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The big number is his career NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. This season's NUT sits just below it, followed by his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

Heath Bell 2026 Season · WSH

Heath Bell is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is +7.3, #297 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2007 (+2.0). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 38-32, 3.49 ERA, 637 K in 628.2 IP.

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Heath Bell

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+7.3Career NUT

+0.7 to Great

Career

3.49ERA1.27WHIP38W637K628.2IP168SV

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 3", 235 lb · b. Sep 29, 1977 · Oceanside, CA · Draft 1997 (69th Rd, #1583)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2004	26	NYM	—	0	2	3.33	17	2	0	1	1	1	94	24.1	22	9	6	0	27	1.15
2005	27	NYM	+0.7	1	3	5.59	42	12	0	4	0	0	206	46.2	56	29	13	1	43	1.48
2006	28	NYM	+0.1	0	0	5.11	22	6	0	0	0	0	166	37.0	51	21	11	0	35	1.68
2007	29	SD	+2.0	6	4	2.02	81	16	2	34	4	6	363	93.2	60	21	30	2	102	0.96
2008	30	SD	+0.9	6	6	3.58	74	8	0	23	7	7	324	78.0	66	31	28	3	71	1.21
2009	31	SD	+1.5	6	4	2.71	68	59	42	0	6	48	278	69.2	54	21	24	0	79	1.12
2010	32	SD	+1.6	6	1	1.93	67	57	47	0	3	50	287	70.0	56	15	28	1	86	1.20
2011	33	SD	+0.5	3	4	2.44	64	54	43	0	5	48	256	62.2	51	17	21	0	51	1.15
2012	34	MIA	+0.2	4	5	5.09	73	41	19	13	8	27	286	63.2	70	36	29	2	59	1.55
2013	35	ARI	-0.2	5	2	4.11	69	32	15	8	7	22	287	65.2	74	30	16	3	72	1.37
2014	36	TB	—	1	1	7.27	13	5	0	0	0	0	88	17.1	24	14	8	4	12	1.85
Career	—	11 yrs	+7.3	38	32	3.49	590	292	168	83	41	209	2635	628.2	584	244	214	16	637	1.27

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Bell's career NUT of +7.3

Slice size = share of total NUT. K Ability = Strikeouts · HR Prevention = HR allowed · Walk Avoidance = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

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NUT by Season

+0.7

+0.1

+2.0

+0.9

+1.5

+1.6

+0.5

+0.2

-0.2

Awards

2007Padres Darrel Akerfelds Bullpen Award

2009Padres Darrel Akerfelds Bullpen Award · NL All-Star · Padres Clyde McCullough Pitcher of the Year Award · NL Relief Man Award · DHL Delivery Man of the Month

2010Padres Darrel Akerfelds Bullpen Award · NL All-Star · Padres Clyde McCullough Pitcher of the Year Award · NL Relief Man Award · DHL Delivery Man of the Year

2011Padres Darrel Akerfelds Bullpen Award · NL All-Star · Padres Clyde McCullough Pitcher of the Year Award

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	HLD	BS	SVO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
1999	21	A	1	7	2.60	55	0	48	25	0	0	0	251	62.1	47	18	17	0	68	1.03
2000	22	A+	5	1	2.55	48	0	37	23	0	0	0	241	60.0	43	17	21	2	75	1.07
2001	23	AA	3	1	6.02	43	0	22	4	0	0	0	285	61.1	82	41	19	5	55	1.65
2002	24	AA	1	0	1.18	24	0	16	6	0	0	0	139	38.0	22	5	6	0	49	0.74
2002	24	AAA	3	4	4.26	22	0	14	5	0	0	0	142	31.2	38	15	9	1	28	1.48
2003	25	AAA	2	3	4.71	40	0	25	3	0	0	0	206	49.2	54	26	8	2	54	1.25
2004	26	AA	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	1.00
2004	26	AAA	3	1	3.23	45	0	30	16	0	0	0	237	55.2	42	20	24	4	68	1.19
2005	27	AAA	1	0	1.69	13	2	8	6	0	0	6	97	26.2	15	5	5	0	29	0.75
2006	28	AAA	3	3	1.29	30	0	30	12	0	0	12	142	35.0	27	5	8	1	56	1.00
2014	36	AAA	2	0	4.22	10	0	5	1	1	1	2	52	10.2	15	5	6	1	11	1.97
2014	36	AAA	0	1	7.50	5	0	3	1	0	1	2	30	6.0	7	5	6	0	8	2.17
2014	36	AAA	2	1	5.40	15	0	8	2	1	2	4	82	16.2	22	10	12	1	19	2.04

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