Jay Bell
Jay Stuart Bell
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 11, 1965 in Eglin A.F.B., FL
High School: J. M. Tate (Pensacola, FL)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1986
Final Game: September 28, 2003
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1986 CLE AL 20 2B 2 2 12.0 9 1 6 2 1 .778 -0.5 -50.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 5.25 3.50 .989 5.10 4.35
1986 CLE AL 20 DH 2
1987 CLE AL 21 SS 38 33 298.0 169 67 93 9 22 .947 -6.5 -26.2 -5.5 -3.6 -1.9 -1 4.83 4.21 .971 4.59 4.02
1988 CLE AL 22 SS 72 68 596.0 283 103 170 10 37 .965 -10.0 -20.1 -9.0 -3.2 -5.8 -1 4.12 3.79 .971 4.69 4.14
1988 CLE AL 22 DH 1
1989 PIT NL 23 SS 78 70 649.1 316 109 197 10 41 .968 -4.4 -8.1 -5.4 -6.6 1.2 1 4.24 3.92 .966 4.51 3.88
1990 PIT NL 24 SS 159 153 1377.0 741 260 459 22 85 .970 -11.4 -9.9 -8.4 -3.5 -4.9 -3 4.70 4.52 .967 4.59 4.00
1991 PIT NL 25 SS 156 153 1347.1 754 239 491 24 78 .968 -1.4 -1.2 0.6 -1.0 1.6 -2 4.88 4.68 .966 4.67 3.88 MVP-12
1992 PIT NL 26 SS 159 157 1411.1 816 268 526 22 94 .973 4.9 4.2 6.9 5.1 1.8 -2 5.06 4.99 .969 4.59 3.86
1993 PIT NL 27 SS 154 153 1349.0 794 256 527 11 100 .986 10.9 9.7 9.9 7.3 2.6 1 5.22 5.08 .964 4.69 4.04 AS,MVP-19,GG,SS
1994 PIT NL 28 SS 110 108 943.2 547 152 380 15 69 .973 10.0 12.7 9.0 8.4 0.6 1 5.07 4.84 .966 4.53 4.05
1995 PIT NL 29 SS 136 130 1150.0 628 205 409 14 88 .978 -10.9 -11.4 -10.9 -5.6 -5.3 0 4.81 4.51 .968 4.51 3.97
1995 PIT NL 29 3B 3 3 24.2 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 0.2 9.7 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.55 2.33 .943 2.77 2.33
1996 PIT NL 30 SS 151 143 1289.1 703 215 478 10 78 .986 7.2 6.7 10.2 4.2 6.0 -3 4.84 4.59 .966 4.60 3.99
1997 KCR AL 31 SS 149 144 1271.0 680 227 443 10 102 .985 10.1 9.5 9.1 0.7 8.4 1 4.74 4.50 .974 4.55 4.05
1997 KCR AL 31 3B 4 3 27.0 9 2 7 0 3 1.000 1.2 53.3 1.2 0.0 1.2 0 3.00 2.25 .956 2.67 2.33
1998 ARI NL 32 SS 138 135 1175.2 613 196 399 18 77 .971 4.6 4.7 4.6 -1.1 5.7 0 4.55 4.31 .968 4.52 3.88
1998 ARI NL 32 2B 15 15 131.1 67 28 38 1 7 .985 -0.8 -7.3 -0.8 0.7 -1.5 0 4.52 4.40 .982 5.09 4.38
1999 ARI NL 33 2B 148 145 1297.0 682 320 340 22 86 .968 0.4 0.4 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 1 4.58 4.46 .981 5.05 4.19 AS,MVP-13
1999 ARI NL 33 DH 2 AS,MVP-13
1999 ARI NL 33 SS 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 3.80 AS,MVP-13
2000 ARI NL 34 2B 145 142 1243.2 641 289 344 8 85 .988 -7.1 -6.9 -6.1 -4.1 -2.1 -1 4.58 4.37 .982 4.96 4.34
2000 ARI NL 34 DH 1
2001 ARI NL 35 2B 80 78 664.0 323 153 168 2 43 .994 -0.5 -0.9 -1.5 0.4 -1.9 1 4.35 4.01 .983 4.86 4.19
2001 ARI NL 35 3B 40 33 303.1 83 22 56 5 3 .940 -3.0 -11.9 -3.0 -3.4 0.4 0 2.31 1.95 .951 2.57 2.17
2001 ARI NL 35 DH 3
2002 ARI NL 36 3B 6 5 42.2 12 4 8 0 2 1.000 -0.4 -11.3 -0.4 -0.1 -0.3 0 2.53 2.00 .958 2.72 2.28
2002 ARI NL 36 1B 5 3 25.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -19.2 -0.4 -0.2 -0.1 0 5.76 3.20 .994 9.40 7.96
2002 ARI NL 36 2B 2 0 3.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.4 144.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 8.10 1.50 .967 4.86 4.30
2002 ARI NL 36 SS 2 1 9.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.8 106.7 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 5.00 2.50 .960 4.50 4.00
2003 NYM NL 37 2B 14 10 84.0 42 15 25 2 7 .952 -4.2 -60.0 -4.2 0.4 -4.6 0 4.29 2.86 .983 5.12 4.39
2003 NYM NL 37 3B 14 7 73.0 21 7 13 1 2 .952 -1.3 -21.4 -1.3 -0.9 -0.4 0 2.47 1.43 .957 2.74 2.36
2003 NYM NL 37 1B 13 3 36.1 34 33 0 1 3 .971 -1.6 -52.8 -1.6 -1.9 0.3 0 8.17 2.54 .994 9.59 7.98
2003 NYM NL 37 SS 12 6 51.0 31 11 19 1 6 .968 -0.8 -18.8 -0.8 0.8 -1.6 0 5.29 2.50 .974 4.52 3.99
2003 NYM NL 37 DH 1
15 Seasons SS 1515 1454 12918.0 7080 2309 4595 176 877 .975 3.1 0.3 11.1 2.7 8.4 -8 4.81 4.56 .968 4.59 3.97
7 Seasons 2B 406 392 3435.1 1767 807 923 37 229 .979 -12.3 -4.3 -13.3 -2.8 -10.6 1 4.53 4.26 .982 4.98 4.26
5 Seasons 3B 67 51 470.2 132 36 90 6 11 .955 -3.3 -8.4 -3.3 -4.2 0.9 0 2.41 1.88 .952 2.63 2.24
2 Seasons 1B 18 6 61.1 50 49 0 1 3 .980 -2.0 -39.1 -2.0 -2.1 0.2 0 7.19 2.72 .994 9.51 7.97
6 Seasons DH 10
18 Seasons TOT 2006 1903 16885.1 9029 3201 5608 220 1120 .976 -14.5 -1.0 -7.5 -6.4 -1.1 -7 4.70 4.39 .946 4.63 4.01
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

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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
1986 CLE AL 20 5 4 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
1987 CLE AL 21 38 33 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 CLE AL 22 73 68 73 72 0 0 0 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1989 PIT NL 23 78 70 78 78 0 0 0 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1990 PIT NL 24 159 153 159 159 0 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1991 PIT NL 25 157 153 157 156 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1992 PIT NL 26 159 157 159 159 0 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 PIT NL 27 154 153 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 PIT NL 28 110 108 110 110 0 0 0 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1995 PIT NL 29 138 133 138 138 0 0 0 0 3 136 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1996 PIT NL 30 151 143 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1997 KCR AL 31 153 147 153 152 0 0 0 0 4 149 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1998 ARI NL 32 155 150 155 153 0 0 0 15 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1999 ARI NL 33 151 147 151 148 0 0 0 148 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
2000 ARI NL 34 149 143 149 145 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
2001 ARI NL 35 129 114 129 115 0 0 0 80 40 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 1
2002 ARI NL 36 32 9 32 14 0 0 5 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
2003 NYM NL 37 72 26 72 48 0 0 14 14 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 27 0
18 Seasons 2063 1911 2063 1992 0 0 19 406 67 1515 0 0 0 0 8 88 5
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1987 CLE AL 21 1391 49% 80% 28% 119 87% 1 66 29 35 2 94 74 18 0 0 9 0 9 0 8 22 5 0 11 3 2 21 5 16 1 1 0
1988 CLE AL 22 2670 55% 79% 31% 227 87% 1 102 47 39 16 173 140 26 0 4 10 0 5 5 8 38 14 0 10 3 4 32 14 17 2 1 1
1989 PIT NL 23 2843 55% 79% 32% 265 89% 1 107 56 43 8 196 154 36 1 1 10 0 6 4 8 41 20 5 9 1 1 36 25 11 5 2 2
1990 PIT NL 24 5952 57% 79% 33% 598 89% 2 260 118 101 41 458 361 84 2 6 22 2 13 7 17 85 36 13 20 6 5 80 49 31 2 1 1
1991 PIT NL 25 5873 61% 79% 33% 694 80% 0 239 105 95 39 492 386 93 0 9 24 3 9 12 18 78 25 9 23 8 2 69 34 33 8 3 4
1992 PIT NL 26 6136 56% 80% 34% 719 82% 4 268 107 118 43 527 414 98 1 8 21 2 11 8 13 95 35 10 27 7 2 85 46 37 7 3 4
1993 PIT NL 27 6112 62% 79% 32% 632 94% 1 257 116 98 42 520 427 82 0 6 11 0 6 5 7 99 34 11 22 10 8 90 45 42 5 2 3
1994 PIT NL 28 4276 65% 77% 35% 444 92% 4 149 59 65 26 383 297 74 2 6 15 1 9 5 10 69 32 7 19 4 0 67 40 24 1 0 1
1995 PIT NL 29 5297 58% 76% 33% 500 90% 16 204 88 73 43 411 314 69 0 7 14 2 5 7 6 88 36 7 26 9 1 81 43 36 5 3 2
1996 PIT NL 30 5884 63% 77% 34% 572 92% 1 215 92 97 26 477 386 80 1 7 10 1 5 4 8 78 28 7 16 7 7 71 35 31 5 1 4
1997 KCR AL 31 5697 59% 76% 31% 516 91% 4 228 87 121 20 442 348 81 2 2 10 1 7 2 8 102 28 8 33 6 12 94 36 51 5 2 3
1998 ARI NL 32 5253 58% 77% 32% 535 83% 5 198 85 80 33 403 309 77 1 8 18 0 15 3 15 77 32 10 19 3 5 71 42 27 3 0 1
1999 ARI NL 33 1 100% 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
2002 ARI NL 36 34 41% 79% 26% 5 100% 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 NYM NL 37 248 60% 76% 25% 19 74% 0 11 0 9 2 19 16 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 0 0 4 1 0 5 0 5 1 0 1
15 Seasons 57667 59% 78% 33% 5845 88% 40 2305 990 974 341 4599 3630 821 10 64 175 12 101 62 127 878 325 87 239 68 49 802 414 361 50 19 27
MLB Averages 56% 75% 30% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1986 CLE AL 20 56 75% 84% 21% 9 67% 0 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1998 ARI NL 32 564 57% 79% 30% 56 91% 0 27 16 7 4 38 30 7 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 1 0 5 0 7 5 2 0 0 0
1999 ARI NL 33 5710 66% 72% 29% 424 95% 2 319 125 142 53 340 283 40 1 10 22 2 16 4 12 86 25 17 27 5 77 33 44 6 1 3
2000 ARI NL 34 5489 65% 73% 26% 391 97% 2 286 105 128 53 343 289 42 0 3 8 0 4 4 6 85 33 20 19 4 77 23 53 6 5 1
2001 ARI NL 35 2873 62% 71% 25% 196 98% 0 153 58 55 40 168 144 17 0 4 2 0 1 1 2 43 19 4 10 1 36 11 23 7 3 2
2002 ARI NL 36 13 62% 85% 31% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 NYM NL 37 383 66% 78% 37% 33 76% 0 15 6 9 0 25 21 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 7 3 1 2 0 6 2 4 1 1 0
7 Seasons 15088 65% 73% 27% 1112 95% 4 803 312 341 151 921 773 110 1 17 37 2 25 10 24 229 81 42 64 10 204 75 126 20 10 6
MLB Averages 56% 75% 30% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1995 PIT NL 29 119 70% 86% 34% 9 78% 0 1 1 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1997 KCR AL 31 114 39% 78% 32% 8 100% 0 2 2 0 0 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 0
2001 ARI NL 35 1357 59% 72% 29% 79 91% 0 22 16 1 5 56 46 9 0 1 5 0 3 2 5 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 7 71%
2002 ARI NL 36 211 51% 73% 23% 12 100% 0 4 4 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
2003 NYM NL 37 314 56% 77% 30% 25 80% 0 7 7 0 0 13 8 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0%
5 Seasons 2115 57% 74% 29% 133 89% 0 36 30 1 5 90 68 19 1 1 6 0 4 2 6 11 10 0 10 1 1 0 8 63%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 30% 87% 64%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2002 ARI NL 36 98 46% 70% 19% 1 100% 0 16 0 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 NYM NL 37 163 54% 74% 27% 5 80% 0 33 1 30 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0
2 Seasons 261 51% 73% 24% 6 83% 0 49 1 46 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 30% 93% 84%

* 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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