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Gus Bell
David Russell Bell Jr.

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 196 lb.

Debut May 30, 1950
Final Game May 1, 1964
Born November 15, 1928 in Louisville, KY
Died May 7, 1995 in Montgomery, OH

Father of Buddy Bell, Grandfather of David Bell, and Grandfather of Mike Bell

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1950 21 PIT NL 111  422   62  119  22 11   8   53   4     28  46  .282  .333  .443  100  187   2           4   4
 1951 22 PIT NL 149  600   80  167  27 12  16   89   1  4  42  41  .278  .330  .443  103  266   1           4   9
 1952 23 PIT NL 131  468   53  117  21  5  16   59   1  4  36  72  .250  .306  .419   98  196   4           2   6
 1953 24 CIN NL 151  610  102  183  37  5  30  105   0  2  48  72  .300  .354  .525  125  320   4           3  14 MVP-20,AS
 1954 25 CIN NL 153  619  104  185  38  7  17  101   5  3  48  58  .299  .349  .465  109  288   5   8       4  13 AS
 1955 26 CIN NL 154  610   88  188  30  6  27  104   4  4  54  57  .308  .361  .510  125  311   2   6   2   0   6
 1956 27 CIN NL 150  603   82  176  31  4  29   84   6  2  50  66  .292  .347  .501  121  302   7   3   4   3  10 AS
 1957 28 CIN NL 121  510   65  149  20  3  13   61   0  1  30  54  .292  .332  .420   96  214   6   6   5   3  10 AS
 1958 29 CIN NL 112  385   42   97  16  2  10   46   2  3  36  40  .252  .314  .382   79  147   6   5   7   1   7
 1959 30 CIN NL 148  580   59  170  27  2  19  115   2  3  29  44  .293  .325  .445  100  258   1   8   1   2  13
 1960 31 CIN NL 143  515   65  135  19  5  12   62   4  3  29  40  .262  .300  .388   86  200   4   5   3   1   7
 1961 32 CIN NL 103  235   27   60  10  1   3   33   1  1  18  21  .255  .298  .345   69   81   0   9   3   0   4
 1962 33 TOT NL 109  315   36   76  13  3   6   30   0  1  22  24  .241  .288  .359   75  113   3   3   2   0   5
         NYM NL  30  101    8   15   2  0   1    6   0  1  10   7  .149  .221  .198   14   20   2   2   0   0   2
         MLN NL  79  214   28   61  11  3   5   24   0  0  12  17  .285  .322  .435  104   93   1   1   2   0   3
 1963 34 MLN NL   3    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .333   94    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1964 35 MLN NL   3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons    1741 6478  865 1823 311 66 206  942  30 31 470 636  .281  .330  .445  103 2884  45  53  27  27 109
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        603   80  170  29  6  19   88   3  3  44  59  .281  .330  .445  103  268   4   5   3   3  10
 Career High    154  619  104  188  38 12  30  115   6  4  54  72  .308  .361  .525  125  320   7   9   7   4  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1950 21 PIT NL  456  309   61   5.3   111| .282  .273| .333  .351| .443  .424| .776  .774| 100  .549  -2.2  -0.2     
 1951 22 PIT NL  647  447   85   5.1   106| .278  .271| .330  .345| .443  .410| .773  .756| 103  .556   0.3   0.0  20%
 1952 23 PIT NL  510  365   58   4.2    99| .250  .264| .306  .337| .419  .393| .725  .730|  98  .511  -3.5  -0.4  20%
 1953 24 CIN NL  665  447  111   6.6   110| .300  .274| .354  .345| .525  .427| .879  .773| 125  .637  21.3   2.0   0%
 1954 25 CIN NL  684  463  100   5.8   111| .299  .276| .349  .348| .465  .427| .814  .775| 109  .586   7.7   0.7  62%
 1955 26 CIN NL  672  440  114   6.9   109| .308  .270| .361  .342| .510  .428| .871  .769| 125  .672  21.1   2.0  50%
 1956 27 CIN NL  666  449  105   6.2   107| .292  .270| .347  .337| .501  .426| .848  .763| 121  .649  16.7   1.7  75%
 1957 28 CIN NL  555  384   70   5.0   108| .292  .275| .332  .340| .420  .426| .752  .766|  96  .530  -3.7  -0.4   0%
 1958 29 CIN NL  433  309   46   4.0   111| .252  .277| .314  .345| .382  .432| .696  .778|  79  .431 -12.1  -1.2  40%
 1959 30 CIN NL  620  435   81   5.0   108| .293  .275| .325  .341| .445  .425| .770  .766| 100  .534  -1.4  -0.1  40%
 1960 31 CIN NL  554  399   60   4.0   101| .262  .265| .300  .332| .388  .407| .688  .739|  86  .465 -11.7  -1.2  57%
 1961 32 CIN NL  262  189   25   3.5   107| .255  .272| .298  .339| .345  .424| .643  .763|  69  .376  -9.8  -1.0  50%
 1962 33 TOT NL  343  251   35   3.7   101| .241  .267| .288  .334| .359  .406| .647  .740|  75  .409 -11.8  -1.1   0%
         NYM NL  115   93    5   1.4   103| .149  .270| .221  .337| .198  .410| .419  .747|  14  .108 -12.4  -1.2   0%
         MLN NL  228  158   30   5.1   100| .285  .266| .322  .333| .435  .404| .757  .737| 104  .549   0.6   0.1   0%
 1963 34 MLN NL    3    2    0   0.0    89| .333  .253| .333  .315| .333  .378| .666  .693|  94  .000  -0.0   0.0   0%
 1964 35 MLN NL    3    4    0   0.0    94| .000  .265| .000  .322| .000  .393| .000  .715|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     7073 4893  951   5.2   107| .281  .272| .330  .342| .445  .420| .775  .762| 103  .557  10.3   0.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1950 21 PIT NL OF 104 203 10 5 3 .977 .978 2.05 2.14 0 0 104 1951 22 PIT NL OF 145 267 18 4 4 .986 .981 1.97 2.23 0 0 145 1952 23 PIT NL OF 123 202 8 6 2 .972 .981 1.71 2.10 0 0 123 1953 24 CIN NL OF 151 447 16 11 5 .977 .980 3.07 2.11 0 145 6 AS 1954 25 CIN NL OF 153 406 12 6 2 .986 .975 2.73 2.18 0 153 0 AS 1955 26 CIN NL OF 154 364 4 5 0 .987 .977 2.39 2.10 0 154 0 1956 27 CIN NL CF 149 324 12 5 4 .985 .982 2.26 2.55 2.27 2.77 149 1330.0 AS 1957 28 CIN NL CF 121 309 7 4 1 .988 .985 2.61 2.62 2.61 2.82 120 1088.0 AS 1958 29 CIN NL OF 107 235 7 1 2 .996 .980 2.26 1.95 2.36 2.26 101 921.0 CF 90 203 7 1 2 .995 .986 2.33 2.50 2.38 2.72 86 795.3 LF 17 35 0 0 0 1.000 .975 2.06 1.54 2.51 2.00 15 125.7 1959 30 CIN NL OF 145 269 15 1 1 .996 .977 1.96 1.90 2.07 2.21 137 1235.0 RF 141 258 9 1 1 .996 .978 1.89 1.64 2.02 1.96 131 1189.0 LF 6 14 0 0 0 1.000 .972 2.33 1.58 2.74 2.03 6 46.0 1960 31 CIN NL OF 131 239 13 3 1 .988 .978 1.92 1.92 2.08 2.20 122 1088.0 RF 97 192 13 1 1 .995 .979 2.11 1.76 2.29 1.98 92 805.7 LF 41 50 0 2 0 .962 .975 1.22 1.55 1.60 1.99 30 281.7 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.57 0 0.7 1961 32 CIN NL OF 75 112 1 1 0 .991 .977 1.51 1.86 1.99 2.16 54 510.7 LF 44 56 1 1 0 .983 .973 1.30 1.50 1.99 1.88 27 258.0 RF 34 52 0 0 0 1.000 .974 1.53 1.60 1.87 1.93 27 249.7 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 1962 33 TOT NL OF 84 115 10 2 3 .984 .974 1.49 1.79 1.81 2.07 77 621.3 TOT NL RF 33 44 7 1 3 .981 .975 1.55 1.65 1.92 1.90 26 238.7 NYM NL RF 26 39 7 1 3 .979 .975 1.77 1.65 1.90 1.90 24 218.0 MLN NL OF 58 75 3 1 0 .987 .974 1.34 1.79 1.74 2.07 53 403.3 LF 53 68 3 1 0 .986 .969 1.34 1.37 1.69 1.82 51 378.7 RF 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.71 1.64 2.17 1.91 2 20.7 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.48 0 4.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1956 27 CIN NL CF 149 324 12 5 4 .985 .982 2.26 2.55 2.27 2.77 149 1330.0 1957 28 CIN NL CF 121 309 7 4 1 .988 .985 2.61 2.62 2.61 2.82 120 1088.0 1958 29 CIN NL CF 90 203 7 1 2 .995 .986 2.33 2.50 2.38 2.72 86 795.3 1960 31 CIN NL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.57 0 0.7 1961 32 CIN NL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 1962 33 MLN NL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.48 0 4.0 1958 29 CIN NL LF 17 35 0 0 0 1.000 .975 2.06 1.54 2.51 2.00 15 125.7 1959 30 CIN NL LF 6 14 0 0 0 1.000 .972 2.33 1.58 2.74 2.03 6 46.0 1960 31 CIN NL LF 41 50 0 2 0 .962 .975 1.22 1.55 1.60 1.99 30 281.7 1961 32 CIN NL LF 44 56 1 1 0 .983 .973 1.30 1.50 1.99 1.88 27 258.0 1962 33 MLN NL LF 53 68 3 1 0 .986 .969 1.34 1.37 1.69 1.82 51 378.7 1950 21 PIT NL OF 104 203 10 5 3 .977 .978 2.05 2.14 0 0 104 1951 22 PIT NL OF 145 267 18 4 4 .986 .981 1.97 2.23 0 0 145 1952 23 PIT NL OF 123 202 8 6 2 .972 .981 1.71 2.10 0 0 123 1953 24 CIN NL OF 151 447 16 11 5 .977 .980 3.07 2.11 0 145 6 1954 25 CIN NL OF 153 406 12 6 2 .986 .975 2.73 2.18 0 153 0 1955 26 CIN NL OF 154 364 4 5 0 .987 .977 2.39 2.10 0 154 0 1956 27 CIN NL OF 149 330 12 5 4 .986 .977 2.30 2.05 2.31 2.28 149 1330.0 1957 28 CIN NL OF 121 311 7 4 1 .988 .980 2.63 2.07 2.63 2.29 120 1088.0 1958 29 CIN NL OF 107 235 7 1 2 .996 .980 2.26 1.95 2.36 2.26 101 921.0 1959 30 CIN NL OF 145 269 15 1 1 .996 .977 1.96 1.90 2.07 2.21 137 1235.0 1960 31 CIN NL OF 131 239 13 3 1 .988 .978 1.92 1.92 2.08 2.20 122 1088.0 1961 32 CIN NL OF 75 112 1 1 0 .991 .977 1.51 1.86 1.99 2.16 54 510.7 1962 33 TOT NL OF 84 115 10 2 3 .984 .974 1.49 1.79 1.81 2.07 77 621.3 NYM NL OF 26 40 7 1 3 .979 .973 1.81 1.79 1.94 2.07 24 218.0 MLN NL OF 58 75 3 1 0 .987 .974 1.34 1.79 1.74 2.07 53 403.3 1959 30 CIN NL RF 141 258 9 1 1 .996 .978 1.89 1.64 2.02 1.96 131 1189.0 1960 31 CIN NL RF 97 192 13 1 1 .995 .979 2.11 1.76 2.29 1.98 92 805.7 1961 32 CIN NL RF 34 52 0 0 0 1.000 .974 1.53 1.60 1.87 1.93 27 249.7 1962 33 TOT NL RF 33 44 7 1 3 .981 .975 1.55 1.65 1.92 1.90 26 238.7 NYM NL RF 26 39 7 1 3 .979 .975 1.77 1.65 1.90 1.90 24 218.0 MLN NL RF 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.71 1.64 2.17 1.91 2 20.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF*1642 3500 133 54 28 .985 .978 2.21 2.05 760 6794.0 161 815 683# CF* 363 836 26 10 7 .989 .984 2.37 2.56 355 3221.0 RF* 305 546 29 3 5 .995 .978 1.89 1.67 276 2483.0 LF* 161 223 4 4 0 .983 .972 1.41 1.48 129 1090.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1642 3500 133 54 28 .985 .978 2.21 2.05
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1961   WS    CIN NYY     L   3   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1953   CIN NL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 1954   CIN NL       1   1   1  0  0  1   2   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1956   CIN NL   *   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 1957   CIN NL       1   0   1  1  0  0   2   1   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 4/4      2   6   1   2  1  0  1   4   1   1   0  0   0   0   0  .333  .429 1.000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1953 (CF)
1954 *
1956 (CF)
1957 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1953-NL-20-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Batting Average
1955 NL-.308-10

Slugging %
1953 NL-.525-10

Games
1954 NL-153-6
1955 NL-154-1

At Bats
1951 NL-600-9
1953 NL-610-5
1954 NL-619-3
1955 NL-610-3
1956 NL-603-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1954 NL-684-6
1955 NL-672-6
1956 NL-666-7

Runs
1954 NL-104-8

Hits
1951 NL-167-10
1953 NL-183-7
1954 NL-185-9
1955 NL-188-3
1956 NL-176-8

Total Bases
1953 NL-320-5
1954 NL-288-7
1955 NL-311-8
1956 NL-302-6

Doubles
1953 NL-37-5
1954 NL-38-5
1955 NL-30-6
1956 NL-31-5

Triples
1950 NL-11-2
1951 NL-12-1

Home Runs
1953 NL-30-7
1955 NL-27-10
1956 NL-29-10

RBI
1954 NL-101-10
1955 NL-104-10
1959 NL-115-4

Strikeouts
1952 NL-72-10

Singles
1954 NL-123-9
1955 NL-125-4

Runs Created
1953 NL-111-8
1955 NL-114-9
1956 NL-105-7

Extra-Base Hits
1953 NL-72-4
1954 NL-62-10
1955 NL-63-9
1956 NL-64-8

Times on Base
1955 NL-242-9

Offensive Win%
1955 NL-.672-10

Sac. Flies
1954 NL-8-9
1957 NL-6-8
1959 NL-8-5
1961 NL-9-2

At Bats per Strikeout
1959 NL-13.2-6
1960 NL-12.9-5

Outs
1954 NL-463-5
1956 NL-449-7
1959 NL-435-10

 

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (591) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 66 (368) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 20.1 (614) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 40.0 (449) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1947 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

October 14, 1952: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Cincinnati Reds for Cal Abrams, Joe Rossi, and Gail Henley.

October 10, 1961: Drafted by the New York Mets from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1961 expansion draft.

May 21, 1962: Sent by the New York Mets to the Milwaukee Braves to complete an earlier deal made on November 28, 1961. The New York Mets sent a player to be named later and cash to the Milwaukee Braves for a player to be named later and Frank Thomas. The New York Mets sent Gus Bell (May 21, 1962) to the Milwaukee Braves to complete the trade. The Milwaukee Braves sent Rick Herrscher (May 21, 1962) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

May 12, 1964: Released by the Milwaukee Braves.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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