Kevin Bell
Kevin Robert Bell
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 13, 1955 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Northview (Covina, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 1976
Final Game: October 3, 1982
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Standard Batting

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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
1976 20 CHW AL 68 258 230 24 57 7 6 5 20 2 1 18 56 .248 .302 .396 .697 103 91 3 1 6 3 0 5/D
1977 21 CHW AL 9 32 28 4 5 1 0 1 6 0 0 3 8 .179 .250 .321 .571 55 9 0 0 0 1 0 /657
1978 22 CHW AL 54 76 68 9 13 0 0 2 5 1 0 5 19 .191 .257 .279 .536 51 19 3 1 2 0 0 5/D
1979 23 CHW AL 70 219 200 20 49 8 1 4 22 2 4 15 43 .245 .296 .355 .651 76 71 3 0 3 1 0 5/6
1980 24 CHW AL 92 224 191 16 34 5 2 1 11 0 0 29 37 .178 .284 .241 .525 46 46 3 0 2 2 1 5/D67
1982 26 OAK AL 4 9 9 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .444 .778 118 4 0 0 0 0 0 /5D
6 Seasons 297 818 726 74 161 22 9 13 64 5 5 70 165 .222 .289 .331 .620 73 240 12 2 13 7 1
162 Game Avg. 162 446 396 40 88 12 5 7 35 3 3 38 90 .222 .289 .331 .620 73 131 7 1 7 4 1
CHW (5 yrs) 293 809 717 73 158 21 9 13 64 5 5 70 163 .220 .289 .329 .618 73 236 12 2 13 7 1
OAK (1 yr) 4 9 9 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .444 .778 118 4 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1976 20 CHW AL 258 186 28 4.1 87 .302 .248 .257 .302 .322 .396 .362 .697 .684 103 .509 -0.3 -0.0 .627 .230 .148 2.9
1977 21 CHW AL 32 24 3 3.4 100 .200 .179 .266 .250 .330 .321 .405 .571 .735 55 .355 -1.7 -0.2 .522 .250 .143 .0
1978 22 CHW AL 76 60 5 2.2 94 .234 .191 .262 .257 .328 .279 .386 .536 .714 51 .230 -4.8 -0.5 .448 .176 .088 1.3
1979 23 CHW AL 219 162 20 3.3 102 .292 .245 .270 .296 .334 .355 .408 .651 .743 76 .342 -7.3 -0.7 .532 .175 .110 2.7
1980 24 CHW AL 224 164 15 2.5 99 .213 .178 .269 .284 .331 .241 .399 .525 .731 46 .241 -13.8 -1.4 .469 .215 .063 .0
1982 26 OAK AL 9 6 1 4.5 93 .429 .333 .257 .333 .320 .444 .392 .778 .711 118 .489 0.2 0.0 .667 .111 .111
6 Seasons 818 602 72 3.2 95 .267 .222 .265 .289 .329 .331 .389 .620 .718 73 .359 -27.8 -2.8 .536 .205 .109 7.2
162 Game Avg. 446 328 39 3.2 95 .267 .222 .265 .289 .329 .331 .389 .620 .718 73 .359 -27.8 -2.8 .536 .205 .109 4
CHW (5 yrs) 809 596 71 3.2 95 .265 .220 .265 .289 .329 .329 .389 .618 .718 73 .357 -28.0 -2.8 .535 .206 .109 7.2
OAK (1 yr) 9 6 1 4.5 93 .429 .333 .257 .333 .320 .444 .392 .778 .711 118 .489 0.2 0.0 .667 .111 .111

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1976 20 CHW AL 258 1.9% 21.7% 7.0% 7.0% 32% 3.11 4.1 46.0 11.5 0.89 67%
1977 21 CHW AL 32 3.1% 25.0% 9.4% 6.3% 40% 2.67 3.5 28.0 4.7 1.00 63%
1978 22 CHW AL 76 2.6% 25.0% 6.6% 2.6% 15% 3.80 3.6 34.0 13.6 1.41 62%
1979 23 CHW AL 219 1.8% 19.6% 6.9% 5.9% 27% 2.87 4.7 50.0 9.1 1.15 70%
1980 24 CHW AL 224 0.5% 16.5% 13.0% 3.6% 24% 1.28 5.2 191.0 17.4 0.92 69%
1982 26 OAK AL 9 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 11.1% 33% 4.5 0.33 78%
6 Seasons 818 1.6% 20.2% 8.6% 5.4% 27% 2.36 4.4 55.8 11.3 1.00 68%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1976 20 CHW AL 3 0 27% 95 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 35% 14 10 4 4 4 0 5 1 4
1977 21 CHW AL 0 0 43% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 60% 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 2
1978 22 CHW AL 0 0 41% 38 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33% 6 4 2 3 3 0 3 1 2
1979 23 CHW AL 3 0 27% 84 2 4 33% 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 26% 14 10 4 4 3 1 5 4 1
1980 24 CHW AL 2 0 24% 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 42% 11 7 4 3 2 1 5 2 3
1982 26 OAK AL 0 0 33% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
6 Seasons 8 0 28% 297 5 5 50% 3 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 6 13 36% 46 32 14 16 13 3 21 8 13
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1976 20 CHW AL 257 40% 57 0 0 0 0 5 1 6 4 1 1 4 1 7 6 86% 53 3 6% 27 9 33% 179 16 9% 9 6 67% 13 4 31% 0
1977 21 CHW AL 32 34% 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 0% 4 1 25% 24 5 21% 4 2 50% 2 0 0% 0
1978 22 CHW AL 76 38% 13 1 0 0 0 4.02 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 100% 13 3 23% 8 4 50% 52 4 8% 6 3 50% 7 2 29% 0
1979 23 CHW AL 219 38% 49 2 0 0 0 0.59 4 0 3 2 2 0 4 0 4 3 75% 45 3 7% 27 9 33% 146 20 14% 18 9 50% 17 7 41% 0
1980 24 CHW AL 224 40% 34 2 0 0 0 1.92 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 36 3 8% 18 5 28% 125 11 9% 14 5 36% 13 3 23% 0
1982 26 OAK AL 9 33% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 817 39% 161 5 0 0 0 1.81 13 1 12 7 6 2 11 1 15 13 87% 156 12 8% 84 28 33% 531 56 11% 51 25 49% 52 16 31% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1976 20 68 258 230 24 57 7 6 5 20 2 1 18 56 .248 .302 .396 .697 103 91 3 1 6 3 0
1977 21 77 290 258 28 62 8 6 6 26 2 1 21 64 .240 .296 .388 .683 97 100 3 1 6 4 0
1978 22 131 366 326 37 75 8 6 8 31 3 1 26 83 .230 .288 .365 .653 87 119 6 2 8 4 0
1979 23 201 585 526 57 124 16 7 12 53 5 5 41 126 .236 .291 .361 .652 83 190 9 2 11 5 0
1980 24 293 809 717 73 158 21 9 13 64 5 5 70 163 .220 .289 .329 .618 73 236 12 2 13 7 1
1981 25 293 809 717 73 158 21 9 13 64 5 5 70 163 .220 .289 .329 .618 73 236 12 2 13 7 1
1982 26 297 818 726 74 161 22 9 13 64 5 5 70 165 .222 .289 .331 .620 73 240 12 2 13 7 1

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1976 20 68 262 238 28 64 8 7 6 23 2 20 56 .269 .324 .437 .761 33 68
1977 21 9 34 29 5 6 1 0 1 7 0 4 8 .207 .294 .345 .639 3 9
1978 22 54 74 68 10 13 0 0 2 5 1 5 19 .191 .257 .279 .536 5 54
1979 23 70 217 201 21 49 8 1 4 23 2 15 43 .244 .295 .353 .648 21 70
1980 24 92 229 195 17 38 6 2 1 12 0 32 37 .195 .306 .262 .567 16 92
1982 26 4 9 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 4
6 Seasons 297 825 740 82 170 23 10 14 70 5 76 165 .230 .301 .345 .645 79 297
162 Game Avg. 162 450 404 45 93 13 5 8 38 3 41 90 .230 .301 .345 .645 43 297

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1976 AL  born 1955-07-13 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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