Gus Bell
David Russell Bell Jr.
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 196 lb.

Born: November 15, 1928 in Louisville, KY
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 30, 1950
Final Game: May 1, 1964
Died: May 7, 1995 in Montgomery, OH
Relatives: Father of Buddy Bell, Grandfather of David Bell and Grandfather of Mike Bell
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Standard Fielding

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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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1950 PIT NL 21 OF 104 218 203 10 5 3 .977 2.05 .978 2.14 0-0-104
1951 PIT NL 22 OF 145 289 267 18 4 4 .986 1.97 .981 2.23 0-0-145
1952 PIT NL 23 OF 123 216 202 8 6 2 .972 1.71 .981 2.10 0-0-123
1953 CIN NL 24 OF 151 474 447 16 11 5 .977 3.07 .980 2.11 0-145-6 AS,MVP-20
1954 CIN NL 25 CF 153 152 1344.2 421 404 12 5 2 .988 -10.3 -9.2 -8.3 -4.6 -3.7 -2 2.78 2.72 .983 2.83 2.67 AS
1954 CIN NL 25 OF 153 152 1344.2 424 406 12 6 2 .986 -10.3 -9.2 -8.3 -4.6 -3.7 -2 2.80 2.73 .975 2.36 2.18 AS
1955 CIN NL 26 CF 154 154 1357.2 377 367 5 5 0 .987 -8.3 -7.3 -8.3 -6.1 -2.2 0 2.47 2.42 .982 2.70 2.50
1955 CIN NL 26 OF 154 154 1357.2 373 364 4 5 0 .987 -8.3 -7.3 -8.3 -6.1 -2.2 0 2.44 2.39 .977 2.30 2.10
1956 CIN NL 27 CF 149 149 1330.0 341 324 12 5 4 .985 -23.3 -21.0 -23.3 -14.1 -9.2 0 2.27 2.26 .982 2.77 2.55 AS
1956 CIN NL 27 OF 149 149 1330.0 347 330 12 5 4 .986 -23.3 -21.0 -23.3 -14.1 -9.2 0 2.31 2.30 .977 2.28 2.05 AS
1957 CIN NL 28 CF 121 120 1088.0 320 309 7 4 1 .988 -7.0 -7.7 -7.0 -4.5 -2.5 0 2.61 2.61 .985 2.82 2.62 AS
1957 CIN NL 28 OF 121 120 1088.0 322 311 7 4 1 .988 -7.0 -7.7 -7.0 -4.5 -2.5 0 2.63 2.63 .980 2.29 2.07 AS
1958 CIN NL 29 OF 107 101 921.0 243 235 7 1 2 .996 -10.5 -13.7 -11.5 -8.2 -3.4 1 2.36 2.26 .980 2.26 1.95
1958 CIN NL 29 CF 90 86 795.1 211 203 7 1 2 .995 -10.9 -16.4 -11.9 -8.2 -3.8 1 2.38 2.33 .986 2.72 2.50
1958 CIN NL 29 LF 17 15 125.2 35 35 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 3.8 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 2.51 2.06 .974 2.00 1.54
1959 CIN NL 30 OF 145 137 1235.0 285 269 15 1 1 .996 -0.5 -0.5 -2.5 2.0 -4.5 2 2.07 1.96 .976 2.21 1.90
1959 CIN NL 30 RF 141 131 1189.0 268 258 9 1 1 .996 -1.4 -1.4 -3.4 1.4 -4.7 2 2.02 1.89 .978 1.96 1.64
1959 CIN NL 30 LF 6 6 46.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 23.5 0.9 0.6 0.2 0 2.74 2.33 .971 2.03 1.58
1960 CIN NL 31 OF 131 122 1088.0 255 239 13 3 1 .988 0.7 0.8 0.7 -0.2 1.0 0 2.08 1.92 .978 2.20 1.92
1960 CIN NL 31 RF 97 92 805.2 206 192 13 1 1 .995 4.4 6.6 3.4 1.9 1.6 1 2.29 2.11 .979 1.99 1.76
1960 CIN NL 31 LF 41 30 281.2 52 50 0 2 0 .962 -3.6 -15.3 -2.6 -2.0 -0.6 -1 1.60 1.22 .975 1.98 1.54
1960 CIN NL 31 CF 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -180.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1961 CIN NL 32 OF 75 54 510.2 114 112 1 1 0 .991 1.9 4.5 1.9 0.3 1.6 0 1.99 1.51 .976 2.16 1.86
1961 CIN NL 32 LF 44 27 258.0 58 56 1 1 0 .983 1.3 6.0 1.3 0.1 1.2 0 1.99 1.30 .972 1.88 1.50
1961 CIN NL 32 RF 34 27 249.2 52 52 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 3.8 0.8 0.4 0.4 0 1.87 1.53 .973 1.93 1.60
1961 CIN NL 32 CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -80.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1962 TOT NL 33 OF 84 77 621.1 127 115 10 2 3 .984 -5.2 -10.0 -4.2 2.3 -6.5 -1 1.81 1.49 .973 2.07 1.79
1962 TOT NL 33 RF 33 26 238.2 52 44 7 1 3 .981 -4.2 -21.1 -3.2 0.9 -4.1 -1 1.92 1.55 .975 1.90 1.65
1962 NYM NL 33 OF 26 24 218.0 48 40 7 1 3 .979 -4.8 -26.4 -3.8 0.2 -4.0 -1 1.94 1.81 .973 2.07 1.79
1962 NYM NL 33 RF 26 24 218.0 47 39 7 1 3 .979 -4.8 -26.4 -3.8 0.2 -4.0 -1 1.90 1.77 .974 1.90 1.65
1962 MLN NL 33 OF 58 53 403.1 79 75 3 1 0 .987 -0.4 -1.2 -0.4 2.1 -2.5 0 1.74 1.34 .973 2.07 1.79
1962 MLN NL 33 LF 53 51 378.2 69 65 3 1 0 .986 -0.8 -2.5 -0.8 1.4 -2.2 0 1.62 1.28 .968 1.81 1.37
1962 MLN NL 33 RF 7 2 20.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 34.8 0.6 0.7 -0.1 0 2.18 0.71 .980 1.92 1.64
1962 MLN NL 33 CF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 2.48 2.30
13 Seasons OF 1642 1066 9496.1 3687 3500 133 54 28 .985 -62.5 -7.9 -62.5 -33.1 -29.4 0 3.44 2.21 .978 2.26 2.05 161-815-683
8 Seasons (incomplete) CF 670 661 5923.1 1670 1607 43 20 9 .988 -60.3 -12.2 -59.3 -37.8 -21.6 -1 2.51 2.46 .983 2.77 2.57
4 Seasons (incomplete) RF 305 276 2483.0 578 546 29 3 5 .995 -0.4 -0.2 -2.4 4.6 -6.8 2 2.08 1.89 .977 1.96 1.67
5 Seasons LF 161 129 1090.0 228 220 4 4 0 .982 -1.8 -2.0 -0.8 0.1 -1.0 -1 1.85 1.39 .972 1.90 1.47
15 Seasons TOT 1642 1066 9496.1 3687 3500 133 54 28 .985 -62.5 -7.9 -62.5 -33.1 -29.4 0 3.44 2.21 .963 2.26 2.05 161-815-683
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1950 PIT NL 21 111 111 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 104
1951 PIT NL 22 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 145
1952 PIT NL 23 131 131 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 123
1953 CIN NL 24 151 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 6 151
1954 CIN NL 25 153 152 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 153 1 0
1955 CIN NL 26 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 154 0 0
1956 CIN NL 27 150 149 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 149 1 0
1957 CIN NL 28 121 120 121 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 121 0 121 0 0
1958 CIN NL 29 112 101 112 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 90 0 107 8 0
1959 CIN NL 30 148 137 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 141 145 6 0
1960 CIN NL 31 143 122 143 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 1 97 131 16 0
1961 CIN NL 32 103 54 103 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 1 34 75 39 0
1962 MLN NL 33 79 53 79 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 1 7 58 23 0
1962 NYM NL 33 30 24 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 26 5 0
1963 MLN NL 34 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1964 MLN NL 35 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
15 Seasons 1741 1066 1741 1741 0 0 0 0 0 0 161 815 683 1642 105 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 CIN NL 25 5 0 5 0 0 12 0 2 4 4 30 13 3 34 3 1 11 3 1 24 4 0 37 34 1 136 57 41.9% 73 6 4.4% 6 5985 62% 82% 33% 592 69%
1955 CIN NL 26 5 0 5 0 0 5 0 2 2 1 46 30 1 43 4 1 9 3 0 19 2 0 27 26 0 144 65 45.1% 77 2 1.4% 3 5891 64% 82% 32% 599 62%
1956 CIN NL 27 5 0 5 0 0 12 0 3 3 2 44 21 3 36 5 1 11 4 0 23 3 0 26 24 0 140 57 40.7% 79 4 2.9% 8 5781 62% 81% 30% 577 57%
1957 CIN NL 28 4 0 4 0 1 7 0 4 2 0 35 21 0 30 7 0 12 4 0 16 4 0 12 8 0 105 44 41.9% 61 0 0.0% 7 4764 63% 81% 32% 536 59%
1958 CIN NL 29 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 3 1 1 31 20 2 19 2 0 10 4 1 9 1 0 15 11 0 84 38 45.2% 43 3 3.6% 4 3472 62% 80% 30% 362 58%
1960 CIN NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 100% 100% 0
1961 CIN NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 62% 69% 23% 0
1962 MLN NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 71% 50% 7% 1 0%
8 Seasons 20 0 20 0 1 43 0 14 12 8 186 105 9 162 21 3 53 18 2 91 14 0 117 103 1 609 261 42.9% 333 15 2.5% 28 25922 63% 81% 31% 2667 61%
MLB Averages 42.1% 2.1% 62% 78% 28% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1959 CIN NL 30 1 0 1 0 0 9 1 6 1 1 54 21 2 36 10 0 20 12 0 16 8 0 18 15 0 144 66 45.8% 76 2 1.4% 7 5245 57% 80% 31% 532 50%
1960 CIN NL 31 1 0 1 0 1 13 1 4 6 2 38 14 2 25 2 2 8 4 0 9 3 0 11 9 0 91 32 35.2% 55 4 4.4% 9 3481 60% 82% 31% 379 54%
1961 CIN NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 6 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 5 5 0 25 12 48.0% 13 0 0.0% 0 1085 60% 78% 28% 92 57%
1962 NYM NL 33 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 3 0 1 14 1 0 9 1 0 5 3 1 7 2 0 3 1 0 38 8 21.1% 29 1 2.6% 6 1003 60% 80% 31% 88 49%
1962 MLN NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 89 79% 71% 26% 6 83%
4 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 29 2 13 7 4 115 41 4 76 13 2 36 20 1 35 14 0 37 30 0 299 118 39.5% 174 7 2.3% 22 10903 59% 80% 31% 1097 52%
MLB Averages 42.6% 3.1% 62% 78% 28% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1958 CIN NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 15 10 66.7% 5 0 0.0% 0 535 57% 83% 29% 73 48%
1959 CIN NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 6 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 50.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 210 61% 79% 32% 33 42%
1960 CIN NL 31 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 13 0 10 2 0 5 1 0 4 0 0 4 4 0 37 20 54.1% 17 0 0.0% 0 1253 65% 76% 27% 123 41%
1961 CIN NL 32 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 12 11 0 7 0 1 8 6 0 4 0 0 8 8 0 39 25 64.1% 13 1 2.6% 0 1130 65% 78% 29% 115 50%
1962 MLN NL 33 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 7 4 0 9 2 1 8 3 0 2 2 0 7 6 0 33 17 51.5% 15 1 3.0% 2 1484 62% 80% 27% 122 52%
5 Seasons 4 0 4 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 44 37 0 37 8 2 24 11 0 11 3 0 20 19 0 136 78 57.4% 56 2 1.5% 2 4612 63% 79% 28% 466 47%
MLB Averages 56.8% 2.3% 62% 78% 28% 48%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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