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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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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
1986 20 CLE AL 5 16 14 3 5 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 3 .357 .438 .714 1.152 211 10 0 0 0 0 0 /4D
1987 21 CLE AL 38 137 125 14 27 9 1 2 13 2 0 8 31 .216 .269 .352 .621 63 44 0 1 3 0 0 6
1988 22 CLE AL 73 236 211 23 46 5 1 2 21 4 2 21 53 .218 .289 .280 .569 59 59 3 1 1 2 0 6/D
1989 23 PIT NL 78 303 271 33 70 13 3 2 27 5 3 19 47 .258 .307 .351 .658 92 95 9 1 10 2 0 6
1990 24 PIT NL 159 696 583 93 148 28 7 7 52 10 6 65 109 .254 .329 .362 .691 94 211 14 3 39 6 0 *6
1991 25 PIT NL 157 697 608 96 164 32 8 16 67 10 6 52 99 .270 .330 .428 .757 113 260 15 4 30 3 1 *6 MVP-12
1992 26 PIT NL 159 712 632 87 167 36 6 9 55 7 5 55 103 .264 .326 .383 .709 102 242 12 4 19 2 0 *6
1993 27 PIT NL 154 701 604 102 187 32 9 9 51 16 10 77 122 .310 .392 .437 .830 124 264 16 6 13 1 6 *6 AS,MVP-19,GG,SS
1994 28 PIT NL 110 487 424 68 117 35 4 9 45 2 0 49 82 .276 .353 .441 .794 105 187 15 3 8 3 1 *6
1995 29 PIT NL 138 593 530 79 139 28 4 13 55 2 5 55 110 .262 .336 .404 .739 93 214 13 4 3 1 1 *6/5
1996 30 PIT NL 151 598 527 65 132 29 3 13 71 6 4 54 108 .250 .323 .391 .714 85 206 10 5 6 6 5 *6
1997 31 KCR AL 153 660 573 89 167 28 3 21 92 10 6 71 101 .291 .368 .461 .829 115 264 13 4 3 9 2 *6/5
1998 32 ARI NL 155 645 549 79 138 29 5 20 67 3 5 81 129 .251 .353 .432 .785 106 237 14 7 5 3 3 *64
1999 33 ARI NL 151 688 589 132 170 32 6 38 112 7 4 82 132 .289 .374 .557 .931 131 328 9 4 4 9 2 *4/D6 AS,MVP-13
2000 34 ARI NL 149 649 565 87 151 30 6 18 68 7 3 70 88 .267 .348 .437 .786 93 247 7 3 6 5 0 *4/D
2001 35 ARI NL 129 509 428 59 106 24 1 13 46 0 1 65 79 .248 .349 .400 .749 88 171 9 4 8 4 3 45/D
2002 36 ARI NL 32 56 49 3 8 1 0 2 11 0 0 5 9 .163 .250 .306 .556 40 15 2 1 0 1 0 /5346
2003 37 NYM NL 72 142 116 11 21 1 0 0 3 0 0 22 38 .181 .319 .190 .509 39 22 4 2 1 1 1 4536/D
18 Seasons 2063 8525 7398 1123 1963 394 67 195 860 91 60 853 1443 .265 .343 .416 .759 101 3076 165 57 159 58 25
162 Game Avg. 162 669 581 88 154 31 5 15 68 7 5 67 113 .265 .343 .416 .759 101 242 13 4 12 5 2
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
PIT (8 yrs) 1106 4787 4179 623 1124 233 44 78 423 58 39 426 780 .269 .339 .402 .741 102 1679 104 30 128 24 14
ARI (5 yrs) 616 2547 2180 360 573 116 18 91 304 17 13 303 437 .263 .355 .458 .812 104 998 41 19 23 22 8
CLE (3 yrs) 116 389 350 40 78 16 2 5 38 6 2 31 87 .223 .288 .323 .611 67 113 3 2 4 2 0
KCR (1 yr) 153 660 573 89 167 28 3 21 92 10 6 71 101 .291 .368 .461 .829 115 264 13 4 3 9 2
NYM (1 yr) 72 142 116 11 21 1 0 0 3 0 0 22 38 .181 .319 .190 .509 39 22 4 2 1 1 1
NL (14 yrs) 1794 7476 6475 994 1718 350 62 169 730 75 52 751 1255 .265 .344 .417 .761 102 2699 149 51 152 47 23
AL (4 yrs) 269 1049 923 129 245 44 5 26 130 16 8 102 188 .265 .339 .408 .747 97 377 16 6 7 11 2

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
1990 24 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 6 25 20 3 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 .250 .400 .450 .850 9 0 1 0 0 0
1991 25 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 7 30 29 2 12 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 10 .414 .414 .586 1.000 17 0 0 1 0 0
1992 26 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 7 33 29 3 5 2 0 1 4 0 0 3 4 .172 .273 .345 .618 10 1 1 0 0 0
1999 33 ARI NL NLDS NYM L 4 17 14 3 4 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 .286 .353 .357 .710 5 0 1 0 1 0
2001 35 ARI NL NLDS STL W 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
2001 35 ARI NL NLCS ATL W 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 35 ARI NL WS NYY W 3 7 7 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (7 Series) 30 120 107 14 28 6 0 3 10 0 2 8 20 .262 .328 .402 .730 43 1 3 1 1 0
2 NLDS 6 21 18 3 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 .278 .333 .333 .667 6 0 1 0 1 0
4 NLCS 21 92 82 8 22 5 0 3 6 0 1 7 17 .268 .341 .439 .780 36 1 2 1 0 0
1 WS 3 7 7 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 0 0 0 0 0

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1993 *
1999 (2B)

Gold Gloves
1993-NL-SS

Silver Sluggers
1993-NL-SS

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1991-NL-12-3%
1993-NL-19-1%
1999-NL-13-7%
0.11 Career Shares (864th)

Games Played s c a p y
1990 NL--159--5th
1991 NL--157--5th
1992 NL--159--5th
Career--2063--188th

At Bats s c a p y
1991 NL--608--3rd
1992 NL--632--3rd
1993 NL--604--10th
Career--7398--196th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1990 NL--696--3rd
1991 NL--697--3rd
1992 NL--712--2nd
1993 NL--701--5th
1994 NL--487--8th
Career--8525--176th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1991 NL--96--6th
1992 NL--87--9th
1993 NL--102--9th
1999 NL--132--2nd
Career--1123--218th

Hits s c a p y
1993 NL--187--4th

Total Bases s c a p y
1999 NL--328--9th
Career--3076--248th

Doubles s c a p y
1992 NL--36--9th
1994 NL--35--3rd
Career--394--171st

Triples s c a p y
1990 NL--7--8th
1991 NL--8--6th
1993 NL--9--3rd

Home Runs s c a p y
1999 NL--38--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career--853--188th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1990 NL--109--9th
1992 NL--103--9th
1993 NL--122--6th
1995 NL--110--6th
1999 NL--132--9th
Career--1443--53rd

Singles s c a p y
1993 NL--137--4th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1999 NL--76--7th
Career--656--206th

Times On Base s c a p y
1993 NL--270--6th
Career--2873--227th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1989 NL--10--9th
1990 NL--39--1st
1991 NL--30--1st
1992 NL--19--2nd
1993 NL--13--6th
Career--159--148th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1999 NL--9--3rd
Career--58--216th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1990 NL--14--8th
1991 NL--15--8th
1994 NL--15--5th
Career--165--184th

Outs Made s c a p y
1990 NL--500--2nd
1991 NL--498--1st
1992 NL--503--2nd
1994 NL--333--7th
1995 NL--413--8th
Career--5877--151st

Youngest s c a p y
1986 AL--born 1965-12-11--3rd
1987 AL--born 1965-12-11--8th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 32 (735), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 30 (583), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 27 (363), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 4, 1984: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1984.

August 1, 1985: Traded by the Minnesota Twins with a player to be named later, Curt Wardle and Jim Weaver to the Cleveland Indians for Bert Blyleven. The Minnesota Twins sent Rich Yett (September 17, 1985) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

March 25, 1989: Sent by the Cleveland Indians to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete an earlier deal made on November 28, 1988. The Cleveland Indians sent a player to be named later to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later and Denny Gonzalez.

December 13, 1996: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Jeff King to the Kansas City Royals for Jeff Martin (minors), Jeff Granger, Joe Randa and Jeff Wallace.

November 4, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

November 17, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

October 29, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

February 11, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1988Cleveland Indians$67,500
1989Pittsburgh Pirates$85,000
1990Pittsburgh Pirates$180,000
1991Pittsburgh Pirates$380,000
1992Pittsburgh Pirates$875,000
1993Pittsburgh Pirates$2,975,000
1994Pittsburgh Pirates$3,400,000
1995Pittsburgh Pirates$4,400,000
1996Pittsburgh Pirates$4,700,000
1997Kansas City Royals$5,000,000
1998Arizona Diamondbacks$5,000,000
1999Arizona Diamondbacks$6,100,000
2000Arizona Diamondbacks$7,000,000
2001Arizona Diamondbacks$8,050,000
2002Arizona Diamondbacks$8,000,000
2003New York Mets$550,000
Career (may be incomplete)$56,762,500
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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