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Les Bell

Lester Rowland Bell

Positions: Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: December 14, 1901 in Harrisburg, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1923
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Braves/Cubs 1923-1931

Final Game: September 27, 1931
Died: December 26, 1985 in Hershey, PA
Buried: East Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, PA
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Standard Batting

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
1923 21 STL NL 15 60 51 5 19 2 1 0 9 1 0 9 7 .373 .467 .451 .918 146 23 0 0 6
1924 22 STL NL 17 62 57 5 14 3 2 1 5 0 0 3 7 .246 .295 .421 .716 91 24 1 1 6
1925 23 STL NL 153 639 586 80 167 29 9 11 88 4 5 43 47 .285 .334 .422 .755 89 247 0 10 *5/6
1926 24 STL NL 155 666 581 85 189 33 14 17 100 9 54 62 .325 .383 .518 .901 137 301 0 31 *5 MVP-6
1927 25 STL NL 115 438 390 48 101 26 6 9 65 5 34 63 .259 .320 .426 .746 94 166 1 13 56
1928 26 BSN NL 153 656 591 58 164 36 7 10 91 1 40 45 .277 .323 .413 .736 96 244 0 25 *5
1929 27 BSN NL 139 553 483 58 144 23 5 9 72 4 50 42 .298 .364 .422 .786 98 204 0 20 *5/46
1930 28 CHC NL 74 281 248 35 69 15 4 5 47 1 24 27 .278 .342 .431 .773 85 107 0 9 5/3
1931 29 CHC NL 75 272 252 30 71 17 1 4 32 0 19 22 .282 .332 .405 .737 95 102 0 1 5
9 Seasons 896 3627 3239 404 938 184 49 66 509 25 5 276 322 .290 .346 .438 .784 102 1418 2 110
162 Game Avg. 162 656 586 73 170 33 9 12 92 5 50 58 .290 .346 .438 .784 102 256 0 20
STL (5 yrs) 455 1865 1665 223 490 93 32 38 267 19 5 143 186 .294 .351 .457 .808 108 761 2 55
BSN (2 yrs) 292 1209 1074 116 308 59 12 19 163 5 90 87 .287 .342 .417 .759 97 448 0 45
CHC (2 yrs) 149 553 500 65 140 32 5 9 79 1 43 49 .280 .337 .418 .755 90 209 0 10

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
1923 21 STL NL 60 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ 6
1924 22 STL NL 62 -1 0 0 0 -3 1 2 -1 -0.1 2 0.2 -0.3 $ 6
1925 23 STL NL 639 -13 0 0 0 -3 5 19 8 0.8 11 1.1 -0.3 $ *5/6
1926 24 STL NL 666 30 -1 0 0 -9 5 19 44 4.5 53 5.4 -0.9 $ *5 MVP-6
1927 25 STL NL 438 -5 -1 0 0 -6 4 13 5 0.5 11 1.1 -0.6 $ 56
1928 26 BSN NL 656 -7 -3 0 0 -4 5 19 10 1.0 14 1.4 -0.4 $ *5
1929 27 BSN NL 553 -4 -3 0 0 -11 4 16 2 0.3 13 1.3 -1.0 $ *5/46
1930 28 CHC NL 281 -7 -1 0 0 -3 1 8 -2 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $11,000 5/3
1931 29 CHC NL 272 -2 -1 0 0 1 1 8 7 0.7 6 0.6 0.1 $ 5
9 Seasons 3627 -5 -10 0 0 -38 27 106 80 8.3 118 11.9 -3.6 $11,000
STL (5 yrs) 1865 15 -2 0 0 -21 16 55 63 6.4 84 8.5 -2.1 $
BSN (2 yrs) 1209 -11 -6 0 0 -15 9 35 12 1.3 27 2.7 -1.4 $
CHC (2 yrs) 553 -9 -2 0 0 -2 2 16 5 0.6 7 0.7 -0.1 $11,000

Advanced Batting

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
1923 21 STL NL 60 32 11 9.3 105 .432 .373 .289 .467 .348 .451 .403 .918 .751 146 .772 4.1 0.4 1.031 .275 .078 .0
1924 22 STL NL 62 44 7 4.3 102 .265 .246 .287 .295 .343 .421 .400 .716 .743 91 .470 -1.0 -0.1 .651 .228 .175 .0
1925 23 STL NL 639 434 81 5.0 117 .295 .285 .304 .334 .362 .422 .434 .755 .796 89 .489 -11.3 -1.1 .682 .208 .137 5.9
1926 24 STL NL 666 423 115 7.2 106 .343 .325 .292 .383 .352 .518 .405 .901 .757 137 .703 28.5 2.8 .929 .301 .193 11.8
1927 25 STL NL 438 302 53 4.7 108 .289 .259 .296 .320 .356 .426 .409 .746 .764 94 .512 -4.4 -0.4 .713 .267 .167 6.4
1928 26 BSN NL 656 452 79 4.7 104 .287 .277 .282 .323 .347 .413 .402 .736 .748 96 .488 -4.0 -0.4 .667 .205 .135 1.8
1929 27 BSN NL 553 359 74 5.5 116 .313 .298 .298 .364 .361 .422 .434 .786 .795 98 .501 -0.2 -0.0 .761 .236 .124 5.5
1930 28 CHC NL 281 188 37 5.2 127 .296 .278 .313 .342 .372 .431 .466 .773 .837 85 .447 -6.6 -0.6 .737 .254 .153 1.7
1931 29 CHC NL 272 182 34 5.0 105 .296 .282 .288 .332 .347 .405 .406 .737 .753 95 .535 -1.6 -0.2 .669 .198 .123 .0
9 Seasons 3627 2416 491 5.4 111 .306 .290 .295 .346 .356 .438 .419 .784 .775 102 .542 3.5 0.4 .744 .240 .148 36.3
162 Game Avg. 656 437 89 5.4 111 .306 .290 .295 .346 .356 .438 .419 .784 .775 102 .542 1 0 .744 .240 .148 7
STL (5 yrs) 1865 1235 267 5.8 110 .314 .294 .297 .351 .356 .457 .416 .808 .772 108 .589 16.0 1.6 .780 .257 .163 25.3
BSN (2 yrs) 1209 811 153 5.1 109 .299 .287 .289 .342 .353 .417 .416 .759 .769 97 .493 -4.2 -0.4 .709 .219 .130 7.9
CHC (2 yrs) 553 370 71 5.1 116 .296 .280 .300 .337 .359 .418 .436 .755 .795 90 .487 -8.3 -0.7 .703 .226 .138 1.8

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
1926 24 STL NL WS NYY W 7 30 27 4 7 1 0 1 6 0 2 2 5 .259 .300 .407 .707 11 1 0 0 1 0
1 WS 7 30 27 4 7 1 0 1 6 0 2 2 5 .259 .300 .407 .707 11 1 0 0 1 0

Ratio Batting*

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
1923 21 STL NL 60 0.0% 11.7% 15.0% 5.0% 16% 0.78 7.3 5.7 73%
1924 22 STL NL 62 1.6% 11.3% 4.8% 9.7% 43% 2.33 8.1 57.0 11.4 79%
1925 23 STL NL 639 1.7% 7.4% 6.7% 7.7% 29% 1.09 12.5 53.3 6.7 83%
1926 24 STL NL 666 2.6% 9.3% 8.1% 9.6% 34% 1.15 9.4 34.2 5.8 75%
1927 25 STL NL 438 2.1% 14.4% 7.8% 9.4% 41% 1.85 6.2 43.3 6.0 73%
1928 26 BSN NL 656 1.5% 6.9% 6.1% 8.1% 32% 1.13 13.1 59.1 6.5 82%
1929 27 BSN NL 553 1.6% 7.6% 9.0% 6.7% 26% 0.84 11.5 53.7 6.7 78%
1930 28 CHC NL 281 1.8% 9.6% 8.5% 8.5% 35% 1.13 9.2 49.6 5.3 77%
1931 29 CHC NL 272 1.5% 8.1% 7.0% 8.1% 31% 1.16 11.5 63.0 7.9 83%
9 Seasons 3627 1.8% 8.9% 7.6% 8.2% 32% 1.17 10.1 49.1 6.4 79%
MLB Averages 1.2% 7.4% 8.0% 6.8% 27% 0.93 12.0 77.4 7.6 80%

Cumulative Batting

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
1923 21 15 60 51 5 19 2 1 0 9 1 0 9 7 .373 .467 .451 .918 146 23 0 0
1924 22 32 122 108 10 33 5 3 1 14 1 0 12 14 .306 .380 .435 .815 118 47 1 1
1925 23 185 761 694 90 200 34 12 12 102 5 5 55 61 .288 .341 .424 .765 94 294 1 11
1926 24 340 1427 1275 175 389 67 26 29 202 14 5 109 123 .305 .360 .467 .827 113 595 1 42
1927 25 455 1865 1665 223 490 93 32 38 267 19 5 143 186 .294 .351 .457 .808 108 761 2 55
1928 26 608 2521 2256 281 654 129 39 48 358 20 5 183 231 .290 .344 .445 .789 105 1005 2 80
1929 27 747 3074 2739 339 798 152 44 57 430 24 5 233 273 .291 .347 .441 .789 104 1209 2 100
1930 28 821 3355 2987 374 867 167 48 62 477 25 5 257 300 .290 .347 .441 .787 102 1316 2 109
1931 29 896 3627 3239 404 938 184 49 66 509 25 5 276 322 .290 .346 .438 .784 102 1418 2 110

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1923 21 16 62 53 5 19 2 1 0 9 1 9 7 .358 .452 .434 .886 11 15
1924 22 18 64 60 5 15 3 2 1 5 0 3 7 .250 .297 .417 .714 7 17
1925 23 162 645 604 72 160 28 9 11 79 4 41 50 .265 .312 .396 .707 74 153
1926 24 162 654 600 83 190 33 14 17 98 9 54 65 .317 .373 .503 .876 113 155
1927 25 121 441 406 47 102 26 6 9 63 5 34 66 .251 .311 .411 .722 52 115
1928 26 161 664 622 61 173 38 7 11 96 1 42 47 .278 .324 .415 .739 83 153
1929 27 146 543 495 53 138 22 5 9 65 4 48 44 .279 .343 .398 .741 67 139
1930 28 77 269 248 28 61 13 4 4 38 1 21 28 .246 .305 .379 .684 29 74
1931 29 78 282 262 31 73 17 1 4 33 0 20 23 .279 .330 .397 .727 34 75
9 Seasons 941 3624 3350 385 931 182 49 66 486 25 272 337 .278 .333 .421 .753 470 896
162 Game Avg. 162 624 577 66 160 31 8 11 84 4 47 58 .278 .333 .421 .753 81 896

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1926 NL (6, 30%)
0.30 Career Shares (608th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1926 NL  4.5 (6th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1926 NL  4.5 (4th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1926 NL  5.4 (1st)

Batting Average s c a p y
1926 NL  .325 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1926 NL  .518 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1926 NL  .901 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1925 NL  153 (1st)
1926 NL  155 (3rd)
1928 NL  153 (3rd)

At Bats s c a p y
1925 NL  586 (10th)
1926 NL  581 (6th)
1928 NL  591 (8th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1926 NL  666 (5th)
1928 NL  656 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1926 NL  189 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1926 NL  301 (2nd)

Doubles s c a p y
1926 NL  33 (8th)
1928 NL  36 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1926 NL  14 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1926 NL  17 (4th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1926 NL  100 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1925 NL  47 (9th)
1926 NL  62 (3rd)
1927 NL  63 (2nd)

Singles s c a p y
1926 NL  125 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1926 NL  137 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1926 NL  115 (2nd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1926 NL  29 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1926 NL  2.8 (3rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1926 NL  64 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1926 NL  243 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1926 NL  .703 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1926 NL  31 (3rd)
1928 NL  25 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1926 NL  11.8 (5th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1926 NL  34.2 (5th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1925 NL  434 (4th)
1926 NL  423 (10th)
1928 NL  452 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 29 (805), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1206), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1389), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Pinky Whitney (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Wil Cordero (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Odell Hale (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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