Cliff Bell
Kansas City Monarchs 1921–1926; Memphis Red Sox 1927–1929; Chicago American Giants 1930; Memphis Red Sox 1930; Cleveland Cubs 1931
Percentile snapshot
1931 season — qualified pitchers
of 101 qualified 1931 pitchers (min 44 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 21 | 40 | 37 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .189 | .231 | .189 | .420 | 28.7 | 19.3 | .208 | 0.7 |
| 1922 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | -3.6 | -42.4 | .151 | 0.4 |
| 1923 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | — | 309.4 | — | .759 | 0.2 |
| 1924 | 8 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .263 | .125 | .388 | 31.7 | 8.4 | .220 | 0.9 |
| 1925 | 17 | 40 | 34 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .375 | .412 | .787 | 112.4 | 111.2 | .366 | 1.1 |
| 1926 | 12 | 32 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .172 | .200 | .172 | .372 | 3.0 | -3.2 | .180 | 1.1 |
| 1927 | 37 | 90 | 84 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .179 | .207 | .238 | .445 | 18.6 | 19.6 | .208 | 1.7 |
| 1928 | 20 | 59 | 54 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .185 | .228 | .241 | .469 | 32.1 | 28.0 | .222 | 2.2 |
| 1929 | 22 | 51 | 48 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .104 | .122 | .104 | .227 | -31.9 | -40.3 | .109 | 1.6 |
| 1930 | 31 | 56 | 50 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .222 | .180 | .402 | 19.8 | 8.4 | .199 | 1.7 |
| 1931 | 12 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .238 | .111 | .349 | 20.2 | -1.4 | .201 | -0.1 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 101 | 46 | 28 | 33 | 4 | 99.7 | 4.15 | 1.294 | 2.98 | 4.19 | 105.8 | 95.3 | 0.7 |
| 1922 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15.0 | 3.00 | .933 | 2.40 | 4.41 | 94.1 | 156.0 | 0.4 |
| 1923 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 0.00 | .750 | 0.00 | 3.29 | 74.8 | — | 0.2 |
| 1924 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 41.7 | 3.02 | 1.200 | 1.51 | 4.88 | 114.0 | 141.6 | 0.9 |
| 1925 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 101 | 60 | 28 | 40 | 0 | 99.7 | 5.42 | 1.294 | 3.61 | 5.06 | 96.4 | 96.8 | 1.1 |
| 1926 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 94 | 34 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 76.3 | 4.01 | 1.546 | 1.89 | 4.90 | 104.5 | 116.9 | 1.1 |
| 1927 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 170 | 65 | 36 | 72 | 7 | 158.0 | 3.70 | 1.304 | 4.10 | 3.50 | 87.9 | 107.6 | 1.7 |
| 1928 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 157 | 60 | 27 | 48 | 8 | 144.7 | 3.73 | 1.272 | 2.99 | 4.28 | 100.1 | 114.5 | 2.2 |
| 1929 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 140 | 55 | 21 | 57 | 7 | 126.0 | 3.93 | 1.278 | 4.07 | 3.97 | 87.9 | 115.0 | 1.6 |
| 1930 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 164 | 75 | 51 | 71 | 3 | 156.7 | 4.31 | 1.372 | 4.08 | 4.21 | 92.4 | 105.8 | 1.7 |
| 1931 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 73 | 39 | 27 | 40 | 3 | 66.3 | 5.29 | 1.508 | 5.43 | 4.14 | 98.4 | 79.6 | -0.1 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921-06-06 | CHG @ KCM Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1930-06-03 | MEM @ CAG Gameday | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1930-08-12 | MEM @ CAG Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1921-06-13 | CUB @ KCM Gameday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1921-07-11 | KCM @ CUB Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930-05-24 | MEM @ DTS Gameday | 9.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| 1930-05-04 | BBB @ MEM Gameday | 9.0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1930-08-12 | MEM @ CAG Gameday | 8.0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 1930-06-15 | CUB @ MEM Gameday | 8.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 1930-04-27 | CUB @ MEM Gameday | 7.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.