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 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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1976 CHW AL 20 3B 67 65 579.0 200 70 124 6 10 .970 -4.7 -9.7 -4.7 -4.1 -0.6 0 3.02 2.90 .952 2.94 2.64
1976 CHW AL 20 DH 1
1977 CHW AL 21 SS 5 5 44.1 22 7 13 2 5 .909 -1.4 -37.9 -1.4 -0.5 -1.0 0 4.06 4.00 .964 4.81 4.08
1977 CHW AL 21 3B 4 3 26.0 12 4 8 0 2 1.000 0.1 4.6 0.1 0.5 -0.4 0 4.15 3.00 .958 2.98 2.72
1977 CHW AL 21 LF 1 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 17.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.29 1.00 1.000 2.06 1.70
1977 CHW AL 21 OF 1 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 17.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.29 1.00 1.000 2.31 2.00
1978 CHW AL 22 3B 52 16 212.0 92 23 64 5 6 .946 1.5 8.5 1.5 1.1 0.3 0 3.69 1.67 .954 3.00 2.59
1978 CHW AL 22 DH 1
1979 CHW AL 23 3B 68 59 528.2 221 51 153 17 11 .923 1.7 3.9 1.7 -1.5 3.2 0 3.47 3.00 .954 3.07 2.66
1979 CHW AL 23 SS 2 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.2 0 2.25 0.50 1.000 4.95 4.10
1980 CHW AL 24 3B 83 55 537.2 201 35 151 15 12 .925 1.0 2.2 1.0 -4.6 5.6 0 3.11 2.24 .952 3.01 2.59
1980 CHW AL 24 DH 3
1980 CHW AL 24 SS 3 0 5.0 4 1 2 1 1 .750 -0.3 -72.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 5.40 1.00 .975 5.04 4.27
1980 CHW AL 24 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.90
1982 OAK AL 26 3B 3 2 18.0 7 3 3 1 1 .857 0.2 13.3 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0 3.00 2.00 .957 3.05 2.63
1982 OAK AL 26 DH 1
6 Seasons 3B 277 200 1901.1 733 186 503 44 42 .940 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 -8.7 8.4 0 3.26 2.49 .953 3.00 2.62
3 Seasons SS 10 5 53.1 27 8 16 3 6 .889 -1.7 -38.2 -1.7 -1.0 -0.8 0 4.05 2.40 .967 4.84 4.14
4 Seasons DH 6
2 Seasons LF 2 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.12 0.50 1.000 2.14 1.80
1 Season OF 1 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 17.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.29 1.00 1.000 2.31 2.00
6 Seasons TOT 288 206 1961.2 761 195 519 47 48 .938 -1.8 -1.1 -1.8 -9.6 7.6 0 0 3.28 2.48 .892 3.05 2.67

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
1976 CHW AL 20 68 65 68 67 0 0 0 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1977 CHW AL 21 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
1978 CHW AL 22 54 16 54 52 0 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13
1979 CHW AL 23 70 59 70 70 0 0 0 0 68 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1980 CHW AL 24 92 57 92 86 0 0 0 0 82 3 1 0 0 1 2 4 4
1982 OAK AL 26 4 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Seasons 297 208 297 287 0 0 0 0 276 10 2 0 0 2 2 9 18
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 -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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%
1976 CHW AL 20 2621 58% 78% 24% 179 92% 3 69 50 6 13 122 89 20 1 12 6 0 6 0 6 10 6 1 7 2 2 0 8 63%
1977 CHW AL 21 114 51% 76% 18% 9 100% 0 4 3 0 1 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
1978 CHW AL 22 973 55% 80% 27% 90 90% 1 23 18 2 3 63 49 13 0 1 5 0 4 1 4 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 3 33%
1979 CHW AL 23 2345 67% 81% 27% 221 87% 2 51 35 9 7 155 128 23 1 3 17 0 16 1 15 12 11 0 12 0 0 0 11 82%
1980 CHW AL 24 2443 57% 80% 29% 197 88% 2 36 25 6 6 155 120 24 2 3 15 0 14 1 13 13 7 0 9 3 2 1 3 100%
1982 OAK AL 26 83 43% 71% 16% 7 86% 0 3 3 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 8579 60% 80% 26% 703 89% 8 186 134 23 30 505 393 83 4 19 44 0 41 3 38 44 32 1 36 6 5 1 25 72%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 89% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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
1977 CHW AL 21 187 59% 74% 22% 14 79% 0 7 1 5 1 13 8 4 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 5 2 0 1 0 1 5 2 2 0 0 0
1979 CHW AL 23 17 65% 88% 41% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 CHW AL 24 18 83% 78% 33% 2 50% 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
3 Seasons 222 62% 76% 25% 17 76% 0 8 1 6 1 16 11 4 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 6 2 0 1 0 2 6 2 3 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 90%

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%
1977 CHW AL 21 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 26 88% 96% 35% 1 100%
1980 CHW AL 24 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 7 29% 86% 29% 0
2 Seasons 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 33 76% 94% 33% 1 100%
MLB Averages 57.9% 2.7% 58% 79% 26% 47%

* 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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