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Buddy Bell
David Gus Bell
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 27, 1951 in Pittsburgh, PA
High School: Moeller (Cincinnati, OH)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 16th round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1972
Final Game: June 17, 1989
Relatives: Father of David Bell, Father of Mike Bell and Son of Gus Bell
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1972 20 CLE AL 132 505 466 49 119 21 1 9 36 5 6 34 29 .255 .310 .363 .672 97 169 5 3 1 1 8 *98/5
1973 21 CLE AL 156 689 631 86 169 23 7 14 59 7 15 49 47 .268 .325 .393 .718 100 248 13 6 0 3 2 *5/89 AS
1974 22 CLE AL 116 471 423 51 111 15 1 7 46 1 3 35 29 .262 .322 .352 .674 95 149 14 3 8 2 1 *5/D
1975 23 CLE AL 153 619 553 66 150 20 4 10 59 6 5 51 72 .271 .332 .376 .708 101 208 11 1 10 4 6 *5
1976 24 CLE AL 159 661 604 75 170 26 2 7 60 3 8 44 49 .281 .329 .366 .695 106 221 12 2 5 6 3 *5/3
1977 25 CLE AL 129 538 479 64 140 23 4 11 64 1 8 45 63 .292 .351 .426 .777 115 204 14 1 8 5 5 *57
1978 26 CLE AL 142 606 556 71 157 27 8 6 62 1 3 39 43 .282 .328 .392 .720 103 218 24 0 9 2 1 *5/D
1979 27 TEX AL 162 720 670 89 200 42 3 18 101 5 4 30 45 .299 .327 .451 .778 109 302 16 3 7 10 4 *56 MVP-10,GG
1980 28 TEX AL 129 534 490 76 161 24 4 17 83 3 1 40 39 .329 .379 .498 .877 142 244 16 0 4 0 11 *5/6 AS,MVP-18,GG
1981 29 TEX AL 97 415 360 44 106 16 1 10 64 3 3 42 30 .294 .364 .428 .792 134 154 6 3 0 10 10 *5/6 AS,MVP-17,GG
1982 30 TEX AL 148 614 537 62 159 27 2 13 67 5 4 70 50 .296 .376 .426 .803 126 229 13 2 0 5 8 *5/6 AS,MVP-30,GG
1983 31 TEX AL 156 678 618 75 171 35 3 14 66 3 5 50 48 .277 .332 .411 .743 107 254 24 4 0 6 5 *5 GG
1984 32 TEX AL 148 630 553 88 174 36 5 11 83 2 1 63 54 .315 .382 .458 .840 129 253 21 3 2 9 8 *5 AS,MVP-22,GG,SS
1985 33 TOT MLB 151 635 560 61 128 28 5 10 68 3 3 67 48 .229 .309 .350 .659 81 196 24 1 1 6 3 *5
1985 33 TEX AL 84 351 313 33 74 13 3 4 32 3 2 33 21 .236 .308 .335 .643 76 105 14 1 0 4 1 5
1985 33 CIN NL 67 284 247 28 54 15 2 6 36 0 1 34 27 .219 .311 .368 .679 87 91 10 0 1 2 2 5
1986 34 CIN NL 155 655 568 89 158 29 3 20 75 2 8 73 49 .278 .362 .445 .807 119 253 14 5 3 6 4 *5/4
1987 35 CIN NL 143 597 522 74 148 19 2 17 70 4 1 71 39 .284 .369 .425 .794 107 222 14 1 1 2 3 *5
1988 36 TOT NL 95 352 323 27 78 10 1 7 40 1 1 26 32 .241 .295 .344 .639 86 111 10 0 0 3 2 5/3
1988 36 CIN NL 21 63 54 3 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 3 .185 .270 .185 .455 31 10 2 0 0 2 1 5/3
1988 36 HOU NL 74 289 269 24 68 10 1 7 37 1 1 19 29 .253 .301 .375 .677 97 101 8 0 0 1 1 5/3
1989 37 TEX AL 34 90 82 4 15 4 0 0 3 0 0 7 10 .183 .247 .232 .479 35 19 4 0 1 0 0 D/53
18 Seasons 2405 10009 8995 1151 2514 425 56 201 1106 55 79 836 776 .279 .341 .406 .747 109 3654 255 38 60 80 84
162 Game Avg. 162 674 606 78 169 29 4 14 74 4 5 56 52 .279 .341 .406 .747 109 246 17 3 4 5 6
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
TEX (8 yrs) 958 4032 3623 471 1060 197 21 87 499 24 20 335 297 .293 .351 .431 .782 117 1560 114 16 14 44 47
CLE (7 yrs) 987 4089 3712 462 1016 155 27 64 386 24 48 297 332 .274 .328 .382 .710 103 1417 93 16 41 23 26
CIN (4 yrs) 386 1599 1391 194 370 63 7 43 184 6 10 185 118 .266 .352 .414 .766 105 576 40 6 5 12 10
HOU (1 yr) 74 289 269 24 68 10 1 7 37 1 1 19 29 .253 .301 .375 .677 97 101 8 0 0 1 1
AL (15 yrs) 1945 8121 7335 933 2076 352 48 151 885 48 68 632 629 .283 .340 .406 .746 110 2977 207 32 55 67 73
NL (4 yrs) 460 1888 1660 218 438 73 8 50 221 7 11 204 147 .264 .344 .408 .752 104 677 48 6 5 13 11

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1972 CLE AL 20 OF 123 115 1033.2 287 274 10 3 4 .990 6.2 7.2 7.2 0.2 7.1 -1 2.47 2.31 .983 2.22 1.91
1972 CLE AL 20 RF 65 55 510.0 115 112 3 0 1 1.000 3.1 7.3 4.1 0.0 4.2 -1 2.03 1.77 .980 2.12 1.76
1972 CLE AL 20 CF 63 60 523.2 170 160 7 3 3 .982 3.1 7.1 3.1 0.2 2.9 0 2.87 2.65 .987 2.65 2.29
1972 CLE AL 20 3B 6 5 48.2 23 10 13 0 2 1.000 1.6 39.5 1.6 1.4 0.3 0 4.25 3.83 .952 2.98 2.70
1973 CLE AL 21 3B 154 153 1367.1 529 144 363 22 44 .958 11.9 10.4 10.9 2.3 8.6 1 3.34 3.29 .950 3.00 2.68 AS
1973 CLE AL 21 OF 2 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -24.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 1.80 1.00 1.000 2.25 2.00 AS
1973 CLE AL 21 CF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.50 AS
1973 CLE AL 21 RF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -53.3 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.70 AS
1974 CLE AL 22 3B 115 115 1011.0 401 112 274 15 31 .963 14.2 16.9 13.2 4.1 9.2 1 3.44 3.36 .954 3.12 2.77
1974 CLE AL 22 DH 1
1975 CLE AL 23 3B 153 149 1328.0 501 146 330 25 29 .950 1.1 1.0 1.1 -3.4 4.5 0 3.23 3.11 .954 3.16 2.81
1976 CLE AL 24 3B 158 157 1391.0 454 104 330 20 23 .956 8.0 6.9 8.0 2.4 5.6 0 2.81 2.75 .953 2.94 2.64
1976 CLE AL 24 1B 2 1 9.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -53.3 -0.4 -0.6 0.2 0 6.00 3.00 1.000 9.80 8.90
1977 CLE AL 25 3B 118 115 1017.1 379 111 253 15 23 .960 8.8 10.4 7.8 3.7 4.1 1 3.22 3.08 .957 2.97 2.72
1977 CLE AL 25 LF 11 11 97.1 24 23 0 1 0 .958 -0.6 -7.4 -0.6 -0.3 -0.4 0 2.13 2.09 .975 2.11 1.74
1977 CLE AL 25 OF 11 11 97.1 24 23 0 1 0 .958 -0.6 -7.4 -0.6 -0.3 -0.4 0 2.13 2.09 .979 2.34 2.03
1978 CLE AL 26 3B 139 139 1210.2 495 125 355 15 30 .970 12.3 12.2 12.3 2.7 9.7 0 3.57 3.45 .953 3.00 2.59
1978 CLE AL 26 DH 1
1979 TEX AL 27 3B 147 144 1232.0 491 112 364 15 22 .969 28.5 27.8 30.5 10.5 20.0 -2 3.48 3.24 .952 3.07 2.66 MVP-10,GG
1979 TEX AL 27 SS 33 17 184.0 102 35 65 2 9 .980 1.5 9.8 1.5 -0.6 2.1 0 4.89 3.03 .965 5.01 4.10 MVP-10,GG
1980 TEX AL 28 3B 120 120 1045.2 413 123 282 8 26 .981 12.8 14.7 11.8 4.4 7.4 1 3.49 3.38 .949 3.01 2.59 AS,MVP-18,GG
1980 TEX AL 28 SS 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -120.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 5.10 4.27 AS,MVP-18,GG
1981 TEX AL 29 3B 96 96 835.2 361 66 281 14 18 .961 26.8 38.5 26.8 7.4 19.4 0 3.74 3.61 .949 2.95 2.52 AS,MVP-17,GG
1981 TEX AL 29 SS 1 0 2.0 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 0.6 360.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 18.00 4.00 .975 4.95 4.20 AS,MVP-17,GG
1982 TEX AL 30 3B 145 143 1228.1 540 131 396 13 35 .976 15.1 14.8 15.1 1.4 13.6 0 3.86 3.63 .953 3.07 2.62 AS,MVP-30,GG
1982 TEX AL 30 SS 4 0 6.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -75.8 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 1.42 0.25 1.000 4.83 4.18 AS,MVP-30,GG
1983 TEX AL 31 3B 154 153 1374.2 523 123 383 17 29 .967 15.9 13.9 16.9 10.7 6.2 -1 3.31 3.29 .954 3.07 2.57 GG
1984 TEX AL 32 3B 147 147 1277.0 472 129 323 20 28 .958 19.2 18.0 19.2 11.8 7.4 0 3.19 3.07 .950 2.75 2.19 AS,MVP-22,GG,SS
1985 TOT MLB 33 3B 150 149 1296.1 446 124 297 25 35 .944 2.1 1.9 -0.9 0.2 -1.0 3 2.92 2.81 .952 2.86 2.42
1985 TEX AL 33 3B 83 82 711.0 278 70 192 16 22 .942 7.3 12.3 5.3 3.7 1.7 2 3.32 3.16 .954 2.85 2.38
1985 CIN NL 33 3B 67 67 585.1 168 54 105 9 13 .946 -5.2 -10.7 -6.2 -3.5 -2.7 1 2.44 2.37 .948 2.88 2.47
1986 CIN NL 34 3B 151 150 1343.2 405 105 290 10 28 .975 -2.4 -2.1 -2.4 2.6 -5.0 0 2.65 2.62 .944 2.72 2.20
1986 CIN NL 34 2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.50
1987 CIN NL 35 3B 142 141 1228.1 341 93 241 7 17 .979 -6.5 -6.4 -6.5 -5.5 -1.0 0 2.45 2.35 .950 2.82 2.34
1988 TOT NL 36 3B 79 78 672.2 188 37 138 13 10 .931 -2.7 -4.8 -2.7 -3.7 1.0 0 2.34 2.22 .948 2.77 2.35
1988 TOT NL 36 1B 9 8 58.0 55 51 2 2 4 .964 -0.4 -8.3 -0.4 -0.6 0.1 0 8.22 5.89 .991 9.96 8.66
1988 CIN NL 36 3B 13 13 107.2 31 6 24 1 2 .968 -0.4 -4.5 -0.4 -0.5 0.1 0 2.51 2.31 .945 2.77 2.35
1988 CIN NL 36 1B 2 2 8.0 11 8 2 1 0 .909 0.4 60.0 0.4 0.2 0.1 0 11.25 5.00 .991 10.01 8.65
1988 HOU NL 36 3B 66 65 565.0 157 31 114 12 8 .924 -2.3 -4.9 -2.3 -3.2 0.9 0 2.31 2.20 .948 2.77 2.35
1988 HOU NL 36 1B 7 6 50.0 44 43 0 1 4 .977 -0.8 -19.2 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 7.74 6.14 .991 9.95 8.66
1989 TEX AL 37 DH 22
1989 TEX AL 37 3B 9 7 58.0 15 3 12 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.8 1.8 0 2.33 1.67 .940 2.73 2.34
1989 TEX AL 37 1B 1 1 6.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 0.6 120.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 12.00 8.00 .988 9.75 8.40
18 Seasons 3B 2183 2161 18966.1 6977 1798 4925 254 430 .964 166.7 10.5 162.7 51.2 111.8 4 3.19 3.08 .952 2.96 2.54
3 Seasons OF 136 127 1141.0 313 299 10 4 4 .987 5.4 5.7 6.4 -0.3 6.7 -1 2.44 2.27 .983 2.23 1.92
2 Seasons RF 66 56 519.0 116 113 3 0 1 1.000 2.7 6.2 3.7 -0.4 4.2 -1 2.01 1.76 .980 2.12 1.76
2 Seasons CF 64 60 524.2 171 161 7 3 3 .982 3.3 7.5 3.3 0.4 2.9 0 2.88 2.63 .987 2.65 2.29
4 Seasons SS 41 17 195.1 107 36 69 2 10 .981 1.4 8.6 1.4 -0.9 2.3 0 4.84 2.56 .965 5.00 4.12
3 Seasons DH 24
3 Seasons 1B 12 10 73.0 69 63 4 2 4 .971 -0.2 -3.3 -0.2 -1.2 0.9 0 8.26 5.58 .991 9.92 8.68
1 Season LF 11 11 97.1 24 23 0 1 0 .958 -0.6 -7.4 -0.6 -0.3 -0.4 0 2.13 2.09 .975 2.11 1.74
1 Season 2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.50
18 Seasons TOT 2373 2315 20376.2 7467 2196 5009 262 448 .965 173.6 10.2 170.6 48.8 122.0 -1 4 3.18 3.04 .918 2.96 2.57
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1973 *
1980 *
1981 *
1982 *
1984 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1988-ML-Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

Gold Gloves
1979-AL-3B
1980-AL-3B
1981-AL-3B
1982-AL-3B
1983-AL-3B
1984-AL-3B
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1984-AL-3B

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1979-AL-10-12%
1980-AL-18-2%
1981-AL-17-2%
1982-AL-30-1%
1984-AL-22-1%
0.18 Career Shares (755th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1980 AL--.329--6th
1984 AL--.315--4th

On-Base% s c a p y
1984 AL--.382--9th

Slugging % s c a p y
1980 AL--.498--10th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1980 AL--.877--6th

Games Played s c a p y
1976 AL--159--4th
1979 AL--162--1st
Career--2405--73rd

At Bats s c a p y
1973 AL--631--2nd
1976 AL--604--9th
1979 AL--670--1st
1983 AL--618--7th
Career--8995--67th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1973 AL--689--3rd
1979 AL--720--3rd
1983 AL--678--9th
1986 NL--655--10th
Career--10009--72nd

Runs Scored s c a p y
Career--1151--197th

Hits s c a p y
1973 AL--169--8th
1979 AL--200--3rd
Career--2514--88th

Total Bases s c a p y
1979 AL--302--6th
Career--3654--120th

Doubles s c a p y
1979 AL--42--3rd
1984 AL--36--6th
Career--425--122nd

Triples s c a p y
1973 AL--7--6th
1978 AL--8--6th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1981 AL--64--9th
Career--1106--188th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career--836--209th

Singles s c a p y
1976 AL--135--8th
1979 AL--137--4th
Career--1832--73rd

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1980 AL--142--6th

Runs Created s c a p y
Career--1217--177th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1980 AL--2.7--10th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1979 AL--63--9th
Career--682--181st

Times On Base s c a p y
1986 NL--236--8th
Career--3388--112th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1980 AL--.670--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1986 NL--5--10th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1979 AL--10--4th
1981 AL--10--1st
1984 AL--9--6th
Career--80--83rd

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1980 AL--11--6th
1981 AL--10--2nd
1982 AL--8--10th
Career--84--161st

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1978 AL--24--2nd
1983 AL--24--4th
1984 AL--21--7th
Career--255--23rd

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1973 AL--15--4th
Career--79--215th

AB per SO s c a p y
1972 AL--16.1--1st
1973 AL--13.4--3rd
1976 AL--12.3--8th
1979 AL--14.9--4th
1983 AL--12.9--7th
1986 NL--11.6--6th
1987 NL--13.4--5th

Outs Made s c a p y
1973 AL--493--2nd
1979 AL--507--1st
1983 AL--482--4th
Career--6955--51st

Youngest s c a p y
1972 AL--born 1951-08-27--6th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (592), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 33 (717), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 67 (282), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 30 (287), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  8. Brooks Robinson (956) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Brooks Robinson (952) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  15. Brooks Robinson (927) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 5, 1969: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 16th round of the 1969 amateur draft.

December 8, 1978: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Texas Rangers for Toby Harrah.

July 19, 1985: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Cincinnati Reds for a player to be named later and Duane Walker. The Cincinnati Reds sent Jeff Russell (July 23, 1985) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

June 19, 1988: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Houston Astros for a player to be named later. The Houston Astros sent Carl Grovom (minors) (October 20, 1988) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

December 21, 1988: Released by the Houston Astros.

January 9, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Cincinnati Reds$751,297
1986Cincinnati Reds$870,000
1987Cincinnati Reds$870,000
1988Cincinnati Reds$790,909
Career (may be incomplete)$3,282,206
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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