Heath Bell

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**Heath Bell**
Major League Baseball debut
San Diego Padres — No. 22
Relief Pitcher
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
August 24, 2004 for the New York Mets
Selected MLB statistics (through 2006)
Wins-Losses	1-5
Earned Run Average	4.92
Strikeouts	105
Former teams
New York Mets (2004-2006) San Diego Padres (2007-present)

Heath Justin Bell (born September 29, 1977 in Oceanside, California) is a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball with the San Diego Padres.

1 High School Years
2 Junior College Years
3 Pro career
4 Scouting report
5 Personal information
6 External links

[edit] High School Years

Bell attended Tustin High School in Tustin, California, where he lettered in football, basketball, and baseball.

[edit] Junior College Years

Bell attended Santiago Canyon College where he was named a freshman All-American in 1997.

[edit] Pro career

He was selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 69th round of the 1997 amateur draft but did not begin his professional career until 1998 when he signed with the New York Mets as an undrafted free agent.

After toiling in the Mets minor league system for eight seasons, Bell made his major league debut on August 24, 2004 pitching two scoreless innings with three strikeouts against his current club, the Padres. The righty spent the next two seasons shuttling between the Mets and their Triple-A affiliate Norfolk, mainly filling in as an injury replacement.

On November 15, 2006, Bell was traded with fellow relief pitcher Royce Ring to San Diego for outfielder Ben Johnson and reliever Jon Adkins. He is expected to begin the 2007 season as a member of the Padres' middle relief corps.

[edit] Scouting report

Generally a power pitcher, Bell has averaged nearly a full strikeout per inning but also proved to be hittable in his 2005 sophomore season allowing 10.8 hits per nine innings and a very high 5.59 earned run average.