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David Bell

David Michael Bell

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 14, 1972 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Moeller HS (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 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Mariners/Cardinals/Giants/Indians/... 1995-2006
Agents: Arn Tellem,Joe Bick [*]
Final Game: October 1, 2006 (Age 34)
Relatives: Brother of Mike Bell, Son of Buddy Bell and Grandson of Gus Bell
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 18, 2013 7:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1121. Dick Stuart… #1122. Mike Grady… #1123. Jerry Priddy… #1124. DAVID BELL… #1125. Peter Bourjos… #1126. Mickey Morandini… #1127. Hank Edwards… 

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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 71 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 45 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 81 173 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 Yrs 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 55 140 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 90 660 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1995 22 CLE AL 2 2 -1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .505 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 /5
1995 22 STL NL 39 151 -5 -2 1 -1 1 -7 -0.7 5 -2 -0.2 .483 .496 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $109,000 4/5
1996 23 STL NL 62 157 -13 -0 0 8 1 -4 -0.4 5 1 0.0 .494 .498 -0.7 0.9 -7 $125,000 54/6
1997 24 STL NL 66 155 -9 0 -0 -6 2 -13 -1.4 5 -8 -0.9 .480 .492 -0.3 -0.4 -2 $170,000 546
1998 25 STL NL 4 9 -1 0 0 -0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .480 .499 -0.0 -0.0 -0 $200,000 /54
1998 25 CLE AL 107 370 -11 -3 1 2 2 -8 -0.7 14 6 0.6 .493 .495 0.4 0.5 4 4/536
1998 25 SEA AL 21 85 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0.0 3 3 0.3 .501 .500 0.3 0.0 3 4/357
1999 26 SEA AL 157 667 -8 -1 1 -6 4 -10 -0.9 25 15 1.5 .494 .494 2.0 -0.2 20 $700,000 *4/36
2000 27 SEA AL 133 512 -10 -1 -2 -1 3 -12 -1.0 19 8 0.8 .492 .493 0.9 0.2 9 $1,425,000 54/3D6
2001 28 SEA AL 135 510 -6 -1 -1 19 2 14 1.5 19 33 3.3 .510 .508 1.3 2.2 14 $2,200,000 *5/3
2002 29 SFG NL 154 628 4 -0 -2 9 3 13 1.3 20 33 3.2 .509 .508 2.3 1.1 24 $1,750,000 *54/63
2003 30 PHI NL 85 348 -15 0 -0 6 2 -8 -0.9 11 3 0.2 .490 .495 -0.5 0.7 -3 $3,200,000 5/4
2004 31 PHI NL 143 603 8 -1 -1 17 2 26 2.5 19 45 4.4 .518 .516 2.7 1.9 28 $4,400,000 *5
2005 32 PHI NL 150 617 -23 -2 -3 17 3 -9 -1.0 19 10 0.9 .494 .494 -0.9 2.0 -7 $4,700,000 *5
2006 33 PHI NL 92 365 -6 0 -2 -2 2 -8 -0.8 11 4 0.3 .491 .495 0.4 -0.1 5 $4,700,000 5
2006 33 MIL NL 53 201 -3 1 -1 7 1 5 0.4 6 11 1.0 .509 .503 0.3 0.8 4 5
12 Seasons 1403 5380 -99 -10 -9 70 27 -21 -2.1 181 160 15.3 .499 .499 8.1 9.6 91 $23,679,000
PHI (4 yrs) 470 1933 -37 -2 -6 38 8 1 -0.2 60 61 5.7 .500 .500 1.7 4.6 23 $17,000,000
STL (4 yrs) 171 472 -28 -2 1 1 4 -24 -2.6 15 -9 -1.1 .486 .496 -1.2 0.4 -10 $604,000
SEA (4 yrs) 446 1774 -24 -3 -2 12 8 -8 -0.3 67 58 5.9 .498 .499 4.6 2.2 46 $4,325,000
CLE (2 yrs) 109 372 -11 -3 1 3 3 -8 -0.7 14 6 0.6 .493 .498 0.3 0.5 3
SFG (1 yr) 154 628 4 -0 -2 9 3 13 1.3 20 33 3.2 .509 .508 2.3 1.1 24 $1,750,000
MIL (1 yr) 53 201 -3 1 -1 7 1 5 0.4 6 11 1.0 .509 .503 0.3 0.8 4

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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 Yrs (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
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 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
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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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1995 TOT MLB 22 3B 5 2 1 21.0 10 2 7 1 0 .900 -1 -80 3.86 1.80 .947 2.74 2.70
1995 CLE AL 22 3B 2 0 0 4.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1 210 4.50 1.00 .950 2.70 2.60
1995 STL NL 22 2B 37 36 32 317.2 184 75 103 6 27 .967 1 4 5.04 4.81 .984 5.25 5.23
1995 STL NL 22 3B 3 2 1 17.0 8 2 5 1 0 .875 -2 -148 3.71 2.33 .946 2.75 2.77
1996 STL NL 23 3B 45 23 17 237.1 85 22 59 4 1 .953 2 11 3.07 1.80 .948 2.71 2.69
1996 STL NL 23 2B 20 16 7 133.2 78 23 54 1 9 .987 6 52 5.18 3.85 .981 5.09 5.06
1996 STL NL 23 SS 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.60
1997 STL NL 24 3B 35 12 9 151.2 46 10 32 4 1 .913 -2 -20 2.49 1.20 .946 2.66 2.64
1997 STL NL 24 2B 23 13 6 129.0 74 35 37 2 7 .973 -3 -30 5.02 3.13 .980 5.07 5.03
1997 STL NL 24 SS 13 9 3 78.0 38 10 26 2 4 .947 -0 -3 4.15 2.77 .973 4.58 4.54
1998 TOT MLB 25 2B 116 105 86 928.2 561 216 335 10 70 .982 -1 -1 5.34 4.75 .978 4.85 4.80
1998 TOT MLB 25 3B 15 8 7 82.2 26 7 19 0 1 1.000 2 33 2.83 1.73 .949 2.59 2.57
1998 TOT AL 25 2B 115 104 86 923.1 559 216 333 10 69 .982 -1 -1 5.35 4.77 .978 4.85 4.80
1998 TOT AL 25 3B 11 7 6 66.0 23 6 17 0 1 1.000 3 49 3.14 2.09 .948 2.55 2.52
1998 TOT AL 25 1B 6 3 3 36.0 41 39 2 0 3 1.000 0 13 10.25 6.83 .992 9.42 9.32
1998 STL NL 25 3B 4 1 1 16.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -29 1.62 0.75 .957 2.75 2.72
1998 STL NL 25 2B 1 1 0 5.1 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 0 45 3.38 2.00 .980 5.06 5.10
1998 CLE AL 25 2B 101 91 76 807.1 495 192 294 9 58 .982 0 0 5.42 4.81 .978 4.85 4.80
1998 CLE AL 25 3B 6 5 5 46.0 16 4 12 0 1 1.000 2 63 3.13 2.67 .948 2.54 2.52
1998 CLE AL 25 1B 1 0 0 7.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -34 5.14 4.00 .992 9.39 9.30
1998 CLE AL 25 SS 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.00 1.00 .970 4.50 4.70
1998 SEA AL 25 2B 14 13 10 116.0 64 24 39 1 11 .984 -1 -8 4.89 4.50 .978 4.85 4.80
1998 SEA AL 25 1B 5 3 3 29.0 37 35 2 0 3 1.000 1 25 11.48 7.40 .992 9.43 9.32
1998 SEA AL 25 3B 5 2 1 20.0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 0 18 3.15 1.40 .949 2.56 2.52
1998 SEA AL 25 LF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.10
1998 SEA AL 25 OF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.30
1999 SEA AL 26 2B 154 150 141 1307.2 756 313 426 17 118 .978 -4 -4 5.09 4.80 .981 5.13 5.05
1999 SEA AL 26 1B 4 2 0 18.1 16 15 1 0 2 1.000 -1 -65 7.85 4.00 .992 9.47 9.35
1999 SEA AL 26 SS 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -240 4.50 1.00 .970 4.95 4.70
2000 SEA AL 27 3B 93 81 70 738.1 213 50 151 12 14 .944 2 3 2.45 2.16 .947 2.67 2.64
2000 SEA AL 27 2B 48 40 33 350.1 190 85 102 3 33 .984 -3 -10 4.80 3.90 .980 5.03 4.97
2000 SEA AL 27 1B 2 1 0 7.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -34 5.14 2.00 .992 9.39 9.25
2000 SEA AL 27 DH 1 0
2000 SEA AL 27 SS 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.70
2001 SEA AL 28 3B 134 120 116 1128.0 363 92 257 14 21 .961 19 20 2.78 2.60 .947 2.73 2.71
2001 SEA AL 28 1B 2 1 0 8.0 6 6 0 0 1 1.000 0 60 6.75 3.00 .993 9.34 9.30
2002 SFG NL 29 3B 139 128 113 1137.0 331 78 244 9 21 .973 8 8 2.55 2.32 .957 2.71 2.69
2002 SFG NL 29 2B 12 10 7 87.0 53 21 29 3 6 .943 -0 -7 5.17 4.17 .981 4.96 4.92
2002 SFG NL 29 SS 3 3 3 27.0 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 -0 -9 3.67 3.67 .970 4.53 4.50
2002 SFG NL 29 1B 2 2 1 15.0 17 13 4 0 2 1.000 1 112 10.20 8.50 .992 9.42 9.30
2003 PHI NL 30 3B 85 81 71 703.2 238 62 168 8 17 .966 9 6 16 10 2.94 2.71 .955 2.74 2.72
2003 PHI NL 30 2B 3 3 0 19.0 11 3 8 0 1 1.000 0 0 19 0 5.21 3.67 .983 5.12 5.07
2004 PHI NL 31 3B 142 141 123 1239.2 421 89 308 24 22 .943 13 17 12 17 2.88 2.80 .956 2.76 2.75
2005 PHI NL 32 3B 150 148 137 1296.2 430 105 304 21 22 .951 5 17 5 16 2.84 2.73 .958 2.77 2.74
2006 TOT NL 33 3B 143 138 128 1216.0 398 83 296 19 27 .952 -16 5 -15 4 2.81 2.65 .954 2.70 2.68
2006 PHI NL 33 3B 90 88 84 781.1 255 55 186 14 23 .945 -8 -2 -13 -3 2.78 2.68 .954 2.70 2.68
2006 MIL NL 33 3B 53 50 44 434.2 143 28 110 5 4 .965 -7 7 -20 20 2.86 2.60 .954 2.70 2.68
11 Seasons 3B 986 882 792 7952.0 2561 600 1845 116 147 .955 41 45 6 12 2.77 2.48 .953 2.73 2.70
8 Seasons 2B 413 373 312 3273.0 1907 771 1094 42 271 .978 -4 0 -2 0 5.13 4.52 .980 5.04 4.98
6 Seasons SS 20 12 6 110.0 51 16 33 2 5 .961 -1 -10 4.01 2.45 .972 4.57 4.56
5 Seasons 1B 16 9 4 84.1 84 77 7 0 8 1.000 1 14 8.96 5.25 .992 9.42 9.31
1 Season OF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.30
1 Season LF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.10
12 Seasons TOT 1436 1276 1114 11422.1 4603 1464 2979 160 431 .965 37 45 4 9 3.50 3.09 .966 3.46 3.46
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2001 AL  2.2 (3rd)
2004 NL  1.9 (6th)
2005 NL  2.0 (9th)
Career  9.6 (233rd)

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)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
2004 NL  24 (2nd)
2005 NL  21 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
2001 AL  19 (2nd)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1999 AL  154 (3rd)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1999 AL  313 (1st)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1999 AL  426 (4th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1999 AL  17 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as 2B s c a p y
1999 AL  118 (1st)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
2001 AL  134 (5th)
2002 NL  139 (5th)
2005 NL  150 (2nd)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
2005 NL  105 (5th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
2001 AL  257 (4th)
2004 NL  308 (4th)
2005 NL  304 (3rd)
2006 NL  296 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
2004 NL  24 (2nd)
2005 NL  21 (3rd)
2006 NL  19 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1998 AL  5.35 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1998 AL  4.77 (4th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1998 AL  .982 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
2001 AL  19 (1st)
2002 NL  8 (4th)
2003 NL  9 (4th)
2004 NL  13 (4th)
2005 NL  5 (5th)
Career  41 (31st)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
2001 AL  2.78 (5th)
2003 NL  2.94 (3rd)
2004 NL  2.88 (5th)
2005 NL  2.84 (3rd)
2006 NL  2.81 (5th)
Career  2.77 (50th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
2003 NL  2.71 (4th)
2004 NL  2.80 (4th)
2005 NL  2.73 (3rd)
2006 NL  2.65 (4th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
2001 AL  .961 (4th)
2002 NL  .973 (3rd)
2005 NL  .951 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1796), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1379), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (136th), 15.3 career WAR/15.1 7yr-peak WAR/15.2 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
199522St. Louis Cardinals$109,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199623St. Louis Cardinals$125,0001996 AP survey
199724St. Louis Cardinals$170,0001997 AP survey
199825St. Louis Cardinals$200,0004/3/98 USA Today
199926Seattle Mariners$700,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
200027Seattle Mariners$1,425,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
200128Seattle Mariners$2,200,0004/6/01 USA Today
200229San Francisco Giants$1,750,0004/3/02 AP
200330Philadelphia Phillies$3,200,0004/3/03 AP
200431Philadelphia Phillies$4,400,0004/7/04 AP
200532Philadelphia Phillies$4,700,000
200633Philadelphia Phillies$4,700,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$23,679,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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