Heath Bell vs. Philip Humber — Career Comparison

Heath Bell
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Philip Humber
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Philip Humber built a career as a starting pitcher and Heath Bell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Heath Bell led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 124 vs 101), home run suppression (HR9+ 113 vs 93), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 109 vs 93). Role difference aside, Heath Bell holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Heath Bell and Philip Humber

Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
8.45
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
2.35
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.24
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.54
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.39
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.46
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.56
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.29
54.29
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.03
41.03
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.58
52.58
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
2.41
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
3.49
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
5.31
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1886
27
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
628.2
9
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
8.36
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
9.65
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.36
8.36
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.66
9.66
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.69
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.29
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
3.06
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
3.13
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.3
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
637
9.12
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
6.6
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.6
6.6
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.081
1.081
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.39
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.63
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.23
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.32
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2635
37.72
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1630
39.54
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
4.18
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.41
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
3.69
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
5.41
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.39
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.16
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.29
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.82
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.63
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.269
1.269
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.421
1.421
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2367
33.89
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1470
35.66
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.72
37.72
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.54
39.54

Fielding Stats for Heath Bell and Philip Humber

Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
8.45
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
2.35
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.24
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1886
27
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
628.2
9
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.57
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.7
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.19
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.63
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
1.78
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
1.38
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.76
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.33
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.19
99.19
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.49
96.49
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.209
0.209
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.567
0.567
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.58
52.58
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.13
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Heath Bell and Philip Humber

Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
590
50571.43
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
97
4476.92
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
600
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
514.29
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
507.69
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
3.73
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.59
-50.58
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.4
-18.27
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA