39.19
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.29
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.22
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
262
5.47
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
4.51
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.69
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.31
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.31
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.38
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.96
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.436
1.436
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.416
1.416
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1095
22.87
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1720
35.29
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.447
0.447
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.323
0.323
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.34
28.34
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.19
39.19

Fielding Stats for Fred Bell and Todd Coffey

Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
2.22
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.46
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.27
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1530
27
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1316
27
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
510
9
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
438.2
9
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.95
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.23
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.15
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.07
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.32
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.35
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
3.11
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.29
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.62
93.62
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.45
95.45
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.397
1.397
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.137
0.137
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Bell and Todd Coffey

Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
146
241.99
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
461
27660
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
362
600
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
315
522.1
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
7
420
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.844
0.844
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
140.88
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
89.5
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
16.57
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.92
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
19.89
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
51.38
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.365
0.365
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.31
88.35
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
246.96
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
193.92
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.473
0.473
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
0.81
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.839
0.839
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
99.45
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
97.79
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
177.35
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.93
94.36
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.66
-39.58
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.66
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
51.38
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
300
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
Todd Coffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
24.86
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
19.89
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
19.89
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Todd Coffey
Career
Per 600 PA