Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Encyclopedia of Players > B Listing > Jay Bell Statistics and History

News: s-r blog:Team Location Maps Added for Every Year of Minor & Major Leagues

 
Jay Bell

Jay Stuart Bell

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 11, 1965 in Pensacola, FL
High School: Gonzalez Tate HS (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 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Diamondbacks/Royals/Indians/Mets 1986-2003
Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: September 28, 2003 (Age 37)
    About biographical information

16
16
3
28
33
44
View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

All-Star

Player News

Add Your Blog Posts Here · Player News Archive · Player News RSS Feed · Hide Stories

Fan EloRater

Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 3:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #370. Dick McAuliffe… #371. Rudy York… #372. Hal Trosky… #373. JAY BELL… #374. Bill Skowron… #375. B.J. Surhoff… #376. Jesse Barfield… 

Standard Batting

More Stats

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 .709 101 242 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 94 214 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 94 247 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 Yrs 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

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
1986 20 CLE AL 5 16 2 0 0 -0 -0 2 0.2 1 2 0.2 .537 .501 0.3 -0.1 3 /4D
1987 21 CLE AL 38 137 -5 1 1 -6 2 -8 -0.7 5 -3 -0.3 .481 .496 0.4 -0.4 4 6
1988 22 CLE AL 73 236 -10 1 1 -10 4 -14 -1.4 8 -6 -0.7 .479 .491 0.3 -0.6 4 $67,500 6/D
1989 23 PIT NL 78 303 -2 1 -1 -4 5 -2 -0.3 10 8 0.7 .498 .499 1.2 -0.0 12 $85,000 6
1990 24 PIT NL 159 696 1 3 0 -11 10 3 0.4 22 25 2.5 .502 .502 3.5 -0.1 36 $180,000 *6
1991 25 PIT NL 157 697 10 0 -2 -1 9 17 1.7 21 38 3.8 .512 .511 3.9 0.9 39 $380,000 *6 MVP-12
1992 26 PIT NL 159 712 4 0 -1 5 10 17 1.9 20 38 3.9 .512 .512 3.2 1.7 33 $875,000 *6
1993 27 PIT NL 154 701 20 2 -2 11 9 40 4.3 20 60 6.2 .527 .526 4.9 2.2 50 $2,975,000 *6 AS,MVP-19,GG,SS
1994 28 PIT NL 110 487 4 -0 -1 10 6 19 1.9 15 34 3.4 .518 .512 2.3 1.7 24 $3,400,000 *6
1995 29 PIT NL 138 593 -3 1 -1 -11 8 -6 -0.7 18 12 1.1 .495 .496 2.2 -0.3 23 $4,400,000 *6/5
1996 30 PIT NL 151 598 -13 -1 1 7 9 4 0.1 18 22 1.9 .503 .502 1.3 1.5 15 $4,700,000 *6
1997 31 KCR AL 153 660 12 -1 -0 11 9 30 3.1 25 55 5.4 .519 .518 4.3 2.0 44 $5,000,000 *6/5
1998 32 ARI NL 155 645 9 0 -1 4 8 21 1.9 20 41 3.9 .514 .513 3.6 1.1 37 $5,000,000 *64
1999 33 ARI NL 151 688 29 -0 -0 0 4 32 2.9 20 53 4.9 .521 .519 4.9 0.3 52 $6,100,000 *4/D6 AS,MVP-13
2000 34 ARI NL 149 649 -7 -0 -0 -7 3 -11 -1.2 20 9 0.7 .493 .493 1.4 -0.4 16 $7,000,000 *4/D
2001 35 ARI NL 129 509 -8 -1 -0 -4 2 -10 -1.1 16 6 0.4 .492 .494 0.8 -0.2 9 $8,050,000 45/D
2002 36 ARI NL 32 56 -4 -0 -0 0 0 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .487 .497 -0.3 0.0 -3 $8,000,000 /5346
2003 37 NYM NL 72 142 -9 0 -1 -6 0 -15 -1.5 4 -10 -1.1 .479 .491 -0.5 -0.6 -4 $550,000 4536/D
18 Seasons 2063 8525 32 5 -7 -13 100 116 11.2 265 381 37.0 .506 .504 37.7 8.6 394 $56,762,500
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
PIT (8 yrs) 1106 4787 21 6 -6 5 66 93 9.5 144 237 23.7 .509 .508 22.4 7.4 232 $16,995,000
ARI (5 yrs) 616 2547 20 -2 -2 -6 18 28 2.1 78 106 9.7 .504 .503 10.4 0.8 112 $34,150,000
CLE (3 yrs) 116 389 -12 2 2 -17 6 -20 -2.0 13 -7 -0.7 .482 .496 1.0 -1.0 10 $67,500
KCR (1 yr) 153 660 12 -1 -0 11 9 30 3.1 25 55 5.4 .519 .518 4.3 2.0 44 $5,000,000
NYM (1 yr) 72 142 -9 0 -1 -6 0 -15 -1.5 4 -10 -1.1 .479 .491 -0.5 -0.6 -4 $550,000

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
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 Yrs (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

More Stats

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
1986 CLE AL 20 2B 2 2 0 12.0 9 1 6 2 1 .778 -0 -50 5.25 3.50 .981 5.10 5.05
1986 CLE AL 20 DH 2 2
1987 CLE AL 21 SS 38 33 32 298.0 169 67 93 9 22 .947 -6 -26 4.83 4.21 .970 4.59 4.54
1988 CLE AL 22 SS 72 68 59 596.0 283 103 170 10 37 .965 -10 -20 4.12 3.79 .971 4.69 4.65
1988 CLE AL 22 DH 1 0
1989 PIT NL 23 SS 78 70 63 649.1 316 109 197 10 41 .968 -4 -8 4.24 3.92 .966 4.51 4.52
1990 PIT NL 24 SS 159 153 149 1377.0 741 260 459 22 85 .970 -11 -10 4.70 4.52 .967 4.59 4.56
1991 PIT NL 25 SS 156 153 137 1347.1 754 239 491 24 78 .968 -1 -1 4.88 4.68 .966 4.67 4.65 MVP-12
1992 PIT NL 26 SS 159 157 148 1411.1 816 268 526 22 94 .973 5 4 5.06 4.99 .969 4.59 4.60
1993 PIT NL 27 SS 154 153 145 1349.0 794 256 527 11 100 .986 11 10 5.22 5.08 .965 4.69 4.66 AS,MVP-19,GG,SS
1994 PIT NL 28 SS 110 108 103 943.2 547 152 380 15 69 .973 10 13 5.07 4.84 .966 4.53 4.50
1995 PIT NL 29 SS 136 130 125 1150.0 628 205 409 14 88 .978 -11 -11 4.81 4.51 .968 4.51 4.49
1995 PIT NL 29 3B 3 3 2 24.2 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 0 10 2.55 2.33 .946 2.77 2.77
1996 PIT NL 30 SS 151 143 138 1289.1 703 215 478 10 78 .986 7 7 4.84 4.59 .967 4.60 4.57
1997 KCR AL 31 SS 149 144 135 1271.0 680 227 443 10 102 .985 10 10 4.74 4.50 .974 4.55 4.51
1997 KCR AL 31 3B 4 3 2 27.0 9 2 7 0 3 1.000 1 53 3.00 2.25 .953 2.67 2.65
1998 ARI NL 32 SS 138 135 126 1175.2 613 196 399 18 77 .971 5 5 4.55 4.31 .968 4.52 4.50
1998 ARI NL 32 2B 15 15 12 131.1 67 28 38 1 7 .985 -1 -7 4.52 4.40 .982 5.09 5.06
1999 ARI NL 33 2B 148 145 134 1297.0 682 320 340 22 86 .968 0 0 4.58 4.46 .981 5.05 5.01 AS,MVP-13
1999 ARI NL 33 DH 2 2 AS,MVP-13
1999 ARI NL 33 SS 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 4.40 AS,MVP-13
2000 ARI NL 34 2B 145 142 125 1243.2 643 290 345 8 85 .988 -7 -7 4.60 4.38 .982 4.96 4.91
2000 ARI NL 34 DH 1 1
2001 ARI NL 35 2B 80 78 58 664.0 323 153 168 2 43 .994 -0 -1 4.35 4.01 .983 4.85 4.80
2001 ARI NL 35 3B 40 33 29 303.1 83 22 56 5 3 .940 -3 -12 2.31 1.95 .950 2.57 2.54
2001 ARI NL 35 DH 3 3
2002 ARI NL 36 3B 6 5 3 42.2 12 4 8 0 2 1.000 -0 -11 2.53 2.00 .957 2.72 2.68
2002 ARI NL 36 1B 5 3 0 25.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -19 5.76 3.20 .992 9.40 9.32
2002 ARI NL 36 2B 2 0 0 3.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0 144 8.10 1.50 .980 4.86 4.90
2002 ARI NL 36 SS 2 1 1 9.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1 107 5.00 2.50 .970 4.50 4.50
2003 NYM NL 37 2B 14 10 5 84.0 42 15 25 2 7 .952 -4 -4 -60 -59 4.29 2.86 .983 5.12 5.07
2003 NYM NL 37 3B 14 7 5 73.0 21 7 13 1 2 .952 -1 -2 -21 -33 2.47 1.43 .955 2.74 2.72
2003 NYM NL 37 1B 13 2 1 36.1 34 33 0 1 3 .971 -2 1 -53 36 8.17 2.54 .993 9.59 9.51
2003 NYM NL 37 SS 12 6 2 51.0 31 11 19 1 6 .968 -1 -1 -19 -21 5.29 2.50 .973 4.52 4.48
2003 NYM NL 37 DH 1 0
15 Seasons SS 1515 1454 1363 12918.0 7080 2309 4595 176 877 .975 3 -1 0 -23 4.81 4.56 .968 4.59 4.56
7 Seasons 2B 406 392 334 3435.1 1769 808 924 37 229 .979 -12 -4 -4 -57 4.54 4.27 .982 4.98 4.94
5 Seasons 3B 67 51 41 470.2 132 36 90 6 11 .955 -3 -2 -8 -32 2.41 1.88 .951 2.63 2.61
2 Seasons 1B 18 5 1 61.1 50 49 0 1 3 .980 -2 1 -39 33 7.19 2.72 .993 9.51 9.46
18 Seasons TOT 2006 1902 1739 16885.1 9031 3202 5609 220 1120 .976 -14 -6 -1 -29 4.70 4.39 .971 4.63 4.62
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.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
2009 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1993 *
1999 (2B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1991 NL (12, 3%)
1993 NL (19, 1%)
1999 NL (13, 7%)
0.11 Career Shares (897th)

Gold Gloves
1993 NL (SS)

Silver Sluggers
1993 NL (SS)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1993 NL  6.2 (8th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1993 NL  6.2 (7th)
1997 AL  5.4 (10th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1993 NL  4.9 (8th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1992 NL  1.7 (6th)
1993 NL  2.2 (4th)
1994 NL  1.7 (4th)
1997 AL  2.0 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1990 NL  159 (5th)
1991 NL  157 (5th)
1992 NL  159 (5th)
Career  2,063 (199th)

At Bats s c a p y
1991 NL  608 (3rd)
1992 NL  632 (3rd)
1993 NL  604 (10th)
Career  7,398 (209th)

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  8,525 (188th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1991 NL  96 (6th)
1992 NL  87 (9th)
1993 NL  102 (9th)
1999 NL  132 (2nd)
Career  1,123 (228th)

Hits s c a p y
1993 NL  187 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1999 NL  328 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1992 NL  36 (9th)
1994 NL  35 (3rd)
Career  394 (185th)

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 (200th)

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  1,443 (62nd)

Singles s c a p y
1993 NL  137 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1999 NL  76 (7th)
Career  656 (218th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1993 NL  270 (6th)
Career  2,873 (239th)

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 (152nd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1999 NL  9 (3rd)
Career  58 (228th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1990 NL  14 (8th)
1991 NL  15 (8th)
1994 NL  15 (5th)
Career  165 (200th)

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  5,877 (163rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1999 NL  4.4 (10th)

Assists† s c a p y
1990 NL  459 (3rd)
1991 NL  491 (2nd)
1992 NL  526 (2nd)
1993 NL  527 (1st)
1994 NL  380 (1st)
1995 NL  415 (2nd)
1996 NL  478 (1st)
1997 AL  450 (2nd)
1998 NL  437 (5th)
Career  5,609 (59th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1991 NL  24 (4th)
1992 NL  22 (4th)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1999 NL  148 (4th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1999 NL  320 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1999 NL  22 (1st)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1990 NL  159 (1st)
1991 NL  156 (1st)
1992 NL  159 (1st)
1993 NL  154 (3rd)
1994 NL  110 (1st)
1995 NL  136 (1st)
1996 NL  151 (3rd)
Career  1,515 (61st)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1990 NL  260 (1st)
1991 NL  239 (4th)
1992 NL  268 (1st)
1993 NL  256 (1st)
1994 NL  152 (5th)
1995 NL  205 (2nd)
1996 NL  215 (4th)
1997 AL  227 (4th)
Career  2,309 (81st)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1990 NL  459 (2nd)
1991 NL  491 (1st)
1992 NL  526 (1st)
1993 NL  527 (1st)
1994 NL  380 (1st)
1995 NL  409 (3rd)
1996 NL  478 (1st)
1997 AL  443 (3rd)
1998 NL  399 (5th)
Career  4,595 (62nd)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1990 NL  22 (5th)
1991 NL  24 (1st)
1992 NL  22 (2nd)
1994 NL  15 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as SS s c a p y
1990 NL  85 (3rd)
1991 NL  78 (2nd)
1992 NL  94 (1st)
1993 NL  100 (2nd)
1994 NL  69 (2nd)
1995 NL  88 (3rd)
1997 AL  102 (2nd)
Career  877 (55th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
2000 NL  .988 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1992 NL  5 (3rd)
1993 NL  11 (2nd)
1994 NL  10 (3rd)
1997 AL  10 (4th)
1998 NL  5 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
1990 NL  4.70 (5th)
1991 NL  4.88 (4th)
1992 NL  5.06 (2nd)
1993 NL  5.22 (3rd)
1994 NL  5.07 (1st)
1995 NL  4.81 (3rd)
1996 NL  4.84 (3rd)
1997 AL  4.74 (3rd)
Career  4.81 (33rd)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1990 NL  4.52 (2nd)
1991 NL  4.68 (4th)
1992 NL  4.99 (1st)
1993 NL  5.08 (2nd)
1994 NL  4.84 (1st)
1995 NL  4.51 (2nd)
1996 NL  4.59 (4th)
1997 AL  4.50 (4th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1990 NL  .970 (4th)
1993 NL  .986 (1st)
1994 NL  .973 (5th)
1995 NL  .978 (3rd)
1996 NL  .986 (1st)
1997 AL  .985 (3rd)
Career  .975 (36th)

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


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 32 (758), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 30 (603), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 30 (311), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Shortstop (45th), 37.0 career WAR/31.6 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS
Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 66.6 career WAR/42.7 7yr-peak WAR/54.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Ray Durham (900)
  2. Jimmy Rollins (900)
  3. Bobby Grich (894)
  4. Toby Harrah (893)
  5. Alan Trammell (876)
  6. Orlando Cabrera (862)
  7. Frank White (857)
  8. Al Dark (856)
  9. Dick Bartell (854)
  10. Royce Clayton (846)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Everth Cabrera (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Andres Thomas (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Shawon Dunston (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Kurt Stillwell (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Leo Cardenas (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Craig Biggio (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Felipe Lopez (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Leo Cardenas (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Leo Cardenas (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Leo Cardenas (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jim Fregosi (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Alan Trammell (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Ray Durham (912)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Ray Durham (902)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Bobby Grich (894)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
198822Cleveland Indians$67,500USA Today, 4/1/88
198923Pittsburgh Pirates$85,0001989 USA Today survey
199024Pittsburgh Pirates$180,000USA Today
199125Pittsburgh Pirates$380,000USA Today3/2/92 TSN: $360,000
199226Pittsburgh Pirates$875,0004/2/92 USA TodayArbitration loss; $1,450,000 request
199327Pittsburgh Pirates$2,975,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $200K signing bonus, $175K earned bonus
199428Pittsburgh Pirates$3,400,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $200K signing bonus
199529Pittsburgh Pirates$4,400,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $200K signing bonus
199630Pittsburgh Pirates$4,700,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $200K signing bonus
199731Kansas City Royals$5,000,0001997 AP survey
199832Arizona Diamondbacks$5,000,0004/3/98 USA Today
199933Arizona Diamondbacks$6,100,00011/19/99 USA TodayIncludes $50,000 earned bonus
200034Arizona Diamondbacks$7,000,0004/5/00 AP
200135Arizona Diamondbacks$8,050,0004/6/01 USA Today
200236Arizona Diamondbacks$8,000,0004/3/02 AP
200337New York Mets$550,0004/3/03 AP
Career to date (may be incomplete)$56,762,500
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.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     WahooSam.com     WhatIfSports: Jay Bell    

Viewed 55,786 times through May 15, 2013.
Name and misspellings: Jay jason Jay jim joe Stuart Bell belle

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
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.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.