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Kevin Bell

Kevin Robert Bell

Position: Third Baseman
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
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Athletics 1976-1982

Final Game: October 3, 1982
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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
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
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 5/6D7
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 /5
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1976 20 CHW AL 257 -1 -1 0 0 -5 2 8 3 0.3 8 0.9 -0.6 $ 5
1977 21 CHW AL 32 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /657
1978 22 CHW AL 76 -5 0 -1 -1 2 1 2 -2 -0.2 -4 -0.4 0.2 $ 5
1979 23 CHW AL 219 -8 0 0 0 2 2 7 3 0.3 1 0.1 0.2 $ 5/6
1980 24 CHW AL 224 -14 0 -1 0 1 0 7 -7 -0.8 -8 -0.8 0.0 $ 5/6D7
1982 26 OAK AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /5
6 Seasons 817 -30 -1 -2 -1 -2 5 25 -5 -0.6 -4 -0.3 -0.3 $
CHW (5 yrs) 808 -30 -1 -2 -1 -2 5 25 -5 -0.6 -4 -0.3 -0.3 $
OAK (1 yr) 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1976 CHW AL 20 3B 67 65 59 579.0 200 70 124 6 10 .970 -5 -10 3.02 2.90 .953 2.94 2.95
1977 CHW AL 21 SS 5 5 5 44.1 22 7 13 2 5 .909 -1 -38 4.06 4.00 .963 4.81 4.80
1977 CHW AL 21 3B 4 3 2 26.0 12 4 8 0 2 1.000 0 5 4.15 3.00 .957 2.98 2.95
1977 CHW AL 21 LF 1 1 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 17 1.29 1.00 .980 2.06 2.10
1977 CHW AL 21 OF 1 1 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 17 1.29 1.00 .980 2.31 2.30
1978 CHW AL 22 3B 52 16 13 212.0 92 23 64 5 6 .946 2 8 3.69 1.67 .954 3.00 2.98
1979 CHW AL 23 3B 68 59 48 528.2 221 51 153 17 11 .923 2 4 3.47 3.00 .953 3.07 3.03
1979 CHW AL 23 SS 2 0 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.25 0.50 .960 4.95 4.95
1980 CHW AL 24 3B 83 55 48 537.2 201 35 151 15 12 .925 1 2 3.11 2.24 .951 3.01 3.00
1980 CHW AL 24 SS 3 0 0 5.0 4 1 2 1 1 .750 -0 -72 5.40 1.00 .962 5.04 4.97
1980 CHW AL 24 DH 2 2
1980 CHW AL 24 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1982 OAK AL 26 3B 3 2 1 18.0 7 3 3 1 1 .857 0 13 3.00 2.00 .954 3.05 3.03
6 Seasons 3B 277 200 171 1901.1 733 186 503 44 42 .940 -0 -0 3.26 2.49 .953 3.00 2.99
3 Seasons SS 10 5 5 53.1 27 8 16 3 6 .889 -2 -38 4.05 2.40 .963 4.84 4.88
2 Seasons LF 2 1 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.12 0.50 .980 2.14 2.25
1 Season OF 1 1 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 17 1.29 1.00 .980 2.31 2.30
6 Seasons TOT 288 206 176 1961.2 761 195 519 47 48 .938 -2 -1 3.28 2.48 .953 3.05 3.05
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1980 AL  3.11 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1976 AL  born 1955-07-13 (8th)

                           

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