Fred Bell vs. Neal Cotts — Career Comparison

Fred Bell
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Neal Cotts
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Bell built a career as a starting pitcher and Neal Cotts as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Neal Cotts posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.398 compared to 4.51 and 1.436 for Fred Bell. By the career numbers, Neal Cotts had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Bell and Neal Cotts

Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.67
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
9.81
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.04
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.56
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.43
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.52
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.49
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.65
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
4.51
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
3.96
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1293
27
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1330
27
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
431
9
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443.1
9
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
409
8.54
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
8.22
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.25
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.18
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
4.39
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.94
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.43
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
4.05
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
8.55
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.937
0.937
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.387
1.387
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.25
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.53
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.4
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.45
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
28.34
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1918
38.94
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.29
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.71
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
262
5.47
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
4.22
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.69
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.3
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.38
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.85
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.436
1.436
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.351
1.351
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1095
22.87
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1674
33.98
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.447
0.447
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.34
28.34
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.94
38.94

Fielding Stats for Fred Bell and Neal Cotts

Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
2.22
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
9.81
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.27
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1530
27
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1330
27
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
510
9
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
443.1
9
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.95
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.41
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.15
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
1.16
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.32
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.62
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
3.11
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.56
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.62
93.62
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.25
96.25
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.397
1.397
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Bell and Neal Cotts

Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
146
241.99
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
483
144900
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
362
600
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
315
522.1
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.844
0.844
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
140.88
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
89.5
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
16.57
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.92
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
19.89
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
51.38
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.365
0.365
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53.31
88.35
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
212.28
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
149
246.96
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
117
193.92
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.337
0.337
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.473
0.473
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.81
0.81
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.839
0.839
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
99.45
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
97.79
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
177.35
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56.93
94.36
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
199.5
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.66
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
51.38
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
24.86
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
19.89
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
19.89
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA