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David Bell
David Michael Bell
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 14, 1972 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Moeller (Cincinnati, OH)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 7th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1995
Final Game: October 1, 2006
Relatives: Brother of Mike Bell, Son of Buddy Bell and Grandson 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
1995 22 TOT MLB 41 153 146 13 36 7 2 2 19 1 2 4 25 .247 .275 .363 .638 68 53 0 2 0 1 0 4/5
1995 22 CLE AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /5
1995 22 STL NL 39 151 144 13 36 7 2 2 19 1 2 4 25 .250 .278 .368 .646 70 53 0 2 0 1 0 4/5
1996 23 STL NL 62 157 145 12 31 6 0 1 9 1 1 10 22 .214 .268 .276 .543 44 40 3 1 0 1 2 54/6
1997 24 STL NL 66 155 142 9 30 7 2 1 12 1 0 10 28 .211 .261 .310 .571 50 44 2 0 2 1 2 546
1998 25 TOT MLB 132 464 429 48 117 30 2 10 49 0 4 27 65 .273 .315 .422 .737 89 181 11 2 1 5 4 *45/376
1998 25 TOT AL 128 455 420 48 115 29 2 10 49 0 4 27 62 .274 .317 .424 .741 89 178 11 2 1 5 4 *45/376
1998 25 STL NL 4 9 9 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .333 .556 44 3 0 0 0 0 0 /54
1998 25 CLE AL 107 370 340 37 89 21 2 10 41 0 4 22 54 .262 .306 .424 .730 86 144 8 2 1 5 4 4/536
1998 25 SEA AL 21 85 80 11 26 8 0 0 8 0 0 5 8 .325 .365 .425 .790 106 34 3 0 0 0 0 4/357
1999 26 SEA AL 157 667 597 92 160 31 2 21 78 7 4 58 90 .268 .331 .432 .763 92 258 7 2 3 7 0 *4/36
2000 27 SEA AL 133 512 454 57 112 24 2 11 47 2 3 42 66 .247 .316 .381 .697 80 173 11 6 6 4 0 54/3D6
2001 28 SEA AL 135 510 470 62 122 28 0 15 64 2 1 28 59 .260 .303 .415 .718 92 195 8 3 5 4 1 *5/3
2002 29 SFG NL 154 628 552 82 144 29 2 20 73 1 2 54 80 .261 .333 .429 .762 104 237 18 9 6 7 2 *54/63
2003 30 PHI NL 85 348 297 32 58 14 0 4 37 0 0 41 40 .195 .296 .283 .579 57 84 7 4 0 6 1 5/4
2004 31 PHI NL 143 603 533 67 155 33 1 18 77 1 1 57 75 .291 .363 .458 .821 107 244 14 6 2 5 4 *5
2005 32 PHI NL 150 617 557 53 138 31 1 10 61 0 1 47 69 .248 .310 .361 .671 72 201 24 5 4 4 6 *5
2006 33 TOT NL 145 566 504 60 136 27 4 10 63 3 1 50 68 .270 .337 .399 .736 86 201 18 4 3 5 3 *5
2006 33 PHI NL 92 365 324 39 90 17 2 6 34 1 0 32 38 .278 .345 .398 .743 87 129 11 3 3 3 2 5
2006 33 MIL NL 53 201 180 21 46 10 2 4 29 2 1 18 30 .256 .323 .400 .723 84 72 7 1 0 2 1 5
12 Seasons 1403 5380 4826 587 1239 267 18 123 589 19 20 428 687 .257 .320 .396 .716 85 1911 123 44 32 50 25
162 Game Avg. 162 621 557 68 143 31 2 14 68 2 2 49 79 .257 .320 .396 .716 85 221 14 5 4 6 3
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
PHI (4 yrs) 470 1933 1711 191 441 95 4 38 209 2 2 177 222 .258 .331 .385 .715 84 658 56 18 9 18 13
STL (4 yrs) 171 472 440 34 99 21 4 4 40 3 3 24 78 .225 .268 .318 .586 54 140 5 3 2 3 4
SEA (4 yrs) 446 1774 1601 222 420 91 4 47 197 11 8 133 223 .262 .320 .412 .733 89 660 29 11 14 15 1
CLE (2 yrs) 109 372 342 37 89 21 2 10 41 0 4 22 54 .260 .305 .421 .726 85 144 8 2 1 5 4
SFG (1 yr) 154 628 552 82 144 29 2 20 73 1 2 54 80 .261 .333 .429 .762 104 237 18 9 6 7 2
MIL (1 yr) 53 201 180 21 46 10 2 4 29 2 1 18 30 .256 .323 .400 .723 84 72 7 1 0 2 1
NL (9 yrs) 848 3234 2883 328 730 155 12 66 351 8 8 273 410 .253 .321 .384 .705 83 1107 86 31 17 30 20
AL (5 yrs) 555 2146 1943 259 509 112 6 57 238 11 12 155 277 .262 .318 .414 .731 89 804 37 13 15 20 5

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2000 27 SEA AL ALDS CHW W 3 13 11 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .364 .462 .455 .916 5 0 0 0 0 0
2000 27 SEA AL ALCS NYY L 5 18 18 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444 4 0 0 0 0 0
2001 28 SEA AL ALDS CLE W 5 18 16 2 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 6 .313 .333 .563 .896 9 0 0 0 1 0
2001 28 SEA AL ALCS NYY L 5 17 16 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 .188 .188 .188 .375 3 0 0 1 0 0
2002 29 SFG NL NLDS ATL W 5 19 16 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .188 .316 .188 .503 3 0 0 0 0 1
2002 29 SFG NL NLCS STL W 5 19 17 4 7 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 .412 .474 .647 1.121 11 0 0 0 0 1
2002 29 SFG NL WS ANA L 7 29 23 4 7 0 0 1 4 0 1 5 4 .304 .448 .435 .883 10 1 1 0 0 0
3 Seasons (7 Series) 35 133 117 14 33 3 0 3 13 0 1 13 22 .282 .356 .385 .741 45 1 1 1 1 2
1 NLDS 5 19 16 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .188 .316 .188 .503 3 0 0 0 0 1
2 ALDS 8 31 27 2 9 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 8 .333 .387 .519 .906 14 0 0 0 1 0
1 NLCS 5 19 17 4 7 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 .412 .474 .647 1.121 11 0 0 0 0 1
2 ALCS 10 35 34 1 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 .206 .206 .206 .412 7 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 7 29 23 4 7 0 0 1 4 0 1 5 4 .304 .448 .435 .883 10 1 1 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1995 TOT MLB 22 3B 5 2 21.0 10 2 7 1 0 .900 -1.4 -80.0 -1.4 -1.3 -0.1 0 3.86 1.80 .950 2.74 2.28
1995 CLE AL 22 3B 2 0 4.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.7 210.0 0.7 0.0 0.7 0 4.50 1.00 .950 2.70 2.20
1995 STL NL 22 2B 37 36 317.2 184 75 103 6 27 .967 1.0 3.8 0.0 -1.6 1.6 1 5.04 4.81 .984 5.25 4.58
1995 STL NL 22 3B 3 2 17.0 8 2 5 1 0 .875 -2.1 -148.2 -2.1 -1.3 -0.8 0 3.71 2.33 .950 2.75 2.33
1996 STL NL 23 3B 45 23 237.1 85 22 59 4 1 .953 2.2 11.1 2.2 2.5 -0.3 0 3.07 1.80 .948 2.71 2.21
1996 STL NL 23 2B 20 16 133.2 78 23 54 1 9 .987 5.8 52.1 5.8 3.0 2.8 0 5.18 3.85 .981 5.09 4.40
1996 STL NL 23 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.00
1997 STL NL 24 3B 35 12 151.2 46 10 32 4 1 .913 -2.5 -19.8 -2.5 -3.7 1.2 0 2.49 1.20 .948 2.66 2.19
1997 STL NL 24 2B 23 13 129.0 74 35 37 2 7 .973 -3.2 -29.8 -2.2 -1.1 -1.1 -1 5.02 3.13 .980 5.07 4.31
1997 STL NL 24 SS 13 9 78.0 38 10 26 2 4 .947 -0.2 -3.1 -0.2 1.2 -1.4 0 4.15 2.77 .974 4.58 3.85
1998 TOT MLB 25 2B 116 105 928.2 561 216 335 10 70 .982 -0.6 -0.8 0.4 5.6 -5.2 -1 5.34 4.75 .978 4.85 4.14
1998 TOT MLB 25 3B 15 8 82.2 26 7 19 0 1 1.000 2.3 33.4 2.3 2.2 0.1 0 2.83 1.73 .946 2.59 2.27
1998 TOT AL 25 2B 115 104 923.1 559 216 333 10 69 .982 -0.8 -1.0 0.2 5.6 -5.4 -1 5.35 4.77 .978 4.85 4.14
1998 TOT AL 25 3B 11 7 66.0 23 6 17 0 1 1.000 2.7 49.1 2.7 2.2 0.5 0 3.14 2.09 .943 2.55 2.24
1998 TOT AL 25 1B 6 3 36.0 41 39 2 0 3 1.000 0.4 13.3 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 10.25 6.83 .993 9.42 8.30
1998 STL NL 25 3B 4 1 16.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -28.8 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 1.62 0.75 .967 2.75 2.38
1998 STL NL 25 2B 1 1 5.1 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.2 45.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 3.38 2.00 1.000 5.06 4.40
1998 CLE AL 25 2B 101 91 807.1 495 192 294 9 58 .982 0.0 0.0 2.0 5.8 -3.8 -2 5.42 4.81 .978 4.85 4.14
1998 CLE AL 25 3B 6 5 46.0 16 4 12 0 1 1.000 2.4 62.6 2.4 2.0 0.4 0 3.13 2.67 .944 2.54 2.23
1998 CLE AL 25 1B 1 0 7.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -34.3 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 5.14 4.00 1.000 9.39 8.30
1998 CLE AL 25 SS 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 4.50 4.30
1998 SEA AL 25 2B 14 13 116.0 64 24 39 1 11 .984 -0.8 -8.3 -1.8 -0.2 -1.6 1 4.89 4.50 .978 4.85 4.14
1998 SEA AL 25 1B 5 3 29.0 37 35 2 0 3 1.000 0.6 24.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 11.48 7.40 .992 9.43 8.30
1998 SEA AL 25 3B 5 2 20.0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.3 18.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 3.15 1.40 .943 2.56 2.24
1998 SEA AL 25 LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.70
1998 SEA AL 25 OF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.00
1999 SEA AL 26 2B 154 150 1307.2 756 313 426 17 118 .978 -4.4 -4.0 -5.4 -5.5 0.1 1 5.09 4.80 .981 5.13 4.44
1999 SEA AL 26 1B 4 2 18.1 16 15 1 0 2 1.000 -1.0 -65.5 -1.0 -0.6 -0.4 0 7.85 4.00 .994 9.47 8.32
1999 SEA AL 26 SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -240.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 4.95 4.20
2000 SEA AL 27 3B 93 81 738.1 213 50 151 12 14 .944 1.7 2.8 0.7 -1.3 2.0 1 2.45 2.16 .947 2.67 2.31
2000 SEA AL 27 2B 48 40 350.1 191 86 102 3 34 .984 -2.8 -9.6 -2.8 -5.6 2.8 0 4.83 3.92 .980 5.03 4.32
2000 SEA AL 27 1B 2 1 7.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -34.3 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 5.14 2.00 1.000 9.39 8.15
2000 SEA AL 27 DH 1
2000 SEA AL 27 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.20
2001 SEA AL 28 3B 134 120 1128.0 364 93 257 14 21 .962 19.0 20.2 19.0 6.2 12.8 0 2.79 2.61 .946 2.73 2.41
2001 SEA AL 28 1B 2 1 8.0 6 6 0 0 1 1.000 0.4 60.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 6.75 3.00 1.000 9.34 8.25
2002 SFG NL 29 3B 139 128 1137.0 331 78 244 9 21 .973 8.0 8.4 9.0 1.8 7.2 -1 2.55 2.32 .956 2.71 2.29
2002 SFG NL 29 2B 12 10 87.0 53 21 29 3 6 .943 -0.5 -6.9 -0.5 0.7 -1.3 0 5.17 4.17 .983 4.96 4.28
2002 SFG NL 29 SS 3 3 27.0 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -8.9 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 0 3.67 3.67 .973 4.53 4.00
2002 SFG NL 29 1B 2 2 15.0 17 13 4 0 2 1.000 1.4 112.0 1.4 1.2 0.3 0 10.20 8.50 .994 9.42 7.95
2003 PHI NL 30 3B 85 81 703.2 238 62 168 8 17 .966 9.4 16.0 8.4 1.3 7.1 1 2.94 2.71 .955 2.74 2.36
2003 PHI NL 30 2B 3 3 19.0 11 3 8 0 1 1.000 0.3 18.9 0.3 -0.3 0.6 0 5.21 3.67 .982 5.12 4.40
2004 PHI NL 31 3B 142 141 1239.2 421 89 308 24 22 .943 12.6 12.2 12.6 2.7 9.9 0 2.88 2.80 .957 2.76 2.35
2005 PHI NL 32 3B 150 148 1296.2 430 105 304 21 22 .951 5.4 5.0 5.4 -2.6 8.0 0 2.84 2.73 .958 2.77 2.39
2006 TOT NL 33 3B 143 138 1216.0 397 82 296 19 26 .952 -15.7 -15.5 -14.7 -16.0 1.3 -1 2.80 2.64 .954 2.69 2.37
2006 PHI NL 33 3B 90 88 781.1 255 55 186 14 22 .945 -8.4 -12.9 -8.4 -10.2 1.8 0 2.78 2.68 .955 2.69 2.37
2006 MIL NL 33 3B 53 50 434.2 142 27 110 5 4 .965 -7.3 -20.2 -6.3 -5.8 -0.5 -1 2.84 2.58 .954 2.69 2.37
11 Seasons 3B 986 882 7952.0 2561 600 1845 116 146 .955 41.0 6.2 41.0 -8.2 49.2 0 2.77 2.48 .953 2.72 2.34
8 Seasons 2B 413 373 3273.0 1908 772 1094 42 272 .978 -4.4 -1.6 -4.4 -4.8 0.3 0 5.13 4.52 .980 5.04 4.34
6 Seasons SS 20 12 110.0 51 16 33 2 5 .961 -0.9 -9.8 -0.9 1.3 -2.2 0 4.01 2.45 .975 4.57 3.94
5 Seasons 1B 16 9 84.1 84 77 7 0 8 1.000 1.0 14.2 1.0 0.9 0.2 0 8.96 5.25 .994 9.42 8.24
1 Season DH 1
1 Season LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.70
1 Season OF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.00
12 Seasons TOT 1436 1276 11422.1 4604 1465 2979 160 431 .965 36.7 3.9 36.7 -10.8 47.5 0 3.50 3.09 .931 3.46 3.00
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2002 NL--7--5th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2005 NL--24--2nd
2006 NL--18--9th

Outs Made s c a p y
1999 AL--458--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1330), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 4, 1990: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 7th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1990.

July 27, 1995: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Pepe McNeal (minors) and Rick Heiserman to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ken Hill.

April 14, 1998: Selected off waivers by the Cleveland Indians from the St. Louis Cardinals.

August 31, 1998: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Seattle Mariners for Joey Cora.

November 7, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

December 19, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

January 25, 2002: Traded by the Seattle Mariners to the San Francisco Giants for Desi Relaford and cash.

October 31, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

December 2, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

July 28, 2006: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Milwaukee Brewers for Wilfrido Laureano (minors).

October 31, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1995St. Louis Cardinals$109,000
1996St. Louis Cardinals$125,000
1997St. Louis Cardinals$170,000
1998St. Louis Cardinals$200,000
1999Seattle Mariners$700,000
2000Seattle Mariners$1,425,000
2001Seattle Mariners$2,200,000
2002San Francisco Giants$1,750,000
2003Philadelphia Phillies$3,200,000
2004Philadelphia Phillies$4,400,000
2005Philadelphia Phillies$4,700,000
2006Philadelphia Phillies$4,700,000
Career (may be incomplete)$23,679,000
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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