Fred Bell vs. Greg Harris — Career Comparison

Fred Bell
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Greg Harris
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Bell built a career as a starting pitcher and Greg Harris as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Greg Harris posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.69 and WHIP 1.409 compared to 4.51 and 1.436 for Fred Bell. By the career numbers, Greg Harris had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Bell and Greg Harris

Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.67
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.31
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.04
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.6
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.56
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.45
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.52
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.55
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.12
45.12
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.65
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.33
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
4.51
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
3.69
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1293
27
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4401
27
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
431
9
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1467
9
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
409
8.54
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
8.15
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.15
8.15
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.25
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.79
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
4.39
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
652
4
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.53
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
4.05
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1141
7
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.937
0.937
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.25
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.44
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.4
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.33
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
28.34
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6293
38.61
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.29
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.63
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
262
5.47
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
4.23
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.69
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.44
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.31
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.38
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.81
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.436
1.436
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1095
22.87
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5464
33.52
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.447
0.447
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.34
28.34
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Fred Bell and Greg Harris

Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
2.22
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.31
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.27
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.6
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1530
27
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4401
27
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
9
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1467
9
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.95
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
0.62
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.15
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
1.4
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.2
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.32
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
2.21
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
3.11
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
2.02
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.62
93.62
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.14
91.14
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.397
1.397
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.468
0.468
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Bell and Greg Harris

Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
146
241.99
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
705
5957.75
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
362
600
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
315
522.1
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
68
574.65
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.844
0.844
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.57
0.57
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
140.88
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
15
126.76
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
89.5
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
10
84.51
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
16.57
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
14.92
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
19.89
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
51.38
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.365
0.365
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.31
88.35
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
246.96
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
22
185.92
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
193.92
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
16
135.21
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.473
0.473
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
0.81
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.555
0.555
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.839
0.839
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.434
0.434
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
99.45
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
7
59.15
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
97.79
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
4
33.8
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
177.35
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
11
92.96
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.93
94.36
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
5.15
43.55
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.66
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
51.38
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
29
245.07
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.45
2.45
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
24.86
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
19.89
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
19.89
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA