William Bell
1924–1937 · bats R / throws R · DTW, HAS, Homestead Grays, Kansas City Monarchs, NW1, Newark Eagles, Pittsburgh Crawfords
282G
.258AVG
.311OBP
.317SLG
More career statistics
179H
2HR
80RBI
4SB
118–54W–L
1,499.1IP
664K
3.36ERA
163GS
10SV
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 282 | 85 |
| Batting · At bats | 694 | 180 |
| Batting · Doubles | 27 | 5 |
| Batting · Hits | 179 | 42 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 3 | 0 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 775 | 188 |
| Batting · Runs | 79 | 19 |
| Batting · RBI | 80 | 9 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 4 | 0 |
| Batting · Triples | 4 | 0 |
| Batting · Walks | 50 | 6 |
| Pitching · Games | 228 | 76 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,199 | 1,782 |
| Pitching · p cg | 123 | 36 |
| Pitching · p er | 559 | 84 |
| Pitching · p gs | 163 | 49 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,451 | 498 |
| Pitching · p hr | 48 | 11 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,498 | 1,364 |
| Pitching · p k | 664 | 147 |
| Pitching · p r | 691 | 255 |
| Pitching · p w | 333 | 70 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 282 | 775 | 694 | 79 | 179 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 80 | 50 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 220 | .258 | .311 | .317 | .628 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,499.3 | 228 | 163 | 123 | 118 | 54 | 10 | 1,451 | 691 | 559 | 48 | 333 | 664 | 0 | 0 | 3.36 | 1.190 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1933-07-25 to 1933-08-13
4longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1933-07-09 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
| 19 | 13 hits allowed | 1933-06-17 | 1 in 76 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .500 | 9 | 2 |
| 1933 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 18 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 1 | – | .262 | 111 | 52 |
| 1934 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 23 | 53 | 12 | – | 5 | – | .226 | 126 | 52 |
| 1935 | NW1, Pittsburgh Crawfords | 13 | 26 | 9 | – | – | – | .346 | 61 | 15 |
| 1936 | NENewark Eagles | 18 | 33 | 5 | 1 | – | – | .152 | 93 | 12 |
| 1937 | NENewark Eagles | 12 | 22 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .136 | 54 | 14 |